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After delaying its awards ceremony for several weeks following the wildfires in Los Angeles, AARP the Magazine announced the winners of its annual Movies for Grownups Awards on Saturday, with A Complete Unknown going home as the big winner.

The show, hosted by Alan Cumming at the Beverly Wilshire, celebrates TV and film for older audiences, and this year also presented a career achievement award to Glenn Close. Though Conclave came into the ceremony with the most nominations, the film left empty handed. A Complete Unknown took best picture as Demi Moore and Adrien Brody won the top acting prizes, and Shogun was recognized as best TV series.

Check out a full list of winners below:

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups

A Complete Unknown (Winner)

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Gladiator II

September 5

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)

Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)

Demi Moore (The Substance...

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez” leads the 7th annual Latino Entertainment Film Awards with an impressive 17 nominations, including best picture, director, and four acting nods for Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz and Zoe Saldaña. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi sequel “Dune: Part 2” follows with 10.

The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (Leja), which celebrates the year’s best in film and Latino talent, was also fans of Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” and Jon M. Chu’s “Wicked,” which earned nine nominations each. These films join other best picture nominees, including “Anora,” “The Brutalist,” “Conclave,” “I’m Still Here,” “Nickel Boys,” and “Sing Sing.”

“I’m Still Here” from Sony Pictures Classics surprised many with its robust Oscar showing, including a best picture nomination. In addition to recognition for Fernanda Torres in best actress, the Brazilian drama also earned nods for director (Walter Salles), adapted screenplay, cinematography and editing.

Leja also announced...

The 2025 Oscar nominations released Thursday included a powerhouse lineup of original and adapted screenplays, from leading noms-getter Emilia Pérez to Golden Globe winner Conclave. In all, seven of the 10 Best Picture nominees also scored writing noms today.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series featured all 10 writing nominees this season. Read all of the scripts below.

This year’s list includes repeat writing nominees A Complete Unknown‘s James Mangold and Jay Cocks and Conclave‘s Peter Straughan in the Adapted race, where they are joined by Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys, and Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing.

All five screenplays in the Original category are from first-time writing nominees: Sean Baker for Anora; Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist; Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain; Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and co-writer Alex David for September 5; and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance.

Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez and Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in ‘Emilia Pérez’ (Photo © 2024 Page 114 – Why Not Productions – PATHÉ Films – France 2 CINÉMA)

Emilia Pérez established a new Oscars record, earning 13 nominations and entering the record books as the most nominated non-English language film. The Brutalist and Wicked followed with 10 Oscar nominations, and A Complete Unknown and Conclave each picked up eight. Anora was nominated in six categories, and The Substance and Dune: Part Two earned five nominations.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members recognized The Substance‘s Coralie Fargeat with a directing nomination, making her only the 10th woman in Oscar history to earn a nomination in that category. And this year’s Best Picture nominees include two musicals – Emilia Pérez and Wicked – which hasn’t happened since 1968. With her best actress nomination, Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón became the first openly trans person...

The 2025 Oscar nominations were announced on Thursday and while some vets like Ralph Fiennes (Conclave) and Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) have been around the block before, many others heard their names called for the very first time.

Among those Oscar newbies is Best Actress contender Demi Moore (The Substance), whose career spans more than 40 years but who, as she noted in her Golden Globe acceptance speech, was dismissed as a “popcorn actress” by a producer. It’s surprising that Guy Pearce (The Brutalist) never earned an Oscar nom before now; his past roles include Oscar-winning films like L.A. Confidential (1997), The Hurt Locker (2009), and The King’s Speech (2010), but he finally got on the board in this year’s Best Supporting Actor race. Hollywood royalty Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), the daughter of Oscar nominee Roberto Rossellini and Oscar winner Ingrid Bergman, finally scored a nom of her own in Best Supporting Actress.

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), is scheduled to take place on March 2nd at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien hosting… but before we get to the ceremony, we need to know the nominees. This morning, actor/writer/comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang were tasked with announcing the 2025 Oscar nominations – and the list of nominees can now be seen below!

Best Picture

Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker

The Brutalist – Nominees to be determined

A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman

Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman

Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Pérez – Nominees to be determined

I’m Still Here – Nominees to be determined

Nickel Boys – Nominees to be determined

The Substance – Nominees to be determined

Wicked – Marc Platt...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars), set to honour the outstanding films of 2024. Originally delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the announcement was made on January 23, from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ leads the pack with multiple nominations, lauded for its ambitious narrative chronicling the life of an immigrant architect in mid-20th-century America.

The Best Actress category has drawn significant attention, with Demi Moore (The Substance) and Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) leading the conversation. Moore’s performance has been hailed as one of the best of her career, while Gascón’s nomination is historic, representing a landmark moment for transgender actors in Hollywood.

In the Best Actor category, Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) stands out for his deeply moving portrayal of a prison inmate seeking redemption.

‘Conclave,’ a gripping...

Netflix’s Emilia Pérez could be about to sweep awards season. The main trio of actresses that drive the story are nominated in the early rounds of red carpets and awards ceremonies, namely the Golden Globes — with ten noms — as well as the BAFTAs — where it leads the longlist with Conclave.

After entering the conversation in May 2024, the Spanish musical crime comedy arrived on Netflix last November. For all the details about the work that stars Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and more, read below:

What is Emilia Pérez about?

The story follows Saldaña’s Rita, a lawyer who is overqualified but also overlooked at her large law firm, which aims more just to get criminals out of trouble than to actually serve them justice. Rita gets an unexpected opportunity to exit this situation when Manitas (Karla Sofía Gascón), the leader of a notorious cartel, hires her to help him withdraw...

Emilia Pérez, the highly unconventional Spanish-language musical from the French filmmaker Jacques Audiard and the American distributor Netflix, was the toast of the Capri Hollywood International Film Festival over the Christmas/New Year break.

At the 29th edition of the Italian fest, which is held on the titular island off the coast of Naples, the festival’s jury awarded the film a field-leading six prizes: best picture, actress (Karla Sofía Gascón, who was in attendance at the fest), adapted screenplay, makeup/hairstyling and ensemble, as well as a special honor for its producers.

The other films that were awarded multiple prizes were A24’s The Brutalist, which received three, including best actor for Adrien Brody; and, with two each, Focus’ Conclave, including best supporting actress for Isabella Rossellini; Warners’ Dune: Part Two; and Universal’s Wicked.

Jurors included a number of distinguished Italian and Italian-American filmmakers — among them Franco Nero,...

On Wednesday, AARP The Magazine announced its 2025 Movies for Grownups Awards nominations. Papal thriller “Conclave” leads with six nominations, including Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups, Best Director for Edward Berger, and Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes. Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown” is in second place, with five nominations. TV nominees with multiple nominations include “Hacks,” “The Morning Show,” “Shōgun,” and “Slow Horses.”

The American Association of Retired People’s Movies for Grownups program champions movies and TV “for grownups, by grownups,” meaning 50-plus.

“A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Perez,” “Gladiator II,” and “September 5” are the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups nominees.

In the Best Actress category, nominees are Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), and June Squibb (“Thelma”). The Best Actor nominees are Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Daniel Craig (“Queer”), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave...

AARP The Magazine has announced the nominees for the annual Movies for Grownups Awards. The best picture contenders are “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez,” “Gladiator II” and “September 5.”

The best actress race includes Pamela Anderson (“The Last Showgirl”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”), Demi Moore (“The Substance”), and June Squibb (“Thelma”). The best actor category has Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”), Ralph Fiennes (“Conclave”), and Jude Law (“The Order”).

Best director nominees include Pedro Almodóvar (“The Room Next Door”), Jacques Audiard (“Emilia Pérez”), Edward Berger (“Conclave”), James Mangold (“A Complete Unknown”), and Ridley Scott (“Gladiator II”).

“Passionate for sophisticated, high-quality content, older audiences have the ability to propel film and TV content into mainstream popularity,” says AARP film and TV critic Tim Appelo. “With this year’s Movies for Grownups nominations, AARP spotlights the talents and work that resonate with this powerful demographic.

Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave and the upcoming Timothée Chalamet-starring Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown lead the nominations for the AARP Movies for Grownups Awards, which annually champion movies for grownups, by grownups and encourage films and TV shows that resonate with older viewers.

Focus Features’ Conclave, starring Ralph Fiennes, scored a leading six nominations, while Searchlight’s James Mangold-directed Complete Unknown, which hits theaters on December 25, had five noms. The two pics are nominated for the Mfg’s marquee Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups Awards, alongside Paramount’s Gladiator II and September 5 (which had four noms apiece) and Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, (three noms).

Last year’s Best Picture winner, Killers of the Flower Moon, went on to nab 10 Oscar nominations.

Other notable nominees include Robert Zemeckis’ Miramax-produced, Sony-distributed generation-spanning Here, starring Tom Hanks and Robin Wright and penned by Eric Roth in...

Edward Berger’s Conclave, which takes viewers into the drama behind the selection of a new pope, leads this year’s Movies for Grownups Awards nominees with six nods, including for the top prize of best picture.

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet as the legendary musician, landed five nods, followed by four-time nominees Gladiator II and September 5 and triple nominees Sing Sing, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist.

The best picture category sees Conclave face off against A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Gladiator II and September 5.

In addition to best picture, Conclave is represented in the categories of best actor (Ralph Fiennes), best supporting actor (Stanley Tucci), best supporting actress (Isabella Rossellini), best director (Berger) and best screenwriter (Peter Straughan).

A Complete Unknown is up for best picture, director (Mangold), screenwriter (Mangold and Jay Cocks), ensemble and Best Time Capsule.

Gladiator II, in addition to best picture,...

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Netflix opens “Emilia Pérez” in theaters on November 1 before the film streams November 13.

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a movie musical where the words “mammoplasty, vaginoplasty, rhinoplasty” play out in song. Nor have you lived until you’ve seen that same movie musical in which Selena Gomez says the words “My pussy still hurts when I think of you.” And you’ve never seen a movie musical at all about transness that takes as bold of swings as Jacques Audiard‘s “Emilia Pérez,” which is stylistically unforgettable while missing the crucial element that makes any movie musical work: Actually good, memorable songs.

Audiard is the 72-year-old French director known ever for dipping into other worlds and genres that are far from his own as a cis white guy from Europe. His 2015 Palme d’Or...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published during the 2024 Telluride Film Festival. “Emilia Pérez” is now in theaters and starts streaming on Netflix November 13.

French auteur Jacques Audiard has been flirting with musical moviemaking ever since “Self-Made Hero” in 1996, when he and composer Alexandre Desplat discussed adapting that film into an opera. But it wasn’t until Audiard read a friend’s novel, “Écoute,” that he responded to the idea of a Mexican drug kingpin transitioning to become a woman. In that case the cartel boss was trying to escape from his life, not his gender.

“So the novelist actually introduces this character, but then doesn’t fully develop it,” said Audiard at the Telluride Film Festival, where the Cannes prize-winner “Emilia Pérez” played well at multiple screenings and generated serious Oscar talk going into its September 9 presentation at the Toronto International Festival. “I’m fascinated by the paradox...

Jacques Audiard’s predicted Oscar-bound “Emilia Pérez” has unveiled its full bombastic trailer.

The Cannes award-winning musical follows four women in Mexico who are each pursuing their own happiness. The official synopsis reads: “The fearsome cartel leader Emilia (Karla Sofía Gascón) enlists Rita (Zoe Saldaña), an unappreciated lawyer stuck in a dead-end job, to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self.”

Selena Gomez plays Jessi, with Adriana Paz as Epifanía and Edgar Ramírez as Gustavo.

The film won the Cannes Jury Prize and the Cannes Best Actress Prize for the four lead stars of Gascón, Saldaña, Gomez, and Paz. The ensemble cast is also being feted at a slew of festivals.

The feature was also awarded the Cannes Soundtrack Award upon its world premiere, with music by Clément Ducol and Camille.

“Emilia Pérez” was selected by France as its International Feature Oscar submission,...

If the race for Best International Feature Film feels rushed this year, it is: the Academy pushed up country submission deadlines by a month. Films still have until November 15 to play in theaters in their respective countries. The Academy has also laid down more rigorous rules for who serves on the Oscar selection committees: 50 percent must be filmmakers (including artists and craftspeople). France, for example, beefed up its committee from seven members to 11.

As a country with a robust film industry, France has often been criticized for picking the “wrong” Oscar submission, from Cannes Palme d’Or winner “Titane” (Neon), which was not nominated, to “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films) over Neon’s eventual Best Picture contender, “Anatomy of a Fall.”

In fact, Audrey Diwan, director of “Happening” — a film many thought should have been submitted instead of “Titane” — is now on the French selection committee, along with veteran...

“Journey to the End of the Night,” a literary masterpiece penned by controversial French author Louis-Ferdinand Céline, is being adapted for the big screen by Joann Sfar and Thomas Bidegain.

Well-established producers Aton Soumache (“The Little Prince”) and Alain Attal (“Beating Hearts”) are developing the project through their respective banners, Magical Society (jointly led with Sfar) and Tresor Films.

The adaptation endeavor was initiated by Sfar, a Jewish comicbook artist, illustrator, thinker and filmmaker whose body of work has promoted tolerance and combatted all forms of racism through words and images.

Published in 1932, “Journey to the End of the Night” was the first novel written by Céline, whose real name was Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches. Céline, who fled to Germany in 1944 and died in 1961 after living for many years in self-imposed exile in Denmark, remains a polarizing figure due to his antisemitic views and pamphlets that promoted the Nazi ideology during the Second World War.

Exclusive: After a rapturous world premiere at the Palais des Festivals on Saturday night and an 11-minute standing ovation, Jacques Audiard’s latest Cannes Competition entry Emilia Peréz is nearing a deal with Netflix for North America and the UK.

The Spanish-language musical crime comedy, starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramirez, has been one of the buzziest projects to come to market in Cannes this year, with multiple U.S. distributors offering on the film since it premiered at the weekend. Netflix has swooped in for North American and UK rights to the original title in a deal that we’re hearing is in the high seven figures. The pact is in its closing stages.

Deadline understands that a number of key international territories are all close to being done, with CDC United Network also taking rights for Latin America. Pathé pre bought the title...

It’s been 30 years since a film from India has been selected in the main competition at Cannes, but that finally changed this year.

Recent editions of Sundance, Tribeca, and Toronto have included riveting and even Oscar-nominated documentaries and features. In fact, Mira Nair’s “Monsoon Wedding” won the Golden Lion at Venice more than two decades ago. Granted, Cannes has recently programmed South Asian gems in other sections, such as the Queer Palm-winning “Joyland” from Pakistan in Un Certain Regard in 2022, or Anurag Kashyap’s “Kennedy” in Midnight last year. But would the South Asian drought in the main competition ever end?

Many were ecstatic last month when “All We Imagine as Light”, Mumbai-based Payal Kapadia’s narrative directorial debut, was announced in the competition lineup alongside legendary Cannes regulars: European heavyweights such as Jacques Audiard and Yorgos Lanthimos, American auteurs David Cronenberg and Paul Schrader, and Asian visionary Jia Zhangke.

Selena Gomez has credited the Emilia Perez script for providing her with a potentially iconic line, speaking at the press conference for Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Competition title.

Gomez was asked by a journalist whether a particular speech of hers in the film would become “iconic erotic dialogue… some of the sexiest dialogue ever heard in Spanish.”

“I don’t know if I’m sexy!” responded Gomez. “That’s the writing, it’s not me.”

“It’s a very powerful moment in the movie and it was very poetic.”

Emilia Perez is written by Audiard, with collaboration from Thomas Bidegain and Lea Mysius.

Jacques Audiard’s latest movie, the Spanish-language musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez, had its competition world premiere Saturday in Cannes, where it received a an ovation that lasted more than 11 minutes.

Stars Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Édgar Ramirez were all in attendance for the first big premiere of Cannes’ first weekend, after a festival that has already seen the likes of Megalopolis and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga among the big Hollywood movies playing here.

The ovation came as the credits rolled on the pic. At some point Audiard took the microphone to thank the audience at the Palais. After he finished, the applause resumed for two-minutes-plus more, with Saldaña, Gascón and Gomez coming to tears.

A bashful Selena Gomez basks in the applause after the premiere of ‘Emilia Perez’ #Cannes2024 pic.twitter.com/zjWlDvtqOe

— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) May 18, 2024

Star of ‘Emilia Perez’ Zoe Saldana gets...

UK filmmaker Andrea Arnold will be honoured with the Directors’ Fortnight’s Carrosse d’Or award at the 56h edition of the Cannes parallel section running May 15-25.

She will receive the prize from French directors guild La Société des Réalisateurs (Srf) during the opening ceremony.

Launched in 2002, the Carosse d’Or - or “Golden Coach” in French - recognises “innovative” directors for their storied careers behind the camera.

Last year, Souleyman Cissé received the honour that has also previously been given to Frederick Wiseman, John Carpenter, Martin Scorsese, Werner Herzog, Aki Kaurismaki, Jia Zhangke, Naomi Kawase and Nanni Moretti.

British filmmaker Andrea Arnold is set to receive the Golden Coach Award at this year’s Directors Fortnight, which runs alongside the Cannes Film Festival.

The ceremony will take place on May 15 during the opening ceremony for Directors’ Fortnight.

The honorary award, handed out by the governing body of the Cannes sidebar the Society of French Directors (Sfr), launched in 2002 and is handed out to filmmakers boasting “innovative qualities, courage and independent-mindedness of his or her work.”

The French guild described Arnold as an “avid explorer of the fringes of society” and “a dynamiter of social film codes” who has “a knack of sounding out the power of bodies and souls.”

Arnold’s latest film, “Bird,” is rumored to be in the pipeline for this year’s competition roster at the Cannes Film Festival.

“From ‘Milk’ to ‘Red Road,’ from ‘Wuthering Heights’ to ‘American Honey,’ you scrutinize society from every angle,...

Man vs. machine chess thriller Rematch was awarded the International Competition grand prize at the 2024 Series Mania festival on Friday night (March 22) in Lille, France.

Inspired by the true story of the historic confrontation between chess master Garry Kasparov and Ibm’s supercomputer Deep Blue, the AI-themed story created by Yan England, André Gulluni and Bruno Nahon is produced by Unité, Arte France, Federation Studios and Proton and stars Christian Cooke. Federation Studios handles international sales.

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The international competition jury, presided by The Oa creator Zal Batmanglij, also gave awards to the stars...

One Jake Gyllenhaal movie became national headlines in the French media for all the wrong reasons, but the U.S. media are too busy reporting his Road House troubles. Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby were signed for the indie film, Suddenly. Gyllenhaal also agreed to produce the $26 million movie directed by Thomas Bidegain. However, the production of the film fell apart in four days due to allegedly erratic behavior from the Enemy actor.

Jake Gyllenhaal in Road House

Gyllenhaal allegedly proved to be a headache for the production crew with his weird demands on set. At one point, Gyllenhaal demanded he swim in the cold sea for a scene in the film. The film fell apart when a producer refused to agree to Gyllenhaal’s demands.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Behavior Reportedly Shut Down A $26 Million Indie Movie Road House star Jake Gyllenhaal was allegedly insufferable on the sets of the scrapped...

When it comes to good looks, charisma, and strong acting chops, Jake Gyllenhaal is the complete package. With a variety of roles and films that have showcased his prowess, Gyllenhaal has proved that he can walk the fine balance between commerical success and critical acclaim.

Jake Gyllenhaal in Spider-Man: Far From Home

Sometimes, serious talent can also come with a few eccentric quirks. Recently, Gyllenhaal has been in the news for his reportedly controlling behavior back in 2021 when he was signed on to produce and star in French director Thomas Bidegain‘s film. The movie which was ultimately made in French, never saw a Hollywood release owing to the Brokeback Mountain actor’s impossible demands.

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Jake Gyllenhaal’s Aggression Ruined This Film’s...

Jake Gyllenhaal has been constantly gracing the silver screen with his versatile performance in a wide variety of films. Since 1991 the Nocturnal Animals actor has been entertaining the audience by jumping between big-budget films to indie films in a plethora of roles, giving stellar performances.

Rebecca Ferguson in Mission: Impossible

However, there is some bad news for Jake Gyllenhaal as Rebecca Ferguson shared how she refused to work with an actor after they screamed at her leaving her in tears. Though she did not mention the name of the actor, Gyllenhaal’s recent actions raise the fingers at him. However, Michael Fassbender’s past has also put him in the picture, as fans criticize them on social media.

Fans Target Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Fassbender For Screaming at Rebecca Ferguson After Her Statement

Recently, Rebecca Ferguson appeared as a guest on Reign with Josh Smith podcast, where she shared a...

Director Bidegain reveals why Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby left the movie Suddenly: they had different visions for the film's message. Bidegain's account contradicts reports of Gyllenhaal's inappropriate behavior on set, but he does confirm that creative differences led to their departure. The movie was retooled with new actors and released as the French-language film Soudain Seuls, while Gyllenhaal and Kirby moved on to other successful projects.

The director of Suddenly is being candid about why Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby left the project. The movie was meant to be based on Isabelle Autissier's Soudain Seuls and would have told a story of two lovers desperately trying to survive on an isolated island. As director Thomas Bidegain is known for his French movies, Gyllenhaal's project was meant to be his first English film. Instead, reports of poor on-set behavior slowly emerged, before Kirby and Gyllenhaal both quietly left the movie,...

Carl Weathers, aka Apollo Creed, From Rocky Franchise, Passes Away At 76 (Photo Credit – wikimedia)

Sylvester Stallone’s co-star Carl Weathers, known for playing Apollo Creed in the ‘Rocky Franchise,’ passed away, and his family broke the news on Friday. He was 76 years old. Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger took to their social media accounts to pay tribute to their beloved colleague. Carl’s family issued a statement breaking the tragic news of his demise. Scroll below to know the deets.

Besides the Rocky film series, Carl has appeared in films like Predator, Action Jackson, The Four Deuces, Happy Gilmore, and more. He also lent his voice to Combat Carl in Toy Story 4, which came out in 2019. He was also a part of the series The Mandalorian, and his co-stars also mourned his passing via heartwarming posts. Carl even received an Emmy nomination for The Mandalorian. Also, Michael B. Jordan’s...

“Suddenly” director Thomas Bidegain is clarifying his viral statements about his scrapped film set to star Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby.

In a report published by France’s Technikart magazine (as translated by Film Stories UK and blog World of Reel), Bidegain claimed Gyllenhaal exhibited erratic behavior during pre-production on the survival film. Bidegain was slated to direct from a script he cowrote with Valentine Monteil, as adapted from Isabelle Autissier’s novel “Soudain Seuls.”

Gyllenhaal was a producer on the $26 million indie film set to begin production in Iceland in fall 2021. “Suddenly” starred Gyllenhaal and Kirby as a couple trapped on an island in the South Atlantic. The set was being constructed on a whaling facility, with locations already chosen in Iceland, at the time when the allegations took place. Among Bidegain’s claims included Gyllenhaal stripping down to swim in the freezing ocean and reading the script in...

There have been some wild rumors about Jake Gyllenhaal‘s behavior on the set of a movie, and the truth is coming out.

Recently, an article suggested that the 43-year-old actor and planned costar Vanessa Kirby wrought havoc and cost upwards of $26 million when they abruptly exited French director Thomas Bidegain‘s movie Suddenly.

The original story was printed in a French magazine called Technikart, and it alleged that Jake displayed bad behavior, including the claim that he used a “Pepe Le Pew-like accent” while on set in Iceland.

However, the story is not correct. Now, Thomas is correcting the narrative.

Read the truth about Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby’s movie…

Speaking to Variety, Thomas confirmed that both Jake and Vanessa did exit the project. He recast their roles, and it premiered in December 2023 under the title Soudain seuls.

However, that’s seemingly where the story diverges from truth.

French director Thomas Bidegain is setting the record straight about Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby’s exit from his project “Suddenly.”

An interview with Bidegain that ran last week in the French magazine Technikart got international attention, with the headline “Four Days to Bury a Movie.” The interview suggested that Gyllenhaal and Kirby had left the film in the last stretch of pre-production in Iceland, which resulted in a loss of $26 million.

According to the story, Gyllenhaal dove into the freezing ocean, demanded multiple rewrites and rehearsed scenes in a mocking “Pepe Le Pew-like accent.” Though Bidegain wouldn’t address those specific claims, he tells Variety that he parted ways with Gyllenhaal and Kirby over a creative clash, rather than unprofessional behavior on Gyllenhaal’s part. He also claims that, contrary to what is suggested in the French article, the company which financed “Suddenly,” Studiocanal, didn’t lose $26 million because...

3 Theories about Hela holding Thor’s Mjolnir in Thor: Ragnarok ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

Thor: Ragnarok is one of the best Thor movies and one of the most entertaining and engaging MCU movies. The Taika Waititi directorial, released in 2017, stars Chris Hemsworth as Thor – The God of Thunder, Tom Hiddleston as Loki – The God of Mischief, Cate Blanchett as Hela, and Anthony Hopkins as Odin. Cate gave us one of the most fierce and ruthless villains in the MCU franchise! From her solid performances to how her character returns to seek revenge, everything about the actress’ presence in the film makes it worth watching.

There are many reasons why Ragnarok receives appreciation and love from Marvel fans. The music, the cinematography, the character developments, and the villain, everything is incredible. A lot of showdown and fight sequences are heavily praised. But one scene that will leave you jaw-dropped every time you...

Mariah Carey Once Slammed Eminem As Girly Over Their Alleged Relationship Feud ( Photo Credit – Instagram; Facebook )

Singers are creative people, and they express themselves through their songs. Sometimes, they make their songs a medium to shade others or convey their relationship to the world. It gets messy at times, like in the case of Eminem and Mariah Carey. Eminem and Mariah are two of the most eminent musical personalities linked together in the 2000s. It was all over the news, and their feud was among the most talked about.

They have had several relationships over the years and were linked with other people. Mariah and Marshall Bruce Mathers III’s fight took a different level when it was revealed that the Slim Shady rapper saved several voicemails of the songstress and desired to use them to make songs. He even started mentioning their alleged relationship in his songs, especially in his album,...

Jake Gyllenhaal’s erratic demands led to the crumbling of his Indie film, Suddenly?

In 2021, Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby were signed up for an Indie film called Suddenly. Thomas Bidegain would direct the film for which he co-wrote the script with Valentine Monteil. However, the English film never happened, and Thomas went on to direct his story as a French-language film, Soudain Seals.

In an explosive interview, Thomas Bidegain revealed what really went wrong between him and Jake. Thomas shared several anecdotes that led to his fallout with Jake, which compelled him to rewrite the script in French.

Jake Gyllenhaal’s Unreasonable Demands

In an interview with Technikart, Thomas Bidegain shares that he was initially happy to have Jake Gyllenhaal in his film. Initially, things went well. However, when they reached Iceland for the shoot, Jake made some demands. According to Bidegain, the Zodiac actor demanded a car that’s neither red nor white.

StudioCanal cites “very normal” creative differences in the wake of the story about the collapse of Suddenly, starring Jake Gyllenhaal.

It’s been quite a week in terms of Jake Gyllenhaal-related news. Yesterday (31st January), we shared the story of Suddenly, a survival drama that would have starred Jake Gyllenhaal and Vanessa Kirby as a couple stuck on a storm-swept island.

Speaking to French magazine Technikart, director Thomas Bidegain described a strange four-day ordeal in Iceland in the autumn of 2021. Bidegain claimed that Gyllenhaal – who was also a co-producer – demanded several changes to the script, and also exhibited some curious behaviour, including stripping down to his underwear and jumping in the sea in front of cast and crew, as well as reading the script aloud in a mock French accent.

Long story short: Bidegain and co-producer Alain Attal refused to change the script, and the production fell apart before a frame of footage was shot.

An in-depth report paints a portrait of star power run amok on the set of Suddenly – a Jake Gyllenhaal drama that fell apart days before filming.

Whether it’s Val Kilmer’s antics on the set of The Island Of Doctor Moreau or Sly Stallone demanding last-minute changes during the filming of Rambo 3, cinema history is littered with stories of star power gone wild. According to a report in France’s Technikart magazine (and spotted by World of Reel) we can add the Jake Gyllenhaal-starring survival drama Suddenly to the list.

The film – essentially a two-hander about a pair of lovers trapped on an inhospitably cold island – was originally due to begin filming in the autumn of 2021. It was to be directed by Thomas Bidegain, with the script co-written by newcomer Valentine Monteil. For Bidegain, known for writing such films as A Prophet and Rust And Bone, it would...

"Do you enjoy blocking the view?" Studiocanal Intl. has revealed an official trailer for a French romantic survival thriller called Suddenly, shortened from the original French title which translates to Suddenly Alone. It just opened earlier this December in France but there's still no US date confirmed - except it early next year. "Nothing can separate us." Based on the French-language novel Soudain Seuls, follows a couple that must fight for survival after they become stranded on an island which was supposed to be their dream journey. A new survival film by Thomas Bidegain, the acclaimed screenwriter of A Prophet and Rust and Bone, starring Gilles Lellouche and Mélanie Thierry. The two end up stranded on a deserted island of the coast of Chile and wake to discover their boat has disappeared. How will they make it through this? How will it change their relationship? Watch and find out. This...

French cinema guilds L’Arp and La Srf have put out a joint statement declaring solidarity with the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

Many of the demands around value sharing and A.I. regulation of the Hollywood writers and actors, who went on strike on May 2 and July 14 respectively, chime with long-running battles of the two organizations in France.

“This double social movement, a first since 1960 in Hollywood, is the sign of a major turning point, where the issues of value sharing, the integration of new models and artificial intelligence are central,” the bodies in a joint statement, issued on Thursday.

“At the heart of these demands, is the future of our sector. To guarantee that authors and artists continue to emerge and renew creation, we must on the one hand adapt value-sharing to new distribution models, so that the transition from linear does not lead to a weakening of creators,” it continued.

While unveiling its slate of new French originals and acquisitions on Monday, Prime Video announced that it would skip a French theatrical release for “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s anticipated tennis drama. The film, which stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and “West Side Story” star Mike Faist, will still be released in theaters in all other territories.

During a posh press event hosted at the Pavillon Royal on the outskirts of Paris, Brigitte Ricou-Bellan, Prime Video’s country managing director for France, said the strategic move by the Amazon streamer resulted from France’s notoriously strict windowing rules, which demands streamers to wait 15 to 17 months after a theatrical roll out before making a new film available on their services. The rule has led other studios to opt to skip French cinemas for new releases before, such as Disney’s decision to debut “Strange World” on streaming.

“We’re a strong partner for French cinema and well-established talent.

The Malian filmmaker will be honoured with the award at the opening ceremony on May 17

Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé will receive the Carrosse d’Or award of the French directors guild La Société des Réalisateurs (Srf) at the 55th edition of the Cannes’ Directors Fortnight strand which runs May 16-27.

The director will be honoured with the award, which recognises filmmakers for their “innovative qualities”, at the opening ceremony on May 17.

Cisse’s career has spanned over 50 years with his work having screened at Cannes six times. His 1987 drama Yelen picked up the jury prize at the festival when it played in competition.

Jacques Audiard, the Oscar-nominated French director (“A Prophet”), is finally getting ready to shoot his next film, “Emilia Perez,” this spring with a cast led by Karla Sofia Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.

After “Paris, 13th District,” an intimate black-and-white film about millennial love, Audiard is aiming to build a larger canvas for “Emilia Perez,” a musical crime comedy which Audiard tells Variety will lense in a studio near Paris instead of Mexico, as originally planned.

Gascón, a rising Argentinian trans actor, will play a feared Mexican cartel leader who undergoes a sex change to get away from the law, becoming the woman he’s always wanted to be.

Audiard says the idea for “Emilia Perez” came to him more than two years ago as “an opera libretto in four acts,” and that’s how he wrote the treatment.

“It was the first time that an idea [for a film] came to...

Jacques Audiard’s highly anticipated musical crime comedy, “Emilia Perez,” will start shooting in the spring with Karla Sofia Gascón, Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.

Filming was delayed by six months due to some scheduling conflicts with cast members and is now slated to begin in April, Variety has learned.

Gascón, an up-and-coming Argentinian trans actor, will play a feared, on-the-run Mexican cartel leader who has a sex change to get away from the law and become the woman he’s always wanted to be.

“Emilia Perez” was previously set to shoot in Mexico but will now be filming in a studio near Paris, as per Audiard’s wish.

The script was penned by Audiard and Thomas Bidegain, who collaborated on Audiard’s most successful films, including “A Prophet” and the Palme d’Or winner “Dheepan.”

“Emilia Perez” is produced by Why Not Productions and Page 114. The Veterans, Vincent Maraval and Kim Fox’s banner,...

The 16 writers will participate in pre-writing workshops to shape drama series

French screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, who co-wrote Rust And Bone and The Cowboys is one of the 16 writers taking part in a series of workshops hosted by The Creatives, the Fremantle-backed alliance of 10 international production companies.

The Creative Connection will aim to strengthen drama series writing in Europe and is co-funded by The Creatives and the European Commission.

The writers, who span 14 countries, will participate in three five-day workshops across Europe and collaborate with the 10 producers that form The Creatives, including the Netherlands’ Lemming Film, UK’s Good Chaos,...

The Creatives, an alliance of independent production companies from across Europe and beyond, has picked 16 screenwriters to participate in a session of brainstorming workshops aimed at developing ideas and pitches for new films and high-end drama TV series.

The group, announced Monday, includes veteran writers Thomas Bidegain, co-writer of The Bélier Family, the 2014 French feature adapted into English as 2021 Best Picture Oscar winner Coda, as well as several collaborations with French director Jacques Audiard, including A Prophet (2009), Rust and Bone (2012) and The Sisters Brothers (2018); Israeli writer Sigal Avin, creator of Apple TV+ Losing Alice; and Denmark’s Julie Budtz Sørensen, a writer on Netflix series The Rain and Chosen.

The 16 writers, joined by 10 producers from The Creatives, will take part in three, five-day workshops across Europe this year. The first will kick off in France’s Île-de-France region this week. The concept of the workshops will see the writers and...

Soudain, seuls

A thriller book-to-film adaptation that was originally meant to be worked in the English language and set to star Jake Gyllenhaal (The Sisters Brothers) and Vanessa Kirby and would then be transferred onto Gilles Lellouche and Melanie Thierry, Thomas Bidegain moved into production in September of last year in Iceland. A longtime scribe for Jacques Audiard’s films, Soudain, seuls (Suddenly) is Bidegain’s second feature following 2015’s Les Cowboys (which starred François Damiens) which was also produced by Tresor Films’ Alain Attal. We’re getting Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness vibes with this true litmus relationship test.…...

Iconoclast, the international production group behind Romain Gavras’ Venice competition film “Athena,” is setting a wide-ranging slate of projects with emerging filmmakers from different audiovisual fields, including Leo Berne from the artists collective Megaforce, Elias Belkeddar and Said Belktibia from the collective Kourtrajmé. The company is also producing the next projects of Harmony Korine and Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, among others.

In a rare interview, Nicolas Lhermitte, who co-founded Iconoclast with Mourad Belkeddar and Charles-Marie Anthonioz, says the company has emerged from the pandemic with a record number of developed projects. “We took the opportunity during the pandemic to develop a lot of projects, and today we have around 30 projects in the pipeline, spanning films and series that are set up at our studios in France, the U.S. and Germany,” says Lhermitte, who adds that Iconoclast aspired to “accompany multi-disciplinary artists to venture from one field to another, films, TV series,...

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