Jesse Eisenberg Will Play A Sasquatch In A New Film From The Zellner Brothers

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Jack Neo, who is by far Singapore’s most commercially successful filmmaker, has begun production on “King of Musang King,” a comedy that he envisages being ready for release at Chinese New Year in January. The narrative gives prominent position to durians, the smelly Southeast Asian fruit that most people either love or hate. Neo (“Money No Enough,” the “Ah Boys to Men” franchise) will co-star, direct and produce through his J Team Productions. The film will be presented by J Team, mm2 Entertainment and Cathay Cineplexes. The story revolves around a man (played by Mark Lee), his abandoned Malaysian wife (played by Yeo Yann Yann), and childhood friend Mao Shan (played by Jack Neo).

Oliver Stone is in Venice this year to debut his latest documentary, Nuclear. Written alongside political scholar Joshua S. Goldstein, the film sets out to re-examine the role nuclear power can play in our lives and makes the case that the energy source is humanity’s only realistic alternative to fossil fuels in the fight against climate change. Deadline sat down with Stone and Goldstein prior to the film’s premiere on the Lido to discuss why the pair decided to link up and how the lengthy production process almost “took the life” out of Stone.

Right now, there are only a couple of safe bets in the film industry. One is, as always, superhero films and other tentpole blockbusters are most likely going to do big business.

Manchester council has made a plea to the new Prime Minister to help plug a £20m budget gap caused by 'severe and unprecedented' financial pressures. The town hall has blamed the 'significant' overspend on Covid and inflation.

A few years ago, Jennifer Lawrence made a movie called Mother! in which she played a character known only as “Mother.”

The Venice Film Festival audience were enraptured with “The Banshees of Inisherin”.

Colin Farrell received a 13-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival following the premiere of his new film The Banshees Of Inisherin.The actor reunited with his In Bruges co-star Brendan Gleeson and director Martin McDonagh for the upcoming drama about two Irish men whose life-long friendship is brought to an abrupt end.According to Variety, Farrell, Gleeson and McDonagh received the “longest and loudest reception” of any film yet to show at this year’s festival.However, the publication speculated that this was in response to Farrell, “who broke with tradition by wading into the crowd to take selfies with fans and sign autographs, which only made the cheering grow louder and more sustained”.Earlier at the festival, Brendan Fraser was moved to tears after receiving a six-minute standing ovation following the premiere of his new film The Whale.Directed by Darren Aronofsky, the film sees Fraser play a reclusive English teacher who lives with severe obesity. Stranger Things‘ Sadie Sink also stars, playing Fraser’s estranged teenager daughter.Following the film’s premiere over the weekend, footage emerged of the audience giving Fraser a rapturous reception.

Olivia Wilde had to cut sex scenes from the trailer for her new film ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ as she believes we live in a “puritanical society”. The 38-year-old actress told the Associated Press how the Motion Picture Association required her to cut some of the scenes out to approve it. She said: “There’s a lot that had to be taken out of the trailer.

LCD Soundsystem are returning with their first new music in five years for an upcoming film.First reported in Variety and later confirmed to Pitchfork, the band have made a song called ‘New Body Rhumba’ for Noah Baumbach’s new film, White Noise.It’s their first new music since their 2017 comeback album ‘American Dream’ and the single will get an official release later in 2022. A date for the release has not yet been confirmed.Netflix shared the first teaser for White Noise earlier this week.The film is based on Don DeLillo’s 1985 dystopian novel of the same name, and stars Adam Driver as a professor who, alongside his wife Barbette — played by Greta Gerwig — must save his family from an apocalyptic event threatening his university town.Lifting a quote from the source material, which earned DeLillo the U.S.

Brace yourselves, Noah Baumbach fans: “White Noise” has its world premiere in just five days at the Venice Film Festival. Baumbach’s latest also opens up the New York Film Festival this year, too, before it hits Netflix later this year.

Sylvester Stallone was all smiles at the screening for his new film, .Stallone surprised fans at New York City's AMC Empire 25 theater Thursday night, who were catching an early look at the film before it hits theaters and Amazon Prime Video Friday. In photos taken from the screening, Stallone, who was dressed to impress in a Navy-blue suit and shirt, high-fived fans and delivered a speech before firing up the film for the big screen.The surprise outing marks the first time Stallone has stepped out since news broke that his wife, Jennifer Flavin, had filed for divorce from the 76-year-old actor after 25 years of marriage.ET confirmed Wednesday that Flavin filed for divorce last Friday in Florida. According to the filing, she wants to remain living in the couple's home in Palm Beach, Florida, amid the divorce proceedings.

Robert Eggers and A24 made two massively successful horror movies together: 2015’s “The Witch” and 2019’s “The Lighthouse.” Now A24 wants to see what some of the other Eggers brothers can do behind the camera. READ MORE: A24 Venice First Look: Brendan Fraser In Darren Aronofsky’s ‘The Whale,’ Tilda Swinton In ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Variety reports that A24 and Max and Sam Eggers, Robert’s siblings, will team up for a new psychological horror movie, “The Front Room.” It’s the duo’s feature filmmaking debut.

Variety, the Social Network star said that he will be covered in full body hair for the role, and that he won’t speak a single line of dialogue.“The next movie I’m doing is the Zellner Brothers’,” said Eisenberg. “They’re just these brilliant directors that I’ve wanted to work with for a long time, and I’m playing a Sasquatch.”He added: “In full makeup.

Charlotte Gainsbourg is set to be honored at this year’s Zurich Film Festival with the Golden Eye award. Gainsbourg will be presented with the award on September 26 at the festival and the presentation will be followed by the world premiere of her latest film The Almond and the Seahorse, starring Rebel Wilson.

EXCLUSIVE: 20th Century’s next series of Planet of the Apes films looks to have found a new lead for future installments as sources tell Deadline that Owen Teague has been tapped to play the lead primate in the newest film in the iconic franchise. Wes Ball is taking over directing duties for the property, which hopes to start production before year’s end.