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Exclusive: In a highly competitive situation, 20th looks to have found something to be thankful for as it has landed rights to The Barrier, the hot time-travel package teaming All Quiet on the Western Front helmer Edward Berger and Elvis Oscar nominee Austin Butler. Based on the short story by MacMillan Hedges, Deadline first reported that package was hitting the market before Thanksgiving holiday last Wednesday and had every major bidder in town chasing.

Insiders say the package had 11 studios chasing it with 20th landing winning bid and while exact details are unknown sources say the sale came in around the seven figure range for the rights as well as for Hedges to adapt.

Disney Live-Action And 20th Century Studio President David Greenbaum was very hands on in the process and insiders say one of the big selling points was a blind script deal for another project for Hedges down the road.

Director Edward Berger, known for All Quiet on the Western Front, and Elvis Oscar nominee Austin Butler are teaming up for The Barrier, a time-travel film that’s creating a lot of excitement in the industry.

Based on a short story by MacMillan Hedges, details about the plot are being kept secret, but insiders are comparing it to Interstellar mixed with Top Gun. Berger will direct and produce, working from a script by Hedges, who is also producing.

Butler is set to star and will executive produce. The project hit the market on Wednesday, sparking interest from top executives just ahead of Thanksgiving.

Berger, who won four Oscars for All Quiet on the Western Front (including Best International Feature Film), is now one of the most sought-after directors. His latest movie, Conclave, a thriller starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini, debuted in U.S. theaters in October after premiering at Telluride.

Exclusive: All Quiet on the Western Front helmer Edward Berger and Elvis Oscar nominee Austin Butler are out to the town with The Barrier, a hot time-travel package that is expected to spur competitive bidding, sources tell Deadline.

Plot details for the film, based on a short story by MacMillan Hedges, are under wraps, though we hear it’s been discussed as Interstellar meets Top Gun. Berger will direct from a script by Hedges and produce alongside the scribe, with Butler to star and executive produce. The package hit the market Wednesday, as a big buzz title heading into Thanksgiving, with top executives around town asking to meet and hear the take.

After seeing his Netflix WWI epic All Quiet on the Western Front snap up four Oscars, including Best International Feature Film, the German-born Berger has emerged as one of the most sought-after directors around town. He’s in...

Hiro Murai is making the leap to the big screen.

A24 is set to finance and produce “Bushido,” described as an “original samurai film,” which marks the feature debut for the director.

Murai has famously helmed episodes of “Atlanta,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “Station Eleven” and “Barry.” He is also an executive producer on “The Bear.”

In addition, Murai will produce “Bushido,” with Henry Dunham serving as a writer and producer.

Also producing are Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen, under their Square Peg banner, alongside Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb and David Hinojosa for 2Am.

While details on the movie’s storyline are being kept out of sight, it is being described as a high-stakes action film set against the backdrop of feudal Japan.

In 2019, “Guava Island,” a 56-minute film that Murai directed for constant collaborator Donald Glover, arrived on Prime Video. Murai has also directed episodes of “Legion” and “Snowfall.

The producer and director behind many classic episodes of “Atlanta,” “The Bear,” “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” “Station Eleven,” and more is finally making a movie.

Hiro Murai, the Emmy-winning producer and director, is set to make his feature directorial debut on “Bushido,” a samurai film and epic that will be set up at A24, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire. A24 is financing and producing.

“Bushido” is said to be an action film set during Feudal Japan, but specific plot details are being kept under wraps.

Murai is directing the film from a script by Henry Dunham (“The Standoff at Sparrow Creek”), and he and Dunham will also produce along with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen for their Square Peg banner and Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb, and David Hinojosa for their 2Am banner.

While it’s unclear about the budget on the film, a period film...

A feature project starring Tom Holland and Austin Butler is revving up for Amazon MGM Studios.

The studio has landed a package for American Speed with the two actors attached to star. Charles Roven (Oppenheimer) is attached to produce though his banner Atlas Entertainment, along with Rd Whittington and Douglas Banker. Ryan Sanak serves as executive producer for Atlas Entertainment.

Screenwriter Dan Wiedenhaupt is penning the script for the film that is based on a true story. American Speed follows the three race car-driving Whittington brothers, two of whom were involved in the Imsa scandal in the 1980s that saw numerous drivers charged with funding their racing through money from drug smuggling, tax evasion and laundering.

A director has not yet been announced, nor has a release plan.

Holland has been busy of late, as he will star opposite Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next film for Universal Pictures,...

Amazon MGM Studios has landed “American Speed,” a package that will see Tom Holland and Austin Butler star as racecar-driving brothers.

Academy Award-winning producer Charles Roven (“Oppenheimer”) is attached to produce via his Atlas Entertainment banner alongside Rd Whittington and Douglas Banker. Atlas Entertainment’s Ryan Sanak will executive produce.

Dan Wiedenhaupt (“Alpha”) is writing the script, which is based on the true story of the Whittington brothers — three historically famous racecar drivers, two of whom were part of the 1980s Imsa scandal, in which a number of drivers were charged with financing their racing activities with proceeds from drug smuggling, money laundering or tax evasion.

Roven also serves as a producer on the sci-fi thriller “Mercy,” starring Chris Pratt, which Amazon MGM Studios is releasing in theaters worldwide on Aug. 15, 2025.

Holland most recently appeared in the 2023 thriller miniseries “The Crowded Room” alongside Emmy Rossum and Amanda Seyfried, and starred...

Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s production banner Fruit Tree has bore quite a bit of fruit, and now they are reaping the rewards. The couple’s company, which they run alongside Ali Herting, has signed a first-look film deal with Universal Pictures, the studio announced Thursday.

The deal brings the two-time Oscar-winning actress into the Universal fold alongside some of the studio’s other buzzy first-look relationships with filmmakers like Jordan Peele, Steven Spielberg, the Daniels, David Leitch, and more.

No projects were announced today under the deal, but the couple already has an untitled movie at Universal that will star Stone and will be directed by McCary.

Stone and McCary’s Fruit Tree is only four years old, and as a producer, Stone has already racked up a mess of acclaim and success. The studio in 2020 launched with a first-look TV deal at A24, which brought us Showtime...

Joaquin Phoenix has exited Todd Haynes’ planned romantic drama feature, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The untitled project is no longer moving forward after the actor dropped out just five days before filming was set to begin in Guadalajara, Mexico. The role will not be recast for the movie that Phoenix had initially brought to Haynes and developed with the Oscar-nominated filmmaker.

Haynes’ movie was set to focus on an intense gay romance in the 1930s and co-star Danny Ramirez, whose credits include Top Gun: Maverick and the forthcoming Captain America: Brave New World. Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler were onboard as producers for the Killer Films project that had MK2 Film handling sales.

An insider close to production tells THR that the movie’s team is “devastated” and that the amount of money spent on the film was in the low seven figures. The source does not dispute media...

Todd Haynes’ new film has hit a snag after its lead actor exited the project just five days before filming was scheduled to begin. The untitled period drama is described as an intense romance set in the 1930s exploring a relationship between two men. Joaquin Phoenix had been working closely with director Todd Haynes and screenwriter Jon Raymond to develop the story. However, last week Phoenix unexpectedly withdrew from his starring role.

Sources confirm Phoenix’s sudden departure last Thursday has created challenges for the production team, which was already on location in Guadalajara, Mexico ready to start shooting. As the film’s lead, Phoenix’s involvement was key to securing financial backing for the project.

In an interview at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Haynes said Phoenix was encouraging him to push creative boundaries with the film’s explicit content. Phoenix has a reputation for committing fully to bold, unconventional roles.

Todd Haynes’ untitled detective movie about two men in love and fleeing to Mexico is now on hold after star and co-writer Joaquin Phoenix pulled out of the project days before production began.

Phoenix developed the screenplay for the intense gay romance with Haynes and Jon Raymond, a frequent collaborator of Haynes’ friend Kelly Reichardt (“Wendy and Lucy”). Raymond co-wrote the teleplay for Haynes’ HBO miniseries “Mildred Pierce.”

Sources tell IndieWire that Phoenix, who was set to star in the explicit gay love story, dropped out of the Killer Films production five days before filming was set to start in Guadalajara, near the Southwestern coast of Mexico in the state of Jalisco. Phoenix dropped out of the project while in Los Angeles before the Mexico shoot began.

Haynes assembled a crew in Mexico for the untitled film backed by sales agent MK2 Films. Sales in territories worldwide began ahead of...

Exclusive: Adam Davidson has been tapped as director and producer for the feature One Mile and its sequel, One More Mile, both starring and produced by Ryan Phillippe. German American actress Amélie Hoeferle has been cast as the female lead opposite Phillippe in the films, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which will be filmed simultaneously. Production is slated to begin Sept. 9 on Vancouver Island.

Originally set at Paramount Global Content Distribution in late 2022, the movies have since shifted under Paramount’s Republic Pictures umbrella.

One Mile and its sequel were written by John Hlavin based on an idea by Kaplan’s daughter, Jaiden Kaplan, with rewrites by Tj Brady and Rasheed Newson who worked on Kapital’s Showtime series The Chi. In the films, when an estranged father (Phillippe) and daughter (Hoeferle) go off for college tours, they get more than they bargained for when they get lost and stumble across a hostile,...

A24 has a very starry new film on the way, with Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in early negotiations for “The Drama.” It’s the latest film from “Dream Scenario” filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, who will both write and direct.

While plot specifics are being kept under wraps, it is suggested that the movie is a romance that takes an unexpected turn before a wedding day.

A24 is set to finance and produce “The Drama,” with Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone producing under their Square Peg banner.

“The Drama” is the latest collaboration between A24 and Square Peg; earlier films include “Hereditary” and “Midsommar” (both directed by Aster), plus the upcoming “Death of a Unicorn,” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega. They also have Aster’s ambitious “Eddington,” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone on the way.

Zendaya, of course, is coming off the one-two punch of Denis Villeneuve...

Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are in early talks to star in “The Drama,” helmed and written by “Dream Scenario” director Kristoffer Borgli.

Project details are still being kept under wraps, but rumors suggest it’s a romance that takes an unexpected turn before the couple’s big day.

This marks another film collaboration between A24 and Square Peg, with others including “Hereditary,” “Midsommar,” “Dream Scenario” and the upcoming films “Death of a Unicorn” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, and “Eddington” starring Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone.

It’s been a big year for Zendaya, who led this year’s hits “Dune: Part Two” and “Challengers.” She’s next set to reprise her Emmy and Golden Globe winning role as Rue Bennett in the third season of HBO’s “Euphoria.”

Pattinson will next be seen in Bong Joon-ho’s science fiction drama “Mickey 17,” due out in January.

The highly appealing combination of Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are understood to be in early negotiations to star for A24 in The Drama from Dream Scenario director Kristoffer Borgli.

Screen understands A24 will finance and produce Borgli’s next film, which besides the leads boasts Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen and Tyler Campellone as producers through their Square Peg.

The Norwegian filmmaker wrote and will direct The Drama and while plot points remain under wraps, the story is said to involve a romance that takes an unexpected turn before a couple’s big day.

The project marks the latest collaboration between...

A24 has received an influx of cash from Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital that now values the indie studio at $3.5 billion (enterprise value), a source with knowledge of the investment told IndieWire. The studio’s new valuation is 40 percent higher than it was for the last round of funding: 2022’s $225 million investment at a $2.5 billion valuation.

That doesn’t mean Kushner threw $1 billion into the pot — far from it. Existing investors from the previous round have also upped their financial support for this new round, A24 said on Wednesday. Additionally, the A24 brand has just organically grown its valuation with its successes in recent years, including “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2022), “Talk to Me” (2022), and this year’s “Civil War.”

But still, it must have been substantial. The Financial Times reported Kushner’s investment was $100 million, which we understand to be in the ballpark.

It is not just Kushner’s...

With Austin Butler making the press rounds with interviews for Jeff Nichols‘ “The Bikeriders” in theaters tomorrow, he’s getting plenty of questions about buzzy upcoming projects. Among them? Darren Aronofsky‘s “Caught Stealing,” Ari Aster‘s “Eddington,” and … possibly Michael Mann‘s “Heat 2“? There’s no official confirmation yet that Butler will play Chris Shiherlis in Mann’s upcoming prequel, but rumors abound that the actor will play a younger version of Val Kilmer‘s character from the 1995 film.

Continue reading Austin Butler Remains Coy On His Potential ‘Heat 2’ Involvement & Calls Ari Aster’s ‘Eddington’ “A Wild Adventure” at The Playlist.

Austin Butler is teasing as much as he can about Ari Aster’s upcoming fourth feature “Eddington.”

Butler is part of a star-studded ensemble cast for the secretive project that includes Academy Award winners Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, plus Pedro Pascal, Glen Powell, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr.

Butler told The Hollywood Reporter that the film is a “wild adventure” unlike anything he has done before.

“I’m a huge fan of Ari and Joaquin [Phoenix] and Emily [Emma Stone] and [Dp] Darius Khondji and everybody involved. The entire team was incredible to work with,” Butler said. “I don’t want to give much away as far as the story and character go, but it was a wild adventure that I got to go on. I got to play a character who’s very different from anything that I’ve done.”

The Oscar-nominated actor added, “Ari and I...

Five years ago, Austin Butler’s memorable supporting role in Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood turned out to be his audition for leading man status, and he’s since become not only a leader on set but a leader on Hollywood’s new A-list.

Coming off of Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air and a villainous role in Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two, Butler is now back on the big screen in Jeff Nichols’ long-awaited 1960s crime drama, The Bikeriders. And while Butler led the star-studded ensemble alongside Jodie Comer, he plays a character named Benny who absolutely refuses to take the reins of his Chicago-area motorcycle club as it loses its way into organized crime. Inspired by Danny Lyon’s photojournalistic book of the same name, Butler’s real-life character was one of the few who wasn’t interviewed for the book nor...

Ari Aster’s acclaimed sophomore film, Midsommar, is coming to IMAX for the first time ever. More than 300 IMAX locations across the United States will screen the director’s cut of the flick on Thursday, June 20th.

Midsommar is merely the latest film to emerge on the big(ger) screen, as A24 and IMAX have partnered to give movies like Ex Machina and Uncut Gems similar treatment. Upcoming projects include Oasis: Supersonic (which will hit theaters on Tuesday, July 16th) and Everything Everywhere All at Once. Head over to the IMAX website for tickets and more information.

Midsommar stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as a dysfunctional couple who take a trip abroad. Of course, things get a tad more complicated as their gorgeous retreat turns out to be a bizarre and violent pagan cult. Check out where the film landed on Consequence’s best films of 2019 list, as well...

Filmmaker Ari Aster is known for his brand of horror films such as Hereditary and Midsommar. The filmmaker’s unique style has garnered him a loyal fanbase from only three films in his filmography. He has worked with renowned actors such as Toni Collette, Florence Pugh, Joaquin Phoenix, Gabriel Byrne, and more.

Aster will be helming his next film Eddington which sees him reunite with Phoenix and also stars Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, and Austin Butler. Yellowstone star Luke Grimes, who also featured in the film mentioned the difference between the sets of Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western and Aster’s black comedy.

Luke Grimes Talks About Ari Aster’s Working Style On Eddington A still from Hereditary | Credits: A24/PalmStar Media/Finch Entertainment/Windy Hill Pictures

Ari Aster broke into the scene with the horror drama Hereditary. The A24 film starred Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, and Gabriel Byrne in lead...

A24 and IMAX will keep you cool this summer. Very cool.

The next three A24 films that will be available in the IMAX Experience for its monthly screening series are the highly-anticipated director’s cut of “Midsommar” on Thursday, June 20, Mat Whitecross’ “Oasis: Supersonic” on Tuesday, July 16, and Best Picture winner “Everything Everywhere All At Once” on Wednesday, August 28.

The A24 x IMAX Present screening series continues every month for the next year, with IMAX digitally remastering classics from A24’s premium library of more than 140 feature films. Previous remastered and launched films include Alex Garland’s “Ex Machina,” Ari Aster’s “Hereditary,” and the Safdie Brothers’ “Uncut Gems.”

Screenings will be held across more than 300 IMAX locations nationwide and select locations internationally. Tickets are available here.

A24 and IMAX also collaborated on remastering Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.” “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” “Everything Everywhere All at Once,...

Life’s a (permanent) beach for Pedro Pascal in a new Corona commercial titled “La Vida Más Fina (The Finest Life),” a play on the beer’s tagline “La Cerveza Más Fina.”

“I, Tonya” filmmaker Craig Gillespie directs the outrageous short film that captures Pascal wandering through bars, restaurants, and town centers as sand, flora, and fauna beckon him back to the beach. It’s very much a fantasy sequence considering the busy actor has no actual time to vacation.

Pascal will appear in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator II,” Ari Aster’s “Eddington,” and soon make his Marvel debut in the new “Fantastic Four.” Plus, he’s back for “The Last of Us” Season 2 — find a first look here. Oh, and did we mention that Pascal also is teaming up with Dakota Johnson for Celine Song’s romance drama “Materialists”?

He’s cheers-ing to that one. Pascal told GQ that...

Michael Mann confirmed during his press tour for Ferrari that his next film project would be adapting his novel, Heat 2, which serves as both a sequel and a prequel to his popular 1995 film that famously pitted together legendary actors Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Not much is known about the film other than Mann being keen to work with Adam Driver again after Ferrari. However, speculation had grown that Elvis’ Austin Butler would be occupying the role of Chris Shiherlis, which had previously been played by Val Kilmer. Then, there would be fuel added to the fire of rumors thanks to a viral video that was making the rounds which shows Butler doing some gun training at Taran Tactical, which is the same facility where Keanu Reeves trains for the John Wick films.

Butler is currently doing the press tour for his upcoming project The Bikeriders, which sees...

Fresh from his highly appreciated performance in Dune: Part Two, Austin Butler is rumored to be in talks to join the cast of Michael Mann’s acclaimed sequel, Heat 2. The film is a follow-up to Mann’s intense 1995 heist thriller Heat, which starred Al Pacino and Robert De Niro.

Austin Butler in Dune: Part Two | Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures

Austin Butler’s potential involvement in the project has sparked excitement among fans. However, the actor maintained radio silence and coyly avoided questions, which even led many fans to draw comparisons to Andrew Garfield’s secrecy over his rumored Amazing Spider-Man 3.

Austin Butler is Keeping Mum About His Rumored Role in Heat 2

Following the success of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro’s 1995 crime thriller Heat, by Michael Mann, the filmmaker recently announced his desire to develop a sequel to his cult classic. With Mann being back in the director’s chair,...

Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), William H. Macy and Clifton Collins Jr. have joined director Clint Bentley’s “Train Dreams,” Variety has learned.

Production on the film, from Black Bear and also starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, began earlier this month in Spokane, Wash.

“Train Dreams” is the sweeping and poignant tale of Robert Grainier (Edgerton), a day laborer employed as a logger helping to expand the railways across America. Forced to spend prolonged periods of time away from his wife, Gladys (Jones), and their young daughter, Grainier struggles to make sense of his place in a rapidly changing world. As his story unfolds, he experiences great love, unspeakable loss, and unique bonds on a journey that is both distinct and universal. The picture features a script by Bentley and Greg Kwedar (“Sing Sing”), which is adapted from Denis Johnson’s iconic, Pulitzer Prize-nominated novella of the same name.

Hold on to your butts, Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone are re-teaming for the new movie Checkmate, according to the Hollywood Reporter. It’s an adaptation of Ben Mezrich’s upcoming non-fiction book of the same name, which dives into a 2022 scandal that rocked the chess world.

Fielder and Stone last blew our minds with The Curse, a black comedy at Showtime. This time around Fielder is set to direct while Stone’s Fruit Tree banner will produce. The whole project will be led by A24, which blew away offers from much larger studios with a reported seven-figure guarantee. “I’ve never seen A24 do that before,” THR quotes one insider saying. And what could make A24 this excited?

In 2022, at the St. Louis stop on the Grand Chess Tour, 19-year-old Hans Niemann upset Magnus Carlsen, the 31-year-old world No. 1 and arguably the strongest player of all time. As a...

Danny and Michael Philippou, the breakout directors of last year’s box office horror hit “Talk to Me,” are re-teaming with A24 on their next horror film, an individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire. And this time they’re being paired with a two-time Oscar nominee.

Sally Hawkins will star in “Bring Her Back” from the Philippous, who are writing and directing the original movie for A24. Danny and Michael Philippou are also re-teaming with the producers on “Talk to Me,” Causeway Films’ Samantha Jennings and Kristina Ceyton (“The Babadook”).

Plot details are being kept under wraps for “Bring Her Back,” but the film will begin production later this summer.

This would not be the first time Hawkins has starred in a horror film. Way back in 2007 she appeared in “The Killing Gene” alongside Stellan Skarsgård, Tom Hardy, and Selma Blair. The closest she’s gotten to the...

When describing a big star’s new release, two clichés are frequently used: it is highly anticipated and long-awaited. Well, the 11th studio album by pop sensation Taylor Swift can’t exactly be called ‘long awaited’—just 18 months have passed since the release of her previous album, Midnights. The Grammy winner made her ‘highly anticipated’ 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, available on Friday, April 19, 2024.

The 16-track album is peaceful and enjoyable to listen to, but if you read the lyrics carefully—as most Swift fans do—you will discover a convoluted and disorganized stream of thought where Swift swings between waves of introspection, rage, longing, and grief.

Taylor Swift performing at the Eras Tour

Also, it is interesting to note that this latest album credits the two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone for her work on the song Florida!!!.

Emma Stone’s Unexpected Contribution to Taylor Swift’s Latest...

Emma Stone is back with director Yorgos Lanthimos for “Kinds of Kindness,” the movie they shot in secret in New Orleans in fall 2022. Stone won the Best Actress Oscar this year for Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” which was in post-production and readying for fall festivals by the time “Kinds of Kindness” had wrapped. Watch the latest trailer for the “Kinds of Kindness,” which was just confirmed to premiere in competition at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, below.

Along with Stone, the triptych film from Lanthimos stars Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons, and Hunter Schafer. Searchlight Pictures’ previously announced June 21 release date for “Kinds of Kindness” was the writing on the walls that the film would show up in Cannes competition — Lanthimos’ first at-bat on the Croisette since 2017’s “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”

Joe Alwyn, Hong Chau, and Mamoudou Athie also star in the film that converges three storylines and...

Don Hertzfeldt understands why fans are jumping to conclusions after learning he’s already hard at work on a mysterious new feature with Ari Aster.

But anyone in attendance at the fourth-ever screening of his new film “Me” and the Q&a that followed at The Overlook Film Festival can confirm: Don never said anything definitive about what genre that movie would be.

“It’s funny it’s being described as an ‘existential horror’ movie, two words I didn’t actually say,” Hertzfeldt told IndieWire in a text. “I guess maybe it will end up being an existential horror movie in the end, but that’s not really how I’d describe it today. But I also get why people might think that when you squash our names together.”

Hertzfeldt, who thought the news of his and Aster’s collaboration was already out there, confirmed for IndieWire that the film...

Pedro Pascal On Star Wars & Game Of Thrones ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

Internet’s favourite daddy and Hollywood actor Pedro Pascal celebrates his 49th birthday today. Born as José Pedro Balmaceda Pascal, the actor has been working for the last two decades. However, he gained popularity with Game of Thrones, where he played Oberyn Martell. Today, Pedro is a part of many big franchises – Star Wars, Marvel, and Gladiator, to name a few.

Before getting the much-deserving recognition with Game of Thrones, Pedro Pascal has been a part of several movies and shows like Burning Bridges, Hermanas, Downtown, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and many more. After GoT, he appeared in many popular shows like Narcos, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and The Last of Us.

Pedro Pascal rose to great success even because of Star Wars’ The Mandalorian series. He plays Din Djarin in the show,...

Austin Butler is continuing his auteur collaborations, this time partnering up with Darren Aronofsky.

Butler, who was Oscar-nominated for his breakout transformative “Elvis” role, is set to lead Aronofsky’s upcoming feature “Caught Stealing.” Novelist Charlie Huston will adapt his own work for the screen. Protozoa is producing the Sony crime thriller. The novel is the first installment of Huston’s Henry Thompson trilogy series.

“Caught Stealing” was originally set for an adaptation in 2013 with Patrick Wilson cast in the lead role, now occupied by Butler. The story follows Hank Thompson, a former high school baseball prospect turned alcoholic bartender who gets caught up in a treasure hunt through New York City. A sadistic police officer tries to outrun Thompson, hitmen, and mobsters to find the treasure. Alec Baldwin was cast as the cop in the 2013 iteration that was slated to be written by David Hayter and directed by Wayne Kramer.

Actor Pedro Pascal has an eventful lineup in the coming years. While he is awaiting the release of Gladiator 2 with Paul Mescal, he will be starring as Mr. Fantastic in the MCU’s upcoming Fantastic Four film. He will also be starring in the noir thriller Tropico along with Willem Dafoe and will be collaborating with Hereditary director Ari Aster in the film Eddington along with an ensemble cast.

However, the actor’s most-awaited appearance is in the second season of the HBO series The Last of Us. The sci-fi drama has been filming since February and is reportedly aiming for a 2025 release. Recently, it was reported that Pascal had wrapped filming for his portions of the season, leading fans to be worried for the worst. However, HBO has now debunked the rumors. Spoilers ahead for The Last of Us season 2.

HBO Squashes Rumors Of Pedro Pascal Wrapping Filming...

Fans of Arthouse Emma Stone Sicko Cinema™, have I got good news for you. Coming off her second Oscar win, the "La La Land" star is currently in the midst of shooting what's sure to be a strange and twisted spin on the Western genre in the shape of Ari Aster's "Eddington." But before we lay our eyes on the "Midsommar" and "Beau Is Afraid" director's latest oddity, Stone herself will reunite with her "Poor Things" and "The Favourite" helmer Yorgos Lanthimos for a new project.

Titled "Kinds of Kindness," Stone and Lanthimos finished shooting their new film near the tail-end of 2022, which is the reason it's already good to go so soon after "Poor Things" once again stirred up the "Are Sex Scenes Necessary?" discourse. The movie sees Lanthimos directing from an original script he co-penned with his "Dogtooth," "The Lobster," and "The Killing of a Sacred Deer...

Exclusive: Ari Aster’s new A24 film Eddington has rounded out its cast with four additions: William Belleau (Killers of the Flower Moon), Cameron Mann (Mare of Easttown), Matt Gomez Hidaka (Silo), and Amélie Hoeferle (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes).

The actors join a stacked ensemble led by Joaquin Phoenix, who reteams with Aster and A24 following their collaboration on surreal epic Beau Is Afraid, as previously reported. Additional cast includes Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr.

While the film’s plot is being guarded, it’s been discussed as a Western. Aster is directing from his own script and producing alongside Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner. Production on the film kicked off earlier this month.

Most recently seen playing Henry Roan, the first husband of Lily Gladstone’s Mollie, in Martin Scorsese’s...

A24 and IMAX have partnered up for a new monthly screening series that will showcase A24’s classic films, like Ex Machina, Hereditary, and Uncut Gems.

The new partnership will begin on Wednesday, March 27th, with the first-ever IMAX screening of Alex Garland’s Ex Machina, which will be followed by “an exclusive sneak peek” of Garland’s upcoming film, Civil War. For tickets and more information, head to IMAX’s website.

The Ex Machina screening will be followed-up by Hereditary on Wednesday, April 24th and Uncut Gems on Wednesday, May 22nd. From there, the series will continue every month for the next year, with each release from A24’s 140+ film catalog arriving in IMAX digitally remastered format. Over 300 IMAX locations across the US — and some internationally — will participate in the series.

The screening series follows the success of A24’s theatrical revival of Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense last year,...

Emma Stone's next collaboration with her 'Poor Things' director Yorgos Lanthimos is heading to cinemas this summer.The 35-year-old screen star scooped the Best Actress Oscar for her performance in 'Poor Things' and she worked with Lanthimos again on 'Kinds of Kindness' which has now been given a June 21 release date.The new film reunites Stone with her 'Poor Things' co-stars Willem Dafoe and Margaret Qualley and it also features Joe Alwyn. Jesse Plemons, Hong Chau, Hunter Schafer and Mamoudou Athie.Lanthimos wrote the script with Efthimis Filippou, who he previously worked with on 'The Lobster', 'Killing of a Sacred Deer' and 'Dogtooth'.Plot details for 'Kinds of Kindness' have been kept under wraps so far. It was previously titled 'And' and was shot in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2022.Stone and Lanthimos also collaborated on short film 'Bleat' as well as 'The Favourite', which won...

Emma Stone’s latest feature collaboration with Poor Things director Yorgos Lanthimos has landed a summer release date from Searchlight Pictures.

The company announced Thursday that sci-fi anthology movie Kinds of Kindness will hit theaters June 21. The film stars Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer.

This news follows Stone winning an Oscar for her lead role as Bella Baxter in Lanthimos’ Poor Things. The pair also previously worked together on 2018’s The Favourite, which landed 10 Oscar nominations including best supporting actress for Stone, with the movie’s lone win going to Olivia Colman for lead actress.

Lanthimos helmed Kinds of Kindness from a script he co-wrote with Efthimis Filippou, who worked with the director on the screenplays for four previous films, including 2015’s The Lobster and 2017’s The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe and Kasia Malipan...

A24 is really getting big. And we now mean that literally.

The indie studio is partnering with IMAX to re-release some of its most beloved films on IMAX screens, remastering movies from its library as part of a monthly screening series that will continue into 2025.

It kicks off with Alex Garland’s “Ex Machina” on March 27, followed by Ari Aster’s ‘Hereditary” on April 24, and the Safdie Brothers’ “Uncut Gems” on May 22. The screening of “Ex Machina” will precede a special sneak peek of Garland’s next movie with A24, “Civil War,” which also opens on IMAX screens on April 12.

Other titles haven’t been announced yet, but the studio will dig through its library of more than 140 feature films for future screenings. Can we humbly request “The Green Knight,” “Moonlight,” and “Under the Skin”?

A24 has dipped its toes into IMAX before, most recently remastering the Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense,...

Ari Aster is a director you either love or hate. There is no in-between. With several divisive yet intriguing movies behind him, the young director has decided to tackle a new genre, as his upcoming movie Eddington is going to be a “contemporary western” set in New Mexico. While the project is still in the early stages of development, we have finally received a list of cast members that reveals some major names that are going to star in the movie.

After collaborating with Aster on Beau Is Afraid, in one of his better roles, Joaquin Phoenix will be returning to collaborate with Aster once more. This time, he will be joined by two-time Oscar-winner Emma Stone, fan-favorite Pedro Pascal, and Oscar-nominee Austin Butler in what promises to be a very exciting film based on these names. The full list of known actors is as follows:

Joaquin Phoenix Emma Stone...

Writer and director Ari Aster has begun production on his newest film, “Eddington,” and he has assembled quite a cast.

Now boasting two Oscars, Emma Stone will appear in the film, as will Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix, marking his second collaboration with Aster after last year’s love-it-or-hate-it-but-definitely-respect-it “Beau is Afraid.” Oscar-nominee and current Harkonnen meme king Austin Butler, Marvel’s future Reed Richards Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Tony winner Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr. round out the incredibly stacked cast.

A24, which has released all of Aster’s features (“Hereditary” and “Midsommar” before “Beau”) announced the “contemporary western” that is “coming soon” via Instagram. Aster has parted ways with his usual cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski and is working with the legendary Persian-French lenser Darius Khondji, whose credits include “Uncut Gems,” “The Lost City of Z,” “Midnight in Paris,” “Stealing Beauty,” “Seven,” and “ The City of Lost Children.

Ari Aster has gathered a star-studded cast of Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler and Pedro Pascal to star in his next feature ‘Eddington’ for A24.

Also joining the cast are Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward and Clifton Collins Jr. The only plot details on the movie state it follows a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.

Aster has penned the screenplay, he will also be directing and producing alongside Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner. Two-time Academy Award nominee Darius Khondji is the director of photography.

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Phoenix was last seen in ‘Beau is Afraid,’ Aster’s 2023 dark comedy horror about a troubled man who journeys home to see his mother.

Unless you have been living under a rock, Stone this week picked up her 2nd Oscar win for her...

Filmmaker Ari Aster, who is known for ‘Hereditary’ and ‘Midsommar’ has brought in an all-star cast for his next film, ‘Eddington’. Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal, Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward and Clifton Collins Jr will be seen in the movie financed by A24. Based on Aster’s track record, viewers can only assume the film will give nightmares, reports Variety

Plot details are kept under wraps besides the fact that the film “follows a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations.” ‘Eddington’ starts production this week, with Aster writing, directing and producing alongside Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner.

As per Variety, two-time Academy Award nominee Darius Khondji is the director of photography. ‘Eddington’ marks the sixth collaboration between Square Peg and A24, which produced and distributed Aster’s previous three films, ‘Hereditary’, ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’, as well as ‘Dream Scenario’ and...

All artists have phases within their careers, and while it's easy to demarcate what those phases are in hindsight, it can also be possible to see them emerging and mutating in real time. Emma Stone, an actress who began her journey as a comedy darling in films like "Superbad," "The House Bunny," and "Zombieland," soon found herself climbing to the A-list, nominated for an Academy Award for "Birdman" and winning Best Actress for "La La Land."

This past weekend, Stone won the Oscar for Best Actress for the second time, for her performance as Bella Baxter in "Poor Things." It's a win that seemingly signals a change in her career from a quirky ingenue to a complex and daring leading lady, especially when coupled with her other recent turn as Whitney Siegel in "The Curse."

Continuing that emerging trend, The Hollywood Reporter just announced that she'll be joining the cast...

Ari Aster has put together a veritable all-star cast for his next A24 film, Eddington, featuring Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, and Austin Butler.

Revolving around “a small-town New Mexico sheriff with higher aspirations,” Eddington has also been described by A24 as a contemporary Western. Additional cast members include Luke Grimes, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr.

Eddington begins production this week, with Aster writing and directing. He’ll also produce with Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner. The film marks Aster’s fourth with A24 after Midsommar, Hereditary, and last year’s Beau Is Afraid.

Phoenix is coming off a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Beau Is Afraid, while Stone just won her second Best Actress Oscar for her starring role in Poor Things.

Meanwhile, Butler most recently starred in Masters of the Air and Dune: Part Two, and Pascal just appeared in...

Ari Aster, the twisted filmmaker behind Hereditary, Midsommar, and Beau Is Afraid, is lining up his most star-studded feature yet, Eddington. Rumored to be a Western, Eddington is moseying close to production with Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us), Emma Stone (Poor Things), Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two), Joaquin Phoenix (Beau Is Afraid), Luke Grimes (Yellowstone), Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range), Michael Ward (Top Boy), and Clifton Collins Jr. (Jockey) joining the primary cast.

The mysterious project hails from A24, with Aster directing from his own script. Additionally, Aster produces alongside Lars Knudsen through their Square Peg studio. Darius Khondji, the Academy Award-winning cinematographer behind Bardo and Uncut Gems, is on board to make the film stunning, with production beginning as early as this week.

Aster is one of Hollywood’s most talked about filmmakers of recent memory. His 2018 horror film Hereditary, starring Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, and Alex Wolff,...

With her second Oscar on the mantelpiece following Sunday's win for Poor Things, it would seem Emma Stone is looking to keep working with unique filmmakers. She already has Kinds Of Kindness, her third collaboration with Things' Yorgos Lanthimos on the way, and she's part of the cast for Ari Aster's new film, Eddington, alongside a notable ensemble that includes Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler and Empire Of Light's Michael Ward.

Phoenix, of course, starred in Aster's most recent release, the chaotic and divisive Beau Is Afraid. As for the new film? Little has been released about it, save that it'll reportedly be a Western following a small-town New Mexico sheriff with lofty aspirations. Given that this is Aster – the man also behind Hereditary and Midsommar — we'd expect that basic synopsis to conceal some lurking terror.

Backers A24 released an Instagram post about the new film, which also...

While in many passages his finest work, Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid certainly wasn’t widely embraced as his previous films, but thankfully the results haven’t left him in director’s jail. A24 is reteaming with the director for his next feature, the long-rumored contemporary western Eddington, and as production begins in Albuquerque the main ensemble has been unveiled.

Set to star Joaquin Phoenix, Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Luke Grimes, Austin Butler, Deirdre O’Connell, Micheal Ward, and Clifton Collins Jr., here’s a synopsis Production Weekly shared some time ago: “A contemporary western set during the pandemic, described as a noir dark comedy ensemble piece set in a fictional copper mining town in New Mexico. While driving through New Mexico on their way to Los Angeles, Lindsay and Marc run out of gas just outside of the rural town of Eddington, New Mexico. When going into the town...

Director Ari Aster has set the cast for his next movie with A24!

For those who aren’t familiar with him, Ari is the director behind horror movies like Hereditary and Midsommar, as well as the dark comedy Beau Is Afraid.

Oscar winners Emma Stone and Joaquin Phoenix will lead the cast of Ari‘s upcoming movie Eddington alongside Pedro Pascal and some other major names.

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Not much is known about the upcoming movie yet, except that it has been described as a “western,” according to Deadline. Some more cast members have also been announced.

Austin Butler has also joined the cast alongside Yellowstone‘s Luke Grimes, Tony winner Deirdre O’Connell, Top Boy‘s Micheal Ward, and Jockey‘s Clifton Collins Jr.

This will be Ari and Joaquin‘s second project together following last year’s Beau Is Afraid.

Emma just won her second...