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An exciting new voice has officially entered the action sphere. 

Actor Dev Patel had previously dabbled in the action genre by leading the cast of 2018's "The Wedding Guest." But with "Monkey Man," his feature directorial debut which he also co-wrote, produced, and stars in, Patel took a deep dive into the type of visceral, hard-hitting filmmaking that has redefined the genre over the past decade or so. The experience of getting the movie across the finish line wasn't easy -- he suffered a broken bone during filming -- but along the way, he managed to achieve some transcendent moments of action cinema glory that will forever endear him to fans of martial arts films.

Patel plays a mysterious young man who spends his days eking out a living in India by wearing a monkey mask and getting beaten to a pulp in an unregulated fight ring, playing the heel...

The bridge between Indian and American action cinema has unfortunately yet to be built. There are throughlines between the two industries, that's for sure; recently, Siddharth Anand's “Fighter” borrowed the luscious aesthetics and jingoistic tone of the “Top Gun” franchise, and the work of Lokesh Kanagaraj wouldn't quite be the way it is without his trusty, robust list of North American favorites. But there has yet to be a film that solidly unifies the nations with an equal balance of what makes each industries' take on high-octane thrills so heady. That is perhaps until now, with Dev Patel's American-produced, Mumbai-set one-man-army action-extravaganza “Monkey Man” that pounds its chest onto screens around the world with unparalleled levels of energy, swagger and savagery.

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Patel is Kid, a bottom-of-the-ladder bare-knuckle brawler who has gained a reputation as a fall...

Since we’re now into the slow slide from Easter/Spring Break into the Summer cinema season, how about an Mma-style action thriller full of fights and daring escapes? Oh, you say we just had that in the remake of Road House just a couple of weeks ago. Well that flick, despite the director’s protests to the press, bypassed the multiplex and went right to a streaming service. And this new release almost went the same route until an Oscar-winning filmmaker saw it, bought it, and helped prep it for a wide theatrical debut. Oh, and speaking of debuts, this is the first feature directed by the star of a Best Picture Oscar winner over a dozen years ago. Yes, he was the lead in that, and he’s in the lead here as the mysterious avenger who is known as the Monkey Man. And no, he’s not another comics-based hero.

Tom Blyth is set to follow in the footsteps of Gary Cooper, Rock Hudson and George Hamilton to star in Michael Winterbottom’s new adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel A Farewell to Arms.

Fremantle, Winterbottom’s production company Revolution Films and Passenger are joining forces on the production.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes and Billy the Kid star Blyth will play volunteer ambulance driver Frederic Henry, who is wounded and falls in love with his nurse in Italy during World War One.

Published in 1929, A Farewell To Arms is inspired by Hemingway’s own experiences as a volunteer ambulance driver with the Italian Army on the Isonzo Front.

Considered one of the greatest war novels of the twentieth century, it established Hemingway as a household name.

The novel has previously been...

Indian actor Jim Sarbh has been recognized with an International Emmy best actor nomination for hit SonyLIV series “Rocket Boys.”

In the series, created by Nikkhil Advani, directed by Abhay Pannu and produced by Roy Kapur Films and Emmay Entertainment, Sarbh plays Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha, credited as the father of the Indian nuclear program. Alongside him is Ishwak Singh playing Vikram Sarabhai who pioneered India’s space research program.

Since debuting in 2014 with “Shuruaat Ka Interval,” Sarbh has racked up an impressive array of credits including the acclaimed “Neerja” (2016), Toronto title “A Death in the Gunj” (2017), hits “Padmaavat” and “Sanju,” Rotterdam film “Jonaki,” Toronto selection “The Wedding Guest” (all 2018), Sundance film “Photograph” (2019) and 2023 hit “Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway.” He also has a recurring lead role in the immensely popular Prime Video series “Made in Heaven.”

Next up for Sarbh are: an interview show with Zoya Hussain; a new film with Pannu,...

“The Green Knight” star Dev Patel has launched his own production company, Minor Realm, which has a mission to “explore and develop the creative landscape of voices and talent that too often are unrecognized, bringing these stories to life in a larger way.”

Patel has already made two hires for the new banner: Sony Pictures’ Lakshmi Iyengar and producer Samarth Sahni, who will both report directly to Patel.

Minor Realm, which will focus on both films and television, already has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, developing and creating projects with ShivHans’ CEO and founder Shivani Rawat and president of production Julie Goldstein.

Iyengar most recently served as Sony Pictures’ vice president of worldwide acquisitions and production, working on films including “Ammonite,” “Late Night” and “The Wedding Guest,” in which Patel starred. During her career she has also worked at Universal Pictures and Focus Features.

At Minor Realm Iyengar will...

Dev Patel has unveiled the name of his production company – Minor Realm – and has made two key hires.

Lakshmi Iyengar, who most recently served as Vice President of Worldwide Acquisitions and Production at Sony Pictures Entertainment, has been hired as EVP, Head of Production and Development. In her new role, she will be producing and overseeing the company’s film and television development slate. Iyengar was previously at Universal Pictures and Focus Features. At Sony, her credits include The Wedding Guest and Late Night.

Minor Realm has also hired Samarth Sahni as EVP, Production, with a remit of producing film and TV projects. Sahni has production experience on studio pics including Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, The Dark Knight Rises, Life Of Pi, and Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. He has previously worked with Patel on projects including his upcoming directorial debut Monkey Man, which is in post-production and will bow on Netflix,...

Actor and filmmaker brings on Lakshmi Iyengar, Samarth Sahni.

The Green Knight star Dev Patel has unveiled his production company Minor Realm, which has a first-look deal with ShivHans Pictures, and announced two key hires.

Launched with the aim of championing stories from voices and talent “that too often are unrecognised”, Minor Realm has brought on industry veterans Lakshmi Iyengar and Samarth Sahni who will be based in Los Angeles and report directly to Patel.

Iyengar most recently served as VP of worldwide acquisitions and production at Sony Pictures and joins as EVP, head of production and development to oversee...

You know what everyone could use in the sweltering summer months? A nice, cold glass of…anime. At least that’s the particular theme that comes up in Netflix’s list of new releases for June 2021.

Netflix has been quietly expanding their anime offerings for awhile now but June is a particularly anime-heavy month. The absolutely metal sounding Record of Ragnarok arrives this month. So too do parts 1 and 2 of the newest Sailor Moon film on June 3 and Godzilla Singular Point on June 24.

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But for those who aren’t ready to dip their toe in the anime pool yet, Netflix has some other originals of note in June. Sweet Tooth, the ambitious comic adaptation starring Will Forte premieres on June 4. Then,...

Hulu is kicking off the new year with a mix of new and old movies and TV shows that will be added to the streaming service in January.

Reality series including “The Bachelor,” “Project Runway” will release this month, along with “Cooks vs. Cons” and “Cutthroat: Kitchen.”

On the film front, “13 Going on 30,” “Eyes Wide Shut,” “Forrest Gump” and “Little Miss Sunshine” are arriving early in January.

Several children’s classics will be added on the platform as well. “Dennis the Menace,” which stars a young Mason Gamble as a neighborhood hooligan, and the animated saga “An American Tail,” starring an adventurous mouse named Fievel, will be available to stream.

See a complete list of movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in January 2020:

Jan. 1

Bring It!: Season 4

Brockmire: Season 3

Damages

Deputy: Series Premiere

Divided States

Fox’s New Year’s Eve Special with Steve Harvey

Glam...

"It's all about image - the super yacht, the models. It's all part of a brand." Film4 & Sony have debuted the first official trailer for an indie film titled Greed, the latest feature from filmmaker Michael Winterbottom. This cautionary-tale is a satire about capitalism and greed, focusing on a wealthy fashion designer / clothing retailer. This initially premiered at the Toronto Film Festival, and it also stopped by the London Film Festival this fall. Steve Coogan plays a billionaire named Sir Richard McCreadie, who's planning an elaborate party on the Greek island of Mykonos in hopes of "repairing his image" after the world turns on him. Also starring Isla Fisher, Asa Butterfield, Sophie Cookson, Stephen Fry, Shirley Henderson, Jamie Blackley, Sarah Solemani, & David Mitchell. Reviews from Tiff were mixed, but I still really want to see this. I love these kind of brutally honest satires. Here's the first ...

The fourth film in “The Trip” franchise, “The Trip to Greece,” starring Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon and directed by Michael Winterbottom, has been acquired for U.S. distribution by IFC Films, IFC announced Friday. The distributor is planning a summer 2020 release.

This comes as no surprise, as IFC Films has released all three of the previous movies in “The Trip” franchise, including the original from 2010, “The Trip to Italy” in 2014 and “The Trip to Spain” in 2017.

Coogan and Brydon — who play themselves in the scripted travel-themed film series — reunite yet again for more meals with expensive, gourmet dishes along with more conversation and more impressions of British luminaries.

Here’s the official synopsis:

When Odysseus left Troy it took him 10 years to get back to his home in Ithaca. Steve and...

Stars: Dev Patel, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh, Nish Nathwani, Harish Khanna, Sidhu Manpreet, Meherbaan Singh | Written and Directed by Michael Winterbottom

The Wedding Guest is directed by Michael Winterbottom and stars Dev Patel as Jay, a mysterious man who is travelling to Pakistan from Britain to attend a wedding with ulterior motives. Winterbottom’s film, while a decent effort is a largely missed opportunity to discuss a range of divisive and compelling themes on culture/social gender politics. Instead, the audience is treated to a simplistic thriller that is best described as a quick fix of sorts.

The Wedding Guest is mostly flat. It is a film that begins in an intriguing mysticism and soon turns into a conventional passionate love story that does not feel earned nor granted for this specific plot. Where The Wedding Guest flourishes is when it plays its hand at mysticism. The film has tension...

Other openers include cricket doc ‘The Edge’ and ‘Tell It To The Bees’.

CGI animation The Lion King is the latest Disney remake to hit UK cinemas, and will look to challenge the highest openings of the year on its first weekend.

Its target will be the £31.4m three-day gross of Avengers: Endgame in April this year – by some distance the record opening weekend for a film in the UK.

The presence of several other blockbuster titles still in cinemas – Toy Story 4 and Aladdin from Disney, plus Sony’s Spider-Man: Far From Home – make this a lofty goal.

However...

Radhika Apte Screen Talk at the Bagri Foundation London Indian Film Festival 2019 on Sunday 23rd June, 2019 at Cineworld Leicester Square, London England

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At a very special event on June 23rd at this year’s London Indian Film Festival Radhika Apte gave a special talk with Girl With Pearl Earring director Peter Webber about her stunningly varied career. The brilliant actress has been seen in hit films like Padman, Andhadhun and Kabali garnering rave reviews. She is also known for her independent films like Parched, Phobia and Bombairiya where she really shone in her amazing performances. Apte has also appeared in English films like The Wedding Guest and The Ashram. She won a Jury Award at the Tribeca Film Festival for her bravura performance in Madly. Not only that she has done several Netflix series headlining the original Ghoul, Lust Stories and Sacred Games with great acclaim.

Along...

It might not be considered Asian by its production country (UK), the origins of its writer/director Michael Winterbottom, or, frankly, by its style that fits the bill of a British globe-trotting thriller, but “The Wedding Guest”, showing at Art Film Fest in Košice, deserves its Asian Movie Pulse review. At least the filming locations were in India and Pakistan, the cast consists of Indian-British star actors and the theme is very much rooted in the culture Indian sub-continent, fresh, approached from an interesting angle and wrapped up in a smooth genre-esque ride.

“The Wedding Guest” is screening at the 27th Art Film Fest Kosice

In the opening montage, we get to see a still nameless, solitary man (Dev Patel), preparing himself for the trip. The nature of his mission is not clear yet, but is certainly clandestine, as he is carrying multiple passports. Once in Pakistan, he travels across the country,...

‘The Final Quarter’. (Photo: Wayne Taylor/Fairfax)

Ian Darling documentary The Final Quarter, which looks at Afl footballer and Indigenous leader Adam Goodes’ public call out of racism and Australia’s heated response, will premiere at the Sydney Film Festival in June.

The festival today unveiled the first 25 films on this year’s line-up, with the full program to launch on May 8.

Made using only archival footage aired at the time, Darling’s doco chronicles the final years of the Sydney Swans player’s career. Other Aussie films announced today include Sophie Hyde’s Animals, which made its world premiere at Sundance earlier this year, and Erica Glynn’s portrait of her mother and Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (Caama) co-founder Freda Glynn, She Who Must Be Loved, which also screened at the Adelaide Film Festival and Berlinale.

Leading the preview announcement is Amazing Grace, which captures never-before-seen footage, shot by Sydney Pollack,...

Dev Patel is in negotiations to star in David Lowery and A24’s “Green Knight,” a retelling of the medieval tale of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.”

Lowery, who previously worked with A24 on 2017’s “A Ghost Story,” will direct the fantasy epic. Lowery, Toby Halbrooks, and James M. Johnston will produce through their Sailor Bear production shingle. Tim Headington and Theresa Steele Page are producing on behalf of Ley Line Entertainment. Bron’s Aaron L. Gilbert and Creative Wealth Media’s Jason Cloth are executive producing. A24 is financing with Ley Line and Bron Creative. Production is set to start next month.

Patel will play the loyal Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table who accepts the challenge of beheading the Green Knight. He must wait a year and a day to receive a blow in return.

There have been multiple interpretations of the story,...

Oscar nominee Dev Patel is in talks to star in A24’s Green Knight, a fantasy epic retelling of the medieval tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. The company has reteamed with A Ghost Story helmer David Lowery, who will direct this latest adaptation as well as produce alongside Toby Halbrooks and James M. Johnston via their Sailor Bear production banner.

Tim Headington and Theresa Steele Page of Ley Line Entertainment are also producing the project.

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is one of the most famous tales in early English literature. As the story goes, chivalrous and loyal Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, accepts the challenge of beheading the Green Knight and must wait a year and a day to receive a blow in return. In the end, it was a test of his loyalty to the king.

Bron Studio’s...

Welcome back to the weekly box office report! Each Sunday, expect a look at what made the most money in theaters, as well as just how all of the new releases fared. This week, Tyler Perry entered the marketplace with Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral, hoping to beat back the competition and become the box office champion, along with a couple of other new releases of note. How did they all do? Let us take a look right now at just that… The top spot this weekend, unsurprisingly, went back to the third entry in the How to Train Your Dragon series. Yes, we have How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World as our returning box office champion. A 45% drop gave it another $30 million, as it approaches a $100 million total in the next few days. Dreamworks has another animated hit on their hands. Coming in at number...

A few newcomers shined among the specialties on the weekend following the Oscars, while Oscar winners The Favourite and Free Solo added runs to take advantage of a post-Awards bounce. A24 drama-horror Climax by Gaspar Noé took the weekend’s highest per-theater average. A debut out of last year’s Cannes Directors Fortnight, Climax grossed an estimated $121,655 in five locations, averaging $24,331.

Epic doc Apollo 11 by Todd Douglas Miller launched exclusively in IMAX theaters across the country just weeks after its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. The Neon release played 120 locations for the weekend’s highest specialty gross at $1,650,000, for a $13,750 PTA.

Although only in two theaters, Music Box Films’ Transit edged over that average. The German/French drama by Christian Petzold is coming in at $35,368, averaging $17,684.

Vertical Entertainment bowed Toronto debut Giant Little Ones with Maria Bello, Kyle MacLachlan and Taylor Hickson with an exclusive run, grossing $13,500.

Among other limited run openers,...

I think it’s safe to say that Dev Patel is an underrated leading man in Hollywood, that is, when he’s actually given a leading role. Those are few and far between for him. Still, when he’s allowed the chance, he shows his chops, even if the material is not up to snuff. Such is the case here with The Wedding Guest, a low-key thriller that begins with potential but slowly squanders it away. The key word here is slowly too, as everything about this film is slow. For a short movie, it feels twice as long. Throw in a terrible ending and this all adds up to a disappointment, Patel excluded. The film is a thriller that begins as a mystery. We begin by following a mysterious British Muslim man named Jay (Patel) on his journey from Britain to Pakistan. Soon, we realize that he’s been...

The internet will correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m pretty sure “The Wedding Guest” is the first time Dev Patel has handled a firearm in one of his movies. Five minutes into Michael Winterbottom’s Pakistan-set thriller, the actor walks into a shop, asks to try out a gun, and proceeds to inspect a semiautomatic pistol before settling on another. At this point, we don’t know the character’s name — and besides, we’ve seen him slip passports with four aliases into his suitcase — but Winterbottom is already actively manipulating stereotypes.

“The Wedding Guest” turns out to be the story of a professional, played by Patel but of the sort usually embodied by white men with square jaws and power-drill stares, who is contracted to kidnap a woman (Radhika Apte) on the eve of her arranged marriage and deliver her to the man she loves. But Winterbottom,...

The Wedding Guest IFC Films Reviewed by: Tami Smith, Film Reviewer for Shockya Grade: B- Director: Michael Winterbottom Screenwriter: Michael Winterbottom Cast: Dev Patel, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh Release Date: March 1, 2019 The guest in The Wedding Guest, goes by the name of Jay (Dev Patel) and he is “a man with a plan”. […]

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Just shy of the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing, Neon’s Apollo 11 is taking one giant leap into well over a hundred Imax theaters this weekend. The feature film, by Todd Douglas Miller and compiled from extensive very rarely seen large format footage of the mission, is one of the first big 2019 Sundance Film Festival debuts to hit theaters. The title joins a decent number of new Specialty releases Friday, which follows an Oscar-weekend lull. The Crown and Doctor Who’s Matt Smith stars in Mapplethorpe, Ondi Timoner’s biopic being launched by Samuel Goldwyn Films. IFC Films is opening Michael Winterbottom’s latest, The Wedding Guest. The thriller stars Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel and is getting a traditional roll out beginning in New York this weekend. And Music Box Films is rolling out Christian Petzold’s French and German drama Transit also in New York Friday...

After last weekend saw a franchise record debut for Universal and DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, this weekend serves as something of the calm before the storm that will be Captain Marvel, which the industry is counting on to give the 2019 box office the jolt it sorely needs. As for this weekend, Hidden World will remain at #1, hoping to hold on more like the first film in the franchise than the second, while Lionsgate debuts Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral and Focus will release the thriller Greta. Additionally, this past weekend's Oscar winners find themselves expanding back into theaters, led by Best Picture winner Green Book. Following a better-than-expected debut last weekend, Universal's release of DreamWorks Animation's How to Train Your Dragon 3 will remain the top film at the weekend box office this weekend, the question is whether it delivers a performance more like the first film,...

Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong didn’t quite engage with moviegoers last fall, with Damien Chazelle’s “First Man” limping to about $45 million at the box office and failing to land an Oscar Best Picture nomination.

But what about Neil Armstrong as Neil Armstrong?

That’s what you get with “Apollo 11,” which uses actual footage from the Nasa mission that first landed a man on the moon. The film is one of the opening-night documentaries at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, offering a less enveloping but fully captivating look at the mission whose 50th anniversary will arrive in July of this year.

Also Read: 'The Wedding Guest' Film Review: Dev Patel Thriller Is Heavy on Ambience, Light on Actual Thrills

In a way, it’s unfair to compare “Apollo 11” to “First Man” — but given the timing, it’s also unavoidable. So while Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary...

A thriller without thrills is merely a drama, and “The Wedding Guest” is a dull drama at that. The story of a kidnapping gone slightly wrong, Michael Winterbottom’s latest film is a low, slow boil with no real surprises and an ending that will elicit a “That’s it?”

Dev Patel stars as Jay, the kidnapper in question. He’s a hired hand and not, in fact, the guest at a wedding. We meet him as he’s packing; along with the standard clothes and shoes, he puts in his suitcase a slew of passports. Jay looks stricken as he moves through airport security and onto a plane. He’s traveling from Britain to Pakistan, where he’ll rent two cars and buy two guns.

After a minimum of surveillance of a guarded home, Jay strikes in the middle of the night, abducting a woman named Samira. He puts...

If you’re worried that any part of director Gaspar Noé’s reference-laden dance freak-out “Climax” might go over your head, well, have no fear. For all of its other considerable pleasures, this loose-limbed hallucination comes with its own course syllabus.

After his usual wink where he runs the end credits at the very top, Noé opens the film on a shot of a TV flanked by worn out paperbacks on one side and ratty VHS tapes on the other. He keeps that shot a long time, introducing each and every professional dancer that makes up the cast, as well as hinting at their eventual conflicts.

Allow your eyes to wander, note the copies of Argento’s “Suspiria,” Zulawski’s “Possession” and Pasolini’s “Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom” and you’ll have yourself a most efficient user’s manual for everything that’s about to come.

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The major thing that “Mapplethorpe” has in its favor is that the film is afraid of neither the life nor the work of the notorious photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.

Documentary director Ondi Timoner (“We Live in Public”), making her narrative debut, has ensured that this movie acknowledges the many hard edges and unattractive qualities of this man while also celebrating and not looking away from his most explicit and scariest photographs, many of which rather surprisingly appear on screen.

Most mainstream films are afraid of showing the male penis, or anything having to do with sadomasochism, but Timoner’s attitude here seems to be, “Bring it on!” Timoner’s gutsiness is shared (and then some) by her star Matt Smith, a British actor who very convincingly played another gay male icon, writer Christopher Isherwood, in a TV movie of Isherwood’s memoir “Christopher and His Kind” in 2011.

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As a spare and sexy thriller, Michael Winterbottom’s “The Wedding Guest” is far too undercooked; there’s little flavor, and even less to chew on. As an audition for its star to be the next James Bond, however, this aimless Dev Patel vehicle is virtually perfect. Sure, there could stand to be a bit more shooting, but anyone with high cheekbones can look good holding a gun. Patel, who can play lost and worldly at the same time, brings a lot more to the table: Cold swagger. Taciturn mystery. A vulnerable side that he’s dying to show you. A scruffy beard that he wears like a disguise that’s designed to attract every kind of attention. If anything, Patel would have to soften up to play cinema’s most iconic spy.

Ten years after breaking through as a guileless teenager in “Slumdog Millionaire,” Patel is utterly convincing in...

Ghostbusters: the next generation Photo: Ingrid Mur

Sunday at the Glasgow Film Festival was busy right from the start, with film fans – some of whom admitted to never having seen it before – packing into the free screening of Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. Argentinean family drama The Quietude proved heady stuff that early in the day but for people looking for something there kids could enjoy, a special child-focused screening of the original Ghostbusters amply delivered. It was an event that would be repeated with less drawing and sliming, more swearing and cocktails to entertain adults in the evening. Of course, everyone loved the Staypuft marshmallows.

Heike Bachelier and Andy Heathcote talk about Of Fish And Foe Photo: Pete Copeland

The animated story of a reporter’s experiences in Angola, Another Day Of Life, screened in the afternoon, Michael Winterbottom’s Pakistan-set thriller The Wedding Guest seemed to...

Like the protagonist of his latest film, The Wedding Guest, Michael Winterbottom is a wanderer–cinematically, that is. There are few filmmakers in modern cinema who hop between genres quite like the British helmer. Consider just a few entries from his gobsmackingly lengthy filmography: a Thomas Hardy adaptation (Jude); a war film set in 1990s Sarajevo (Welcome to Sarajevo); a second Hardy adaptation shot in snowy Canada (The Claim); a future-set love story (Code 46); a sexually-explicit anthology centered around songs from the likes of Primal Scream and Franz Ferdinand (9 Songs); a documentary based on the work of Naomi Klein and another featuring Russell Brand (The Shock Doctrine and The Emperor’s New Clothes); and a tremendously violent and unsettling Jim Thompson adaptation (The Killer Inside Me).

That list does not even include his greatest works–24 Hour Party People, A Mighty Heart, The Trip, and its follow-ups. The Wedding Guest is,...

We finally have the first look trailer at Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s TV series ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.

The series takes the format of a horror-comedy mockumentary following in the same footsteps of the 2014 feature. The 10 episode feature was created by Clement and will air of FX on March 27th.

In the series, the setting is Staten Island and the Vampires one and only aim is “total and complete domination of the New World.”

Kayvan Novak plays the role of group leader ‘Nandor the Relentless,’ along with Matt Berry, Natasia Demetriou, Harvey Guillén, Mark Proksch (as an energy vampire), and Beanie Feldstein.

The 2014 feature followed a group of Vampires in Wellington, it was written, directed by and starred Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi. It was based on a 2005 short film—’What We Do In The Shadows: Interviews With Some Vampires’ which was Waititi’s first feature...

A new trailer has arrived from IFC Films for the upcoming thriller ‘The Wedding Guest’ featuring Dev Patel.

Coming from the acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom, the story follows Jay (Patel) as he visits India for a wedding, a wedding in which he kidnaps the bride (Radhika Apte). The film depicts the shadowy underworlds and hidden realms of Pakistan and India where danger lurks at every turn and nothing is as it seems.

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The film opens in cinemas March 1st.

The Wedding Guest Synopsis

Jay (Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel) is a man with a secret who travels from Britain to Pakistan to attend a wedding—armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be (Radhika Apte).

Despite his cool efficiency, the plot quickly spirals out of control, sending Jay and...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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"Do you know who sent me?" IFC Films has debuted the first official trailer for The Wedding Guest, the latest film from director Michael Winterbottom. This adventure thriller follows a mysterious British Muslim man, played by Dev Patel, on his journey across Pakistan and India. He's heading to Pakistan to attend a wedding – armed with duct tape, a shotgun, and a plan to kidnap the bride-to-be. This looks like a dark, suspenseful film with some intriguing twists – maybe – once it gets going. The film's cast includes Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh, Harish Khannaa, Nish Nathwani, Meherbaan Singh, and Sidhu Manpreet. This all seems a bit odd from the description and setup, but obviously there's more to this than it seems at first glance. Check it out. Here's the official trailer (+ poster) for Michael Winterbottom's The Wedding Guest, from YouTube: Jay (Dev Patel) is a ...

As a wedding guest, your job is simple. You show up on time, you dress appropriately, and you wish the folks getting hitched the best of luck. One thing you don’t do is break into their home in the middle of the night and kidnap the bride at gunpoint. Alas, that’s exactly what happens in the upcoming thriller “The Wedding Guest.”

As seen in the first trailer, Dev Patel plays the titular guest named Jay.

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New titles include ‘Connect’ starring Kevin Guthrie.

The Glasgow Film Festival has unveiled the full programme for its 15th edition which will run from February 20 until March 3.

The line-up features seven world premieres throughout the programme, including Scottish director Marilyn Edmonds’ debut feature Connect, which stars Kevin Guthrie as a young man in a small town attempting to deal with depression, and Bafta-winning director Matt Pinder’s feature documentary Harry Birrell: Films Of Love And War, exploring the archive of Scottish amateur filmmaker Birrell.

Two horror titles, Automata from Lawrie Brewster and Here Comes Hell from Jack McHenry, will have...

Armie Hammer and Dev Patel join forces in the official trailer for “Hotel Mumbai,” the historical drama about the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India. The movie, directed and co-written by Anthony Maras, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year.

The official synopsis from Bleecker Street reads: “‘Hotel Mumbai’ vividly recounts the 2008 siege of the famed Taj Hotel by a group of terrorists in Mumbai, India. Among the dedicated hotel staff is the renowned chef Hemant Oberoi (Anupam Kher) and a waiter (Patel) who choose to risk their lives to protect their guests. As the world watches on, a desperate couple (Hammer and Nazanin Boniadi) is forced to make unthinkable sacrifices to protect their newborn child.”

In his positive review out of Tiff, IndieWire’s David Ehrlich called “Hotel Mumbai” a “lucid, humane, and almost unwatchably harrowing drama” and a “powerful debut film” for Maras.

IFC Films co-president Jonathan Sehring announced on Wednesday that he has decided to step down after a two decades-long career at the company.

“I’ve been contemplating this move for several years and on the 20th anniversary of our launching IFC Films, it just felt like the right time,” Sehring said in a statement. “I am forever grateful to Jim Dolan and Chuck Dolan, Marc Lustgarten and Josh Sapan for the unbelievable opportunities they afforded me since I joined the organization nearly 40 years ago. I have had two incredible careers at AMC Networks, 20 years in film and 20 years in television, and I am immensely proud of the films and television shows we produced and distributed, the brands we built, the businesses we launched and all that we have accomplished during my time with the organization.”

Sehring has been a champion of independent filmmakers, leading IFC Films in supporting a wide...

IFC Films announced on Wednesday that it has acquired the U.S. rights to British writer-director Michael Winterbottom’s “The Wedding Guest,” starring Dev Patel.

The thriller follows a mysterious British man (Patel) who leaves London for Pakistan. He arrives at a Punjabi village, where the locals are getting ready for a lavish wedding, arranged by the bride’s rich, respectable family while she was in Britain. The man tells the villagers that he is a friend of the family, but this isn’t true. The man has a lot of secrets.

Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh also star in the film.

Also Read: Dev Patel and 'The Wedding Guest' Co-Star Radhika Apte Feel Fortunate for Diversity Shift in Hollywood (Video)

“We are thrilled to be teaming up with [director Michael Winterbottom] again, as this marks our tenth film together over the last decade. After working with him most recently on the comedic series ‘The Trip,...

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions retains worldwide rights excluding the Us.

IFC Films has picked up Us rights to The Wedding Guest starring Dev Patel following its recent world premiere at Tiff.

Michael Winterbottom reunites with the distributor on the drama about a British man who sets off to the wedding of a rich family’s daughter in Pakistan armed with fake ID’s and a gun. Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh also star.

Melissa Parmenter, Winterbottom, Deepak Nayar, Nik Bower and Patel produced, and Peter Touche and Andrea Scarso served as executive producers.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films, Riverstone Pictures...

IFC Films has acquired U.S. rights to Michael Winterbottom’s thriller “The Wedding Guest” with Dev Patel.

The movie, which had its world premiere at Toronto in the Special Presentations section, stars Patel as a mysterious British man who leaves London and embarks on a journey across Pakistan and India with fake ID cards. He arrives at a lavish wedding, pretending to be a friend of the family, but this isn’t true. The man has a gun and a job to do; he also has a lot of secrets, and so does the bride. Patel stars opposite Radhika Apte and Jim Sarbh.

This marks the 10th collaboration between IFC Films/Sundance Selects and Winterbottom who last worked together on the director’s hit series “The Trip” with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon.

“After working with him most recently on the comedic series ‘The Trip,’ we’re looking forward...

Dev Patel has come a long way since starring in ‘Slumdog Million’, the British born actor is about to make his directorial debut with the revenge thriller ‘Monkey Man’.

Patel, who also co-wrote the script with Paul Angunawela and John Collee will also star in the film in the leading role. He will also produce the film.

The film centres on the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to grapple with a world marred by “corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.” Whilst further plot details are vague the film is said to be set in modern-day India, but also deals with mythology.

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Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing, along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni alongside Patel. We could also be in for some high-octane fight sequences on the...

Dev Patel has been set to make his feature directing debut with action revenge pic Monkey Man. The Oscar nominee will also star in the film, with Endeavor Content launching sales at this week’s American Film Market. Thunder Road’s Basil Iwanyk is producing with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni (Hotel Mumbai) and Patel. Production is set to start in spring 2019 in Mumbai.

The script is by Patel, Paul Angunawela and John Collee and was developed with the assistance of S’ya Concept.

Set in contemporary India, Monkey Man follows the Kid (Patel) who emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values. Iwanyk calls it a “vibrant, thrilling and above all entertaining story.”

Action sequences will be choreographed and designed by 87Eleven. It and Old Boy‘s Chung-hoon Chung will serve as director of photography

Slumdog Millionaire breakout Patel won a BAFTA for 2016’s Lion, also scoring Oscar and Golden Globe nominations. He recently completed filming The Personal History of David Copperfield starring Tilda Swinton and Hugh Laurie, and will next be seen in Hotel Mumbai and The Wedding Guest, both releasing in 2019. He’s repped by Wme, Magnolia, Curtis Brown Group and Jamie Feldman.

Dev Patel is set to make his directorial debut in the action revenge film, “Monkey Man,” in which the “Slumdog Millionaire” and “Lion” actor will also star.

Endeavor Content is handling worldwide sales and will present the project to buyers at the American Film Market.

Patel developed the script with S’ya Concept, and he co-wrote with Paul Angunawela and John Collee, who also worked on Patel’s upcoming “Hotel Mumbai.” Basil Iwanyk of Thunder Road is producing along with Xeitgeist’s Joe Thomas, Samarth Sahni and Patel.

Also Read: Dev Patel and 'The Wedding Guest' Co-Star Radhika Apte Feel Fortunate for Diversity Shift in Hollywood (Video)

Production will begin in spring of 2019 in Mumbai.

Steeped in mythology but set in a vibrant modern India, “Monkey Man” follows the Kid (Patel), who emerges from prison to take on a world enmeshed in corporate greed and eroding spiritual values.

“‘Monkey Man’ is a vibrant,...

Dev Patel and Indian film and stage actress Radhika Apte star together in British writer-director Michael Winterbottom’s film “The Wedding Guest,” about a mysterious British Muslim man (Patel) on a journey across Pakistan and India.

Apte, who stopped by the TheWrap studio with Patel during the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, said she feels fortunate times are changing, saying the film’s story could take place anywhere with anyone, regardless of race, nationality or gender.

“I know this film is particular to the place, but in my head it could take place anywhere,” Apte said. “I do feel, Dev, that you’ve broken a lot of stereotypes. You are doing films where you don’t necessarily need to be a brown skin boy, you can play anybody and I think that’s so incredible and so required; desperately. I feel so fortunate to be a part of the change.”

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A surprise gem in the Tiff selection was Michael Winterbottom’s under-the-radar thriller The Wedding Guest, in which Hotel Mumbai star Dev Patel plays a mysterious man who travels to Pakistan, where a woman named Samira (Radhika Apte) is about to be married. More than that, the director and his cast refused to say when they came to the Deadline studio.

Instead, Patel enthused about working with Winterbottom, who films with a documentarian’s eye for detail. “The shoot was a real process of submission,” said Patel. “Michael plops us in these environments, and you’re kind of interacting with the [location] in its raw state. It is very guerrilla. And the real beauty of it was that me and Radhika didn’t really know each other beforehand, and [we were] figuring each other out as human beings and as characters while the camera was documenting our journey across the country. You kind of,...

A selection of the British movies screening at the Toronto Film Festival:

“Outlaw King”

Director: David Mackenzie

Section: Gala Presentations

Logline: Forced into exile by the English, Robert the Bruce (Chris Pine) fights to reclaim

the Scottish throne.

“Widows”

Director: Steve McQueen

Section: Gala Presentations

Logline: Crime thriller about four women left in the lurch when their criminal husbands are killed.

“Colette” (U.K.)

Director: Wash Westmoreland

Section: Special Presentations

Logline: Keira Knightley stars in historical drama about the eponymous French novelist.

“Driven”

Director: Nick Hamm

Section: Special Presentations

Logline: Lee Pace and Jason Sudeikis star in this story of the rise and fall of automotive maverick John DeLorean.

“Red Joan” (U.K.)

Director: Trevor Nunn

Section: Special Presentations

Logline: Judi Dench and Sophie Cookson take on the complex persona of a seemingly demure physicist who is a British spy for the Kgb.

“Teen Spirit” (U.K.)

Director: Max Minghella...