Kevin Costner named his son after a character in ‘Horizon’, his new film

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Meryl Streep will receive the honorary Palme d’Or on the opening night of the 77th edition of Cannes Film Festival, Variety has learned. Luring the Oscar winner is yet another feat for this Cannes edition, which will bring together a flurry Hollywood legends. Notably, George Lucas will receive the honorary Palme d’Or during the closing ceremony; Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” and Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada” are playing in competition; and George Miller‘s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and Kevin Costner’s Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga” are playing out of competition.

Ryan Gosling is taking advantage of the spotlight to support Eva Mendes’ new book. Over the past few weeks, Gosling has been doing some press work for his new film, “Fall Guy.” In new videos, Gosling is seen wearing a T-shirt that reads “Desi, Mami and the Never-Ending Worries,” which is the title of Mendes new kids’ book, which is coming out later this year. Eva Mendes shares moving tribute for her late brother CarlosEva Mendes cheers Ryan Gosling’s hilarious ‘SNL’ Cuban skitThe interview features Gosling and his co-star Emily Blunt discussing all sorts of topics, from Taylor Swift, to their new film.

Luke Grimes isn’t mad at his Yellowstone costar Kevin Costner for exiting the hit show.

drama that has surrounded his “Yellowstone” co-star Kevin Costner amid ongoing confusion if the vet actor will actually return for Season 5.“Whatever happened there is unfortunate if it’s changed anything about how the show was going to unfold,” Grimes, 40, said in a recent interview with The Independent.The musician went on to note that he knew Costner, 69, became “busy” with his “passion projects,” which includes his upcoming film “Horizon: An American Saga.”“At a certain point, you gotta do what you gotta do, man,” he added. “You gotta do what you love.”Grimes plays Costner’s son, Kayce Dutton, on the show.“If I could have figured out my dream role at the age that I got that job, it would have been Kayce,” he told the outlet.

Luke Grimes is opening up about co-star Kevin Costner not returning to Yellowstone.

William Earl “The Gray House,” the Kevin Costner-produced limited series about a female spy ring during the Civil War, will open Monaco’s 63rd annual Monte-Carlo Television Festival in June. The six-episode limited series tells the hidden-history tale of four Southern women — a Virginia socialite and her mother, a formerly enslaved Black woman and a high-end prostitute — who served as key espionage agents for the Union. The foursome are credited as unsung heroes who helped end the nation’s brutal cleavage in 1865.

EXCLUSIVE: Dale Dickey has been tapped for a heavily recurring role in the upcoming second season of Max comedy Bookie, from Chuck Lorre and Nick Bakay.

role of a lifetime in a Kevin Costner film — to the Oscar winner himself.“There was a movie, a script that I’d read and loved and was like, ‘I want to get that,’ and then someone said, ‘Kevin Costner has that [role],’” Hemsworth, 40, told “Entertainment Tonight” on April 11.The Aussie star continued: “I’d love [to have] him as a director. I was like, ‘Goddamnit!’ [I spent] an hour the other day trying to convince him, and he was like, ‘I’m doing it, kid.’ Didn’t work.

Kevin Costner (“Dances With Wolves”) is making his directorial comeback with the two-part Western “Horizon: An American Saga” coming to theaters this summer. And another mystery Western project, which could be a smaller-scale romance, may be in the cards for Costner Australian actor Chris Hemsworth (“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga”), best known for playing Marvel’s “Thor,” revealed to Entertainment Tonight during CinemaCon 2024 that he had hoped to work with Costner on an upcoming but unnamed film, and envisioned himself as the main lead.

Thanks to early official announcements a number of the movies debuting at this year’s 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes are already known. Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act” will open the festival.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic Reviews will have to wait till the Cannes Film Festival kicks off on May 14, but it’s not too early for a critic to weigh in on this year’s lineup — or how it looks on paper, at least, and what the selection might say about the state of things. At the top of the press conference, festival director Thierry Frémaux noted that last year would be a tough edition to top.

The Cannes Film Festival has just revealed (another) a dazzling lineup for its 77th edition.

Thanks to early official announcements a number of the movies debuting at this year’s 77th edition of the Festival de Cannes are already known. Quentin Dupieux’s “The Second Act” will open the festival.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent In what looks to be another robust year in the making, the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival will bring together several iconic filmmakers, including Francis Ford Coppola with “Megalopolis” starring Adam Driver, George Miller with “Furiosa” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, as well as George Lucas who will be feted with an honorary Palme d’Or. Kevin Costner will also be on hand with the first installment of his Western epic “Horizon, an American Saga.” Hollywood may have a lighter presence due to a combination of factors – including last year’s actors and writers strikes, which created production delays, as well as a tough economy — but this year’s festival will see no shortage of glamor and stars on the red carpet.

French industry and press are gathered this morning at the UGC Normandie theatre in Paris where Thierry Frémaux is about to lay out the official selection for this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Scroll down for an updated list of titles. 

Following the global success of Five Nights at Freddy’s last fall, Universal and Blumhouse are headed back to the pizzeria.

CinemaCon attendees got an extended clip from Illumination’s Despicable Me 4 at Universal’s presentation Wednesday in Las Vegas.

Kevin Costner said he would “like to be able” to return for the final season of “Yellowstone” — but a lot would have to go right in order to make that a reality.“I’d like to be able to do it but we haven’t been able to,” Costner told “Entertainment Tonight” in an interview to discuss his new movie, “Horizon: An American Saga,” while at CinemaCon 2024 in Las Vegas.“I thought I was going to make seven [seasons of ‘Yellowstone’] but right now we’re at five. So how it works out — and I hope it does — but they’ve got a lot of different shows going on,” he said.

This summer, Kevin Costner will return to the Western genre as both star and director with “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1” (and the movie will debut at Cannes). But for fans of all things Costner, “Horizon” is essentially the reason why his hit TV series “Yellowstone” is ending.

EXCLUSIVE: Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal), Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), David Costabile (Lincoln) and Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) have wrapped production in Arkansas on In Fortune’s Shadow, a new thriller from writer-director David L. Hunt (Greater) and his 2521 Entertainment.