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It’s been over a decade since the last adventure in the “Shrek” universe (if you don’t count Netflix‘s ‘The Adventures Of Puss In Boots‘ series). But prepare to head back to that world’s offbeat take on fairytale lore with “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish,” a sequel to that series and the 2011 film.

Penelope Cruz made an appearance at the Tribeca Film Festival on Tuesday for the American premiere of her film Official Competition.MORE: Penelope Cruz turns heads in statement pink dress as she joins famous friends at annual Tribeca dinnerShe stars alongside Oscar Martínez and prior co-star Antonio Banderas, who was also at the premiere with her, and both also spoke to the audience prior to the screening.VIDEO: Penelope Cruz stars in The 355 trailerAfter Antonio shared his remarks, Penelope commented that she was excited for audiences to see their passion project and talked of returning to New York City."I've been totally in love with this city since the first time I came here almost 30 years ago, and that's when I met Antonio, we were neighbors" she said.MORE: Penelope Cruz strikes a pose in a chic power suit with an unexpected touchHowever, she also shared a surprising detail about their working relationship, explaining: "But it's taken us all this time to get to work together and really having a lot of scenes together, in the other movies we were always separated."A post shared by Penélope Cruz (@penelopecruzoficial)The two star in Official CompetitionThe two friends have been part of quite a few projects in the past, most recently 2019's Pain and Glory, which netted Antonio his first Oscar nomination.

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are back together again! ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the pair at the premiere of their new movie, , at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday, where they dished on reuniting, Banderas' role in  and more.«It was good, because I think the admiration is mutual,» Banderas said of getting to share the screen opposite Cruz again — their first time was in 2013's . «We have been friends from a long time ago.

Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas have reunited on the red carpet!

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are back together again! ET's Rachel Smith spoke to the pair at the premiere of their new movie, , at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday, where they dished on reuniting, Banderas' role in  and more.«It was good, because I think the admiration is mutual,» Banderas said of getting to share the screen opposite Cruz again — their first time was in 2013's . «We have been friends from a long time ago.

Elizabeth Taylor Chanel hosted its 15th annual Tribeca Festival Artists Dinner on Monday night in New York City.“This festival and Chanel’s support of it couldn’t be more important at this moment in time, particularly for so many artists and so many women filmmakers,” Judith Light told Variety on the red carpet about the event’s in-person New York City return from a two-year pandemic pause.“Here we are with a level of diversity and inclusivity that is bringing us all back together just like Tribeca did after 9/11,” she continued.The summer night blossomed inside the elegant soirée at tony Balthazar where the well-heeled of Hollywood and the art world came to celebrate artists who contributed original artworks to the festival’s award-winning filmmakers. Penélope Cruz shared her own grateful enthusiasm for being at the film festival event on the heels of her U.S.

Ben Croll Nearly two decades after the character broke out in “Shrek 2″ and 11 years since his last solo outing, Puss in Boots – that Antonio Banderas-voiced rapscallion who wields his saucer eyes as dangerously as he does his sword – made his swashbuckling return to the big screen at an Annecy Intl. Animation Film Festival presentation that saw the first 27 minutes of DreamWorks’ upcoming “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” screen before a packed auditorium.Cheering before the opening song gave way to an action scene, the Annecy crowd greeted their feline friend with a pop idol’s welcome – neatly mirroring the energetic musical number happening on screen.“At the forefront of our minds was not just reintroducing Puss to the world, but introducing the world to where the character is now,” director Joel Crawford tells Variety.

Star Wars fans got a treat Thursday. Harrison Ford made a surprise stop at the Star Wars Celebration at the Anaheim Convention Center to give an update on "Indiana Jones 5."  Thursday’s event marked the first in-person convention since 2019 due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at the Star Wars Celebration event in Anathema, Calif., Thursday.

The fifth installment in the “Indiana Jones” franchise will be swinging into theaters next summer!

Harrison Ford made a surprise appearance at Star Wars Celebration on Thursday to share the release date for the upcoming adventure film — in which he returns as the titular swashbuckling archaeologist: June 30, 2023.«I’m really proud of the movie we made,» Ford said of the upcoming film. «So, I will be seeing you around campus.»Ford's appearance was also to honor the 90th birthday of legendary composer John Williams, who will once again be providing the music for the upcoming film.  director James Mangold is helming the film, which also stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, Mads Mikkelsen, Boyd Holbrook and more.«We have almost completed the next film featuring the music of John Williams,» Ford said of the movie music icon.

The film world loves to spoof and send up its process, its traditions, and its various neurosis. And the new IFC Films comedy “Official Competition” narrows in on a meta, self-satirizing look at the film industry, the creative process, and the star-obsessed film festival industrial complex.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired North American rights to Renny Harlin’s actioner The Bricklayer from Millennium Films, slating the pic for release in theaters and on VOD next summer. The Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company has also unveiled a new still from the film, starring Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight) and Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage), which can be found below.

Penélope Cruz is an actress deeply committed to her craft, and her latest career update proves just so.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe star took to Instagram to reveal the latest project she has been working on, simultaneously unveiling a major hair transformation that immediately got fans talking.The star-studded film is titled Competencia Oficial, or Official Competition in English.WATCH: Penelope stars in The 355 alongside Jessica ChastainMORE: Salma Hayek pays tribute to Penelope Cruz with a throwback you need to seeIn it, Penélope takes on a different kind of Hollywood role, that of a famous director named Lola Cuevas. It follows her directorial journey after a wealthy businessman hires her to make a "smash hit film" with famous actors.The plot lends itself for a star-studded cast, and the film features none other than Antonio Banderas as one of the actors auditioning for a fictional movie about two "pretentious and depraved and terrified and cruel" brothers.The film's trailerFor the real comedy, the actress takes on not only her native language, as the film is originally in Spanish, but she also underwent a surprising hair transformation, switching her signature dark locks for an ultra voluminous, coiled red hair look.MORE: Penelope Cruz dons jaw-dropping sheer gown for cheeky photographMORE: How Penelope Cruz's husband Javier Bardem will be left torn during the Oscars resultsThough fans were definitely excited about the release of the film, they couldn't help but notice her new hair, writing, mostly in Spanish: "Love the hair!" and: "You look spectacular," as well as: "A real gem." The film's cast at its Madrid premiereWhile the movie doesn't come out in

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaScreen Media has acquired North American rights to “Code Name Banshee,” an upcoming action-thriller with Antonio Banderas and Jamie King. The film will receive a day-and-date theatrical and on-demand release in July.Directed by Jon Keeyes and written by Matthew Rogers, the duo behind “The Survivalist,” the film follows Caleb (Banderas), a former government assassin in hiding, who resurfaces when his protégé, the equally deadly killer known as Banshee (King), discovers a bounty has been placed on Caleb’s head.

In the wake of Illumination’s Nintendo movie Mario moving off of Wednesday, Dec. 21, Dreamworks Animation’s sequel Puss in Boots: The Last Wish will now take over that slot, moving back from its Sept. 23 release date.

It’s about to be film festival season again when things really kick off in May at the Cannes Film Festival, and so what better time than to release the trailer for “Official Competition,” a comedy that skewers Cannes, red carpet glitz, and the entire film festival industrial complex. One of the delightful stand outs of last year’s Venice Film Festival, “Official Competition,” the film skewers the entire business and does so with leads Penélope Cruz, Antonio Banderas, along with Oscar Martínez, José Luis Gómez, Nagore Aranburu, Irene Escolar, Manolo Solo, Pilar Castro, and Koldo Olabarri.

Penélope Cruz and Spanish outfit The Mediapro Studio are teaming up to launch production label Moonlyon.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterCarmen and Juni Cortez, welcome to Netflix.The streamer has closed a deal to reboot “Spy Kids,” the early 2000s action-adventure franchise about a family of super-secret agents. Skydance Media had recently optioned the rights to “Spy Kids” with the intention to reimagine the franchise for today’s audiences, but the film has newly landed at Netflix.

Netflix has closed a deal with Skydance to produce a reimagining of the successful 2001 “Spy Kids” franchise alongside Spyglass Media and creator and director Robert Rodriguez, the companies announced on Wednesday.Rodriguez will write and direct the new film, and like the original series, the new “Spy Kids” movie will focus on a multicultural family of international spies.The film will mark Rodriguez’s second family film with Netflix, following the 2020 family action film “We Can Be Heroes.” The original “Spy Kids” was released 21 years ago Wednesday, to the day.Spyglass owns the “Spy Kids” franchise. Skydance will serve as the lead studio and oversee development and production.

Netflix has closed a deal with Skydance to produce a reimagining of the Spy Kids franchise, alongside Spyglass Media, LLC and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez (We Can Be Heroes, Alita: Battle Angel), who created the film series and directed all past installments.

EXCLUSIVE: Paloma Kwiatkowski (Riot Girls), Donal Logue (Sons Of Anarchy), David Mazouz (Gotham), Camille Sullivan (Hunter Hunter), and Golden Globe nominee Adam Beach (Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee) have been set to star in supernatural thriller The Island Between Tides.

Emilio Mayorga “Son,” “Cosas de chicos,” “Votamos” and “36” are among eight shorts at this year’s Madrid en Corto, an increasingly key Spanish platform for new talent now in huge demand in a platform age.Recent past editions have included Carlota Pereda’s original “Cerdita,” whose feature version dazzled at January’s Sundance, and shorts from Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, director of Berlin Panorama player “Lullaby,” which swept the Málaga Film Festival on Saturday night, and Javier Marco whose “Josephine” proved a prominent feature debut at September’s San Sebastián. In all, over its 18 editions, titles in Madrid en Corto’s distribution catalog have earned 32 nominations for Spanish Academy Goya Awards. This year, the Goya fiction short winner (Verónica Echegui’s “Totem Loba”) doc short laureate (“Mama”) and “The Monkey,” which snagged best animated short, all feature in Madrid en Corto’s catalog.  Women look likely to make much of the running at this year’s edition, organised by ECAM Distribución, the distribution arm of the enterprising Madrid Film School (ECAM), whose Screen-Incubator has fast become one of the key industry development labs in Spain.

More than ten years after the first movie debuted, Puss in Boots is back.“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” is headed to theaters and the trailer just dropped (watch it above). And looks fun and colorful, like the somewhat more sophisticated brand extension that it always was.Universal describes the plot of this new “Puss in Boots” as following the character (once again voiced by Antonio Banderas) as “he embarks on an epic journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star and restore his lost lives.

Puss in Boots returns for another thrilling adventure in Dreamworks Animation’s “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish.” This time, the feline hero is facing more than the standard fairytale villain as he grapples with mortality itself. Puss is on the last of those storied nine lives, and it’s going to take a few well-meaning friends to recover them.

EXCLUSIVE: The cat is out of the bag.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefSony’s hit action adventure “Uncharted” has been banned in Vietnam over the film’s inclusion of a map that depicts China’s contested territorial claims in Southeast Asia.The film, which stars Tom Holland, Mark Walhberg and Antonio Banderas was to have arrived in Vietnamese cinemas from March 18. Prior to this weekend, the film had grossed $278 million, according to Box Office Mojo.Vietnamese state media announced the ban on Saturday.

GLAAD announced that Grammy Award-winning musician Kacey Musgraves will receive the Vanguard Award at the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, April 2.

J. Kim Murphy To twist the words of Gotham City District Attorney Harvey Dent, it’s always darkest before the dawn, especially at the box office.

300, The Hangover, Despicable Me, and the steamy 1994 classic Interview with the Vampire, which you should watch for Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, and Antonio Banderas as hot vampires before it leaves but also to catch young incredible performance before she possibly wins at this year's for The Power of the Dog (a Netflix film, coincidentally). Here's everything departing in March:ParkerSafe HavenThe SecretHowards EndPhilomenaLawlessMandela: Long Walk to FreedomDoctor Foster: Seasons 1-2Mercy Black300A River Runs Through ItAs Good as It GetsBad TeacherBee MovieBlood DiamondBraveheartBright StarDespicable MeDespicable Me 2Eight Legged FreaksFree Willy 4: Escape from Pirate's CoveG.I. Joe: The Rise of CobraGhosts of Girlfriends PastGood BurgerGremlinsThe HangoverHappy Feet TwoThe HolidayHookI Love You, ManIn the CutInterview with the VampireJumanjiThe Karate KidKung Fu PandaThe Longest YardMadagascar 3: Europe's Most WantedMadagascar: Escape 2 AfricaNacho LibreThe NeverEnding StoryParanormal ActivityPokémon the Movie: I Choose You!Pokémon the Movie: The Power of UsPokémon the Series: Sun & MoonPokémon the Series: Sun & Moon: Sun & Moon: Ultra AdventuresPokémon the Series: Sun & Moon: Sun & Moon: Ultra LegendsRunaway BrideThe Ugly TruthWild Wild WestWooBy By By By More from GlamourSee More Stories© 2022 Condé Nast.

Antonio Banderas and Penelope Cruz are celebrating the release of their new film!

Naman Ramachandran Sony’s “Uncharted” remained atop the U.K. and Ireland box office for the second weekend in a row, while Universal’s “Sing 2” maintained its strong showing.“Uncharted,” featuring a galaxy of stars including Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas, collected £3.7 million ($5.1 million) in its second weekend and now has a total of £12.1 million, according to numbers released by Comscore.In second place, animated sequel “Sing 2,” with an array of voice actors including Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson also performed strongly during school half-term holidays in the territory and collected £3.1 million.

Penelope Cruz looks as amazing as ever at the photo call for her film Official Competition (aka Competencia Oficial) on Monday afternoon (February 21) in Madrid, Spain.

Tom Holland‘s new movie is a hit!

J. Kim Murphy “Uncharted” is looking to climb to the top of the domestic box office in its opening weekend. Ruben Fleischer’s adventure film is projected to earn $45 million over the four-day Presidents’ Day weekend — a tally that would notch it as the biggest theatrical opening of 2022 so far.Sony Pictures’ “Uncharted” earned $15.4 million on Friday from 4,275 locations, setting itself up for a No.

Tom Holland stars as Nathan Drake alongside Mark Wahlberg’s Sully. Antonio Banderas plays antagonist Santiago Moncada, who rivals Sully and Drake in their ultimate quest to discover treasure.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Uncharted,” a long-gestating film adaptation of a popular series of video games, racked up $3.7 million in Thursday previews. The big-budget adventure is a key test of Tom Holland’s bankability, coming on the heels of his blockbuster success with “Spider-Man: No Way Home.” The Marvel adventure recently topped “Avatar” to become the third highest-grossing domestic release in history. This time, Holland trades in Spidey’s spandex for treasure hunter Nathan Drake’s cream-colored v-neck and holster.