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While on the Filmmaker Toolkit podcast, director Josh Greenbaum took IndieWire behind the scenes of the planning, making, and editing of his new hit documentary “Will & Harper.” The documentary, which premiered at Sundance and hit Netflix last week, is a road trip film, as comedian Will Ferrell takes a cross-country journey with long-time friend and collaborator Harper Steele after she came out as a transwoman. The journey serves as a way for the two friends to explore how the will affect their friendship, while Steele sees if the country she loves — prior to her transition, Steele loved taking solo cross-country trips and wonders if she can travel the country with the same sense of freedom — will love her back.

Here are nine things about the making of “Will & Harper” that might surprise you, taken from Greenbaum’s Toolkit appearance.

Harper Was Initially Against a Documentary

As the documentary’s opening shows,...

Nothing could be more LA than a weekend at the fabulous Forum; the celebrities court-side, the drama(s), and all those players doing it for the love of the game. No we’re not talking about the Winning Time Showtime Lakers, we’re talking the 2024 Film Independent Forum. We’re set for another jampacked year, filled with screenings, panels, workshops, one-on-one meetings and networking receptions. And all of that is jammed into two action packed days. Get your passes right here, right now.

The official schedule can be found here—but we can guarantee another great year of wide-ranging and inclusive conversation about the winning strategies for the art and business of independent film. With panels and networking events like Industry Connect, we’ll help you find the right teammates and creative juices needed to sustain a long-term career in the filmmaking arena.

“This year’s Forum will explore our...

Netflix on Thursday dropped the trailer for “Will & Harper,” its heartwarming documentary chronicling a road trip between Will Ferrell and Harper Steele, his friend of nearly 30 years.

But this is no ordinary trip between two besties who met in 1995 when both were hired at “Saturday Night Live” and quickly bonded. Steele wrote a bunch of Ferrell sketches and eventually became head writer. They most recently co-wrote 2020’s “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.” Two years ago, the actor received an email from Steele coming out as a trans woman. Ferrell had one proposition.

“Harper, would you wanna do a road trip as this new version of yourself?” Ferrell asks her in the trailer.

Will Ferrell and his close friend, former head writer at SNL, Harper Steele embark on a cross-country road trip together after Harper comes out as a trans woman in the documentary film, Will & Harper.

Will Ferrell is putting his friendship behind the wheel with Netflix documentary “Will & Harper.”

Ferrell reunites with former “Saturday Night Live” writer and friend Harper Steele for a cross-country road trip during which the duo discuss Steele’s life since coming out as a transgender woman. The feature premiered at Sundance, where it was picked up by Netflix, and later screened at Telluride, among other festivals.

The official synopsis reads: “Two years ago, Will Ferrell was filming a movie when he received a most surprising email: his dear friend of nearly 30 years was coming out to him as a trans woman. That friend was Harper Steele, a writer Will met on his first day at ‘Saturday Night Live’ back in 1995. From that fateful first meeting in the halls of 30 Rock, Will knew he had found a match made in comedy, and their friendship and creative partnership would only continue...

“Will & Harper” are ready to hit the road.

The documentary, directed by Josh Greenbaum, follows Will Ferrell and his close friend and collaborator Harper Steele, who embark on a cross-country road trip after Steele sends Ferrell a note that she was coming out as a trans woman. Watch the trailer for the movie below, before it premieres on Netflix later this month.

“Will & Harper” premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received warm reviews (Manohla Dargis called it “a momentous cross-country journey of discovery” in the New York Times) and garnered a standing ovation. It recently received another standing ovation at the Telluride Film Festival.

Steele met Ferrell on Ferrell’s first day at “Saturday Night Live” in 1995. It would be the beginning of a long and fruitful person and professional partnership, which would include, among other things, Ferrell’s side-splitting Netflix musical comedy...

Australian actor George Lazenby, who had a one-and-done moment playing James Bond in 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” is retiring from acting. Lazenby had the shortest tenure as the world’s most well known secret agent, starring only in the one film as 007.

A Hulu docudrama from Josh Greenbaum about Lazenby’s life, “Becoming Bond,” was released in 2017. An auto mechanic turned male model, Lazenby was the second actor to play Bond on the big screen, following Sean Connery, who starred in seven Bond pics.

On July 24, Lazenby announced his decision to retire in a post on X. Although his career has “been a fun ride,” he feels “getting older is no fun,” he wrote.

“This hasn’t been an easy decision but it’s time to announce my retirement from work,” Lazenby wrote on X. “Therefore, I won’t be doing any more acting or making public appearances,...

"This never happened to the other fellow,” George Lazenby said as James Bond in 1969’s On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Lazenby’s Bond was a one-and-done deal, making the first and only Australian Bond the only actor to get a single crack at the job. Still, the iconic line...

When comedian and actor Will Farrell learned that his longtime friend and onetime Saturday Night Live (SNL) head writer Harper Steele had come out as a trans woman at the age of 61, he, like most of us on the outside looking in, had questions. As a close, dedicated friend, however, Farrell wanted to be as respectful as possible, putting compassion and empathy first and his own, possibly unresolved feelings second (or last). To that end, Farrell suggested a 17-day, coast-to-coast road trip documented by Josh Greenbaum. The perfectly titled result, Will & Harper, follows Farrell and Steele from the first, meaningful days when Farrell received a life- and friendship-changing email where...

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Few fictional characters don't require an introduction. James Bond is one of them. 

Across 25 films, produced over 60-plus years, Ian Fleming's debonair, dangerous, and dashing spy has been at the center of a cinematic legacy that defies the odds. Perhaps only Sherlock Holmes offers comparison -- a character so iconic, so popular, so fully-formed, but also so flexible that it's impossible to imagine the modern pop culture landscape with him. Agent 007 set the standard. And then resets it every decade or so.

Of course, a character this important (to both fans and the producers crafting his movies) needs an actor capable of filling that tux and wielding that pistol. And here's the truth: There has never been a bad Bond actor. Sure, there have been plenty of terrible James Bond movies, but no actor has actually embarrassed themselves or the franchise. They've all shown up. They all understood the assignment.

Curzon is re-releasing Lars von Trier’s ‘The Idiots’.

Warner Bros’ superhero sci-fi Blue Beetle and Universal’s canine comedy Strays head the new titles at the UK-Ireland box office, in a post-Barbenheimer test of how the market can handle two wide studio releases.

Opening in 556 cinemas, Blue Beetle is the third feature from Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto. In the film, after an alien scarab chooses a teenager to be its symbiotic host, the youngster becomes the eponymous superhero with an unpredictable suit of armour.

Xolo Mariduena leads the cast, which also includes Bruna Marquezine, Damian Alcazar, George Lopez and Adriana Barraza.

Exclusive: Josh Lawson (Mortal Kombat), Kahyun Kim (Cocaine Bear) and Mekki Leeper (The Sex Lives of College Girls) have been cast in the NBC comedy pilot St. Denis Medical. They join previously announced leads Wendi McLendon-Covey and David Alan Grier.

Written by the Superstore and American Auto duo of Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin and to be directed by Superstore’s Ruben Fleischer, St. Denis Medical is a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity.

Lawson plays Bruce, a trauma surgeon working primarily in the Emergency Department. Bruce is very talented, he knows it and wants everyone else to know it. Kim plays Serena, an Emergency Department nurse who leans toward homeopathy and is Alex’s work wife. Leeper plays Matt, a well-meaning Emergency Department nurse whom we meet on his first day as a Registered Nurse.

In honor of May the 4th, aka Star Wars Day, Apple has released “Behind the Mac: Skywalker Sound.”

The short film, which can be viewed on Apple’s YouTube channel, takes viewers behind the scenes at the iconic company that has continuously revolutionized the art of cinematic sound. Directed by Josh Greenbaum, the film follows foley artists, sound designers and mixers at the ranch’s community of creators as they explore the possibilities of sound and share the secrets behind legendary moments from the “Star Wars” universe and beyond.

The cast is a lineup of sound royalty, including Al Nelson, André Fenley, Baihui Yang, Bonnie Wild, Chris Scarabosio, Danielle Dupre, Matthew Wood, Randy Thom, Ryan Frias, Shelley Roden and Tom Myers.

Audiences will be able to see Wild break down a key scene from “The Mandalorian,” while Fenley talks about the “Jurassic Park” roars and Myers gets emotional breaking down...

Universal Pictures has preemptively nabbed a live action project from Phil Lord and Chris Miller, to be produced with Erik Feig’s Picturestart.

Titled “Strays,” the film is an adult comedy and original pitch from writer Dan Perrault (“American Vandal”), about an abandoned dog who teams up with other strays to get revenge on his former owner.

The project will be directed by Josh Greenbaum, who just made his narrative directorial debut with Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo’s “Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar.” Greenbaum is an Emmy winner who hails from the unscripted space.

Picturestart packaged and developed Perrault’s script for Greenbaum, Lord and Miller and their label’s film president Aditya Sood, and producer Louis Leterrier who will join via his Rabbit Hole Productions banner. Feig will produce for Picturestart.

The movie falls under Lord and Miller’s first-look deal with the Donna Langley-led Universal,...

Lionsgate has released the full trailer for “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar,” a brand new comedy from “Bridesmaids” writing team Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, which stars the dynamic duo as a pair of best friends who leave their small Midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar, Florida. Along the way, they become embroiled in a mad villain’s plot to murder everyone in town. The movie’s 2020 summer release was delayed due to restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, but the comedy will be available on VOD platforms next month.

The comedy marks the duo’s first time collaborating on a script since the blockbuster success of “Bridesmaids” in 2011. Mumolo has since enjoyed a thriving acting career, starring in TV shows like “About a Boy” and “Angie Tribeca,” as well as movies “Bad Moms” and “This Is 40.” Wiig recently...

Lionsgate has slated Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar for a February 12 release on premium video on demand, the latest concession to a theatrical marketplace upended by Covid-19.

The comedy, which was set up nearly two years ago, had originally eyed a 2020 release. It pairs Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who got Oscar nominations for teaming to write the screenplay to Bridesmaids, as the titular best friends who leave their midwestern town for an eventful Florida vacation. (Check out the amusingly offbeat teaser trailer above.)

Along with Wiig and Mumolo, the cast includes Jamie Dornan, Damon Wayans Jr., Fortune Feimster, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Rose Abdoo, Vanessa Bayer, Phyllis Smith and Kwame Patterson. The director is Josh Greenbaum, whose credits include episodes of New Girl and Fresh Off the Boat and the documentaries Too Funny to Fail and Becoming Bond. Producers include Gloria Sanchez Productions, along with Wiig, Mumolo, Jessica Elbaum and Margot Hand.

Wife of a SpyThe programme for the 2020 edition of the Venice Film Festival has been unveiled, and includes new films from Gia Coppola, Lav Diaz, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Alice Rohrwacher, Gianfranco Rosi, Frederick Wiseman, Chloé Zhao, and more.COMPETITIONIn Between Dying (Hilal Baydarov)Le sorelle Macluso (Emma Dante)The World to Come (Mona Fastvold)Nuevo Orden (Michel Franco)Lovers (Nicole Garcia)Laila in Haifa (Amos Gitai)Dear Comrades (Andrei Konchalovsky)Wife of a Spy (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)Sun Children (Majid Majidi)Pieces of a Woman (Kornél Mundruczó)Miss Marx (Susanna Nicchiarelli)Padrenostro (Claudio Noce)Notturno (Gianfranco Rosi)Never Gonna Snow AgainThe Disciple (Chaitanya Tamhane)And Tomorrow The Entire World (Julia Von Heinz)Quo Vadis, Aida? (Jasmila Zbanic)Nomadland (Chloé Zhao)Out Of COMPETITIONFeaturesThe Ties (Daniele Luchetti)Lasciami Andare (Stefano Mordini)Mandibules (Quentin Dupieux)Love After Love (Ann Hui)Assandria (Salvatore Mereu)The Duke (Roger Michell)Night in Paradise (Park Hoon-jung)Mosquito...

With Telluride Film Festival forced to cancel their yearly event, what is now the first of the major fall festivals, Venice, has announced their complete lineup. Along with Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, which was revealed yesterday, the lineup includes more of our most-anticipated films of the year, including Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Wife of a Spy, Gia Coppola’s Mainstream, Abel Ferrara’s Sportin’ Life, Lav Diaz’s Genus Pan, Mona Fastvold’s The World to Come, Kornél Mundruczó’s Pieces of a Woman, Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno, and more.

There were also a few surprises in the lineup. Luca Guadagnino has directed a new documentary titled Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams, while Alice Rohrwacher and Jr have teamed for the new short film, Omelia Contadina. Quentin Dupieux’s Mandibules will also premiere out of competition.

In perhaps the best surprise of all, a new, recently uncovered film by Orson Welles,...

Restoration strand to take place outside of the city this year.

Films by Michelangelo Antonioni, Martin Scorsese and Sidney Lumet are among the lineup of the Venice Classics section at the 77th Venice Film Festival.

The 13 titles include Scorsese gangster drama Goodfellas, which has been restored by Warner Bros. and received its world premiere at Venice in 1990.

Others include Antonioni’s 1950 drama Chronicle Of A Love, which as been restored by Cineteca di Bologna; Sidney Lumet’s 1973 neo-noir thriller Serpico, restored by Studiocanal; and Souleymane Cissé’s 1975 Malian film The Young Girl, restored by Cinémathèque Française.

The strand, which comprises restored versions of classic films,...

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who co-wrote the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Bridesmaids, are reuniting for Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, a comedy the pair teamed to co-write and star in for Lionsgate. Josh Greenbaum, the director whose credits include episodes of New Girl and Fresh Off the Boat and the documentaries Too Funny to Fail and Becoming Bond, is set to helm. A 2020 release date is in the works.

Gloria Sanchez Productions will produce along with Wiig and Mumolo, in their first such effort together since the Paul Feig-directed Bridesmaids grossed $288.4 million worldwide and scored a pair of Oscar noms. Melissa McCarthy scored the Supporting Actress Oscar nom for the R-rated comedy.

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar tells the story of best friends Barb (Wiig) and Star (Mumolo) who leave their small midwestern town for the first time to go on vacation in Vista Del Mar,...

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, who penned the Oscar-nominated script for “Bridesmaids,” are reuniting on the new Lionsgate comedy “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar.”

Wiig and Mumolo co-wrote and will co-star in the film, which will be directed by Josh Greenbaum.

“I’m so excited to be a part of this movie which showcases Kristen and Annie’s original, fresh and undeniably hilarious voice in spades,” Greenbaum said. “I’m also always looking for projects with titles that rhyme, so it really all worked out on this one.”

Gloria Sanchez Productions, the female-focused film and television production company founded and led by Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, will produce along with Wiig and Mumolo.

“Having the opportunity to work with and support such talented female artists like Kristen and Annie is the reason we created Gloria Sanchez. We are thrilled to be partnering with them on this project,...

Starring Dan Istrate as Jacques St. Germaine, the wealthy Alchemist (Alias, 96 Souls, Drakul), Dionne Audain as voodoo priestess Marie Laveu ( I Love Dick, Lemon, How To Get Away With Murder ), and Megan Graves as Mary, the orphan (House of Cards, All Our Yesterdays: Past Is Prologue, Chris and Carol), and with an original musical score by composer John Piscitello (Becoming Bond, The Short Game, Unseen Enemy ), Dinner With The Alchemist weaves …

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Two years after Hulu announced that it would exclusively stream all documentaries from IFC Films, IFC Midnight, and Sundance Selects after they leave theaters, the agreement has been expanded to all narrative films released by those distributors. Subscribers will begin benefitting from the multi-year deal this summer, with the arrival of titles like “Love After Love” and Claire Denis’s “Let the Sunshine In,” which won a Director’s Fortnight prize at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

“This is the last piece of the puzzle,” Lisa Holme, Hulu’s VP of content acquisitions, told IndieWire. Holme said the companies signed the paperwork last year, but saved the announcement until midway through the Sundance Film Festival, when IFC Films, IFC Midnight, and Sundance Selects are in acquisition mode.

Hulu was founded as a joint venture between NBC Universal and former 21st Century Fox owner News Corporation in 2008. (As Fox’s new owner,...

Enough time has passed since the preemptive demise of “The Dana Carvey Show” that Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Robert Smigel, and the comedian who gave the show its name can chuckle a bit. Twenty years after ABC pulled the plug on a subversive primetime sketch show, “Too Funny to Fail” revisits the meteoric rise and spectacular flameout that surrounded the show’s eight-episode run in the spring of 1996. Yet with decades of perspective, Josh Greenbaum’s documentary finds a surprising amount of fondness and wistfulness in a doomed project with such a public end.

Part of that bittersweet satisfaction comes from the retroactive knowledge that some of the major players in this saga would go on to shape the modern comedy landscape. Colbert and Carell got their first big breaks as “Dana Carvey Show” cast members, while Smigel would eventually go on to a vaunted comedy writing career (including being...

The passing of Sir Roger Moore at 89 marks the first James Bond to do so. And the response from one of my sons was telling: “James Bond can’t die — he’s immortal.”

That sentiment will be shared by many Bond fans, particularly the generation that grew up with Moore in the ’70s and ’80s. Moore, who embraced the lighter side of Ian Fleming’s superspy, was also the most enduring, making a record seven franchise movies: “Live And Let Die” (1973), “The Man With The Golden Gun” (1974), “The Spy Who Loved Me” (1977), “Moonraker” (1979), “For Your Eyes Only” (1981), “Octopussy” (1983), and “A View To A Kill (1985).”

While Sean Connery defined Bond as uber-cool and free-spirited (he enjoyed killing as much as shagging), Moore redefined him as devil may care to disarm the baddies. The first Bond to hail from London, Moore’s Bond wasn’t in it for the spying, he was...

Sir Roger Moore, the legendary English actor known for replacing Sean Connery as James Bond, has died at the age of 89.

“It is with a heavy heart that we must announce that our loving father, Sir Roger Moore, has passed away today in Switzerland after a short but brave battle with cancer,” his three children wrote in a statement posted on Twitter. Moore is also survived by his wife Kristina Tholstrup.

Moore starred in seven James Bond films, beginning with 1973’s “Live and Let Die” and ending with 1985’s “A View to a Kill.” He was knighted in 2003 by Queen Elizabeth II for his charity work, which included serving as a Unicef Goodwill ambassador. In 2008, Moore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

“The love with which he was surrounded in his final days was so great it cannot be quantified in words alone,” his family wrote in the statement.

(The new documentary "Becoming Bond" is now showing on the Hulu network.)

By Mark Cerulli

Prior to seeing Josh Greenbaum’s illuminating documentary, Becoming Bond, which premiered on Hulu May 20th, I had dismissed George Lazenby’s mystifying refusal to continue as 007 as just another gullible young actor taking bad career advice; like Tom Selleck passing on Indiana Jones, Travolta nixing Forrest Gump, Thomas Jane handing Don Draper to Jon Hamm… but there’s more to it than that, a lot more as it turns out.

Cleverly combining interview footage of Lazenby, still hale and hearty at 77, with well-staged recreations, Becoming Bond dives deep into this complicated and impulsive star to understand How he could casually dump one of the most coveted roles in the history of film. As it turns out, that decision is symbolic of who George Lazenby really is: intelligent, charming, naïve but most of all, independent.

If you haven’t taken advantage of all that Hulu has to offer lately besides “The Handmaid’s Tale” – which everybody should really, really watch right now – then you’re missing out.

“The Handmaid’s Tale’ has been a groundbreaking series for the streaming service, thanks to its foreboding story about a near future in which a portion of the United States has been turned into a theocracy. This new world of Gilead subjugates women and makes the fertile ones become breeders for high-ranking officials. Moving performances by Elisabeth Moss, Samira Wiley, Yvonne Strahovski, O-t Fagbenle and Alexis Bledel have made this series a must-watch.

Not only does Hulu have strong original programming like “The Handmaid’s Tale,” but it is one of the best places to watch shows that are currently on TV now, which makes cord-cutting that much easier. It also has an impressive catalog of past shows that are well worth revisiting.

There’s something about the way we frame the lives of actors that makes their existence seem like something out of a fairy tale. The magical audition, the fantastical big break, the ascendency through the collective public consciousness: all form our concept of what it means to be someone in the spotlight and it can seem like an alternate form of reality.

That perception of fame is the foundation for Josh Greenbaum’s new quasi-documentary “Becoming Bond,” a look at the life of one-time James Bond actor George Lazenby through the prism of a whimsical autobiography. The film follows Lazenby’s life from a sickly preteen to his time as an auto mechanic, through his rise as a male model and into his experiences with the role that he’ll be forever known for.

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George Lazenby didn’t have much time as James Bond. The Australian model and car salesman notoriously bluffed his way into succeeding Sean Connery in 1969’s “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (in which 007 falls in love with Diana Rigg, and left grief-stricken when she’s murdered by Telly Savalas’ Blofeld). He then walked away and slipped into obscurity.

But, thanks to “Becoming Bond,” the Hulu doc premiering Saturday, the 77-year-old Lazenby steps out of the shadows. Through a hilarious combination of onscreen narration and re-enactments starring Josh Lawson, Lazenby recounts his wild exploits, filled with sex, drugs, and rebellion. It’s directed by Josh Greenbaum (“The Short Game”) as “Drunk History” meets “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.”

At Wednesday’s premiere of “Becoming Bond” at Cinefamily in Hollywood, Lazenby ranked his fleeting moments as 007 with IndieWire:

1. Messing with that iconic gun-barrel opening sequence.

Lazenby is the only Bond who...

Chris Cornell died May 17 in Detroit hotel at the age of 52. It’s a passing far too soon for anyone, much less a singer who leaves behind the cultural impact of Soundgarden, supergroup Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave. But in his solo work, Cornell also left a particular cinematic legacy as the co-writer and performer of “You Know My Name,” the Grammy-nominated theme song for 2006 James Bond film “Casino Royale.”

Read More: ‘Bond 25’: Why The Next Director Could Be Indie

There are many things that make this James Bond reboot (the first to star Daniel Craig) one of the better popcorn movies of the young millennium. Craig’s steely lead turn, Eva Green’s alluring subversion of Bond girl tropes, and a thrilling parkour chase sequence anchor the film from its opening black-and-white sequence to its mythology-looping close.

And all of it is jump-started by that Cornell song.

It's a battleground month, people, as streaming platforms bust out the big guns to keep viewers glued to their sofas while temperatures climb back into clemency. Three of Netflix's more notable original programs trot out new seasons; Amazon brings one of 2016's finest films to couch potatoes, as well as what may be the most radical show of 2017; and Hulu unveils a pair of documentaries shedding some well-deserved light on obscure corners of pop culture. And hey, Acorn's getting in the mix as well, importing a BBC gem for stateside viewing pleasure.

"The most mysterious man in Gotham City wasn't in a mask and cape." Hulu has released an official trailer for a documentary titled Batman & Bill, which will premiere exclusively on Hulu starting early May. The documentary "unmasks" one of the greatest secrets in the comic industry - that Batman wasn't created by Bob Kane alone, it was primarily Bill Finger who created the iconic superhero. This seems like a fascinating doc with plenty to offer for comic book fans, including inside stories and excellent art from the early days of Batman. It's cool to see a doc like this that actually looks worth watching on Hulu. They've been collecting some of their own original docs recently, including a James Bond one called Becoming Bond. Take a look. Here's the official trailer for Don Argott & Sheena M. Joyce's documentary Batman & Bill, from YouTube: Everyone thinks that Bob Kane created Batman,...

Hulu has announced the new titles that will be available to stream on the platform in May. Next month will see the streaming release of Oscar-nominated films such as Debra Granik’s 2010 drama “Winter’s Bone,” starring Jennifer Lawrence, and Tim Burton’s 2003 fantasy drama “Big Fish.”

Read More: Hulu and Annapurna Announce Streaming Partnership, With Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit Project First in Line

Hulu’s origial series “Casual” returns for a third season on May 23. The original documentary “Becoming Bond,” about the life of George Lazenby, who played James Bond in the 1969 film “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service,” will debut on May 20. Find the list of all titles coming to Hulu in May below.

May 1

Line of Duty: Complete Season 4 (BBC One)

South Park en Español: Complete Season 20 (Comedy Central)

48 Hrs. (1982)

Another 48 Hrs. (1990)

Arrowhead (1952)

A View to a Kill (1985)

The Bad News Bears (1976)

Bad Influence (1990)

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The 2017 South by Southwest Film Festival announced their Audience Award and Virtual Cinema Jury Award winners on March 18. The full list is below.

2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award Winners:

Narrative Feature Competition

Audience Award Winner: “The Light of the Moon”

Director: Jessica M. Thompson

Documentary Feature Competition

Audience Award Winner: “Dealt”

Director: Luke Korem

Headliners

Audience Award Winner: “Baby Driver”

Director: Edgar Wright

Narrative Spotlight

Audience Award Winner: “Mr. Roosevelt”

Director: Noël Wells

Documentary Spotlight

Audience Award Winner: “The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin”

Director: Jennifer M. Kroot

Visions

Audience Award Winner: “Becoming Bond”

Director: Josh Greenbaum

Midnighters

Audience Award Winner: “68 Kill”

Director: Trent Haaga

Episodic

Audience Award Winner: “Dear White People”

Director: Justin Simien

24 Beats Per Second

Audience Award Winner: “May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers”

Directors: Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio

Global

Audience Award Winner: “Divine Divas”

Director: Leandra Leal

Festival Favorites

Audience Award Winner:...

Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver voted top film in Headliners section.

Jessica M. Thompson’s narrative feature selection The Light Of The Moon and the documentary selection Dealt by Luke Korem earned top honours on Sunday.

The festival announced its audience winners on Sunday as they prepared to wrap the 2017 edition.

The jury and special prize winners were unveiled last week and reported here.

2017 SXSW Film Festival Audience Award winners:

Narrative Feature Competition

The Light Of The Moon, dir. Jessica M. Thompson

Documentary Feature Competition

Dealt, dir. Luke Korem

Headliners

Baby Driver, dir. Edgar Wright

Narrative Spotlight

Mr. Roosevelt, dir. Noël Wells

Documentary Spotlight

The Untold Tales Of Armistead Maupin, dir. Jennifer M. Kroot

Visions

Becoming Bond, dir. Josh Greenbaum

Midnighters

68 Kill, dir. Trent Haaga

Episodic

Dear White People, dir. Justin Simien

24 Beats Per Second

May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, dirs. Judd Apatow and Michael Bonfiglio

Global

Divine Divas, dir. [link...

It's been an excellent year for documentaries already in 2017 with such incredible films as Icarus, An Inconvenient Sequel, Nobody Speak, and Trophy all premiering at Sundance (those last two playing SXSW as well). There have been several new great documentaries joining the conversation here at SXSW as well. It seems it could be a bumper year for docs. For James Bond fans, On Her Majesty's Secret Service has long been a favorite of many. But the story of one-and-done 007 actor George Lazenby might not be too familiar. Becoming Bond, Josh Greenbaum's follow-up to the excellent The Short Game, aims to correct that -- but in a far more entertaining way than you might expect. The spine of the film is an interview with...

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Hulu has released the first trailer for an original documentary called Becoming Bond. It tells the crazy and fascinating story of George Lazenby, the actor who replaced Sean Connery in the role of James Bond for only one film after Connery ended his run. That film was On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, which is one of the best films in the franchise.

What makes this story so interesting is the fact that Lazenby had no acting experience prior to landing the role. He was Australian car salesman, who managed to lie his way into the role and a six movie deal with a $1 million bonus that he ended up turning down. That's just crazy to me, but his whole story will be laid out in this documentary, which might bend the truth a little bit.

The movie combines interviews with Lazenby along with reenactments of his story being played...

Sean Connery played James Bond five times, from Dr. No through You Only Live Twice, before abandoning the role. He would eventually be coaxed back for Diamonds Are Forever. But before that, for a single film, another actor held the role of Agent 007. That actor was George Lazenby, an Australian mechanic with no experience […]

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"Is there romance? Yes. Is there comedy? Yes. Sex? A little. Drugs? Yeah, a little. Violence? A little. Are there twists and turns? Yes." Hulu has revealed a trailer for a new documentary titled Becoming Bond, telling the story of Australian actor George Lazenby, who played James Bond in one 007 movie. This isn't exactly a straightforward doc. Not only does it include an extensive sit-down interview with George Lazenby, but to bring his story to life, this features numerous recreations. Josh Lawson plays Lazenby, who was a poor Australian car mechanic before he got the 007 gig. The full cast includes Jeff Garlin, Kassandra Clementi, Landon Ashworth, Jake Johnson, Jane Seymour, and Sofia Mattsson. As a huge James Bond fan (who loves Ohmss), I'll watch this just because it's about Bond, but man the footage looks rough. Here's the official trailer for Josh Greenbaum's doc Becoming Bond, direct from Hulu's...

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Baby Driver

March 11. After Edgar Wright quit as director of Ant-Man over creative differences, he went to work on something creatively different. The result will be on view at SXSW as the action thriller gets its world premiere. Ansel Elgort stars as the eponymous getaway driver; a man in love who tries to break away from the life of crime...

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On Her Majesty's Secret Service's George Lazenby is the subject of the new film, Becoming Bond. Here's the trailer...

George Lazenby sprung to fame, as you probably know, by being cast as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. And then he walked away. Becoming Bond, a documentary set to debut on Hulu in the Us this coming May, aspires to tell Lazenby's story.

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Lazenby was a used car salesman when he got the job of playing James Bond. To date, he is the youngest actor to have played the spy. He was 29 years old when he starred in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, earning a Golden Globe New Star of the Year nomination (which was apparently a thing in 1970?) for the role before walking away from a nice, six-movie deal that would have...