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Bird and Fish Tank director Andrea Arnold plans to make the long-discussed FBI thriller Featherwood, starring Scarlett Johansson, as her next movie.

Indie director Andrea Arnold returned to her home turf in Kent to shoot Bird, the acclaimed drama (starring Barry Keoghan) released last year. If all goes to plan, she could be heading back to the United States for her next film – Featherwood, starring Scarlett Johansson.

In an interview with Screen Daily (via World Of Reel), Arnold reportedly said that, while a production date hasn’t been announced yet, she’s been on a location scouting tour in Texas.

Word of Featherwood – and Johansson’s attachment – first began to circulate last February. It’s based on the true-life story of Carol Blevins, the ‘property’ of a white supremacist gang member who became an FBI informant in a wide-ranging investigation in the 2000s. That investigation, in which Blevins became a key witness,...

There have been countless comic book adaptations over the years. For the better part of the 21st century, they have been the backbone of Hollywood's film industry, generating tens of billions of dollars. However, not every comic book-inspired movie can be a success at the box office. There have been many good comic book films that haven't performed well for various reasons.

The reasons why some good comic book movies succeed or fail are numerous. Some films were released at inopportune times for the industry, others had minimal marketing budgets, while some were well-made movies within franchises that had poor reputations. Needless to say, box office success does not always equate to quality—comic book adaptations are no exception.

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2024 is nearly over, and while this year saw the release of many brilliant movies, in this article, we are only discussing the best fantasy movies that came out. Fantasy is one of those genres that invokes something magical in all of us, from the heroic journey in The Lord of the Rings films to the coming-of-age fantastical story in Harry Potter, and maybe that’s why this genre has one of the most loyal fan bases. So, let’s find out which fantasy movies released in 2024 were the absolute best.

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If is a fantasy comedy film written and directed by John Krasinski. The 2024 film follows Bea, a young girl who discovers she can see imaginary friends of other people. She soon sets out on a magical adventure to find human kids to pair them with forgotten imaginary friends.

Just a year ago, David Corenswet likely wasn't a name you'd heard. Now that the actor has been cast as Clark Kent in director James Gunn's upcoming "Superman" movie, however, you've probably been hearing his name quite a bit. Following an inauspicious end to the DC Extended Universe and an equally inauspicious end to Henry Cavill's run as the Man of Steel, Gunn announced that the newly-launched DC Studios' first film would be his "Superman" movie, led by none other than Corenswet.

This will no doubt prove to be Corenswet's breakthrough role. Prior to his casting in the inaugural DC Studios outing, the Juilliard alum had played a significant roles in several high-profile films and TV shows, from the projectionist in Ti West's A24 horror "Pearl" to aspiring actor Jack Castello in Ryan Murphy's "Hollywood" on Netflix. He even showed up in David Simon's criminally...

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Cannes is over, the prizes have been given out at Saturday’s awards ceremony., and buyers have gone home, but the deals haven’t stopped. Some of the buzziest titles ahead of the festival are still are awaiting buyers. This year’s market hasn’t been weighed down by the writers or actors strikes in the same way as last year, meaning companies like A24, Neon, Apple, and more have jumped in on exciting packages of possibly future contenders, while art house, specialized distributors like Sideshow and Janus Films, Mubi, and Metrograph have been especially active.

Below we’re tracking everything that gets acquired throughout the festival and beyond.

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Section: Director’s Fortnight

Director: Ryan J. Sloan

Buyer: Metrograph Pictures

Date Acquired: May 29

Cast: Ariella Mastroianni

Buzz: As IndieWire exclusively reported, Metrograph went big on this neo-noir thriller with a unique concept from a...

Netflix has pre-bought Glen Powell legal drama Monsanto for the world in a Cannes deal reported to be worth around $30m.

Rocket Science and CAA Media Finance introduced the project to buyers at Cannes last week.

Powell is set to star with Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern for director John Lee Hancock.

Based on a true story, the film will tell the story of a young attorney (Powell) who takes on a case against chemical giant Monsanto on behalf of a high school groundskeeper (Mackie) who used a pesticide produced by the company. Dern will play a Monsanto toxicologist who...

Netflix has landed John Lee Hancock’s fact-based legal drama feature Monsanto.

Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern star in the high-profile package that was acquired at this year’s Cannes film market.

Hancock (The Blind Side) directs the movie from a script he wrote with Michael Wisner, Alexandra Duparc and Ned Benson. Producers on the film include Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Jon Levin, Philip Schulz-Deyle, Adam McKay and Kevin Messick.

Monsanto centers on the true story of untested attorney Brent Wisner (Powell) taking on the chemical company Monsanto on behalf of client Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie), a groundskeeper who used the brand’s weed-killing product Roundup. Dern plays Dr. Melinda Rogers, Monsanto’s chief toxicologist.

CAA Media Finance handled the movie’s U.S. rights and negotiated the deal on behalf of the filmmakers, while Rocket Science repped international rights and introduced the project at Cannes.

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Netflix has tied up a deal in the $34M range for the John Lee Hancock-directed package Monsanto, we can reveal. The pic will star Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Laura Dern.

CAA Media Finance cut the presale after launching with Rocket Science last week. Netflix has been quieter at recent markets but is back at the table with the splashy deal.

This and Apple’s WW deal for Everest sherpa pic Tenzing are the two biggest deals to emerge from the Cannes market so far. The latter is understood to be in the $40M range.

Monsanto tells the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell), who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) who used Monsanto’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part...

It was at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival where director Ned Benson first screened his two films back to back. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him is about a marriage ending from the perspective of Conor, played by James McAvoy. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her is that same story, but this time from the viewpoint of Eleanor, played by Jessica Chastain. The two films together are a unique cinematic experiment of telling one story from different angles. After the TIFF screening, producer Harvey Weinstein picked up the films for The Weinstein Company and requested a third cut that combined the stories. In September 2014, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them arrived in U.S. cinemas. A month later, the two other versions were also released. It is a story that merits multiple tellings, because when its presented as merely one film, most of the deeper meaning of the films gets lost.

Searchlight Pictures has announced that its drama The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, starring Uzo Aduba, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Sanaa Lathan, will be available to stream exclusively on Hulu on August 23.

Based on the 2013 New York Times bestselling novel by Edward Kelsey Moore, the film directed by Tina Mabry tells the story of three best friends dubbed “The Supremes” who have weathered life’s storms together for two generations, through marriage and children, happiness and the blues, watching as they find themselves at a crossroad that tests their lifelong bond.

Pic also stars Russell Hornsby and Mekhi Phifer, as well as Kyanna Simone, Tati Gabrielle, Abigail Achiri, Julian McMahon, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Tony Winters, Dijon Means, Xavier Mills, Cleveland Berto and Ryan Paynter. Cee Marcellus adapted the screenplay, with revisions by Mabry, with Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen’s Temple Hill Entertainment producing.

Most recently, Searchlight released Laura Chinn’s Sundance drama Suncoast,...

Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Laura Dern have all joined the cast of John Lee Hancock’s Cancer trial drama ‘Monsanto’.

The film follows the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell), who in 2019 took on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) who used the company’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper.

Dern takes on the role of Dr. Melinda Rogers, the Monsanto Company’s chief toxicologist, who testifies with certainty that Roundup is safe.

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The film is being produced by Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Philip Schulz-Deyle and Jon Levin alongside HyperObject Industries’ Adam McKay and Kevin Messick. The story is written by Michael Wisner,...

Rocket Science and CAA Media Finance are launching foreign sales out of Cannes for the John Lee Hancock directed Monsanto starring Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Oscar winner Laura Dern.

Monsanto tells the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell) who takes on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) who used Monsanto’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper. During the trial, Dr Melinda Rogers (Dern), the chief toxicologist of the Monsanto Company, testifies with certainty that Roundup is safe.

Pic’s screenplay was developed in association with Karl Spoerri’s Zurich Avenue and penned by Michael Wisner, Alexandra Duparc, Ned Benson and Hancock. Producers are Moritz Borman, Eric Kopeloff, Philip Schulz-Deyle and Jon Levin alongside HyperObject Industries’ Adam McKay and Kevin Messick.

Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie, and Laura Dern will star in the drama Monsanto from writer-director John Lee Hancock, which Rocket Science and CAA Media Finance will introduce to Cannes buyers next week.

Powell, coming off the box office hit Anyone But You and star of Richard Linklater’s upcoming Hit Man, will play Brent Wisner, a young untested attorney who agrees to represent Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) in a case against Monsanto after Johnson was diagnosed with cancer following years of he using the agrochemical giant’s weed killer in his job as a high school groundsman.

During the trial,...

Glen Powell, Anthony Mackie and Academy Award winner Laura Dern have signed on to star in “Monsanto,” the latest film from writer-director John Lee Hancock.

The film follows the true story of young, untried attorney Brent Wisner (Powell), who in 2019 took on a seemingly insurmountable case against the giant U.S. chemical company Monsanto on behalf of Dewayne “Lee” Johnson (Mackie) who used the company’s best-known product Roundup, a wildly financially successful weed and grass pesticide killer, as part of his job as a high school groundskeeper. Dern plays Dr. Melinda Rogers, the Monsanto Company’s chief toxicologist, who testifies with certainty that Roundup is safe during the landmark cancer trial.

“I was drawn to this contemporary David vs. Goliath true story because I found it dramatic, moving, quite funny and of critical importance in today’s world,” said Hancock. “My ambitions are to deliver a smart, thoughtful and...

Ahead of David Corenswet making his debut as the Man of Steel in James Gunn's Superman, the actor can be seen in his latest role in Searchlight Pictures' The Greatest Hits. Now streaming on Hulu, the film features Corenswet as part of the cast alongside Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, and Austin Crute.

Speaking about the film with Cbr's Kevin Polowy, Crute touched on working with Corenswet and the upcoming Superman film. Crute recalled how Corenswet gives off "big brother vibes" with how much of a "light" he is on the set. It was also noted how Corenswet was always offering ideas on how to improve scenes, and Crute learned a lot from observing him at work. It has Crute feeling confident that Corenswet will continue to be a leading man for many more projects to come after starring in Superman.

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What more could the heart want than a sweeping romantic drama dealing with grief, loss, love, and music? The Greatest Hits is a fantasy romantic drama film written and directed by Ned Benson, the Hulu film follows the story of a young woman Lucy who had a picture-perfect romance but an accident took him away from her. But she gets a second chance when she discovers that she can travel back in time through the music they love, but her excursions in her past are interfering with a new love interest. The Greatest Hits stars Lucy Boynton, David Corenswet, and Justin H. Min in the lead roles with Nelly Furtado, Andie Ju, Austin Crute, Tom Yi, Bryan Ferry, and Retta starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the sweeping love story and the time-traveling drama in The Greatest Hits, here are some similar films you could check out next.

Music can transport you. When you hear a song that brings back memories, it can be an exceptionally moving experience. However, in the new feature The Greatest Hits, those songs from the past can quite literally move you to another place and time. Written and directed by Ned Benson, the film cleverly intermingles sci-fi elements such as time travel, in a beautifully grounded way. It also features an excellent lead performance from Lucy Boynton, as well as the terrific Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, and Austin Crute. The story is original, refreshing, and will likely connect to anybody out there that loves music. It certainly did with me.

The last time I spoke with Lucy Boynton, it was for another project that had a ton of music. That would be Bohemian Rhapsody. Here, she shines as a woman who desperately attempts to change the past. Both Justin H. Min and Ms.

The Greatest Hits has the same premise as Press Play, with time travel & romantic fantasy elements. The Greatest Hits focuses more on grief & relationships, while Press Play centers on preventing death. The pacing of The Greatest Hits is better than Press Play, giving more substance & character development.

The Greatest Hits has an interesting premise of time travel, drama, and music, which was already done two years earlier – but The Greatest Hits did it better. Time travel is one of the most popular themes in film, and it has been used in pretty much every genre at some point. Time travel is also quite tricky as it poses big questions about its use and consequences, which more often than not only create confusion among the audience. Time travel has often been seen in romantic movies, and the latest example is The Greatest Hits.

Directed by Ned Benson, The Greatest Hits follows...

In my review of The Greatest Hits, the new sci-fi romance from The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby writer/director Ned Benson, I mention that it opens with a montage of two young lovers “generally doing things that young, hip couples do in LA.” So, as someone from Los Angeles, I couldn’t help but pick the brains of Benson and stars Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min about my hometown when I recently had the chance to sit down with them … in Chicago, where I now live. Because The Greatest Hits is a movie about the power of music to literally transport protagonist Harriet (Boynton) back in time, we also talked about music. But less specific artists (though some come up), and more the ways that...

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The Greatest Hits stars Lucy Boynton as Harriet Gibbons, a woman grieving the tragic death of her boyfriend. She discovers an ability to travel back in time when triggered by certain songs they shared together. Harriet tries to save him but has failed repeatedly over the course of two miserable years. Her mission takes an unexpected turn when she meets David (Justin H. Min) at a group counseling session. They have an instant attraction. Harriet must choose to move on with David or continue to live in the past.

Min "feels incredible" when questioned about his heartthrob status as a romantic lead. He doesn't "really think about that kind of stuff" but loves "that audiences do feel pulled to both guys." No one here is a "hero" or "villain." Min thinks The Greatest Hits "allows for both to feel loved" and doesn't sway the audience "very easily towards one or the other.

The new Hulu romance movie The Greatest Hits cast boasts actors with strong resumes. The lead roles of The Greatest Hits are played by up-and-coming actors from Superman, The Umbrella Academy, and Barbie. The ensemble cast of the movie also includes Retta and Nelly Furtado.

The Greatest Hits cast is jam-packed with actors with strong resumes. The new Hulu movie was written and directed by Ned Benson, who has a story credit on the 2021 Marvel Cinematic Universe outing Black Widow following his feature writing and directing debut with The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby in 2014. The project premiered at SXSW less than a month before a limited theatrical release, which in turn came just a week before it officially premiered on the streaming platform.

The Greatest Hits reviews have been middling, earning the movie a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 46%, meaning that less than half of the reviews were favorable. However,...

The Greatest Hits explores themes of nostalgia and selflessness through Harriet's time-traveling journey. Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min discuss their emotional connection to the script and characters in the film. The ending of The Greatest Hits is unexpected and emotional, leaving audiences questioning fate and destiny.

When Harriet discovers that she can time travel by listening to certain songs, she realizes that she has the power to potentially save her boyfriend's life. The Greatest Hits tackles themes of nostalgia, living in the past, and selflessness. When Harriet meets David at a meeting for those grieving, she becomes conflicted about whether she should continue to dig through the past, or move on with her present.

Written and produced by Ned Benson, and starring Lucy Boynton as Harriet and Justin H. Min as David, this movie is emotional and raw. Audiences find themselves wondering what they would do if they were in Harriet's shoes.

Nelly Furtado and Lucy Boynton pose for photos together at the premiere of their new movie The Greatest Hits held at El Capitan Theatre on Monday (April 15) in Hollywood.

The two ladies were joined by their co-stars Justin H Min and Austin Crute, as well as writer/director Ned Benson.

Noticeably missing at the premiere was David Corenswet, who is currently off filming the upcoming Superman movie!

In the movie, Harriet (Boynton) finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend (Corenswet), her time travelling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present (Min). As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she?

The Greatest Hits is currently out on Hulu. Check out the trailer here!

Stars: Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Austin Crute, Retta | Written and Directed by Ned Benson

Harriet (Lucy Boynton) is struggling to deal with the loss of her boyfriend Max (David Corenswet), attending grief therapy two years after his passing. She figures out that certain songs will take her back in time, charting music shared in their relationship to revisit specific memories. Trying to remember the song that could unlock saving Max’s life, Harriet gets mixed up with David (Justin H. Min) in the present.

It goes without saying that a good soundtrack makes a movie — though that doesn’t necessarily mean one needs to dazzle in order to make a film worthwhile. However, if you are leading with sound first, it’s an unwritten given that your songs need to be in order and benefit the wider storyline. It might be The Greatest Hits in name, but...

And while the Black Widow prequel movie wasn’t one of Marvel’s best or most lucrative movies, it did conclude the story of Natasha Romanoff in the MCU, and introduced us to some new characters we are going to see in some of the upcoming movies. But, this article won’t be about the movie itself, as it is going to be about the complex creative process that led to the final product, as IndieWire had a talk with one of the story co-writers Ned Benson, who joined the production at a later date, rewriting the original pitch, but even his version did not end up being the final one.

Ned Benson had a short talk with IndieWire about a potential return to the MCU, seeing how his original collaboration with the large cinematic project didn’t turn out to be the best, but it seems that the filmmaker...

Ned Benson's (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby) latest movie, The Greatest Hits, explores more of the writer-director's favored themes of "dealing with loss and relationships and love," in what he calls a love letter to Los Angeles. Starring the Dcu's new Superman, David Corenswet, Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody), Justin Min (The Umbrella Academy), and Austin Crute (Booksmart), this is a romantic drama with a genre twist: Harriet (Boynton) discovers she can time travel when she hears the right song from her past.

Nearly a decade after his ambitious first feature (which then became three features) and filmmaker Ned Benson is finally back on the big (and small) screen. His second film, “The Greatest Hits,” arrives ten years after his directorial debut, the 2014 breakout feature “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby.” And this time, Benson is letting his protagonist have a happily ever after … kind of.

During a recent interview, Benson told IndieWire that, in a similar twist to his “Eleanor Rigby” process, the script for “The Greatest Hits” was one he had been tinkering with for years, starting in 2008. Unlike “Eleanor Rigby,” which was eventually split into a “Him”/”Her”/”Them” mini trilogy, “The Greatest Hits” firmly centers on sole lead Harriet (Lucy Boynton), whose heartbreak leads to a music-induced time travel back to her past relationship with her late lover (David Corenswet) prior to his death.

In her present, Harriet grapples with crippling anxiety,...

After a premiere at the SXSW Film Festival last month, Ned Benson’s romantic drama The Greatest Hits is making its way to streaming on Hulu. The film, a love story with a unique sci-fi twist, is a crowd-pleasing charmer, and much of that is thanks to its stars, Lucy Boynton (Bohemian Rhapsody) and Justin H. Min (The Umbrella Academy).

We at FandomWire had the opportunity to speak with Boynton and Min about their roles in the film before its release. Keep reading to find out what they had to say.

The Greatest Hits Interview

In the film, Boynton plays a character with a unique condition: any time she hears a song, she is transported back in time to the last time and place she heard it with her late boyfriend (David Corsenwet). We asked Boynton and Min if they were in the same situation, which song they would use...

Ned Benson’s sophomore feature, The Greatest Hits, is a romantic drama following a young woman who travels back in time anytime she hears a song to the last time and place she heard it with her late boyfriend. It’s a charming film with an incredible soundtrack that will delight any musicophile, not that you would expect any less.

We at FandomWire spoke with Benson and the film’s composer, Ryan Lott (frontman of Son Lux and Oscar nominee for his work on Everything Everywhere All at Once), about their work on the film. Keep reading to find out what they had to say.

The Greatest Hits Interview

In The Greatest Hits, more so than many other films driven by music, the soundtrack essentially functions as a character. We asked the team behind the film where the song choices came into play — whether it was during the writing process or later in production.

Here comes another time-traveling fantasy, but with a twist. As the kids on Bandstand used to say to Dick Clark, “It’s a gotta’ good beat. You can dance to it”. Maybe you could even do the twist. That’s because the force to send this story back through the decades isn’t a big machine, like the one H.G. Welles conjured or even the beloved DeLorean that Doc Brown modified. Nor is it hypnosis ala’ Somewhere In Time, though the brain is involved along with…the ears. You see the gimmick here is music, specifically certain pop tunes that propel a twenty-something woman into the past. And just what is she doing six or seven years ago? Making “sure bet” investments perhaps? No, she’s trying to save a “lost love”, so this is really a romantic fantasy with a soundtrack that’s this couple’s take on...

Plot: Harriet finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time traveling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present. As she takes her journey through the hypnotic connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the past, should she?

Review: Music connects people in ways beyond sharing similar tastes in genre or artists. Music can evoke memories of times and places where significant events have occurred. Whether it be a happy or tragic memory, music can take us back whether we like it or not. That is the central conceit of The Greatest Hits, which literally takes the magic of music as it pushes and pulls the main character into moments from her relationship with her deceased boyfriend. It is a wonderfully...

Lucy Boynton plays a woman who can travel back in time with the power of a song in a high-concept, low-enjoyment fantasy

In the often insufferably cutesy romance The Greatest Hits, our heroine travels back in time whenever a song from her past is played, nostalgia acting as a magical, transporting force. While watching the film, we too are pulled back but rather to all of the far superior films we’re inconveniently reminded of, from High Fidelity to Richard Curtis’s similarly high-concept About Time to the ’00s Sundance breakouts (500) Days of Summer and Garden State. It’s a film about the power that great music has in distracting us from the now that instead showcases the power that great films have in distracting us from the lesser ones they inspire.

But even without the many whiffs of familiarity, writer-director Ned Benson’s film would still be hitting a bum note.

From Begin Again to Yesterday, Sing Street to Almost Famous, music-centered movies have been bringing film lovers joy for years. It’s a sub-genre that helps us resonate and connect with the film differently, heavily shaping our emotions. The Greatest Hits, directed by Ned Benson, merges music with time travel to create an entirely unique approach. The story follows grieving Harriet, who discovers that certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. She uses music to relive the past, through romantic memories of her former boyfriend who died in an accident. Torn between attempting to change the past in order to save him or moving on with a potential new love interest in her life, Harriet’s complex journey is one full of emotion. Tremendously well acted by Lucy Boynton and featuring great tracks alongside a truly unique story, The Greatest Hits is an emotional yet toe-tappingly fantastic exploration of grief,...

What if a single song, an unmistakable melody, an unforgettable sound – could

take you back in time, literally? Harriet (Lucy Boynton) finds music imitating life when she

discovers beloved songs shared with her former boyfriend can take her back to the scene

of the moment, giving her a second chance to twist fate. While she relives the past

through romantic memories, her time traveling collides with a burgeoning new love

interest in the present (Justin H. Min). As she takes her journey through the hypnotic

connection between music and memory, she wonders – even if she could change the

past, should she?

We spoke to Lucy Boynton Justin H. Min and director Ned Benson about their best musical memories and the transformative nature of music.

The Greatest Hits Interviews

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"What would your life be like if you somehow changed the past and saved Max?" Searchlight Pictures has revealed a final featurette for the romantic drama time travel film The Greatest Hits, the latest film from filmmaker Ned Benson (of The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby films). This will be streaming on Hulu later this week for everyone to enjoy - watch the main official trailer here. Written and produced by Benson, Harriet experiences a unique connection between art and reality. She discovers that specific songs have the power to transport her back in time, driving her to relive special moments with her ex-boyfriend. Her time-traveling begins to bleed into the present when she meets a new guy named David. Throughout the journey, she explores the mesmerizing link between music and memory, facing her with the difficult decision to move on. Lucy Boynton stars with Justin H. Min, David Corenswet, Andie Ju,...

More than any other type of entertainment, music can take a person back in time. A specific note or lyric can toss a person to a memory or feeling—even one that had been otherwise forgotten—in such a visceral and powerful way. That type of obvious platitude that anyone who has ever listened to music already knows is the sort of thing that The Greatest Hits loves to tell its audience. From writer-director Ned Benson, the film is an earnest, yet extremely flawed time-travel romance that insists on explaining its themes and lessons to the viewer, as the characters continue to ignore these truths, all within a story that also avoids giving its audience key elements that are needed for it to actually work.

Hulu’s latest romance is going to pull at your heartstrings. The Greatest Hits, premiering April 12 on Hulu, follows Harriet (Lucy Boynton) two years after the loss of her boyfriend, Max (David Corenswet), in a car accident. In TV Insider’s sneak peek video, Boynton and the rest of the Greatest Hits crew explain Harriet and Max’s unique love story. “For the last two years, she’s realized every time she has a song that they listened to together, she’s thrown back in time,” Boynton says. Harriet believes that if “she can try something new every time she goes back, she will find a way to save him.” Ned Benson, the writer and director of The Greatest Hits, notes that Max was the “epitome of what love was supposed to be” for Harriet. “Because she never got the chance to see the relationship out, she’s kind of...

Screen Rant presents a clip from The Greatest Hits. The movie delves deep into themes of love, grief, and loss, with Harriet's ability to time travel heightening the emotional stakes. Through music and memory, Harriet grapples with the question of whether she should change the past to save Max, creating a complex and poignant story.

The Greatest Hits is a new movie from The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby writer and director Ned Benson. The premise of the movie is simple, yet relatable—a young woman discovers that listening to certain songs can literally take her back in time. The movie stars Lucy Boynton as the time-traveling Harriet, and also features David Corenswet and Justin H. Min in leading roles.

Screen Rant presents a clip from The Greatest Hits in time for the movie’s theatrical release. The clip details an early conversation between Boynton’s Harriet and Min’s...

by Chad Kennerk

Behind the scenes of The Greatest Hits: writer/director Ned Benson with David Corenswet, Lucy Boynton, and Austin Crute.

Photo by Merie Weismiller Wallace, All images courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

Writer/director Ned Benson captivated audiences at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, and beyond in 2014 with his astute, intimate look at a relationship torn apart by tragedy. Although The Greatest Hits technically marks Benson’s sophomore feature as writer/director, in a way, it’s also his fourth.

Conceived and shot as two films simultaneously, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her were later edited into a single film; Benson’s The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them, which premiered at Cannes and opened in the U.S. in September of that year, with Him and Her later releasing together as a double feature the following month. The origin of his new film,...

Easter is behind us, we’re into a new month, and we’re fully into spring … and yet, the box office might be hitting another lull. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

There aren’t many scenarios where “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” doesn’t win its second weekend at #1. Even with a steep drop from its Easter opening, it should still be able to bring in another $30 million this coming weekend, which will be hard to beat.

It might be a coin flip on which of the other two new wide releases might do better, but I have to give a slight edge to “The First Omen,” 20th Century’s prequel to a horror franchise that began all the way back in 1976 with the horror film, “The Omen,” directed by Richard Donner pre-“Superman.” That led to two sequels in 1978 and 1981, even though the original...

Searchlight Pictures announced on Tuesday that its dramedy A Real Pain, marking the sophomore feature of actor-turned-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, will hit theaters in the thick of awards season, on October 18.

Eisenberg stars opposite Succession Emmy winner Kieran Culkin in the buzz title, which Searchlight snapped up for $10 million in the first major deal out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, as we were first to report. In the film, also scripted by Eisenberg, the pair play David and Benji, cousins who reunite for a tour of Poland to honor their grandmother, but see older tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family’s history.

Hailing from Topic and Fruit Tree, the film also stars Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Will Sharpe (The White Lotus), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (A Small Light) and Daniel Oreskes (Only Murders in the Building). Producers on the project included Ali Herting,...

“The Greatest Hits” is a new ‘rom-com’ time travel, fantasy feature, written and directed by Ned Benson, starring Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet annd Austin Crute, opening April 5, 2024 in theaters:

‘…’Harriet’ finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally.

“While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present.

“As she takes her journey through time, she must consider whether or not she should change the past…”

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Searchlight Pictures has signed a first-look deal with Olivia Colman and Ed Sinclair’s South of the River Pictures. Under the new pact, the specialty studio, which has worked with Colman on “The Favourite” and “Empire of Light,” will develop and produce feature-length motion pictures with the production company.

South of the River Pictures was founded by Colman, Sinclair and their long-time partner in crime, Tom Carver, to develop and produce original scripted comedies and dramas with “an authored sensibility.” Colman and Sinclair have been married since 2001.

South of the River Pictures has a slate of projects that include feature films and TV series. Its first production was Sinclair’s multi-Bafta-winning TV series “Landscapers,” which was produced with Sister for Sky Atlantic and HBO, and starred Olivia Colman and David Thewlis as a murderous couple. It was nominated for best miniseries at the 2022 BAFTA TV Awards. “Wicked Little Letters,” the company’s first feature film,...

For our next screening event, we’re taking a journey through time. Collider is partnering with Searchlight Pictures to host an advanced screening of writer-director Ned Benson’s (The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby trilogy) The Greatest Hits. The film recently celebrated its world premiere at SXSW 2024, and before it hits Hulu, we want to offer our readers an opportunity to win tickets to see this time-travel romance on the big screen. Following the credits, there will be an exclusive Q&a with Benson and stars Justin Min (Shortcomings) and Austin Crute (Booksmart).

Harriet can time travel by listening to songs from her past relationship with Max. Harriet struggles with the desire to save Max, rather than embrace a new love interest. Lucy Boynton and Justin H. Min shine in a messy film lacking emotional depth.

The Greatest Hits follows a once budding music producer, Harriet (Lucy Boynton), two years after a tragic car accident claimed the life of her boyfriend, Max (David Corenswet). The accident left her with a traumatic head injury that had an unusual consequence no medical professional can explain — she can time travel to specific moments in her relationship by listening to the songs that were playing in those situations. Hearing these songs instantly triggers Harriet and sends her back in time, where she desperately tries to alter reality and prevent her boyfriend's death.

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While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time-traveling collides...

When is a collection of dreamy, romantic, forlorn, and crestfallen moods just that and not actually much of a movie other than a series of sequences that sum up those big melancholy feelings with achingly dreamy music? Oooh, ooh! “The Greatest Hits,” filmmaker Ned Benson’s latest feature-length effort, would like to field this one. Built one too many many groan-worthy romantic clichés like the relationship breakup phrase, “it’s time to move on,” taken to an implausibly silly genre and literal level, Benson uses a flimsy neurological time travel conceit to tentatively move forward and heal his hopelessly heartbroken protagonist’s heart.

Continue reading ‘The Greatest Hits’ Review: Heartbroken Hipsters Try & Heal In Shallow Music Time Travel Movie [SXSW] at The Playlist.

“It hurts to turn the radio on

Stamina’s gone

My spirit is weak

Because every time I start to move on

Keep hearing that song

I’m brought to my knees”

-“Now or Never Now” by Metric

Although not selected for the phenomenal soundtrack for Ned Benson’s follow-up to his similarly themed The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby, Metric’s “Now or Never Now” nearly sums up the plot of his oft-sublime The Greatest Hits. Harriet (Lucy Boynton), a librarian mourning the loss of her boyfriend Max (David Corenswet), is triggered by songs that marked their relationship. An obsessive cataloger (a great quality for a librarian), she has mapped-out the trajectory of their relationships in songs and memorabilia that she accesses in a controlled environment. For the rest of her life there are noise-canceling headphones that she uses to block out songs that send her back into the past.

“The Greatest Hits” is a new ‘rom-com’ time travel, fantasy feature, written and directed by Ned Benson, starring Lucy Boynton, Justin H. Min, David Corenswet annd Austin Crute, opening April 5, 2024 in theaters and streaming April 12, 2024 on Hulu:

‘…’Harriet’ finds art imitating life when she discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally.

“While she relives the past through romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a burgeoning new love interest in the present.

“As she takes her journey through time, she must consider whether or not she should change the past…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

The 2024 SXSW Film Festival kicked off March 8 in Austin with the opening-night world premiere screening of Doug Liman’s Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor. It started nine days of debuts including for movies starring Rooney Mara, Isabelle Huppert, Gael García Bernal, Kristen Stewart and more. The Anne Hathaway romantic dramedy The Idea of You from SXSW stalwart Michael Showalter closed the fest on Saturday.

Keep checking back below as Deadline reviews the best and buzziest movies of the festival. Click on the titles to read the full reviews.

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Cast: Jovan Adepo, John Bradley, Rosalind Chao, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Jess Hong, Marlo Kelly, Alex Sharp, Sea Shimooka, Zine Tseng, Saamer Usmani, Benedict Wong, Jonathan Pryce

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