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Didn’t get to see Harmony Korine‘s “Aggro Dr1ft” in theaters (or you did but didn’t get the hype)? Not to worry: Variety reports that the iconoclastic director has his next two projects lined up at this multimedia design collective Edglrd, including a resurrected old project. So if “Aggro Dr1ft” didn’t resonate, here’s a second and third chance to figure out what Edglrd is all about.

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Harmony Korine is making his animated debut with his long-gestating “The Trap,” though without its original stars and in a whole new medium. The filmmaker was first set to reunite with “Spring Breakers” stars James Franco and Gucci Mane back in 2016 for the feature, which was then set up at Annapurna as a live-action film.

Back then, Benicio del Toro, Al Pacino, and Jamie Foxx were also attached to star in the film. The feature floundered for years, and Korine is now resurrecting the project at his multimedia design collective Edglrd. Variety first reported the news. Korine’s “The Trap” will now be an animated adventure and Edglrd is in discussions with production partners in Japan.

The film is described “as ‘Oldboy’ set through a hip-hop filter, ‘The Trap’ imagines another sun-kissed gangster saga, following an ex-con newly released from prison and deadset on revenge once he learns that his...

Harmony Korine scholars no doubt mourn The Trap, a revenge thriller he once called his “most ambitious project” and which would’ve starred Benicio Del Toro, Robert Pattinson, Al Pacino, Idris Elba, and James Franco. He clearly hasn’t forgotten: nearly a decade since its collapse, Korine will, per Variety, resurrect The Trap as an anime feature supported by his Edglrd imprint. Here’s how the official synopsis went in 2015, and might still play when a new version hits screens:

Rico (Elba) is at the top of his career and about to enjoy a triumphant night at the Grammy Awards when Slim (Del Toro) is released from prison after 14 years. Slim is determined to exact revenge after learning that Rico not only achieved fame and fortune but also married his girlfriend and raised Slim’s son as his own. Slim’s plot includes recruiting a crew of Uzi-wielding surfers led...

The Mammoth Film Festival celebrates independent movies and filmmakers, with a lineup of over 20 feature-length movies and over 70 short films and episodic titles. This year's festival features such notable stars as Ron Perlman, Emma Roberts, Dennis Quaid, and Brittany Snow, who will be showcasing their work as actors and directors. In addition to film screenings, the festival includes star-studded panels, interactive events, and educational opportunities for aspiring filmmakers in partnership with The Los Angeles Film School.

As winter nears its end, the latest edition of the Mammoth Film Festival is gearing up to begin. Having launched in 2018, the festival gears its focus toward celebrating independent movies, filmmakers and creatives, being hailed by some as a "mini Sundance". Some notable movies to have released at prior festivals have included Pretending I'm A Superman: The Tony Hawk Video Game Story, the Quentin Tarantino-focused QT8: The First Eight and the Michael Madsen...

Exclusive: Cameras have started rolling on the psychological horror pic I’ll Play Mother from The Number 44, the UK-based production house co-founded by filmmaker Ben Charles Edwards (A Bird Flew In) alongside Phil McKenzie (Quant) and Kirsty Bell (A Bird Flew In).

The film stars Susanne Wuest (Goodnight Mummy), Jo Martin, and Shubham Saraf (A Suitable Boy), with Brad Watson (The Siege) directing from a screenplay by Libby Adam.

Billed as a “twisted psychological horror about the relentless and unending paranoia of parenthood,” the film follows two children who are placed into the care system after the death of their birth mother. At this point, they realize there is something sinister at play.

The full synopsis reads: Michelle (Susanne Wuest) and Cyrus (Shubham Saraf) have spent the past two years having every minute detail of their personal lives inspected, dissected, and judged. At last, they...

Netflix is on the cusp of taking down a wide selection of movies and TV series.

The streaming service removes numerous titles each month, but without fanfare; unless you happen to select the thing that’s about to leave, you will have no idea there’s a limited amount of time left to watch.

Fortunately, we’ve compiled a list of every movie and TV show being removed from Netflix in April 2023.

We’ve aggregated all the impending removals from Netflix in the UK and US, which we’ve signalled below. If there isn’t a territory listed next to the title, then it will be leaving both.

Find a full list of every film and TV show arriving on Netflix this month here.

Nb: We put this list together with help from What’s on Netflix.

Movies

1 April

Akbar Birbal – US

The American Game

The Aviator – US

Bal Ganesh...

For those of us who have enjoyed Jason O’Mara’s work since before Life on Mars, his addition to the cast of Terra Nova has been a welcomed one. O’Mara is known for his affability, and his penchant for taking advantage of all the most modern mediums of communication (Facebook, Twitter: @jason_omara , etc.) has made him one of the most accessible cast members—plus, he has become a fount of information all on his own! He can be trusted to Tweet and post reliably about Terra Nova and his life at large.

The newest O’Mara project is his “Impromptu Interviews,” which he posts on his site, http://jasonomara.com/blog/introducting-impromptu-interviews/. This is a new series of short ambush-style interviews with his Terra Nova castmates and members of the crew and writing/executive staff, plus possibly other celebs and members of the media. O’Mara gives...