Adam Driver has been facing the wrath of Star Wars fans for the actions of his on-screen character Kylo Ren.
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a Q&A with the actor on Sunday.“What do you think about [the] crash scenes?” Driver was asked by the audience following the screening. “They looked pretty harsh, drastic and, I must say, cheesy for me.
What do you think?”The 39-year-old actor did not hold back in his response to the criticism.“F–k you. I don’t know? Next question,” the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” star bluntly responded.Adam Driver reacts to someone asking about & criticizing the crash scenes in ‘FERRARI’ as “pretty harsh, drastic and cheesy.”
“Fuck you, I don’t know?” pic.twitter.com/MtmehVa6D3An audible gasp from the crowd filled the screening room from Driver’s nonchalant, profane response, followed by the sound of tense laughter from stunned audience members.The Marine Corps veteran turned performer was honored with the Special EnergaCAMERIMAGE Award for an Actor during the festival.The “Marriage Story” star also introduced “Ferrari” as an entry in the Camerimage Main Competition, according to Variety.Driver — also an executive producer for the film — plays the legendary Italian race car driver and entrepreneur Enzo Ferrari in director Michael Mann’s biographical drama.Set during the summer of 1957 as the Ferrari company nears bankruptcy, it follows Enzo’s journey of competing in the iconic Mille Miglia, an open-road motorsport race stretching 1,000 miles across Italy’s treacherous terrain while struggling with the death of his son.In the film’s first teaser, released in August, Driver looked unrecognizable as the 59-year-old Italian sports car entrepreneur, sporting slicked-back gray hair and sunglasses.Italian film producer Andrea Iervolino told Top Gear the film resembled a James Bond movie.“Adam Driver plays Enzo and he’s done an amazing job,”
Adam Driver has been facing the wrath of Star Wars fans for the actions of his on-screen character Kylo Ren.
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Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival launched its third edition on Thursday with a characteristically starry red carpet featuring the likes of Michelle Williams, Johnny Depp, Sharon Stone and Will Smith.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Though the Red Sea Film Festival will feature a slew of films from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region – including 11 feature films from Saudi Arabia – there is a rich roster of international fare set to launch locally from Jeddah. Kaleem Aftab, the festival’s director of international programming, says they received lots more submissions for this year’s third edition.
Leo Barraclough International Features Editor AGC Intl., the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio AGC Studios, has picked up world rights from Image Nation Abu Dhabi, MBC Studios and VOX Studios on Yasir Al Yasiri‘s “HWJN,” and from O3 Medya and Dhafer L’Abidine’s Double A Productions on L’Abidine’s “To My Son.” Saudi fantasy romance ‘HWJN’ will open the Red Sea Film Festival on Nov. 30, while the emotional family drama “To My Son” will premiere in Red Sea’s Arab Spectacular section.
Stuart Ford’s AGC International has picked up world rights to two Arab-produced titles, HWJN by Yasir Al-Yasiri and To My Son byDhafer L’abidine, ahead of their debuts at Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Film Festival.
Michael Mann’s high octane biopic Ferrari has been announced as the closing picture of Saudi Arabia’s third Red Sea International Film Festival, running November 30 to December 9 in the port city of Jeddah.
USA Network show “Suits.” The event will feature a conversation with creator and showrunner Aaron Korsh and cast members Sarah Rafferty, Patrick J. Adams and Dulé Hill. The festival’s announcement added that there is “more to be announced in the coming months.” Before becoming world famous as one half of the “Harry and Meghan” power couple, Meghan Markle, 42, was best known for co-starring on “Suits” as paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane.
Sundance Film Festival will take place in Park City, Utah from January 19th -29th and the full line-up has just been revealed.As usual, there’s a ton of new movies on offer. Stand-outs include To the Bone, a new film with with Lily Collins and Keanu Reeves, Cate Shortland’s Berlin Syndrome with Teresa Palmer, Burning Sands with Moonlight’s Trevante Rhodes, David Lowery’s A Ghost Story with Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, and Anton Yelchin’s final film Thoroughbred.
Neon introduced the Michael Mann-directed Ferrari with a panel at Deadline’s Contenders Film Los Angeles on Saturday that featured a discussion with Mann and stars Adam Driver, Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley.
Paul Ridd, a long-term acquisitions exec at Picturehouse Cinemas, has been named director of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).
Adam Driver isn’t letting naysayers get to him.
Adam Driver is one of the most respected actors working today, and filmmaker Michael Mann is a legend. So, it makes sense that folks are eagerly anticipating the release of their collaboration, “Ferrari,” especially after the great reviews from its debut at Venice earlier this year.
Adam Driver’s lowkey visit to Poland’s EnergaCamerimage Film Festival turned into a viral internet meme over the weekend after the actor gave an expletive response to a question during an audience Q&A following a screening of Ferrari.
Ferrari has just been released. Devoid of much dialogue and any music – just the throbbing sound of car engines – the teaser shows Adam Driver as the Enzo Ferrari in the biopic, set for screens over Christmas.Mann directs from as screenplay by Troy Kennedy Martin with Penélope Cruz, Shailene Woodley, Sarah Gordon, Gabriel Leone, Jack O’Connell, and Patrick Dempsey making up the main cast.It is the summer of 1957.
Adam Driver had a simple but direct response to a shady question about his new movie Ferrari.
Adam Driver responded with the words “fuck you” after an audience member asked the actor about the crash scenes in his film Ferrari.The new biopic follows the story of Ferrari founder Enzo Ferrari, with Driver taking on the main role.The actor was appearing at a screening of the film at Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival when an audience member questioned him about the “cheesy” scenes.“What do you think about [the] crash scenes?” they began. “They looked pretty harsh, drastic and, I must say, cheesy for me.
Adam Driver gave no F’s during a Q&A with fans to talk about his latest film Ferrari.
Michaela Zee Adam Driver shut down an audience member’s question at the screening of “Ferrari” at Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival. “What do you think about [the] crash scenes? They looked pretty harsh, drastic and, I must say, cheesy for me,” the audience member asked Driver during the post-screening Q&A on Sunday.
Christopher Vourlias Sofia Exarchou’s “Animal” won the Golden Alexander at the 64th Thessaloniki Film Festival on Sunday, marking the first time in 30 years that a Greek film took home the top honors at the country’s longest-running film event. Exarchou’s sophomore feature, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, was praised by Variety’s Jessica Kiang as “a poignant portrait of life amid the sequins and the seediness of a Greek resort.” The film follows a group of entertainers at an all-inclusive island resort preparing for the busy tourist season who are forced to wrestle with the dark reality that the show must go on as the sultry Mediterranean nights turn violent.