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Paramount reunites Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold in ‘High Side’, a high-octane motocross heist thriller on superbikes.

Paramount Pictures has secured one of the hottest deals of the season: the production of ‘High Side’, a new action thriller that will reunite Timothée Chalamet with acclaimed director James Mangold, following their Oscar-nominated success with ‘A Complete Unknown’.

Described as a blend of ‘Heat’ and ‘Hell or High Water’, the film marks a dramatic genre shift for Chalamet, who will take on his first full-scale action role. Based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira, the plot follows Billy, a former motocross racer whose career was cut short by a devastating crash and a turbulent family past. His life takes a dangerous turn when his estranged brother ropes him into a string of bank robberies on superbikes. With the FBI closing in, Billy must use his racing skills for something far...

William H. Macy, the revered Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning character actor, will sit down with yours truly on Sept. 9 in Toronto to record a special episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast in front of an audience at THR’s Access Canada Summit, a three-day event that spotlights Canada’s vibrant content industry.

The recording will take place at Toronto’s Omni King Edward Hotel at 10:30 a.m. local time. Tickets are available for purchase on the summit’s website.

Macy, 75, is best known for his work in films like 1996’s Fargo, 1997’s Boogie Nights and 2015’s Room, as well as TV series such as ER and Shameless. He will be at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival with Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams, which had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival last January en route to being acquired by Netflix, and for which he...

Fran Drescher, who led the actors’ union during its historic 2023 strike, will not be running again for SAG-AFTRA president.

A list of national candidates seeking political office in the union’s 2025 elections that was released to members on Friday confirmed that the actor isn’t seeking a reappointment to the union’s top job after four years in charge.

Instead, a member of her 2023 political slate and negotiating committee, Sean Astin, is running for president. So too is Chuck Slavin, a SAG-AFTRA New England Local board member. Ballots will be collected between August 13 and September 12.

The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to a representative for Drescher for comment.

Drescher, who shot to stardom with her role on The Nanny in the ‘90s, surged back into the public consciousness as the actors’ leader during the strike in 2023. Her idiosyncratic approach to union leadership, which included bringing a heart-shaped plushie to negotiations...

Sam Nivola just might be living out M. Night Shyamalan’s “Old.” The breakout “The White Lotus” actor is lamenting how difficult it is for rising, younger stars to land roles in Hollywood due to older, more established actors extending their careers by way of plastic surgery; the augmentations allow for actors to play characters who were meant to be years younger than the stars’ themselves. Nivola warns that the cycle is icing out new talent, and might leave a deficit in Hollywood after certain aging actors pass away.

“The old movie stars are getting plastic surgery, and they’re looking younger and they’re staying young,” Nivola told Variety during a recent interview. “You have these really old people playing young roles. And it’s not giving any space for the young’uns to move in and make a name for themselves. With all due respect to those people,...

Paramount Pictures has beaten rival bidders for High Side, a motocross-driven heist thriller that will reunite Timothée Chalamet with director James Mangold, fresh off their eight-Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. The studio secured the package after a short but intense auction that drew multiple majors, signaling strong confidence in the project’s commercial appeal.

Based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira, the film follows Billy, an ex-MotoGP prodigy whose career-ending crash and fractured family history leave him vulnerable when his fugitive brother recruits him for a string of bank robberies executed on superbikes. Chernin Entertainment is producing, while management outfit Sugar23 shopped the pitch across Hollywood and to publishers, generating parallel interest in a literary deal.

Paramount motion-picture co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein praised the script as “bold, original storytelling we’re committed to championing” in a statement released after the deal closed. Insiders...

Paramount has officially won the auction for a major Timothée Chalamet movie. A two-time Oscar nominee, Chalamet is one of the biggest names in Hollywood right now, and certainly one of the most important stars of his generation. He has a busy slate coming up with Marty Supreme this year and Dune: Part Three for next year.

As for Paramount, the company has been going through some huge changes. Paramount recently merged with Skydance, taking control of its projects. Just this week, on Aug. 7, this meant that the now-merged company would be run by new CEO David Ellison, after previously being helmed by three co-CEOs.

Right after this change, Variety confirmed that Paramount had won the bid for an upcoming Chalamet movie. They will distribute High Side, which is a motocross heist movie. According to the synopsis, Chalamet will lead as a former motocross racer who faces an accident, only...

Después de triunfar con ‘A Complete Unknown’, actor y director vuelven a colaborar juntos. © Getty Images

De acuerdo con Deadline, Timothée Chalamet encabezará el reparto de High Side, la nueva película de James Mangold (Logan), en lo que será su segunda colaboración tras A Complete Unknown, cinta que logró ocho nominaciones al Óscar, incluida la de Mejor Actor para Chalamet.

High Side sigue la historia de Billy, un ex piloto de MotoGP marcado por un accidente que truncó su carrera y por un legado familiar de abandono. Alejado de las pistas, dedica su vida a cuidar de su padre adicto y a mantener el garaje familiar… hasta que reaparece su hermano Cole, con el que no mantiene contacto, justo tras la muerte del padre. Cole, perseguido por el FBI, le propone un plan tan temerario como seductor: aprovechar su pericia sobre dos ruedas para asaltar bancos a bordo de superbikes.

Timothee Chalamet is reteaming with director James Mangold for new heist movie High Side.The pair first worked collaborated on Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown and they are now working on a new project in which Chalamet plays a former Motocross racer who is drawn into taking part in a series of bank robberies. Mangold said in a statement: "Timothee is a trusted collaborator, a generational artist and a person I adore. I can’t wait to roll up my sleeves and work together again."The film - which is described as a cross between 1995 thriller Heat and 2016 crime drama Hell or High Water - will be produced by Chernin Entertainment and is based on a story by Jaimie Oliveira, who is also adapting the screenplay.Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein of Paramount Pictures said in a statement: "We’re thrilled to be in business with visionary artists like James and Timothee,...

The new-look Paramount Pictures has flexed on the day the Skydance merger closedandacquiredHighSide, a heist feature that reunites James Mangold with his A Complete Unknown star Timothée Chalamet.

Jaimie Oliveira will adapt the script from his unpublished story about a former Motocross racer who after his father dies gets recruited by his estranged brother to rob banks.

The package is described as Heat meets Hell Or High Water and will be produced by Mangold and Chernin Entertainment’s Peter Chernin and David Ready.

Paramount Pictures co-chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein hailed the project as “the kind of bold, original...

Quentin Tarantino has diminished the value of Denis Villeneuve‘s Dune movies, citing the repetitive nature of remakes and reboots. However, Villeneuve couldn’t care less about the veteran filmmaker’s opinion. During an interview on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, Qt revealed:

I saw [David Lynch’s] ‘Dune’ a couple of times. I don’t need to see that story again. I don’t need to see spice worms. I don’t need to see a movie that says the word ‘spice’ so dramatically. It’s one after another of this remake and that remake.

But Villeneuve was left unimpressed by such minimization of his work. While speaking at a Q&a panel at the Concordia University film school, the director responded to Tarantino’s comments about his films with a nonchalant “I don’t care.” [The Montreal Gazette]

With his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s literary universe, the French-Canadian filmmaker erected...

The White Lotus actor Sam Nivola is calling out “old movie stars” who get plastic surgery so they can play younger roles, which he believes is causing the lack of new movie stars.

The 21-year-old actor, who is the son of actors Emily Mortimer and Alessandro Nivola, thinks that there is a lack of major stars coming out of the new generation.

“The old movie stars are getting plastic surgery, and they’re looking younger and they’re staying young. You have these really old people playing young roles. And it’s not giving any space for the young’uns to move in and make a name for themselves,” Sam began in an interview with Variety.

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He added, “With all due respect to those people, one day they won’t be here anymore, literally, and they will have to create new stars.”

Sam says...

It’s official. Timothée Chalamet is set to reunite with James Mangold for High Side, a new film which was just scooped up by Paramount in a heated bidding war. Described as Heat meets Hell or High Water, the film will star Chalamet as a former Motorcross racer who is haunted by a career-ending crash and a long history of abandonment in a broken family. But he’s drawn back into the world of high-speed risks when his estranged brother recruits him for a series of bank robberies, all while the FBI is hot on their heels.

Chernin Entertainment will produce the project. James Mangold will direct based on an original story by Jaimie Oliveria, who will also write the script.

“We’re thrilled to be in business with visionary artists like James and Timothée, and exceptional collaborators like Peter and David at Chernin. What Jaime has created reflects the kind of bold,...

Timothée Chalamet is eyeing a reunion with “A Complete Unknown” director James Mangold. The duo are set to reunite on another literary adaptation, this time in the fiction space with Jaime Oliveira’s “High Side.” Deadline first reported the project.

Chernin Entertainment is attached as the producer. Paramount won a highly competitive auction for the feature, as Variety reported.

Oliveira’s unpublished short story centers on a former MotoGP racer who enters into a life of crime. The synopsis reads: “Billy is a former MotoGP racer, haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment, is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger. His estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes. A gifted motocross rider, Billy walked away from the sport after a devastating accident, and he has been making do caring for...

The new Paramount Pictures is already making a flex.

Coming out in a competitive situation, the now Skydance-owned studio has picked up High Side, the hot feature package from director James Mangold and star Timothée Chalamet.

The project reunites the duo after their collaboration on the Academy Award-nominated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown. Mangold is attached to direct High Side, a biker thriller, with Chalamet attached to star.

Peter Chernin and David Ready are attached to produce on behalf of Chernin Entertainment alongside Mangold.

High Side is based on an original, unpublished story by Jaime Oliveira, who is also adapting the screenplay.

“We’re thrilled to be in business with visionary artists like James and Timothée, and exceptional collaborators like Peter and David at Chernin,” said Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein, co-chairs of Paramount Pictures, in a statement. “What Jaime has created reflects the kind of bold, original storytelling...

In a highly competitive bidding war, Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold’s “High Side” has landed at Paramount Pictures, reuniting the pair following their collaboration on the academy award-nominated, “A Complete Unknown,” the studio announced on Thursday.

Peter Chernin and David Ready are attached to produce on behalf of Chernin Entertainment alongside Mangold.

The project is based on an original, unpublished story by Jaime Oliveira, who is also adapting the screenplay. The official logline reads: “‘Heat’ meets ‘Hell or High Water,’ a former MotoGP racer, haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment, is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger, when his estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes.”

“We’re thrilled to be in business with visionary artists like James and Timothée, and exceptional collaborators like Peter and David at Chernin,...

Talk about a good first impression. On the first day of David Ellison’s takeover at Paramount, his film studio won a highly competitive auction for the big screen reunion between Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold.

Paramount will distribute “High Side,” starring Chalamet and directed by Mangold, who previously collaborated to Oscar-nominated success on the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown.”

Chernin Entertainment will produce the project based on an original story by Jaimie Oliveira, who will also adapt the script. The film is described as “Heat” meets “Hell or High Water.” Chalamet will play a former Motocross racer, haunted by a career-ending crash and a long history of abandonment in a broken family. His estranged brother draws him back on the bike and into danger for a series of bank robberies as the FBI closes in on the pair.

“We’re thrilled to be in business with visionary artists like James and Timothée,...

Exclusive: It only took five hours into a new studio regime for incoming Paramount Pictures Co-Chairs Dana Goldberg and Josh Greenstein to put some bounce into the Melrose lot. Deadline can reveal they have closed on the town’s hottest package, and their first bright shiny new film package will be High Side, re-teaming A Complete Unknown’s James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet.

Peter Chernin and David Ready are attached to produce on behalf of Chernin Entertainment alongside Mangold.

Deadline revealed the project earlier this week. It’s based on an original, unpublished story by Jaime Oliveira, who is also adapting the screenplay.

It’s Heat meets Hell or High Water, mixed in with one of those Bruce Springsteen songs about tragic brother relationship. Chalamet will play a former MotoGP racer, haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment. He’s running a garage and tending to his drug addict father.

For the past month, production has been in full swing on Dune: Part Three in Budapest, with stars Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Zendaya, Robert Pattinson and Jason Momoa all knee-deep in filming. Denis Villeneuve once again directs the third movie in his trilogy of films based on the books by Frank Herbert, with the third movie borrowing its premise from Dune Messiah.

While the first two Academy Award-nominated films had extensive casts with additional stars like Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Austin Butler, Dave Bautista, Christopher Walken, and Josh Brolin, Dune: Part Three has yet to formally confirm the full cast beyond the five stars mentioned above, as well as Ida Brooke and Jason Momoa's son Nakoa-Wolf Momoa as Paula and Chani's twins.

Josh Brolin returning for small role in Dune: Part Three

However, during a recent podcast appearance, Josh Brolin finally confirmed that he will in fact appear in...

The Penguin waddled to the front of the pack at the 5th Critics Choice Super Awards.

On Thursday, the Critics Choice Association (Cca) revealed the winners of the awards show that celebrates fan-favorite movies and TV shows in superhero, sci-fi/fantasy, horror, and action genres.

HBO's The Penguin was the biggest winner, dominating all four categories for which it was nominated: Best Superhero Program, Colin Farrell for both Best Actor and Best Villain, and Cristin Milioti for Best Actress. This news comes about a month before the 2025 Emmys, where The Penguin is nominated for a whopping 24 awards.

Four movies tied for the most wins at two apiece: Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, and Sinners. Additional movie stars that eked out victories include June Squibb (Thelma), Florence Pugh (Thunderbolts), Demi Moore (The Substance), and Hugh Grant (Heretic).

Hiroto Kanai and Hiroyuki Sanada, ShōgunKatie Yu...

Michael B. Jordan as Smoke and as Stack in ‘Sinners’ (Photo © 2025 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc)

The Penguin topped the list of the 2025 Critics Choice Super Awards winners, earning four wins including Best Superhero Series, Best Actor in a Superhero Series (Colin Farrell), Best Villain in a Series (Farrell again), and Best Actress in a Superhero Series (Cristin Milioti). On the film side, four movies – Dune: Part Two, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Sinners, and Deadpool & Wolverine – tied with two wins each.

The annual Critics Choice Super Awards recognize the best films and series in the Superhero, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Horror, and Action genres.

5th Annual Critics Choice Super Awards Film Nominees & Winners:

Best Action Movie

Civil War

The Fall Guy

Winner: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Monkey Man

Rebel Ridge

Warfare

Best Actor In An Action Movie

Winner: Tom Cruise – Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Taron Egerton – Carry-On

Ryan Gosling...

In his first few minutes as the chief of the newly minted Paramount Skydance, David Ellison took the microphone and mostly deflected a bunch of questions from reporters who’ve followed every dramatic turn of the 13-month journey to close the $8 billion deal to take control of the venerable owner of Paramount Pictures and CBS.

The message from the mogul was urgent: Technology is coming to Hollywood, regardless of whether studios choose to embrace it, so Paramount hopes to take an artist-driven approach to it. That includes machine-learning to help with film and TV show discovery on streaming platforms, as well as an AI influence on “content generation,” but Ellison didn’t go into specifics about what that could mean. In an example cherry-picked for Hollywood, Pixar was cited for revolutionizing the animation world and ushering in an era of 3D animated blockbusters.

The Ellisons were framed as the “first...

The winners of the 5th Annual Critics Choice Super Awards have been unveiled and The Penguin led with four wins.

Honoring the most popular and fan-obsessed genres, the Critics Choice Association announced all the winners in television and film.

The HBO series The Penguin won all of the categories in which it was nominated, including Best Superhero Series, Limited Series, or Made-For-tv Movie. Actor Collin Farrell won two awards for his portrayal of The Penguin, taking the Best Actor trophy as well as the Best Villain category. Farrell’s co-star Cristin Millioti took the Best Actress award.

Other shows recognized included Shōgun, The Last of Us, Andor, Severance, and True Detective: Night Country. Actors who also won in the TV categories include Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, Pedro Pascal, Jodie Foster, Diego Luna, and Britt Lower.

In the film categories, it was a four-way tie between Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two,...

High-end fashion, jewelry and watch brands are more aligned with Hollywood A-listers than ever before, as even the smallest red carpet would demonstrate these days. But are stars and the labels they wear doing everything they can to ensure mutual red-carpet success and brand awareness? That’s among the questions The Hollywood Reporter and data firm Launchmetrics will address in an upcoming webinar, “Influence that Performs: The Playbook for High-Performing Ambassador Content,” set for Thursday, Sept. 4 at 11 a.m. Edt.

The Hollywood Reporter and Launchmetrics partnered in December 2023 to produce the Red Carpet Power Rankings series, which kicked off with the 2024 Golden Globe Awards and has continued through the 2025 awards season, including the upcoming Emmy Awards on Sept. 14. Launchmetrics specializes in measuring brand awareness and influence, employing its proprietary Media Impact Value (Miv) algorithm to analyze and rank both brands and stars, spanning five categories in the Power Rankings series: fashion,...

Dune: Part Three's script gets a promising update from Josh Brolin, who addresses his character's role in the upcoming movie. After the massive success of the first and second installments in Denis Villeneuve's take on Frank Herbert's Dune, a threequel was quick to be announced.

Timothée Chalamet will return to lead the Dune: Part Three cast as Paul Atreides, with Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Florence Pugh, and Jason Momoa all expected to return. The film, which is currently in production, is expected to hit theaters next December.

During a recent interview on Josh Horowitz's Happy Sad Confused podcast, Brolin hypes the Dune: Part Three script, saying it's "super good." Check out his comment below:

"I have. It's very good. It is. It's very good. It's super good."

When Horowitz points out that Brolin's character, Gurney Halleck, plays a very minor role in Herbert's Dune: Messiah, Brolin suggests...

Elon Musk’s journey from AI alarmist to AI evangelist has played out noisily on X/Twitter, but now the mercurial billionaire is touting the latest frontier for the technology: a rapid video generation tool that is being used to create deepfake nudes of celebrities.

Grok Imagine was rolled out this week to Apple users and has gone “hyperviral,” with more than 34M images generated in the space of 48 hours, according to Musk. Available through a $30 SuperGrok subscription, users type a text prompt, creating a still image almost instantly. These images can then be turned into a short video using four presets: “Custom,” “Normal,” “Fun,” and “Spicy.”

Of the four, “Spicy” mode quickly garnered attention, turning seemingly innocuous image prompts into lewd snippets. Unlike other generative AI video tools that block celebrity text prompts, Grok Imagine has allowed users to imagine some of the most famous women on the planet in a state of undress.

Kylie Jenner is enjoying a night out with friends!

The 27-year-old The Kardashians star and makeup mogul arrived at celeb hotspot Sushi Park for dinner with friends on Tuesday evening (August 5) in West Hollywood, Calif.

Kylie wore a black cropped tank shirt and black pants as she arrived at the restaurant and put on a leather jacket before heading home.

Last month, Kylie along with sisters Kendall Jenner, Kim Kardashian, and Kylie Jenner along with mom Kris Jenner were in Italy for Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos‘ star-studded wedding. See all the other stars in attendance at the the big event!

If you missed it, Kylie and boyfriend Timothee Chalamet just took a big step in their relationship after two years of dating!

There are some big movies waiting for James Mangold to make some availability in his schedule, with Dcu’s Swamp Thing and Star Wars: Dawn of the Jedi movies being two of the most prominent – and already delayed – on the list. However, according to Deadline, fans will have to wait even longer to see either of these movies begin production as Mangold is reportedly eyeing another movie with Timothée Chalamet first.

Mangold and Chalamet scored a hit with the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown last year, and now it looks like they will be collaborating again on High Side, a motocross-themed heist thriller drawn from an unpublished Jaime Oliveira short story and now being shopped by Chernin Entertainment. The reports, which are still only suggested at this point, describe the story as being centered on a fallen MotoGP prodigy named Billy who is lured into a string of bank robberies by his estranged brother,...

The winners of the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards have been revealed!

Hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, the awards show aired on television for the first time ever on Tuesday night (August 5) on Bravo. It will then stream on Peacock starting Wednesday (August 6).

This year’s event featured live performances from Bowen and Matt, who performed Lady Gaga‘s “Abracadabra,” Ben Platt doing a cover of Addison Rae‘s “Diet Pepsi,” Remi Wolf and Jensen McRae.

Celebs in attendance and taking the stage to present awards included Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Franco and Alison Brie, Renee Rapp, Parvati Shallow, Megan Stalter, Sasha Colby, Dylan Efron, Jack Quaid, Mindy Kaling and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Keep reading to find out more…

If you missed it, check out all of the red carpet photos!

Keep reading below to see the full list of winners at the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards…

Titan of...

Since his first film, Writer/Director Wes Anderson has become known for his highly visual combination of bright colors with an older aesthetic. His costuming and set design have a very specific signature that makes it easy to identify when watching a Wes Anderson movie. With him currently working on a new film, The Phoenician Scheme, which reunites him with his muse Bill Murray, we take a look back at all his feature-length films and try to figure out where they rank. To note, his recent Netflix shorts, including the Oscar-winning The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar aren’t included.

1​1. The French Dispatch (2021)

T​he only anthology movie Anderson has done so far, this film details the final issue of The French Dispatch. The paper will be shut down, so the editor brings together his best reporters and storytellers to publish one more edition. Each reporter narrates a section of...

Fresh off the awards season heat surrounding A Complete Unknown, actor Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold could be gearing up for another movie collaboration. But this time, the pair will explore the world of motorcycle-fueled crime.

Per Deadline, High Side is based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira and is currently making waves across Hollywood and the publishing world. Sources say Chernin Entertainment is on board to produce, while Sugar23 is shopping the pitch to various studios. If greenlit, the project would reunite Chalamet and Mangold after their Oscar-nominated work on A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic that earned eight Academy Award nominations and cemented their creative chemistry.

Described as a gritty, adrenaline-soaked thriller, High Side centers on Billy, a gifted motocross racer whose career was derailed by a devastating crash. Haunted by the wreck and a legacy of abandonment, Billy now runs the family garage...

ThePaddington franchise lost its leading lady when Sally Hawkins, who played Mary Brown, dropped out of Paddington in Peru before it began filming. Now, she's finally opened up about why.

In an interview with The Times (via The Independent) Hawkins said that she felt "so awful" over dropping out of the movie, but felt that her replacement, Emily Mortimer, was "an upgrade" for the cast, which included Hugh Bonneville, Julie Walters, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington. She elaborated on that as the interview went on.

As it transpired, she dropped out because Paul King, the director of the first two Paddington films, wouldn't be directing the third. “Because I love Paul so much, and love the way he works, it would’ve broken my heart," Hawkins said. She actually knew King before he directed her, having met him at a theater workshop 20 years ago.

Finn Wolfhard was determined to stay in the moment. “Everyone was thinking about the end and was down, and I would just be like, ‘Yeah, but we’re all here hanging out. It’s fine,’” he recalls. “And I would push it away.” On Dec. 20, there was no more denial. He was filming the grand finale on a stage in the show’s Atlanta studio and noticed a massive crowd, including no less than Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos, gathering. Among the throng, Wolfhard spotted cast members Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery and Maya Hawke, who all remained in Atlanta even though they wrapped production days earlier. “I turned around from the monitors, and it was hundreds of people just hanging out for the first time in the same room after 10 years of working. And they were just watching,” he remembers. “So if that wasn’t enough of a mindfuck there,...

Before Adam Sandler teed up again in Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix, his most critically acclaimed movie, Uncut Gems, nearly cast Scarlett Johansson in a lead role opposite Sandler; the role was originally written for newcomer Julia Fox.

In a June episode of the Jay Shetty Podcast, Fox revealed that although the Safdie brothers wrote the character of Julia De Fiore specifically for her, studio executives pushed for bigger names, including Johansson. She said,

I auditioned like everyone else. Unfortunately, even though they had written it for me, the studios were like, ‘We don’t know her.’ They wanted Scarlett Johansson and all these other beautiful women and established actresses.

Despite having doubts about her acting ability, Fox won the part after a screen test with Sandler. She added,

At that time I didn’t even know if I could actually act-act, but I had a hunch. I did a screen test with Adam Sandler,...

Come gather round people, wherever you roam, and admit that you'd really quite like to see A Complete Unknown director-star duo James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet team up again. We know we certainly would — and, according to Deadline's 'The Dish' sidebar, it looks like we actually might. Yes, the trade is reporting that Mangold and Chalamet, fresh off an incredibly busy awards season run with their eight-Oscar nominated Bob Dylan biopic, are looking to get back in the saddle with High Side, a motocross heist movie based on an unpublished Jaime Oliveira short story.

"But Empire, what do you mean a motocross heist movie?" we hear you cry. Is it a movie about heisting motocross bikes? A movie about heisting on motocross bikes? Well, funny you should ask. As a synopsis provided to Deadline clarifies, it's very much the latter. By the looks of things, the basic plot...

James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet are looking to collaborate on High Side, a heist drama currently being pitched around Hollywood. More on the pair’s potential re-team below.

A Complete Unknown, this year’s Oscar-nominated Bob Dylan biopic, proved James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet were a match made in heaven when it came to filmmaking. Mangold got an electric performance out of Chalamet and A Complete Unknown scored eight Oscar nominations alongside several other awards nominations.

The pair are now looking to team up again, this time for a heist drama, High Side. Deadline has the scoop that the film, if it goes into development, would be based on Jaime Oliveira’s unpublished short story and Oliveira’s team is currently shopping the story around Hollywood.

Chalamet could play Billy, a former MotoGP racer whose career is destroyed by a tragic accident. He is drawn back into the world of...

Hollywood is talking about a project called High Side, and it could bring Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold back together again. The two recently worked on A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan film that earned eight Oscar nominations, and now they might reunite for this new high-speed heist thriller.

According to industry sources, High Side is based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira. Chernin Entertainment is set to produce, and Sugar23, which represents Oliveira, is shopping the pitch around. The story isn’t just getting attention in Hollywood—it’s also making noise in the publishing world.

High Side centers on Billy, a former MotoGP racer who walked away from the sport after a devastating crash. Haunted by his career’s sudden end and a family history filled with abandonment, Billy has been looking after his addict father and running the family garage. But life takes a...

There’s been increasing talk about a new project called High Side, and it could bring Timothée Chalamet and director James Mangold back together. The two recently worked on A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan biopic that scored eight Oscar nominations, and now word is they might team up again.

According to industry sources, High Side is based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira, and the pitch is already making waves both in Hollywood and in publishing circles. Chernin Entertainment is producing, and Sugar23, who represents Oliveira, is shopping the project around.

High Side tells the story of Billy, a former MotoGP racer whose career ended after a brutal crash. Billy carries the weight of a family history full of abandonment. After stepping away from the track, he’s been looking after his addict father and running the family garage. But everything changes when his estranged brother Cole shows up,...

The motocross heist movie, High Side, is reportedly eyeing a reunion between Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold (via Deadline), who previously nabbed eight Oscar nods for the Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. Given the critical success of their previous collaboration, it’s reasonable to see why they’d want to reunite again for a high-octane thriller.

Having already excelled in a variety of genres beforehand, Chalamet’s participation in the project will only add to his growing resume as one of the more revered, versatile performers of the new generation.

High Side Is Based on an Unpublished Story From Jaime Oliveira

High Side is based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira, set to be produced by Chernin Entertainment, in association with Sugar23. The story revolves around Billy, a former MotoGP racer, who loses his career to an accident and is forced to work in his family’s...

Timothée Chalamet and A Complete Unknown director James Mangold are reteaming for a new motocross heist movie, High Side, and it's stirring buzz. The actor and director first collaborated on the acclaimed musical biopic with Chalamet starring as Bob Dylan, following the folk singer's beginnings in 1961 to his groundbreaking and divisive electric performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

A Complete Unknown received rave reviews, was widely regarded as one of the best movies of 2024, and received eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor for Chalamet, Best Director for Mangold, Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, and Best Supporting Actress for Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez.

Now, according to Deadline, Chalamet and Mangold are reportedly reteaming for High Side, based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira. The report specifies that High Side "looms as a potential reteam" for Chalamet and Mangold, so it doesn't...

Timothée Chalametis determined to reunite with A Complete Unknown director James Mangold, an exciting new heist thriller could be their next project. The movie star-filmmaker combo has a movie pitch that is getting major buzz around Hollywood, and it could ignite if the right partner is found.

Deadline reports that Chalamet and Mangold are eyeing High Side as their next collaboration, a racing thriller based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira. Chernin Entertainment, who has frequently partnered up with 20th Century Studios, is attached to produce, but it seems the project is nothing more than a pitch at this stage. However, if it gets picked up, expect Chalamet and Mangold to reunite for the film. If both are indeed involved, we don't imagine it will take long for a studio to bite with a major offer to acquire the package. Chalamet would play a former race driver who gets involved with high-speed robberies.

Timothee Chalamet and A Complete Unknown director James Mangold may be working together again!

On Monday (August 4), it was reported that the 29-year-old SAG-winning actor and the 61-year-old Oscar-nominated filmmaker are in talks to team up again to develop a project based on the unpublished motocross heist short story High Side written by Jaime Oliveira.

Keep reading to find out more…In High Side, “Billy is a former MotoGP racer, who is haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment but is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger. His estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes. A gifted motocross rider, Billy walked away from the sport after a devastating accident, and he has been making do caring for his addict father and the family garage. He’s blindsided when his...

After bringing the life and times of Bob Dylan to screens with A Complete Unknown, director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet could reteam for High Side, a Motocross heist story with Chernin Entertainment producing. Based on an unpublished story by Jamie Oliveria, the project will surely become a hot package as it prepares to hit the Hollywood market. High Side isn’t a done deal yet, but industry execs are already getting excited.

According to Deadline‘s exclusive report, High Side focuses on Billy, a former MotoGP racer who’s “haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment, is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger. His estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes. A gifted motocross rider, Billy walked away from the sport after a devastating accident, and he has been...

Exclusive: The Town is abuzz over High Side, a package based on an unpublished short story by Jaime Oliveira that looms as a potential reteam of Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold. They are just coming off A Complete Unknown, the Bob Dylan smash that got eight Oscar nominations. Chernin Entertainment is attached as producer. Sugar23, which reps Oliveira, is out to the town with the short story pitch package that also is making a buzz in publishing circles.

In High Side, Billy is a former MotoGP racer, who is haunted by a career-ending crash and a family legacy of abandonment but is drawn back into the world of high-speed risks and extreme danger. His estranged brother, already being pursued by the FBI, recruits him for a series of bank robberies on superbikes. A gifted motocross rider, Billy walked away from the sport after a devastating accident, and he has been...

Starring Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya, Dune: Part Three is slated for a late 2026 release, but the news that is making rounds on X (formerly Twitter) is that director Denis Villeneuve will only be able to take up the next Bond movie when he wraps up the Dune film. Even the casting decision won’t come up until then. The public eye is in scrutiny for the search for the next James Bond, following the announcement made regarding the franchise’s revival.

A casting decision on James Bond won’t come until Denis Villeneuve wraps on ‘Dune: Part Three’ and Steven Knight finishes a draft of the script.

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The multi-hyphenated star, Greta Gerwig, is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. Even though she began her career with mumblecore movies, Gerwig slowly expanded her excellence in acting to co-writing and ultimately to directing big studio projects, including films like Barbie. She has starred in movies like Frances Ha, Damsels in Distress, To Rome with Love, No Strings Attached, and many more.

However, with Lady Bird, which was released in 2017, Gerwig established herself in the world of direction. She has directed three movies so far, and her next one is reportedly in production. After gaining massive success with her last film, Barbie, the 41-year-old actress-turned-director has shifted her focus to fantasy projects and is now working on an adaptation of the popular saga, The Chronicles of Narnia.

However, before discussing more about the new Narnia movies,...

Hollywood is hung up on Madonna, but a biopic remains a frozen secret. Regardless, the legendary singer’s life is going to make it to screen eventually — although whether it gets to the small or big screen first is yet to be determined. This week, “Weapons” star Julia Garner — who was announced to star in a Madonna movie way back in 2022 — confirmed on the podcast “Smartless” that, in spite of reports to the contrary, the project “Like a Virgin” is still very much in gestation.

“That’s supposed to still happen,” she said (via Variety). Garner was set to star alongside Julia Fox, who would play Madonna Bff and frequent music video co-star Debi Mazar. Fox spoke with IndieWire in 2024 about the movie’s reported shelving by Universal, seeming similarly ambiguous.

“I know it was gonna be either tour or movie and then she went on tour,” Fox said. “So...

Timothée Chalamet is teaming up with Lucid Motors to promote their brand new electric SUV.

The 29-year-old Dune actor has been named the luxury Ev brand’s first-ever global brand ambassador. Timothée was first seen driving a Lucid Air in 2023 and has since built a relationship with the company.

Lucid Motors will be launching a brand new campaign starring Timothée for their Lucid Gravity SUV this fall.

Lucid Motors’ Senior Vice President of Marketing, Akerho “Ak” Oghoghomeh, shared a statement about the partnership and said, “We’re excited to welcome Timothée as our first Global Brand Ambassador. He brings together the same fearless creativity and uncompromising vision that defines our brand, embodying what it means to compromise nothing, both on and off screen. Together, we’ll show what’s possible when innovation and cultural relevance come together to move the world forward.”

If you didn’t know, Timothée will be...

Who would you say are the best current action stars? Tom Cruise? Jason Statham? Keanu Reeves? Donnie Yen? Dwayne Johnson? Well, guess what—all of those actors are over fifty. In fact, Cruise, Reeves, and Yen are all over sixty. A few of the most legendary action stars, all of whom are still cranking out movies—like Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Chan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Liam Neeson—are well over seventy. And Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones himself, is in his eighties.

So what, you might say—people get old. Deal with it. And that’s absolutely true. But there’s a huge vacuum in Hollywood that no one really addresses: where are the younger action heroes? Who is going to pick up the mantle once the legends are gone?

Of the names listed above, I’d expect Statham, Reeves, and Cruise to keep making action movies well into their seventies and beyond.

Jason Momoa is preparing to return as Duncan Idaho in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three, but he’s had to do something most of us who regularly sport facial hair hate doing: shaving.

The actor took to Instagram to show himself going clean-shaven for the first time in six years. His reaction is very relatable: “Goddamnit, I hate it.“

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“Only for you, Denis,” Momoa said, expressing his willingness to do anything for the Dune director.

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Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster of House Atreides, was featured in the first Dune movie, and those who have read Frank Herbert’s Dune Messiah know how the character will return. The upcoming sequel will also be a bit of a family affair, as Momoa’s son, Nakoa-Wolf Momoa,...

Jason Momoa, the unstoppable force behind some of Hollywood’s most iconic roles, has always been instantly recognizable by his signature wild hair and rugged beard. But for Dune: Part Three, the actor went all in and left his trademark look behind. The surprising transformation has left many jaws dropped, but behind the scenes, Momoa isn’t exactly thrilled with the change himself.

No, he didn’t lose his lush, iconic locks. That mane stayed perfectly intact. It was the beard that had to go. In a candid Instagram video shared on July 30, Momoa buzzed off his rugged scruff for the first time in six years. He did this to prepare for filming Dune: Part Three, where he will return as swordmaster Duncan Idaho. The last time he had to go barefaced was 2019, when he first took on the role in Dune.

In the Instagram video, Momoa humorously expresses his...