Wednesday season two.The second season of the supernatural mystery series, which topped Netflix viewership charts as the most popular TV show of all time on the platform, is underway as production has reportedly commenced in Ireland.The first instalment of The Addams Family spin-off starred Jenna Ortega in the lead, along with Catherine Zeta-Jones, Christina Ricci and Game Of Thrones’ Gwendoline Christie.Now, a whole host of guest stars have been confirmed for the second season, which is set for a spring 2025 release.Netflix made the announcement through a teaser trailer, which featured the disembodied hand character, Thing, delivering scripts to the doors of various actors, revealing the characters they will be playing.Among the new cast are Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Joanna Lumley and Thandie Newton. Not featured in the video but included in the full list of guest stars is original The Addams Family star Christopher Lloyd, whose role is currently unconfirmed.However, Lloyd, who is also well-known for playing Dr.
‘Boy Kills World’ Review: Bill Skarsgård Plays a Deaf-Mute Avenger in an Action Film So Ultraviolent It’s Like ‘John Wick’ Gone ‘Clockwork Orange’
26.04.2024 - 05:23 / variety.com
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In “Boy Kills World,” Bill Skarsgård has burning eyes and model cheekbones, sinewy arms popping out of a dirty red athletic vest, and a feral pout that make him look like Jean-Claude van Damme crossed with Lou Reed. He plays a deaf-mute avenger, known only as Boy, who kills people in insanely violent ways. Yet through it all, the character retains his innocence.
He’s a wounded wild child in a man’s body. Raised on a mountain by a martial-arts trainer called the Shaman (Yayan Ruhian), who may remind you at first of the Zen master in “Kill Bill: Volume 2,” Boy had his past taken away from him by a vicious totalitarian regime. During the Culling, an annual ritual where law and order is maintained by the state-sanctioned execution of criminals in the street, Boy saw his little sister, Mina (Quinn Copeland), executed right in front of him.
Now he’s getting his payback. “Boy Kills World” is the first feature directed by the German-born Moritz Mohr, and he draws on a panoply of sources: video games and graphic novels, “The Hunger Games” and “The Purge,” the “John Wick” films and the decadent action fandangos of Matthew Vaughn. Yet the movie is more deliriously violent than any of them.
In pursuit of his enemies, Boy slashes and gouges and decapitates. He bare-knuckle punches with a split-second intensity that magnetizes the camera to his every move. He unleashes machine-gun fire with the dexterousness of a ballistic surgeon, and he doesn’t just kick — he turns his body into a twirling homicidal battering ram.
Nick Cave shares advice for artist considering boycotting The Great Escape in solidarity with Palestine: “Play”
Nick Cave has shared his advice with an artist who reached out, saying that they are considering boycotting The Great Escape in solidarity with Palestine.Dozens of artists who were lined up to play at the 2024 edition of the festival have now pulled out as part of a political stance. This comes as The Great Escape is sponsored by Barclays, which has been a source of controversy amid the events in Gaza because of the bank’s financial investment in companies that supply arms to Israel.Now, an artist who is booked for this year’s bill has reached out to singer, songwriter and Bad Seeds frontman Nick Cave, asking whether he would recommend showing solidarity with other artists by withdrawing from the event.“I am a musician who has been booked to play The Great Escape festival, which, as you may have heard, a number of artists are boycotting due to the sponsorship of Barclays.
Steven Quale Boards ‘Black Box (Flight 298)’ From ‘The Grudge’ Writer Stephen Susco; Capstone and Hammerstone Studios Producing (EXCLUSIVE)
Brent Lang Executive Editor Steven Quale, best known for his work on “Into the Storm” and “Final Destination 5,” has been tapped to direct Capstone Studios and Hammerstone Studios’ “Black Box (Flight 298).” The upcoming supernatural thrilleris based on an original screenplay from Stephen Susco, a horror writer whose many genre credits include “The Grudge,” “The Grudge 2,” “Texas Chainsaw 3D” and “Hell Fest.” According to the logline, the film follows the supernatural events surrounding Vero Airlines Flight 298 from New Orleans to Seattle. Hammerstone Studios’ Alex Lebovici (“Barbarian”) and Jon Oakes (“The Guilty”) will produce alongside Capstone’s Christian Mercuri and David Haring (“Bill & Ted Face the Music”), Warren Zide (“The Final Destination” and Susco.
Leonardo DiCaprio & Jane Goodall To Exec Produce ‘Howl’ From Promethean Pictures: Live-Action Film About A Dog And Wolf’s Survival Journey Will Be Told From The Animals’ Perspective
EXCLUSIVE: Leonardo DiCaprio and revered environmental activist Jane Goodall will executive produce Howl, a film following an abandoned family dog and a young wolf, which will unfold from the animals’ perspective. The Promethean Pictures movie has just entered production, we can reveal. It is not an environment film per se, but the team behind it plans to give moviegoers a transformative view of the natural world.
‘Unfrosted’ Review: Jerry Seinfeld Directs and Stars in a Biopic of the Pop-Tart. It’s Based on a True Story, but It’s Knowingly Nuts
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Unfrosted,” the first movie directed by Jerry Seinfeld (who also stars in it), is an agreeably flaked-out piece of surrealist vaudeville. It’s a comedy about the creation of the Pop-Tart, back in 1963. That makes it sound like part of the new wave of mass-market product biopics — movies like “Flamin’ Hot” (about the creation of Spicy Cheetos), “Blackberry” (about the invention of the smart phone), and the one I think of as the “Citizen Kane” of the genre, “The Founder,” with Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the man who changed the world by taking over and franchising McDonald’s.
Alexis Garcia Launches CAT5; Fifth Season-Backed Action Film Label Co-Finances David Ayer-Jason Statham Film ‘Levon’s Trade’ With Black Bear
EXCLUSIVE: Former Fifth Season film head Alexis Garcia has launched CAT5, an action film label that will be backed by his former employers, who are among other investors and partners to be announced at later date. As one of its first projects, CAT5 has signed on to co-finance Black Bear’s Levon’s Trade. The film is in production, with David Ayer-directing the Jason Statham vehicle that was adapted from the Chuck Dixon novel by Sylvester Stallone, with revisions by Ayer. Garcia joins as an executive producer. The film is in production in London and slated for wide theatrical release in the U.S. by Amazon MGM Studios on January 17, 2025.
Benedict Wong, Amy Madigan, Austin Abrams & Cary Christopher Round Out Cast Of New Line’s ‘Weapons’
EXCLUSIVE: New Line‘s horror thriller Weapons has rounded out its cast with the addition of Benedict Wong (3 Body Problem), Amy Madigan (Antlers), Austin Abrams (Euphoria), and Cary Christopher (Days of Our Lives).
Daniel Zirilli Dies: Prolific Director Of Action Films And Music Videos Was 58
Daniel Zirilli, a prolific director, producer and writer of action films and more than 200 music videos including the Rolling Stones’ “Voodoo Lounge,” died April 28. He was 58.
2-Year-Old Boy Killed In Freak Bounce House Accident
This is heartbreaking!
Alden Ehrenreich Joins New Line Horror Thriller ‘Weapons’ From Zach Cregger
Alden Ehrenreich (Fair Play) is the newest addition to the cast of Weapons, New Line‘s horror thriller from writer-director Zach Cregger.
‘Asterix’ Live-Action Film in the Works at Studiocanal
Naman Ramachandran Studiocanal and Editions Albert René have signed an exclusive development agreement for the sixth live-action film of the adventures of beloved French comic book character Asterix. Created in 1959 by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, Asterix is celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2024. The series follows the adventures of Asterix and Obelix and their friends who live in a small village in Gaul, the only outpost of resistance against Julius Caesar’s mighty Roman empire.
‘Boy Kills World’ Producer Alex Lebovici Breaks Down His Journey From Window Washing To A “Calculated Gamble” With Hammerstone Studios
Five-plus years following the launch of his film financing and production company, Hammerstone Studios, producer Alex Lebovici finds himself at “a big turning point.” After working for years on “building block” projects that held little to no interest for him on the level of story, he’s been able of late to assemble an increasingly packed studio slate, devoting himself solely to making the “fun, commercial, star-driven films” he likes to watch.
The 10 Best Love Triangle Movies
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s enthralling sports opera about three great-looking tennis stars who trade partners, is the latest movie to feature that time-honored configuration, the love triangle. And make no mistake: This one is complicated. It’s no mere either/or thing.
‘Boy Kills World’ Director on Making Sure the Hyperviolent Revenge Epic Wasn’t ‘Overly Sadistic’ and How Sam Raimi Helped Him Avoid Censorship
William Earl administrator German director Moritz Mohr‘s feature debut is the colorful and bloody revenge tale “Boy Kills World,” which opens Friday in theaters. Bill Skarsgård plays the titular character, a mute fighter hellbent on revenge, complete with a dry inner monologue voiced by H. Jon Benjamin.
Famke Janssen On Possibly Reprising X-Men Role: “You Never Know”
Famke Janssen is not sure what Marvel has planned for the X-Men saga but doesn’t shut the door on the idea of reprising her role of Jean Grey / Phoenix.
‘Uncropped’ Review: An Enticing Portrait of James Hamilton Makes You Wonder: Is He the Greatest New York Photographer Ever?
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic Any photographer who shoots what’s happening in the gleaming, raw, people-packed carnival of New York City — the stores and walls and towers and alleyways, the celebrities, the endless cross-section of humanity — already has an artistic leg up. But the other leg is what he or she does with it. Weegee shot the violent night world of sin and crime.
The Ford Mustang Turns 60 With Thousands of Starring Roles in Movies Like ‘John Wick’ and ‘Bullitt’
Carole Horst Dee Bryant jams on the gas as her Mustang rockets forward toward a line of plastic bollards at the Irwindale Speedway. Suddenly, she takes her foot off the gas. The growling car whips around 180 degrees in a perfect arc.
Henry Cavill says he may be “too old now” to play James Bond
Henry Cavill has suggested he may be “too old now” to play James Bond, despite the persistent rumours linking him to the role.The Argylle actor made the admission during a recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show while promoting his new Guy Ritchie film The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.Asked if he had any Bond casting updates, Cavill replied: “I have no idea. All I have to go off of is the rumours.
‘Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver’ Review: An Even More Rote Story, but a Bigger and Better Battle
Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic What do you call world-building when it’s built entirely out of worlds that have already been built? I wouldn’t call it cinema; it might be closer to Lego with attitude. Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver,” like his “Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire,” is a sci-fi action fantasy so familiar and generic, so borrowed from and inspired by other things — it’s the 1977 “Star Wars” meets “Seven Samurai” meets “The Lord of the Guardians of the Rings of the Galaxy” — that it’s already the theme-park version of itself.
‘Super Dragon Punch Force 3’ Video Game, Featured in Bill Skarsgård Film ‘Boy Kills World,’ Gets Animated TV Spinoff (EXCLUSIVE)
Alex Ritman “Boy Kills World,” the upcoming martial arts action film starring Bill Skarsgård as a deaf boy trained to enact vengeance on those who murdered his family, is getting a TV spinoff. Of sorts. “Super Dragon Punch Force 3,” the real-life action-packed fighter video game that features in the film (and will launch day-and-date with the U.S.