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Scarlett Johansson is much more than a Tony-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress. She’s also a loving mom to two beautiful children.

Scarlett is beloved for her performance as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but she’s also appeared in many classic films, including Lost in Translation, Her, and Marriage Story.

Scarlett usually keeps her personal life as private as she can, but she has opened up about a few relationships over the years. She’s been married to Saturday Night Live star Colin Jost since 2020, and she’s appeared alongside him on the sketch show.

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost attends the Cannes Film Festival Air Mail /Warner Brothers Discovery Party at Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 23, 2023 in Cap d’Antibes, France. (Photo by Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images for Air Mail/Warner Brothers Discovery)

While Scarlett is most known for her movie roles, she...

Maya Hawke says in some cases, the cast’s social media following plays a huge role in whether or not a film will be made.

“I don’t care about Instagram. Instagram sucks. Right, well just so you know, if you have over this many followers you can get the movie funded,” Hawke said on a recent episode of the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast. “It’s a really confusing line to walk.”

Hawke said she knows several “smart directors” who’ve encountered producers that demand a benchmark number of Instagram followers from their cast before moving forward with a project.

“I’m talking about deleting my Instagram and [some directors are] like, ‘Just so you know when I’m casting a movie with some producers, they hand me a sheet with the amount of collective followers I have to get from the cast,'” Hawke recalled. “‘So if you delete your Instagram and I lose those followers,...

Maya Hawke is giving insight into a possible stipulation for actors when auditioning for roles and looking back on the harsh criticism she once received from a producer.

While sitting down for the Happy Sad Confused podcast, the Stranger Things star reflected on how “the line between actor and celebrity has gotten extremely blurry” in the age of social media and that some producers may cast someone based on their follower count.

“What I always wanted to be is an actor where the work is what the draw is, not the personhood. But the industry keeps changing, and you have to change with it and understand that all of these things are getting blurred,” she explained.

Though she noted that there are “wonderful, incredible actors” she admires and “whose personalities we all know very well,” many are left to just figure “out the footing in these changing times of social...

Maya Hawke appeared on the latest episode of “Happy Sad Confused” and says a famous Hollywood talent once called her out for leaving her mouth open too much during takes. The “Stranger Things” favorite was advised that she would look prettier with our mouth shut.

“A director told me — actually, I think it was a producer, but they were in cahoots — told me I looked prettier with my mouth closed and that I should close my mouth after I speak more often,” Hawke revealed. “I do often let my mouth hang open depending on what character I’m playing, because I feel like jaw tension and mouth tension is so important to express what kind of person you are.”

“Where you leave that, I think, is really important,” she continued. “And I was really upset about being told that I should close my mouth more to look prettier, because I...

Tilda Swinton got political as she accepted Berlin Film Festival’s Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement at its opening ceremony on Thursday night, saying “the inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch.”

In a poetic speech, the Oscar winner lauded the festival as “a borderless realm with no policy of exclusion, persecution or deportation.” The “great independent state of cinema,” she added, is “innately inclusive — immune to efforts of occupation, colonization, takeover, ownership or the development of riviera property.”

She then acknowledged that “state-perpetrated and internationally-enabled mass murder is currently actively terrorizing more than one part of our world,” though she didn’t go into specifics.

“These are facts. They need to be faced,” Swinton continued. “So for the sake of clarity, let’s name it. The inhumane is being perpetrated on our watch. I’m here to name it without hesitation or doubt in my mind and to lend...

Stars: Edward Norton, Jason Schwartzman, Jake Ryan, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Grace Edwards, Maya Hawke, Ruper Friend, Hope Davis, Steve Park, Liev Schreiber | Written by Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola | Directed by Wes Anderson

Wes Anderson has always managed to conjure up so much joy and wonder in his films, from his early days to his most recent work. There’s always an element of childish imagination and wonder to his films that always helps you fall in love with the characters and the worlds. Beneath that style, however, has always been a maturity to his storytelling, a sense of heartache and subtle sadness that lingers through the colourful worlds. Asteroid City is like so much of Anderson’s previous work, it has the joy and wonder, it has the wonderful colour pallet and style we’ve come to expect and perhaps has deeper meanings and messages than in any of his previous work.

Focus Features has worked with filmmaker Wes Anderson on Asteroid City and Moonrise Kingdom, a collaboration turned out very well for them. As Variety notes, Asteroid City (pictured above) “earned an impressive (for an arthouse film) $53.8 million at the box office,” while Moonrise Kingdom “grossed $68.3 million and was nominated for an Oscar for its screenplay.” So, it’s a good move that Focus and Anderson are getting back in business with each other, as Focus has just acquired the worldwide distribution rights to Anderson’s latest film, The Phoenician Scheme.

Anderson directed The Phoenician Scheme from a screenplay he wrote with Roman Coppola, who previously worked on the scripts for Anderson’s films The Darjeeling Limited, Moonrise Kingdom, Isle of Dogs, The French Dispatch, and Asteroid City. Filming took place in Germany from March to June of 2024.

Described as an espionage comedy drama thriller, The Phoenician Scheme tells the story...

Two years after Asteroid City, get ready for another summer of Wes Anderson. Focus Features announced today that the director’s latest feature, and first since being crowned an Oscar winner, The Phoenician Scheme, will be arriving in limited release beginning May 30, 2025 before going wide on June 6. This release strategy seems the director and starry cast are preparing for a Cannes Film Festival debut.

Telling the story of a family and a family business, the film, co-written by Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola, stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his daughter and a nun; Michael Cera as Bjorn Lund, their tutor. Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, and Benedict Cumberbatch are also among the ensemble.

Having shot all of his live-action features, along with his...

Focus Features is reteaming for a third time with Wes Anderson and producer Indian Paintbrush on their next movie The Phoenician Scheme in what is a global distribution rights deal.

A stateside limited release of May 30 has been set with a wide expansion on June 6.

Gosh, I smell Cannes premiere, don’t you? Anderson loves launching his movies at Cannes, recent titles being Asteroid City, which was a nice box office hit for Focus, as well as Searchlight’s The French Dispatch to name a few. Universal Pictures has international distribution. Focus also distributed Anderson’s 2012 movie, Moonrise Kingdom, and between that and Asteroid City, the city grossed a combined $122M worldwide.

Anderson directed The Phoenician Scheme off a screenplay he co-wrote with his longtime collaborator Roman Coppola. Anderson and Coppola also co-wrote Asteroid City and Moonrise Kingdom together.

The Phoenician Scheme tells the story of a family and a family business.

Focus Features has secured worldwide rights to Wes Anderson’s upcoming spy comedy thriller The Phoenician Scheme and has scheduled a May 30 limited release, raising the strong possibility of a world premiere slot in Cannes.

The feature will expand wide on June 6, while Universal Pictures International is handling distribution outside North America.

The Phoenician Scheme marks the third collaboration between Focus and Anderson and his longtime partner Indian Paintbrush after Asteroid City and Moonrise Kingdom, which premiered on the Croisette in 2023 and 2012, respectively.

Anderson wrote the screenplay, described simply as “The story of a family and a family business”, and...

We’re just a few months away from a new film from Wes Anderson.

Anderson’s latest feature film “The Phoenician Scheme” — his 12th feature — has been set for a theatrical release on May 30, 2025 from Focus Features, which has landed the worldwide distribution rights to the film after previously releasing his last feature, 2023’s “Asteroid City.” That timing could point to a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where “Asteroid City” debuted in 2023.

This is the third movie between Anderson’s Indian Paintbrush and Focus, which also released “Moonrise Kingdom” from 2012. Focus will distribute in the U.S. with a limited release on May 30 and wide expansion on June 6. Universal Pictures International is handling international distribution.

The limited release date is the same as Sony’s “The Karate Kid” remake, and it opens wide against Lionsgate’s John Wick spinoff “Ballerina.” Given the date, it’s a good bet that...

Focus Features has landed the worldwide distribution rights to “The Phoenician Scheme,” the next film from Wes Anderson, and will release the movie in May, the company announced on Tuesday.

In addition to directing, Anderson wrote the script with the story co-written by Roman Coppola. The deal marks the third major collaboration between Focus, Anderson, and Indian Paintbrush, who also partnered on Anderson’s most recent feature, “Asteroid City,” and the 2012 hit “Moonrise Kingdom,” which were both written by Anderson and Coppola.

Focus will distribute the film domestically with a limited release on May 30, 2025 and wide expansion on June 6. Universal Pictures International is handling international distribution.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, “The Phoenician Scheme” centers on the story of a family and a family business.

The film stars Benicio del Toro as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe; Mia Threapleton as Sister Liesl, his...

Adrien Brody never looked like a leading man.

Casting agents and executives made that message clear over and over again throughout his three-plus decades as a working actor. “Overtly,” Brody, 51, says. “But, yeah, it was often told to my representatives, and my representatives would share that with me.”

Even after nabbing the best actor Oscar in 2003 at the age of 29 for “The Pianist” — making him the youngest winner ever in the category — he never quite maintained A-list status.

While a few directors came calling with the occasional studio lead role, like Peter Jackson for his $200 million 2005 tentpole “King Kong” and Nimród Antal for the 2010 “Predators” sequel, those were the exceptions. Yes, he’s booked five movies with Wes Anderson since joining the director’s repertory company in 2007’s “The Darjeeling Limited,” but other major roles have eluded him, even while peers such as Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio...

How did Jennifer Lawrence react to the nude fight scene in No Hard Feelings? ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Yes, Jennifer Lawrence actually found it hilarious. “I didn’t even have a second thought,” she told Variety. “It was hilarious to me.”

The scene in question was one of the standout moments of the film, where Lawrence’s character, Maddie, goes skinny-dipping with a 19-year-old she’s hired to seduce. When some teens swipe their clothes, she doesn’t back down – she chases them and starts fighting, all while completely naked. Her Hunger Games training was on full display, even when things got awkward (she even gets punched in the groin).

Why was nudity suddenly becoming a thing again in comedies? Kristen Lopez, a film critic for The Wrap, explained it as a response to the post-covid world. “Movies are trying to bring back joy and fun after the Covid years,” she said.

Starz has announced the movie and TV titles that will be available on the service in February. The Starz February 2025 schedule includes the climactic season finale of The Couple Next Door, starring Sam Heughan from Outlander.

The Starz app expands in February with a diverse slate of films, including 1992, starring Tyrese Gibson, Asteroid City, Every Body, The Crow, Greedy People, White House Down and more.

The Couple Next Door

In honor of Black History Month, Starz shines a spotlight on Black filmmakers with its Focus on Black Directors collection, featuring powerful titles like The Butler, Law Abiding Citizen and Emperor.

For Valentine’s Day, get your heart racing with an action-packed selection, including Borderlands, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Spider-Man: No Way Home.

1992 Starz Highlight

The Couple Next Door

The grass isn’t always greener in this seemingly idyllic neighborhood where danger lurks behind...

One of the greatest enemies a motion picture can have is its own marketing. Previews, posters and even hashtags are, for most people, our first exposure to a new release, revealing relevant information and teasing possibilities and plot points. Sometimes this information is accurate and enticing. Sometimes it’s misleading and sets the audience up for disappointment. And sometimes it’s very accurate, but arguably to a fault.

The trailers for writer/director Drew Hancock’s debut feature “Companion” are giving the audience a very good idea of the movie they’re about to watch, and that’s a little unfortunate, because the film is best viewed without any preconceived notions. Hancock’s wry and creepy screenplay sets its own expectations, inviting the audience along for a particular kind of scary thrill ride. When Hancock pulls out the rug we can see through the floor, into the movie’s mechanisms,...

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Wes Anderon has earned his reputation as a singular filmmaker. His style is unmistakable, dating back to his breakthrough indie hit "Rushmore" up through his Oscar-winning smash "The Grand Budapest Hotel." There is no denying a Wes Anderson film when you see one. The filmmaker has worked consistently for going on 30 years now, which is no easy feat. There have been some speed bumps along the way, that much is certain, but Anderson always manages to recover.

One such speed bump came in 2009 with the release of Anderson's stop-motion animated feature "Fantastic Mr. Fox." Though it was embraced critically, the film was not a winner at the box office, to put it somewhat mildly. Against a reported $40 million budget, the film made just over $46 million worldwide in its original run. Yet, that film's relative failure ended up paving the way...

Ger ready to experience a new kind of love story when Companion releases on January 31st.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend.

We will leave the trailer to reveal a glimpse of what is in store when this dark romance hits the big screen.

New Line Cinema presents A BoulderLight Pictures Production, In Association With Vertigo Entertainment/Subconscious, Companion, will be released in the UK on 31st January 2025 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Warner Bros. Pictures has dropped a brand new trailer for the upcoming thriller Companion – in theaters on January 31.

https://www.findyourcompanion.net

New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you “The Notebook”—and the unhinged creators of “Barbarian” cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, “Companion” stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend. The film is produced by the filmmakers behind “Barbarian”—Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio. The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier. The costume designer is Vanessa Porter. The composer is Hrishikesh Hirway. The music supervisor is Rob Lowry. The casting is by Nancy Nayor.

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Universal Pictures International and Parco are teaming to release Baltasar Kormakur’s film Touch in Japan next week on January 24, 2025.

The film has particular local resonance, being the story of a decades-spanning love story between an Icelandic man and a Japanese woman who is a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack of 1945 and who battles the stigma associated with the survivors, known in Japan as Hibakusha.

The film is Iceland’s submission for the international film Academy Award and is on the 15-film shortlist. Pic features Japanese stars Koki, Masahiro Motoki and Masatoshi Nakamura alongside Icelandic actors Egill Olafsson and Palmi Kormakur.

The drama had its Japanese premiere at the Hiroshima International Film Festival in November last year attended by director Kormákur. It also screened in Oslo during the Nobel prize ceremonies in December where Nihon Hidankyo, the organisation of survivors from the bomb attacks in Hiroshima and Nagasaki,...

Though Wes Anderson has only made two fully stop-motion animated feature films — “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “Isle of Dogs” — almost all of his films dating as far back as “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou” have featured some element of animation. Whether it be a full sequence designed to look like classic French bandes dessinées in “The French Dispatch” or the quirky alien featured in “Asteroid City,” Anderson has come to love animation despite not having any initial interest in it. As such, he was invited to take part in a masterclass held at last year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France, parts of which were recently published in The Hollywood Reporter.

“It’s a sort of giant, slightly overwhelming thing,” Anderson said of the practice of animation, particularly stop-motion, “but it’s very fun.”

While many have come to love Anderson through his animated work, he still...

Adrien Brody recalls how one of his collaborations with acclaimed director Peter Jackson saw him earn praise for his driving skills in a tense, tightly-packed shoot for a stunt. The actor is recognizable from his roles in Predators, See How They Run, as well as his frequent collaborations with Wes Anderson for The Darjeeling Limited, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, and Asteroid City. Brody recently starred in The Brutalist, a period drama focused on a Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor trying to achieve the American Dream.

After starting his career working on dark and horrific comedies, Jackson's 1994 biographical drama Heavenly Creatures launched the director into wider recognition in Hollywood. In 1997, the director embarked on a once-thought-impossible journey to adapt The Lord of the Rings to the big screen, producing the acclaimed trilogy in the late '90s and early 2000s before returning to The Hobbit trilogy throughout the 2010s.

Romantic comedy movies are a tough subgenre to nail down these days in terms of quality storytelling, but Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum's space-centric 2024 movie, Fly Me to the Moon, deserves a look from rom-com fans. Coincidentally, Johansson's notable release the year prior also involved elements of space. The actress was part of Wes Anderson's ensemble cast for Asteroid City, an offbeat dramedy that focused on a group attending a convention in the desert get quarantined after an alien visit. She also voiced Elita-1 in 2024's Transformers One, which reunited her with fellow MCU actor Chris Hemsworth.

Technically, Johansson's Fly Me to the Moon co-star Channing Tatum is also an MCU actor now after his cameo appearance as Gambit in Deadpool & Wolverine. While that was surely a career highlight for Tatum, especially since he'd been linked to the role for a decade, 2024 also saw the actor star and produce Blink Twice,...

If you’re looking for another western to watch these days, “American Primeval” is here to try and fill that gap.

Now streaming on Netflix, the six-episode miniseries takes place in 1857, and is “a fictionalized dramatization and examination of the violent collision of culture, religion, and community as men and women fight and die for control of this world,” following them as they head west.

Starring Taylor Kitsch and Betty Gilpin, the series has quite a few familiar faces in it. Here’s who you need to know.

Netflix Isaac (Taylor Kitsch)

Taylor Kitsch leads “American Primeval” as Isaac, a man whose past trauma has led to a whole lot of long-term effects. You might know Kitsch for his role as Tim Riggins in “Friday Night Lights,” or from “The Terminal List” and “True Detective.”

Netflix Brigham Young (Kim Coates)

Brigham is the leader of the Mormon Church and his Mormon army,...

Del estudio que te trajo ‘El Diario de Noa’ y los creadores de ‘Barbarian’. © Warner Bros

Warner Bros ha presentado el nuevo tráiler de La acompañante (Companion), un thriller escrito y dirigido por Drew Hancock (My Dead Ex).

La acompañante cuenta con un misterioso (y falso) anuncio como argumento: «Eh, tú. ¿Cansado de hacer swipe? ¿Cansado de que te hagan ghosting? ¿Sientes que te falta una parte de ti? FindYourCompanion.com te garantiza encontrar un compañero hecho para ti.

La película está protagonizada por Sophie Thatcher (Heretic), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Lukas Gage (Smile 2), Megan Suri (Yo nunca), Harvey Guillén (Lo que hacemos en las sombras) y Rupert Friend (Asteroid City).

Cuando le preguntaron a Quaid por la película en una entrevista para The Hollywood Reporter, dijo: «Creo que es uno de los mejores guiones que he leído nunca. El [director] Drew Hancock hizo un trabajo tan bueno elaborándolo y creando...

Tickets have finally gone on sale for Companion and we now have a new trailer and poster for a movie cleverly billed as being, "From the studio that brought you The Notebook, and the creators of Barbarian."

This is very much a new kind of love story with an added dose of sci-fi and horror as Sophie Thatcher's "sexbot" goes on a killing spree after reaching the end of her tether with her abusive owner, played by Jack Quaid.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend.

Companion is produced by the filmmakers behind Barbarian: Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio. The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier. The costume designer is Vanessa Porter.

Whatever you expected writer/director Drew Hancock’s Companion to be, odds are the trailer has completely altered your expectations. Promoted as a “new kind of love story,” the trailer opens with a voice-over by Iris confessing the two happiest moments in her life were when she met Josh and then when she killed him. It’s later revealed that Iris is actually a robot!

“It was one of the best scripts I’ve ever read,” said Quaid in an interview with EW. “I never saw any of the twists coming, but it’s not necessarily a movie that relies on a big reveal, and every reveal was fresh.”

Sophie Thatcher as Iris in New Line Cinema’s ‘Companion’ (Photo

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The twisted horror film also stars Lukas Gage (Smile 2), Megan Suri (Never Have I Ever), Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), and Rupert...

New Line Cinema has released the official trailer and poster for its Companion movie, which will be distributed to theaters by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 31.

From the studio that brought you The Notebook and the unhinged creators of Barbarian, the new kind of love story is rated R for strong violence, sexual content, and language throughout.

Written and directed by Drew Hancock, Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri, Harvey Guillén and Rupert Friend.

The romantic sci-fi thriller is produced by the filmmakers behind Barbarian—Raphael Margules, J.D. Lifshitz, Zach Cregger, and Roy Lee. The executive producers are Tracy Rosenblum and Jamie Buckner.

The cinematographer is Eli Born. The production designer is Scott Kuzio.

The editors are Brett W. Bachman and Josh Ethier. The costume designer is Vanessa Porter.

The composer is Hrishikesh Hirway. The music supervisor is Rob Lowry. The casting is by Nancy Nayor.

The sci-fi thriller Companion is coming our way from writer/director Drew Hancock and the team behind the 2022 horror hit Barbarian, but even though more than a year has passed since the project assembled its cast and went into production, we have known very little about it… until today. It has managed to stay shrouded in secrecy all this time, but now a trailer has dropped online that reveals what’s actually going on in the movie – and I can see why star Jack Quaid (Scream 2022) has advised potential viewers to avoid the trailer. But if you want to know what Companion is about, go ahead and take a look at the trailer embedded above.

There’s an official synopsis that doesn’t give away anything about the characters or what they’re up to: New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you The Notebook—and the unhinged creators...

This year’s Golden Globe goes to Adrien Brody for his part in “The Brutalist.” It’s been twenty years since he made history by winning an Oscar for “The Pianist.” Brody’s most recent award is a big moment in his career because it makes him think about his challenges and successes.

In an emotional victory speech, Brody expressed his gratitude for being recognized. He said onstage, “I’ve had a long life and career with many highs and lows.” This experience has given me perspective and a great appreciation for this moment because it can go away.”

Brady Corbet directs “The Brutalist,” in which Brody plays a Jewish Hungarian builder who has to figure out how to live in America after World War II. His character has problems, like a bad relationship with Guy Pearce’s character, a real estate mogul. The film was well-liked by Golden Globe judges,...

Adrien Brody tonight won his first Golden Globe for his lead turn in The Brutalist, Brady Corbet’s post-wwii immigrant drama released by A24, reflecting in his speech on his family’s ties to the story he helped to tell.

“This story, the character’s journey is very reminiscent of my mother’s and my ancestral journey of fleeing the horrors of war, coming to this great country. And I owe so much to my mother and my grandparents for their sacrifice,” Brody said. “Although I do not know fully how to express all of the challenges that you have faced and experienced, and the many people who have struggled immigrating to this country, I hope that this work stands to lift you up a bit and to give you a voice. I’m so grateful. I will cherish this moment forever.”

The nomination was Brody’s second on the heels of 2003’s The Pianist,...

Adrien Brody has more gilded hardware to add to his mantle, taking the Golden Globe for best actor in a drama on Sunday night for his role in “The Brutalist.”

Brody is central to director Brady Corbet’s epic story of a holocaust survivor and celebrated Hungarian architect, one who falls prey to a toxic and controlling patron (Guy Pearce) over decades in post-war America.

Read Brody’s speech in full below.

“Hello. Thank you to everyone in this room. Golden Globes voters, for this honor, I am deeply humbled by this. I have much to say. I’m going to try and be brief. At the core of ‘The Brutalist,’ it is really a story about the human capacity for creation, so I would be remiss to not acknowledge my fellow nominees. Daniel, Colman, Timmy, Sebastian, Sebastian, Ralph. You guys really just — you reached such heights with your work,...

Though often seen merely as the streaming platform where all the classic NBC shows can be found, like Friends and The Office, the best movies on Peacock this month showcase the vast library of cinematic offerings. Peacock also hosts a lot of Universal’s biggest titles, meaning that fans can find some of the biggest blockbusters of the year, like Twisters on the platform, as well as some true classics from the legendary studio.

Peacock is also kicking off the new year with a lot of exciting titles, including some that will likely become big players during the 2025 awards season, such as the gripping thriller Conclave. Fans will be able to find films from directors like Christopher Nolan and Steven Spielberg as well as movies in huge franchises, like Harry Potter and Fast and Furious. Even with the exciting television catalog, the best movies on Peacock in January 2025 are certainly worth a look.

The sci-fi thriller Companion is coming our way from writer/director Drew Hancock and the team behind the 2022 horror hit Barbarian, but even though over a year has passed since the project assembled its cast and went into production, we still know very little about it. It has managed to stay shrouded in secrecy all this time – and star Jack Quaid (Scream 2022) has advised potential viewers to avoid the next trailer. We don’t know how he would feel about people watching clips from the film, but a clip has made its way online, and you can check it out in the embed above.

There’s an official synopsis that doesn’t give away anything about the characters or what they’re up to: New Line Cinema—the studio that brought you The Notebook—and the unhinged creators of Barbarian cordially invite you to experience a new kind of love story…...

After her performance in Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, it's clear Sophia Lillis should be getting so much more work – and that a sequel needs to happen. Since her breakout in It: Chapter One, Sophia Lillis' movie and TV roles have been steady and diverse, but none have been as much fun as Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves' shapeshifting druid, Doric. The D&d movie just confirms what those who have been paying attention have known all along: Sophia Lillis should be a bigger star.

Lillis was the best part of the It movies, a standout in the aforementioned Honor Among Thieves, mesmerizing in the indie folk horror Gretel & Hansel, and most recently appeared in the ever-whimsical Wes Anderson's Asteroid City. Her TV projects have ranged from the adaptation of Gillian Flynn's dramatic thriller Sharp Objects to the coming-of-age fantasy comedy I Am Not Okay With This.

The sci-fi thriller Companion is coming our way from writer/director Drew Hancock and the team behind the 2022 horror hit Barbarian, but even though over a year has passed since the project assembled its cast and went into production, we still know very little about it. It has managed to stay shrouded in secrecy all this time… and star Jack Quaid (Scream 2022) says that’s exactly how it should be. A teaser trailer for the film made its online a while back, and Quaid feels that’s all someone should see of the movie before it reaches theatres on January 31, 2025. If someone has already made the decision to see the movie, he advises them to avoid the next trailer when it’s released.

There’s an official synopsis that doesn’t give away anything about the characters or what they’re up to: New Line Cinema—the studio that...

Nothing brings out the stars quite like a Saturday Night Live Five Timers Club meeting. So when Martin Short joined the club this week, SNL put together one reunion after another as a parade of cameos came out to celebrate.

Short, a former cast member, finally joined the illustrious club this weekend. He first hosted in 1986 and has become SNL's "Mr. December" as each hosting turn has come during the holiday month.

The combination of Short's fifth time hosting, the Christmas episode, and this being SNL's 50th season created the perfect recipe for cameos. And SNL over-delivered in the cold open and in the process, organized several TV and movie reunions for fans to enjoy. In no particular order...

Paul Rudd and Martin Short represented Only Murders in the Building. While everyone (including us here at Last Night On) expected Steve Martin to show up, Martin Short quickly nixed those expectations.

Tilda Swinton will be celebrated by the Berlin Film festival with its Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement.

“The range of Tilda Swinton’s work is breathtaking,” said the festival’s artistic director Tricia Tuttle in a statement. “To cinema she brings so much humanity, compassion, intelligence, humour and style, and she expands our ideas of the world through her work,” Tuttle added.

“Tilda is one of our modern filmmaking idols, and has also long been part of the Berlinale family. We are delighted to be able to present her with this Honorary Golden Bear,” she went on to note.

The award will be presented to Swinton during the fest’s opening ceremony at the Berlinale Palast on Feb. 13, 2025.

“The Berlinale is the first film festival I ever went to, in 1986 with Derek Jarman and the first film I made, his “Caravaggio,” said Swinton.

“It was my portal into the...

2025 is shaping up to be a good year for cinema, with several big-name directors releasing exciting, original movies. As next year's movie calendar starts to take shape, many fans are looking forward to 2025's big franchise blockbusters, like Superman and Avatar: Fire and Ash. However, there are also a lot of original concepts which have just as much potential for certain fans, thanks to the high-profile directors attached.

Directors such as Wes Anderson, Spike Lee and Ryan Coogler are all returning in 2025 after a quiet 2024. Next year also has Bong Joon-ho's hotly-anticipated follow-up to Parasite, and Paul Thomas Anderson is finally collaborating with Leonardo DiCaprio. Overall, next year promises an exciting mix of big franchise movies and smaller standalone projects, with many award-winning directors back in action.

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Wes Anderson had a big year in 2023, with the release of his Roald Dahl...

Matt Reeves is “finishing the script” for ‘The Batman: Part II’.The 58-year-old director has been working on the story for the upcoming sequel to his 2022 DC superhero blockbuster, and has now shared he has nearly completed the screenplay - with principal photography on the movie set to commence in 2025.In an interview with ‘The Batman’ actress Zoe Kravitz - who played Catwoman aka Selina Kyle in the flick - for Variety, Reeves said: “We’re finishing the script. We’re going to be shooting next year.”The filmmaker added working on the picture had been a “wonderful” experience, even if it had been a slow process.He explained: “The thing is that for me, I feel like it’s not a choice. I always feel like I would never do it the way I’m doing it, except that that’s the only way I know how to do it.

Everyone knows it’s a terrible thing to harm a unicorn, but Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega are about to find out just how bad. They star in A24’s upcoming horror comedy Death of a Unicorn, which got its first trailer on Wednesday.

Writer-producer-director Alex Scharfman’s debut is a dark comedy about a father, Elliot, and daughter, Ridley, who accidentally hit a unicorn with their car while on the way to his pharmaceutical billionaire boss’s mountain retreat. It turns out the creature’s body has curative properties, which the company tries to exploit. But then another unicorn shows up seeking vengeance, and Elliot and Ridley have to try to escape…if they even deserve to.

Along with Rudd and Ortega, the cast includes Academy Award nominee Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?), Téa Leoni (Madam Secretary), Will Poulter (The Bear), Anthony Carrigan (Barry), Sunita Mani...

Adrien Brody has a very personal connection to his part in 'The Brutalist'.The 51-year-old actor plays Jewish Hungarian architect Laszlo Toth – who emigrates to the United States for a new life after World War II – in the new movie and admits that the project meant a lot to him as his family did the same thing during the 1950s.Speaking to Empire magazine, Adrien said: "I've had a lifetime of preparation for this role."I've yearned to have a role of this complexity, that speaks to so many things that are personal to me. I come from very humble beginnings. I've never taken that for granted. I wish my grandparents were able to have seen some of my trajectory. Their struggles have informed so much of my own process."The 'Asteroid City' star revealed that it was particularly poignant when his mother got to visit the set in Budapest.

Scarlett Johansson remains one of the most widely known actors working in Hollywood, and she's appeared in a wide variety of genres over the last three decades. Johannson is now most associated, of course, with her work in the MCU, having first joined the franchise with Iron Man 2 in 2010 as Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow. Johansson bid Marvel farewell with the release of Black Widow in 2021.

Outside of her work in the MCU, Johansson has appeared in acclaimed titles like Asteroid City (2023) and Marriage Story (2019), as well as Under the Skin (2013), a foray into horror. Johansson has also appeared in a handful of romantic comedies over the years, including Lost in Translation (2003), Don Jon (2013), He's Just Not That Into You (2009), and Scoop (2006). The actor returned to the genre once more this year, starring opposite Channing Tatum.

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A24 has unveiled the new Death of a Unicorn poster, a dark comedy formerly titled Death of a Unicorne, ahead of the trailer reveal tomorrow.

The dark comedy, according to the poster below, will arrive in Spring 2025.

Death of a Unicorn stars Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega (Scream, X, “Wednesday”). But the talent doesn’t stop there. Not only is the dark comedy produced by Ari Aster (Beau is Afraid, Misommar), but horror master John Carpenter will compose music for the film.

In Death of a Unicorn, “A father (Rudd) and daughter (Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard Grant) seeks to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties.”

It marks writer/director Alex Scharfman’s directorial debut. The film also stars Téa Leoni (Jurassic Park III, Spanglish), Will Poulter (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3), Anthony Carrigan (Bill & Ted Face the Music,...

Gotham City Police Department (Gcpd) officer James "Jim" Gordon has always been Batman's connection to legal, sanctioned law enforcement throughout the franchise's history, and in Matt Reeves's 2022 film "The Batman," Jeffrey Wright's portrayal of a younger Lieutenant Jim Gordon reminds us all why he's the Mvp. Wright's Gordon isn't just a cop that's helping the Caped Crusader (Robert Pattinson) from inside the police department, but he's also basically Batman's best friend, too. The relationship between Gordon and Bats is, simply put, one of the best parts of "The Batman."

The HBO series "The Penguin" is a spin-off of "The Batman" that serves as a bridge between the events of "The Batman" and "The Batman Part II," with Colin Farrell starring as the titular Penguin, also known as Oswald Cobb, a violent but surprisingly charming crime lord on the rise following the death of his boss, Carmine Falcone.

There has been no shortage of cinematic responses to the Covid-19 pandemic on screens both big and small. We’ve had found footage horrors (Host), trippy folk thrillers (In The Earth), prestige TV dramas (Help), quarantine shot (anti-)romances (Malcolm & Marie), existential stand-up/musicals (Bo Burnham’s Inside), and even an allegorical arthouse response to self-isolation from Wes Anderson (Asteroid City). But of all the pieces of art to have emerged from lockdown, we can say with confidence that Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls’ Grand Theft Hamlet — a surreal documentary in which two out of work actors mount a production of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy in the ultraviolent virtual world of Grand Theft Auto Online — is easily the funniest. It also, more unexpectedly, may be one of the most cathartic, too.

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The documentary feature Longevity Hackers, which includes narration from Edward Norton, is set to give viewers insight into extending one’s life.

Director Michal Siewierski’s film became available to view on-demand via Apple TV on Wednesday after hitting the American Film Market last month. Longevity Hackers examines revolutionary scientific breakthroughs in longevity and health optimization.

Tony Robbins, Mark Cuban, Tony Hawk and Wim Hof are among the prominent figures sharing insight during segments filmed exclusively for the project. Ruben Figueres produces the film, with James Pratt and Marina De La Mora serving as associate producers. Steve Aoki, James Plante and Nico Helling are executive producers.

“We’re thrilled to unveil this thought-provoking documentary to a global audience,” Siewierski said in a statement. “With Edward Norton’s narration and insights from some of the most influential figures in science and culture, Longevity Hackers delivers a compelling look at how life extension could transform our future.

Marcus Loges has been named the new head of production at storied German backlot Studio Babelsberg, the studio unveiled on Wednesday. On Jan. 1, he will take over from Henning Molfenter, who has run Babelsberg’s production operations for the past 20 years.

Loges has production credits on multiple features that shot at Babelberg, including on sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas, co-directed by the Wachowski siblings and German helmer Tom Tykwer, and on the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit. He worked on several Wachowskis-produced projects that shot in Germany, including as a producer on the Wachowskis’ Netflix show Sense8 and as a production manager on James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta and Ninja Assassin.

More recently, Loges worked as a line producer on the hit German series Babylon Berlin, co-created by Tykwer, Henk Handloegten, and Achim von Borries.

“It is a great honor and pleasure for me to return to Babelsberg – to a...

Exclusive: Hong Chau (The Instigators), Alison Oliver (Saltburn), and Shazad Latif (Magpie) have landed the three remaining major roles in Academy Award winner Emerald Fennell’s buzzy Wuthering Heights adaptation for Warner Bros, MRC, and LuckyChap.

Sources tell us Chau is playing Nelly Dean, the film’s chief narrator, with Oliver as Isabella Linton. Shazad plays Edgar Linton, a wealthy, aristocratic man who marries Catherine Earnshaw (Margot Robbie). The actors come to the project after Warner Bros snapping it up in a fierce bidding war, with a commitment to a theatrical run with a big P&a spend. As previously announced, LuckyChap’s Robbie and Euphoria‘s Jacob Elordi lead the cast.

Fennell revealed that Wuthering Heights would be her next project in a post on X (formerly Twitter) over the summer. Published by Emily Brontë under the pseudonym Ellis Bell a year before her death, the classic novel is...

The Substance, the Cannes Film Festival winning, Demi Moore body swap horror movie, is poised to bust to great heights at the global box office with a $70M-$75M take.

That’s quite a landmark for the Working Title produced-2 hour and 21-minute running, French shot movie which has the Ghost and $2.5 billion global grossing blockbuster actress in the awards season conversation for her portrayal of an aerobics instructor TV star, Elizabeth, who soon realizes her days are over in Hollywood. However, she gets the opportunity to participate in a body swap experiment which introduces the world, and her former TV audience, to much younger version of herself, under the new alias Sue (Margaret Qualley). Consequences, as unsexy as they are, ensue. The movie received a 13-minute standing ovation at its Cannes premiere back in May and won Best Screenplay for its filmmaker Coralie Fargeat. Moore has been public about...