Author: HollywoodReporter
Lucy Boynton attempts to turn back time with David Corenswet in the first trailer for the romantic feature The Greatest Hits. Searchlight Pictures releases director Ned Benson’s movie in select theaters on April 5 before it begins streaming via Hulu on April 12. Justin H. Min and Austin Crute also star in the film that premieres at this year’s South by Southwest Festival. The Greatest Hits follows Harriet (Boynton), who realizes she that her favorite songs can literally transport her through time to revisit cherished memories with former boyfriend Max (Corenswet). In the meantime, she begins exploring feelings for a…
Doin’ It revolves around surely the most literal interpretation imaginable of the old saying “those who can, do; those who can’t, teach.” Lilly Singh stars as Maya, who stumbles almost by accident into a job teaching sex ed, despite still being a virgin. As she schools her kids on everything from consent to gender identity to orgasms, Maya sets out to unlearn the shame that she herself internalized at that age — and maybe even to get laid for the first time. Good intentions practically drip off the premise, which makes a convincing case for dismantling the fear and ignorance…
As robust as streaming, premium cable and PBS have made the documentary marketplace in recent years, you wouldn’t be wrong to feel that there’s a glut of similar stories being told in similar ways. If you’re a documentary about anything cult-related, good luck cutting through an ample amount of clutter. A desensitized viewership is a bad thing, or at least it can be. There’s no harm if audiences have become numb to stories about different role-players from the championship Lakers and Celtics teams of the ’80s. But if audiences have become numb to stories about the flaws in the prison…
Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind the $1 billion grossing It movies and last year’s The Flash, have teamed up with Skydance to launch a brand new horror division. Named Nocturna, the Muschiettis will co-own the label and will run its creative direction. The focus of Nocturna will be on high quality, genre features for global audiences in both theatrical and streaming, with the goal of producing two films per year. Nocturna is not launching with an empty casket. The first project out of the gate will be They Will Kill You, written by Kirill Sokolov and Alex…
Rufus Sewell had “an instinct” about how to portray Prince Andrew in global streaming giant Netflix‘s feature film Scoop, but he and co-star Gillian Anderson both initially didn’t want to play their respective parts, they shared on Thursday. Sewell and Billie Piper talked about their filming experience at the Next on Netflix event at the Picturehouse Central cinema and cultural space in the British capital, while Anderson shared some thoughts in a video message. The preview event featured casting and content announcements and put the spotlight on various Netflix executives and stars. Anderson plays former BBC Newsnight host Emily Maitlis…
Michael Keaton is sharing how his Batman appearance at the Oscars 2024 came to be. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, the actor-director explained that either Jimmy Kimmel or Oscars producer Molly McNearney reached out to him about the bit ahead of the awards show, and he thought it would be fun. The bit saw Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito take the stage on Sunday night to present the award for best visual effects, which went to Godzilla: Minus One. But apparently, they weren’t reuniting as Twins co-stars but as Batman villains, with Keaton’s Dark Knight in the audience.…
Walking out of the theater after DDLJ, Jay (Jonathan Groff) launches into a defense of the over-the-top emotionality of Bollywood romances. “I think we’re all embarrassed by the bigness of love,” he declares. His date, Naveen (Karan Soni), is intrigued but skeptical, later recounting the interaction to his work bestie (Peter S. Kim) as a bit weird and kind of corny. Because A Nice Indian Boy is a rom-com, though, it’s practically a given that Naveen will come around by the end. The film delights in public displays and grand gestures, such that it opens and closes on a pair…
Patty Jenkins is giving a promising update on her long-presumed-dead Star Wars movie Rogue Squadron. The Wonder Woman director says she’s back in active development on the project and is working on a draft for Lucasfilm. “When I left Star Wars to do Wonder Woman 3, and I started working on that, we talked about, ‘Well, maybe I’ll come back to Star Wars after Wonder Woman 3,’” she told the Talking Pictures Podcast. “So we started a deal for that to happen. So when Wonder Woman 3 went away, Lucasfilm and I were like, ‘Oh, we’ve got to finish this…
More than a decade after the first film, Magnolia Pictures has released the trailer for Food, Inc. 2, a sequel to their critically acclaimed 2008 documentary, Food, Inc. The film “is a timely and urgent follow-up” to the original, according to a release. The first installment earned an Oscar nomination and still holds a 95 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. In the sequel, directors Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo reunite with authors Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma) and Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) for another look at the country’s food system. “There’s a lot at stake when you sit down…
After years of stops and starts, The Crow reboot is finally flying and now has the first trailer to prove it. Bill Skarsgard leads the film, which centers on a man who is murdered, alongside his fiancée but is granted supernatural powers to seek revenge. The Crow began life as a comic book, with James O’Barr debuting the character in 1989. It grew to new levels of popularity with the cult hit film, which starred the late Brandon Lee, who was tragically killed in an on-set accident during filming. Multiple sequels followed, including The Crow: City of Angels (1996), The…