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“Relay” is an accomplished conspiracy thriller that echoes “New Hollywood” classics like “Three Days of the Condor” or “The Parallax View,” as it’s an examination of a whistleblower’s attempts to survive an all-powerful system. The difference between the 1970s and 21st century is that now corporations and businesses are just as influential as governments; in fact, the secrecy involved in an employer-lead manhunt is more terrifying than legal persecution, as a private company does not have to abide by the rules of the judiciary. While “Relay” makes a fatal mistake in its final act that invalidates much of the worldbuilding that it had already established, it’s still a worthwhile watch that serves as a compelling revamp of a quintessential subgenre.

Riz Ahmed stars as Ash, a “fixer” for a powerful corporation who helps form secret arrangements on its behalf. After being assigned to extract pertinent information from...

Netflix has so finely tuned its production pipeline over the years that the streamer has gotten into the routine of adding new TV and film originals to its platform every week. It has, consequently, become increasingly common for certain movies and shows to fall through the cracks of Netflix’s content library. Some of the hidden gems streaming on Netflix right now include Adam Sandler‘s most underrated ’90s comedy, a disappointingly unloved British romance and an Indonesian action movie that cuts like a recently sharpened samurai sword.

Here are the seven best hidden gems streaming on Netflix in August.

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“Big Daddy” is the film that taught an entire generation that McDonald’s transitions from breakfast to lunch at 10:30 a.m. — and not a minute later than that. It is also the most underrated of star Adam Sandler’s beloved 1990s comedies. He...

Exclusive: Michael Peña (End of Watch) has been tapped for a role alongside Chris Hemsworth and Lily James in Subversion, the new submarine-themed action film from Amazon MGM Studios, Deadline has learned.

Details about Peña’s role are being kept at the bottom of the ocean. The film follows a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with a Coast Guard officer (James) in hot pursuit, he must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both inside and outside the submarine.

Patrick Vollrath (7500) is directing the film from a script by Andrew Ferguson. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing, with executive producers Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen for di Bonaventura Pictures.

Peña next will be seen opposite Sarah Snook in the series All Her Fault, an adaptation of...

Chris Hemsworth's submarine thriller, Subversion, casts its female lead in the form of an Emmy-nominated star. Earlier this year, it was announced that Hemsworth would be starring in a submarine action thriller for Amazon MGM Studios, directed by Patrick Vollrath, whose debut feature was the plane hijack thriller 7500, with a script written by Andrew Ferguson, known only for the short film Love Thy Neighbor.

The film follows a once-promising Naval commander (played by Chris Hemsworth) who is coerced by a cartel-style operation into captaining a submarine smuggling illegal cargo through international waters. Forced into a deadly game of cat and mouse, he must outmaneuver naval blockades and navigate several threats lurking both inside the vessel and beyond its hull.

Now, several months after it was first announced, Hemsworth's submarine thriller has found its female lead. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Subversion has cast Lily James in a lead role.

Lily James has joined the cast of ‘Subversion,’ an upcoming high-octane submarine thriller from Amazon MGM Studios, starring opposite Chris Hemsworth.

Directed by Patrick Vollrath (7500) and penned by Andrew Ferguson, the movie is described as a “Die Hard on a submarine”-style action thriller. The story centres on a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who finds himself blackmailed by a cartel-like organisation into piloting a submarine loaded with illegal cargo across volatile international waters.

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James will portray a determined Coast Guard officer hot on his trail, drawn into a tense game of cat and mouse as she races to stop the rogue vessel. As the commander battles escalating threats both inside and outside the submarine, he must navigate deadly waters, literal and moral, in a bid for survival and redemption.

There was a time in the 1990s when Pamela Anderson was one of the most famous people on the face of the planet. Thanks to her breakout role on "Baywatch" and her brief but memorable time on the hit sitcom "Home Improvement," Anderson shot to fame like a rocket, even reaching true global superstardom levels when she married rock drummer Tommy Lee of Motley Crue fame. That whole saga, and the infamous leaked sex tape that followed, was previously documented in the 2022 Hulu miniseries "Pam & Tommy," which was met with a great deal of acclaim. So, what does Anderson think of the show?

In a recent "Andy Cohen Live" interview to promote her role in the "Naked Gun" reboot, Anderson touched on the series. Put simply, she wasn't a fan. "I didn't have any involvement. No one called me." Anderson explained, adding that it was "hurtful." When Cohen asked...

Lily James has joined the cast of Subversion.The 36-year-old actress will star alongside Chris Hemsworth in the thriller that has been described as "Die Hard on a submarine".The story centres on a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organisation into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal goods across international waters.He is thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with a Coast Guard officer (James) in pursuit and must get past blockades and survive perilous threats from both inside and outside the submarine.The film is being directed by Patrick Vollrath for Amazon MGM and is being produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura for di Bonaventura Pictures alongside Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen.Production gets underway in September in Australia.Lily recently revealed that she wants to take on "unlikely roles".She features in the new movie Relay with Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington...

Lily James and Chris Hemsworth are teaming up for a new movie!

On Wednesday (July 30), it was announced that the 36-year-old Emmy-nominated actress has signed on to star opposite the 41-year-old actor in the new submarine action flick Subversion from Amazon MGM Studios.

Keep reading to find out more…Subversion follows “a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with a Coast Guard officer (James) in hot pursuit, he must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both inside and outside the submarine,” according to Deadline.

The movie is being directed by Patrick Vollrath from a script written by Andrew Ferguson.

Lily will next be starring alongside Riz Ahmed in the new movie Relay, which hits theaters on August 22. Watch the trailer here!

Lily James will join Chris Hemsworth in Subversion, a project which has been described as a “Die Hard on a submarine” style thriller.

The film follows “a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with a Coast Guard officer (James) in hot pursuit, he must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both inside and outside the submarine.” Subversion will be directed by Patrick Vollrath from a script by Andrew Ferguson. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is set to produce through his di Bonaventura Pictures banner, with production looking to kick off in Australia this fall.

Related Relay: Riz Ahmed tries to “fix” Lily James’ whistleblowing scandal in thrilling full trailer

James will next be seen starring alongside Riz Ahmed in David Mackenzie’s Relay. The thriller, which premiered...

After cutting his teeth on short films, commercials, and corporate videos, Sketch marks director Seth Worley’s first foray into feature films, writing and directing the creative and emotional look at how we channel grief. Funny, heartfelt, and insightful, Sketch is a winner by all measures.

Sketch Plot

Taylor Wyatt (Tony Hale) struggles to keep his family afloat following the death of his wife. Ten-year-old Amber (Bianca Bell) has taken to drawing increasingly violent sketches as her own personal form of therapy. His older son Jack (Kue Lawrence) is doing his best “protective older brother” routine, but he’s just a child himself and can only do so much.

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When Amber’s sketchbook falls into a mysterious, magical pond, her drawings start coming to life, unleashing monsters onto the city. Together, they must...

Lily James (Pam & Tommy) has closed a deal to star opposite Chris Hemsworth in Subversion, the new submarine action flick from Amazon MGM Studios.

The film follows a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters. Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, with a Coast Guard officer (James) in hot pursuit, he must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both inside and outside the submarine.

Patrick Vollrath (7500) is directing the film from a script by Andrew Ferguson. Lorenzo di Bonaventura will produce, with executive producers Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen for di Bonaventura Pictures.

Best known for her transformative turn as Pamela Anderson in Hulu’s Pam & Tommy, for which she received Emmy, Golden Globe, and Critics Choice nominations for Lead Actress, James will next be seen taking on another real-life story in Swiped,...

Lily James has joined Chris Hemsworth in Subversion, a submarine thriller that Patrick Vollrath is directing for Amazon MGM.

Written by Andrew Ferguson, the story has been described as a “Die Hard on a submarine” style thriller that follows a once-promising naval commander (Hemsworth) who is blackmailed by a cartel-like organization into piloting a dangerous submarine carrying illegal cargo across international waters.

Thrust into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse with a Coast Guard officer (James) in hot pursuit, the commander must outmaneuver blockades and navigate perilous threats both inside and outside the submarine.

Production begins in September in Australia.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing with executive producers Stephen Shafer and Greg Cohen for di Bonaventura Pictures.

James will next be seen opposite Riz Ahmed in David Mackenzie’s thriller Relay, which debuted at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival and hits U.S. theaters on Aug. 22. She is also starring in Swiped,...

Exclusive: Hunter Sansone is to star in romantic feature The Heart Brake.

Sansone has landed the male lead in the film, which is directed by Lance Smith from a script he co-wrote with Chuck Fusca.

Shooting in Nashville, Tennessee, the film also stars Brittany Curran, Beverly D’Angelo, Joey Lawrence and Courtney D’Angelo with Fusca and Rachael Thompson co-starring and WWE stars Mick Foley and Daria Berenato appearing in supporting roles. Comedian DJ Pryor has also joined.

Based on an original idea from exec producers Gus and Carrie Romero, the story is centered around Julia Winters, who after surviving a sudden cardiac arrest, is forced back to her Tennessee hometown, where Christmas never fades and old wounds still linger. To truly move forward, she must confront the past she thought she’d left behind— and the future she never saw coming.

Sansone starred as a series regular on The CW’s Stargirl,...

Sydney Sweeney Rumored To Join James Bond Franchise As New Bond Girl Under Denis Villeneuve’s Direction ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

James Bond fanatics have been constantly refreshing to get any new updates about who is going to be the next man wearing that tuxedo. While there have been a lot of names circulating everywhere, including Tom Holland, Henry Cavill, Jacob Elordi, Harris Dickinson, and more, who can be the next Bond, rumors have it that Sydney Sweeney might just become the next Bond Girl, which is going to be directed by Denis Villeneuve. As Sweeney’s name got entangled in the mix, fans are now super excited about the James Bond reboot.

After her massive success with Euphoria and the box office hit Anyone But You, Sweeney is becoming a worthy actress in Hollywood. Over the years, she has been proving that she has more than just looks. So, it...

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Tubi might not be as big as some of the other popular streaming services, but it does have some of the best movies and TV shows of recent times, and that too for absolutely free. The Fox-owned streaming service adds a ton of new monthly content to its ever-expanding library. So, we thought of compiling a list of the best movies coming to Tubi in August 2025.

The Prosecutor (August 1) Rt Score: 94% Credit – Mandarin Motion Pictures

The Prosecutor is a Chinese action thriller film directed by Donnie Yen from a screenplay by Edmond Wong. Loosely based on the real-life 2016 drug-trafficking case, the 2024 film follows an ex-prosecutor who investigates the case of a wrongfully charged young man and discovers a sinister conspiracy. The Prosecutor stars Donnie Yen, Julian Cheung, Michael Hui, Francis Ng, and Mc Cheung Tin-fu.

C’mon C’mon (August...

Shoshana is a gripping, though somewhat limited, film about the British Mandate in Palestine. Directed by Michael Winterbottom, it admirably attempts to parse the complexities of both sides by presenting the conflict through the eyes of the British rulers. However, that perspective risks reducing a weighty historical subject into a genre exercise that lacks nuance.

The film is based on a true story, drawn from the real-life events surrounding a key figure in the Hebrew underground. So why does the titular character of Shoshana take a backseat? The story would have resonated more deeply if it had been told through Shoshana’s perspective, rather than filtered through a British lens.

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The story follows Thomas Wilkin (Douglas Booth of...

At San Diego Comic-Con, the original Cliffhangerdirector comments on the remake being made. Released in 1993, the original film was a mountain adventure movie starring Sylvester Stallone as Gabe Walker, a former mountain rescuer who has to take on another mission to rescue a group of plane crash survivors in the Rocky Mountains.

Now, a new version of Cliffhanger is being made by Jaume Collet-Serra. The film follows the same general plot, but substitutes Stallone for Lily James. Also starring in the movie are Pierce Brosnan, Nell Tiger Free, and Bruno Gouery. The movie is set for release on April 3, 2026.

In an interview with ScreenRant at Sdcc, original Cliffhanger director Renny Harlin comments on the remake. He clearly wished the reboot's team the best, saying that he "wish[es] them luck" and hopes "that they're going to do great." However, he did say that it was "not an easy task," in a...

Finally Dawn (Finalmente l’alba) is a soulful Italian period drama written and directed by Saverio Costanzo. While far from perfect, the film is genuinely immersive in its ability to transport viewers to another time and place. Set during the 1950s and 1960s—an era when Hollywood productions flocked to Rome.

This period saw major American stars, including Elizabeth Taylor, Gregory Peck, and Audrey Hepburn, headline films such as Ben-Hur (1959), Roman Holiday (1953), Cleopatra (1963), and Quo Vadis (1951). The result was a cinematic fusion of classic Roman backdrops and American glamour that remains iconic to this day.

Finally Dawn uses this rich setting as a backdrop to tell an absorbing story that unfolds like a sprawling novel, full of twists, turns, and layered subplots. While it can feel convoluted at times, the narrative ultimately finds its way and proves cinematically satisfying.

Finally Dawn Review and Synopsis Joe Keery and Lily James in Finally Dawn...

Sylvester Stallone, who starred in action movies back in the 1980s, ’90s, and the present as well, is a Hollywood icon. Known for his rivalry with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stallone’s movies (much like Arnold Schwarzenegger) are finally getting a remake.

The twist in the tale is that although Cliffhanger starred Stallone in the lead role in 1993, the remake will replace him with a female star. According to Screenrant, the upcoming remake will be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra with Lily James and Pierce Brosnan in leading roles.

As Hollywood runs dry on original movies and the new generation takes an interest in the older movies, remakes are inevitable. Hollywood has already started this trend with Arnold Schwarzenegger as The Running Man, and recently got a remake starring Glen Powell in the lead role.

However, Cliffhanger is officially the first remake of a Sylvester Stallone action film, and it probably won’t be the last.

Over the years, Cinderella has had many adaptations. The folk story of a young girl living in unfortunate circumstances and blessed with a life-changing decision after marrying has been around for centuries, although it's mostly famous thanks to the Disney adaptation.

Cinderella was adapted into opera, theater, musicals, films, and TV. Walt Disney entered the conversation in 1950, giving the character, who is now considered one of the Disney Princesses, her first adaptation. Jennifer Lopez has been interested in a new version of the story for years, and she is now partnering with Disney+ for a new version, Deadline reports.

Lopez has been attached to the limited series based on Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella since May 2022. The singer and actress' production company, Nuyorican Productions, was working with Skydance Television and Concord Originals. The same production companies are still attached to the project, which has now officially landed at Disney+.

Considering Disney...

It’s a big news week for the 50th Toronto International Film Festival starting with this morning’s announcement of their full Galas and Special Presentations section including world premieres of Aziz Ansari’s Lionsgate Keanu Reeves & Seth Rogen comedy Good Fortune, Maude Apatow’s feature directorial debut Poetic License, Isabel Coixet’s Three Goodbyes, James McAvoy’s feature directorial debut California Schemin’, Succession star Brian Cox’s feature directorial debut Glenrothan, Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice, David Michôd’s Christy, Yeon Sang-ho’s The Ugly, James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg, and Alice Winocour’s Couture, as well as films from Mamoru Hosoda, Zacharias Kunuk, Baz Luhrmann, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Jafar Panahi, Benny Safdie, and Gus Van Sant.

Before Waiting for Godot begins its Broadway run on Sept. 13, both Bill and Ted will be in TIFF; Keanu Reeves starring in Good Fortune and Alex Winter with the world premiere of his Adulthood.

Good Fortune,...

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

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

Saverio Costanzo’s stunning-looking period drama, Finally Dawn, may look like a straightforward film on the surface, but quite a lot is going under the hood. The bizarre ending scene, in particular, is bound to leave some of you baffled. Although the lion – which may or may not be real, we’re gonna get to that, in a while – didn’t just abruptly appear outside of the plaza hotel, if you think about it. While that I thought to be audacious and praiseworthy, where the film falters is when it comes to having a proper narrative focus. It is also a bit too long for its own good, which implies the editing has not been up to the mark. Anyway, the point of this article is mainly to explain the ending. But before that, let us talk a bit about the setup and the story.

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In the Rome of the 1950s, a city rebuilding its soul with celluloid and light, the Cinecittà studio stands as a modern pantheon. It is a factory for gods, a place where reality is a raw material to be sculpted into grand, flickering illusions. Saverio Costanzo’s Finally Dawn plunges us into this dream-machine, but it offers no simple tale of stardom.

Instead, it follows Mimosa (Rebecca Antonaci), a young woman so plain she is almost translucent, a ghost haunting the edges of her own life. Chaperoning her sister to an audition, she is the one who is inexplicably chosen, pulled from the mundane world into the orbit of a colossal sword-and-sandals epic. Her passage is not an ascent.

It is a fall through the looking glass into a surreal, night-long odyssey, a disorienting trip into an underworld where every face is a mask and the self is a fragile concept,...

Exclusive: Some big news spanning independent film distribution and the Los Angeles agency scene: Teddy Schwarzman’s indie studio Black Bear is expanding into U.S. distribution and has hired longtime CAA Media Finance co-head Benjamin Kramer to oversee the operation.

The ambitious U.S. arm will release up to 12 Black Bear and third-party productions per year. We understand there are multiple high-profile movies already on the slate which could go through the pipeline. The company will focus on filmmaker-driven fare and wide-release action and genre movies.

Key staff will be added in the coming months to build out the team under Kramer, reporting to Black Bear CEO Schwarzman.

Producer, financier and sales agent Black Bear already operates direct distribution in the UK and owns Canadian distributor Elevation Pictures.

This has moved fast and Kramer is expected to be in the...

Exclusive: Pierson Fodé (The Wrong Paris) and Meadow Williams (Den of Thieves franchise) are set to topline Eternity, an indie blending elements of suspense and romance from This Boy’s Life helmer Michael Caton-Jones.

Rolling cameras this fall across Italy, Greece, and the Mediterranean, the film has Fodé playing Calvin, a charismatic conman whose life takes a dangerous turn aboard an exclusive yacht cruise. Williams co-stars as Katrine, a powerful and enigmatic woman at the center of the film’s intrigue.

Williams is producing for Diamond Film Productions, alongside Jon Mason for JMason Entertainment, and Jeanette Volturno for CatchLight Studios. Nancy Nayor handled casting. Production kicks off mid-September.

Previously best known for a role in action comedy The Man from Toronto, Fodé will soon be seen in a pair of Netflix films: The Wrong Paris, where he stars opposite Miranda Cosgrove, and A Merry Little Ex-Mas, where he shares the screen with Alicia Silverstone.

Lily James is keen to play "unlikely roles".The 36-year-old actress - who stars alongside Riz Ahmed and Sam Worthington in the thriller film Relay - has revealed that she's eager to challenge herself in her professional life.Asked if she would've been interested in Relay if it was more "conventional", Lily told The Hollywood Reporter: "Honestly, I was so excited to work with [director] David Mackenzie and Riz that I almost would’ve done any old thing that they put in front of me. "That being said, you love to find work that’s surprising and characters that take you in a direction you didn’t anticipate. And particularly at this point in my career, I want to keep pushing myself to play unlikely roles, roles that surprise me, and have something to get my teeth into. So that [unconventionality] was definitely what was very appealing about this role and story.

Sylvester Stallone was a truly iconic action star in his heyday, contributing his talents to everything from Rocky to Rambo. While he has some critical hits, he is not always known for making the best-quality movies. But he nearly always makes films that give audiences a good time.

In the 21st century, Stallone's career has been defined by series like The Expendables movies. On the more consistently well-received side, he also acts in the show Tulsa King. In the past couple of years, development has started on a reboot of one of Stallone's more iconic works. He is so distinctive that it will be hard for any actor to follow him, but the film's lead actor speaks to what attempt it will make to live up to the original.

Lily James Is Hyping Up The Cliffhanger Remake She Had Intense Training For The Film

Lily James has provided an...

A Still From Darkest Hour ( Photo Credit – Netflix )

The Harry Potter film series, based on J.K. Rowling’s best-selling novels, remains one of the most acclaimed franchises worldwide. While it famously starred Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson in the lead roles, it also featured a veteran actor who joined the series in the third film, Prisoner of Azkaban. This actor played the role of Sirius Black, the titular prisoner, and Harry Potter’s godfather. Yes, you got that right – we’re talking about none other than Gary Oldman.

Over the years, Gary Oldman has delivered spellbinding performances in films and series like The Contender, The Dark Knight Trilogy, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Mank, and Slow Horses, to name a few. But the only role (so far) that earned him the Best Actor Oscar is his portrayal of former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the critically acclaimed WWII drama Darkest Hour.

Lily James has become a mountain-climbing "addict" since filming the Cliffhanger reboot.The Cinderella star, 36, leads the cast of a new version of Sylvester Stallone's 1993 action movie alongside Pierce Brosnan and the actress has confessed she had the "had the time of [her] life" working on the film and she's thrown herself into the sport of climbing.She told The Hollywood Reporter: "Oh my God, I had the time of my life. It was so hard. I did five hours of climbing a day for many weeks."I was on mountains nonstop. I fell completely in love with it. It’s the most mind-body-soul activity. "And I’m a [mountain-climbing] addict now. I did all my own climbing [in the film], and I got real strong. I was just pounding press-ups between every take."The film is due for release next year and Lily can't wait to share it with audiences.She added:...

Lily James’ upcoming slate of films are throwbacks in uniquely different ways.

Beginning with Saverio Costanzo’s 1950s-set Italian drama Finally Dawn, James plays Josephine Esperanto, an Elizabeth Taylor-type movie star who ropes a rejected background artist (Rebecca Antonaci’s Mimosa) into a pivotal scene of her sword-and-sandals epic. From there, Josephine, her co-star Sean Lockwood (Joe Keery) and her jack-of-all trades, Rufo Priori (Willem Dafoe), pressure Mimosa into exploring Rome’s nightlife with them.

While en route to one of their two destinations, Sean Lockwood’s acting insecurities get the better of him, and Josephine makes a half-hearted attempt to compliment their scene work that day. According to James, it’s a highly relatable scene for most actors.

“At their worst, actors are an insecure bunch of self-obsessed, needy humans. Actors and artists are often called upon to be very vulnerable…so it can trigger some serious insecurity and a need for validation,...

How’s Carrie Coon celebrating her third Emmy nomination — this time for her turn in Season 3 of Mike White’s The White Lotus — you ask?

“I’m working, which, again, is the best way to celebrate,” she told Deadline in an interview this morning. “I’m in Vancouver doing an independent film. I’m here with my whole family, so it’s very chaotic. The days are long, and it’s the kind of good, hard, fulfilling work I’ve been lucky to do. I’m very fortunate to be working right now.”

The actress — who previously scored noms for FX’s Fargo and HBO Max’s The Gilded Age, which is currently halfway through airing its third season — is in production for Harmonia, Guy Nattiv’s thriller that also stars Odessa Young, Lily James and Bella Ramsey, an HBO compatriot of Coon’s who scored a historic second Emmy...

After a successful festival run, Finally Dawn is finally coming to theaters and digital this week. For an early taste, Collider has a new, exclusive clip of the Italy-set period drama, starring Lily James as an American actress adrift in 1950s Rome. The film follows a number of characters over the course of a long night and was partially inspired by a notorious decades-old mystery. Finally Dawn will be available in select theaters and on video-on-demand on July 18, 2025.

In our exclusive sneak peek, Josephine Esperanto (James) is a celebrated actress with an extensive resume despite her relatively young age. She's at dinner with her younger co-star, Nan Roth, who's playing her daughter in the Egyptian epic they're filming in Italy. Esperanto is to be the subject of a magazine profile, and her interviewer is at dinner as well, interrogating the two screen idols about their acting styles. While Esperanto is clearly old-school,...

You’ve seen this before. A young, unassuming person suddenly gets thrust into the Hollywood limelight as they realize the vanity and hollowness of all the glitter. Saverio Costanzo, who you may know from HBO’s beloved Italian drama “My Brilliant Friend,” is no stranger to the 1950s. “Finalmente l’alba (Finally Dawn)”, which is set in the same period and features an ensemble Hollywood cast, evokes a singular time in Italian movie history when Cinecitta (one of the prominent studios of the time) was known for hosting lavish, sword-and-sandals epics like Ben-Hur.

The young person in question here is Mimosa (Rebecca Antonaci), a doe-eyed movie lover whose love for the medium is quickly established as she, her mother, and a more conventionally attractive older sister Iris (Sofia Panizzi) come out of the latest War movie playing in their local theatre in Rome. As they exit the theatre, discussing the obsession...

“Finally Dawn” is a new period drama, written and directed by Saverio Costanzo, starring Lily James, Joe Keery, Willem Dafoe, Rachel Sennott, Joe Keery, Alba Rohrwacher, Michele Bravi and Rebecca Antonaci, opening July 18, 2025 in theaters:

‘…a young Roman woman during the 1950’s is on the verge of becoming engaged to a man.

“But she goes to ‘Cinecittà’ to do an audition as a film extra…

“…and is thrust into an infinite night during which she discovers herself…”

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Since its 1993 release, multiple efforts have been made to either reboot or continue Sylvester Stallone’s high-altitude action film, Cliffhanger. One of the more recent iterations had Stallone attached in a supporting role that would have seen him pass the torch to a new generation of mountain climbers, much like his approach in Creed. However, that version fell apart following a major creative overhaul, which brought on a new set of cast and characters as well as a new director. The project was subsequently reimagined as a gender-swapped remake, with Lily James taking on the lead role. Now, James has provided an encouraging update, confirming that the film has made significant progress and is on track to hit screens soon.

James will next be seen in the movie, Finally Dawn, due out next weekend on July 18, 2025. While promoting the film recently, the actress spoke to ScreenRant, in an interview where...

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again star Lily James has shared her enthusiastic hopes for an entire Mamma Mia! cinematic universe. Based on the global Abba musical hit, the first Mamma Mia! movie, released in 2008, became a widely beloved sensation, grossing over $700 million worldwide on a modest budget of $52 million. It's no wonder the movie was given a sequel, despite the 10-year wait.

The movies star major names like Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Dominic Cooper, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgård, Pierce Brosnan, Julie Walters, and Christine Baranski, who were joined by Lily James, Cher, and Andy Garcia in 2018's Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. These musical movies are undeniably cheerful. Who can forget Firth, Skarsgård, Brosnan, and their younger counterparts dancing around in '70s-style Abba-inspired outfits?

During an interview with Screen Rant for her upcoming Italian period film, Finally Dawn,James, who played a younger version of Meryl Streep's...

Lily James has teased the Cliffhanger reboot is a “real re-imagining” of the original movie.The 36-year-old actress will star in the new take of Sylvester Stallone’s 1993 action flick as Naomi Cooper, and James has now revealed Cliffhanger is “definitely different” to the first flick.Speaking with Screen Rant, she said: “I don't want to say too much to give it away right now. What I will say is I had one of the most thrilling experiences of my life. We shot in the Dolomites. We were there for six weeks on the mountains. “I was really hanging off mountains. We had to shut down multiple times because of freak snowstorms. “The story is very much through Naomi and her sister Sydney. I would hope that we are maintaining what people love about the original cliffhanger, but it's definitely different. “It's feral, it's raw. It's a real re-imagining, and I am producing it too.

Lily James teases that her upcoming movie Cliffhangeris very different from Sylvester Stallone's original movie she's remaking. News of the Cliffhanger reboot movie came last year as James was revealed to be the franchise's new star, with Jaume Collet-Serra directing and Pierce Brosnan acting as a co-star.

The upcoming film is a remake of Sylvester Stallone's 1993 action film directed by Renny Harlin. He starred as a mountain climber who is thrust into a position to stop a plane robbery after failing to save his girlfriend. Cliffhanger was a huge hit, grossing $255 million worldwide, making the TriStar Pictures release the seventh biggest film of 1993.

There have not been many updates on the reboot since it was announced, but star Lily James provided some new Cliffhanger details during a recent interview with Screen Rant's Joe Deckelmeier to promote her new film, Finally Dawn, which hits theaters on July 18, 2025. James teased her practical stunts,...

Netflix confirmed on 9 July that Collet-Serra has signed a wide-ranging production agreement covering feature development, directing and producing duties for its global service, a step the company says will “keep our momentum going” after their recent collaboration. The pact places the 51-year-old filmmaker in an elite circle that includes David Fincher and Noah Baumbach, two of the few other directors with comparable arrangements at the platform.

The move follows the outsize success of Carry-On, an airport-set thriller that has drawn 185 million views since December and now ranks behind only Red Notice among Netflix originals. Collet-Serra’s experience on that project, he said, demonstrated that the streamer “knows how to deliver big, high-stakes stories that audiences love,” a sentiment echoed by Netflix film vice-president Doug Belgrad.

First on the new slate is An Innocent Girl, a Washington-set psychological thriller produced with Berlanti/Schechter Films; the story follows an ambitious woman...

Carry-On director Jaume Collet-Serra has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix.The 51-year-old filmmaker has put pen to paper on a rare overall agreement with the streaming giant after his 2024 action thriller - which starred Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton - became Netflix's second highest viewed film of all time, clocking up 185 million views.He told Variety: “From production to release, my experience making Carry-On with the Netflix team was everything a filmmaker could hope for.“I’m thrilled to call Netflix my creative home and excited to keep pushing boundaries together, beginning with An Innocent Girl.”The upcoming psychological thriller will have Collet-Serra at the helm as director and producer, alongside Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.The film will follow a young and ambitious woman who gets seduced by a high powered couple in Washington D.C. as she gets pulled into a world of power, sex and murder.

Carry-Ondirector Jaume Collet-Serra signs an overall film deal with Netflix, and one of his top projects is a new Cliffhanger.

Per Deadline, Collet-Serra has officially signed a multi-year overall film deal with the streaming giant, and has no less than three features in the works that will presumably be released through Netflix. Among these are psychological thriller An Innocent Girl, survival thriller Play Dead, and a re-imagining of 1993's Cliffhanger already set to star Lily James and Pierce Brosnan.

An Innocent Girl is described as a tight psychological thriller in which an ambitious young woman is drawn into the private lives of a high-power D.C. couple, which soon spirals into a story of sex, murder, and the lust for power. Play Dead was noted as being akin to Don't Breathe crossed with 1917, implying plenty of tense moments amidst some massive set pieces. Neither film currently has a planned release date,...

Jaume Collet-Serra has signed a multiyear overall film deal with Netflix, the distributor of his hit 2024 action thriller Carry-On, starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, sources have confirmed to Deadline.

The first project under the deal, which will see him directing and producing for the streamer, is An Innocent Girl, a previously announced psychological thriller in which a young and ambitious woman is seduced by a high powered D.C. couple, being drawn into a dangerous world of sex, power and murder.

Most recently working on Play Dead, a survival thriller described as Don’t Breathe meets 1917, on which we were first to report, Collet-Serra’s upcoming slate also includes a reimagining of the classic actioner Cliffhanger, starring Lily James and Pierce Brosnan.

Since premiering on Netflix on December 13, the Spanish filmmaker’s Carry-On has generated nearly 200 million views, establishing itself not only as Netflix’s most watched movie...

Samuel Goldwyn Films’ elegant period drama Finally Dawn is officially slated for digital streaming release this month. The film will arrive on VOD and digital streaming platforms soon, coinciding with a limited theatrical release. After making its world premiere at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, Finally Dawn is set to bring its lush, introspective storytelling to a wider audience.

What is Finally Dawn About?

Written and directed by Saverio Costanzo, Finally Dawn is a coming-of-age story set against the glamorous yet complex backdrop of 1950s Rome. The film follows a young Roman woman, portrayed by Rebecca Antonaci, who is on the verge of getting engaged. But everything changes when she visits Cinecittà—Rome’s legendary film studio—to audition as an extra.

What begins as a simple casting call transforms into a surreal, transformative night filled with encounters that challenge her understanding of self, freedom, and desire.

The ensemble cast features Lily James,...

Lily James is showing off a new hair transformation!

The 36-year-old The Iron Claw actress was seen looking nearly unrecognizable with her new look on Saturday (July 5) in London, England.

Lily routinely sports a lighter colored hair look. It’s unclear if she’s going dark for a role in an upcoming project, or if she just wanted to see a change!

Lily will soon be seen on screen in the movie Relay, starring opposite Riz Ahmed.

In Relay, “Ahmed plays a world class ‘fixer’ who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten their ruin. He keeps his identity a secret through meticulous planning and always follows an exacting set of rules. But when a message arrives one day from a potential client (James), needing his protection just to stay alive, the rules quickly start to change,” via Deadline.

The movie, which also stars Sam Worthington,...

David Mackenzie, the director behind Hell or High Water—arguably Taylor Sheridan’s most underrated and critically acclaimed film—returns this summer with Relay, a sleek new thriller starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James, and based on the atmosphere in the trailer, paranoia is back on the menu. The new movie, which had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival to strong reviews, will officially hit theaters on August 22, courtesy of Bleecker Street. Critics have already called Relay “a twisty, confident homage to classic paranoid thrillers” and “a great ride, firing on all cylinders”—with a strong Rotten Tomatoes score of 81% to back it up.

In Relay, Ahmed plays a hyper-disciplined fixer who operates in total secrecy, brokering dangerous deals between whistleblowers and the shady corporations who want them silenced. There's no personal involvement, everything is off the record, none of this ever happened. That is, until James...

A new thriller, from the director of Taylor Sheridan's Western with a 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, gets a gripping first trailer. Sheridan is best known as the co-creator behind the popular neo-Western series Yellowstone and its various prequels, including 1883 and 1923. He has since created several streaming series for Paramount+, including Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Lioness, and Landman.

In addition to these television series, Sheridan has also written several films, including the screenplay for Sicario, directed by Denis Villeneuve, and its sequel Sicario: Day of the Soldado, directed by Stefano Sollima. Sheridan scored an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay for writing the neo-Western Hell or High Water, directed by David Mackenzie.

He also wrote, in addition to directing, the neo-Western Wind River, the third and final installment in Sheridan's spiritual trilogy exploring crime on the modern-day American frontier. More recently, Sheridan co-wrote the action thrillers Without Remorse (directed once...

Bleecker Street has unveiled the first full trailer for “Relay,” director David Mackenzie’s thriller starring Riz Ahmed and Lily James, and set an August 22, 2025 U.S. theatrical date. The film bowed at TIFF last September and will have its U.S. festival launch at Tribeca on June 7 before expanding nationwide.

The two-minute preview positions Ahmed’s character Tom—an enigmatic “fixer” who brokers hush-money deals between corporations and would-be whistle-blowers—as he agrees to protect biotech scientist Sarah, played by James, whose leak threatens a powerful chemical firm. The tense clip, rolled out across studio channels and sites such as JoBlo and The Playlist, leans on sparse dialogue and quick-cut action to highlight Mackenzie’s return to the crime genre after Hell or High Water.

Entertainment Weekly’s first-look feature notes that Ahmed remains silent for the film’s opening half-hour, underscoring Tom’s reliance on anonymity and rigid...

Having premiered at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, it’s been a while since we heard any news on Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie’s latest movie, Relay. But now we have the full trailer ahead of its release next month.

In the trailer for Relay, we see Lily James’s Sarah in desperate need of help when she comes into possession of potentially dangerous documents, being redirected to a man who we hear say, “I help people who see things they shouldn’t have. Maybe they should have looked the other way but they can’t.” What follows is a web of paranoia and intrigue that seems to call back to a genre of thriller that seems almost non-existent now.

Here is the official plot synopsis, as per Bleecker Street: “In Relay, Riz Ahmed plays a world class “fixer” who specializes in brokering lucrative payoffs between corrupt...

"Has it ever gone wrong?" "Sometimes we have to walk away..." Bleecker Street has unveiled the trailer for a movie called Relay, a clever thriller from filmmaker David Mackenzie. This first premiered at last year's Toronto Film Festival to mixed reviews, and it just played at this year's Tribeca Film Festival as well. A world-class "fixer" is enlisted by an alluring, unpredictable whistleblower in a "twisty, confident homage to classic paranoid thrillers". A broker of lucrative payoffs between corrupt corporations and the individuals who threaten them breaks his own rules when a new client seeks his protection to stay alive. TIFF says the film is "riddled with ingenious feats of misdirection, novel set pieces, and jaw-dropping twists that would have made Hitchcock proud." Starring Riz Ahmed & Lily James, along with Sam Worthington, Willa Fitzgerald, Matthew Maher, Mike Holt, and Eisa Davis. The film currently has 81% on Rt, and looks intriguing enough to watch.