‘Polaris’: Lynne Ramsay Says Her Next Film With Joaquin Phoenix Has Already Wrapped Production

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent While at the Deauville American Film Festival to present “May December,” Todd Haynes spoke to Variety, during a one-on-one interview at the Royal Hotel, about bringing Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore together in a film for the first time, provoking audiences and pushing against American conservatism. Haynes, who is attending Deauville with his producers Christine Vachon and Sophie Mas, also teased his next directorial effort starring Joaquin Phoenix, a “sexually explicit” movie telling a “love story between two men set in the 30s.” Loosely based on the story of Mary Kay Letourneau, the teacher who had an affair with her 6th grade student, “May December” has already earned awards buzz since world premiering in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was bought by Netflix. In France, the movie will be released by ARP Selection in January.

Joker: Folie à Deux, has teased the upcoming sequel might be more of a musical than anticipated.Speaking in an interview with ComicBook.com, the composer was asked how the sequel’s musical nature would impact the score.“All I can say is there is going to be a lot of music,” Guðnadóttir told the outlet. “That’s all I can give away.”Guðnadóttir, who scored 2019’s Joker, returns to provide the soundtrack for the sequel – which was previously described as featuring musical elements.Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur Fleck in Joker: Folie à Deux, alongside Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

Ridley Scott is no stranger to historical epics, having directed the likes of “Gladiator,” “Kingdom Of Heaven,” and “The Last Duel” over the course of his near-fifty years career.

Olivia Rodrigo has revealed that she had to “walk out of the theater” while watching the Joaquin Phoenix-led A24 horror film Beau Is Afraid.Speaking to Phoebe Bridgers for an Interview Magazine feature published September 5, Rodrigo. When asked if she’s a fan of horror movies, Rodrigo revealed: “I’m a big thriller girl, but I watch a few scary movies here and there”.Rodrigo went on to add: “I convince myself that I see shit after I come home from watching Insidious or something. Also, I watched that new Ari Aster movie Beau Is Afraid and I got so scared.”Explaining how badly the movie affected her, Rodrigo said: “I literally had to walk out of the theater.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Count Olivia Rodrigo as one of the many moviegoers disturbed by Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid,” which A24 released in theaters earlier this year. Speaking to fellow musician Phoebe Bridgers for Interview Magazine ahead of the release of her sophomore album “Guts,” Rodrigo admitted she had to walk out of “Beau Is Afraid” because it was so terrifying. “I’m a big thriller girl, but I watch a few scary movies here and there,” Rodrigo said.

Ridley Scott has revealed he has a “fantastic” cut of his upcoming film Napoleon which runs for nearly four-and-a-half hours.His next film, which stars Joaquin Phoenix as the French leader Napoleon Bonaparte, has an official running time of 158 minutes. The director has said there’s an extended version which he hopes will eventually see the light of day.As reported in the September 2023 issue of Empire magazine (via Variety), the near 270-minute version “features more of Joséphine’s life before she meets Napoleon. He’d love Apple (who funded the film) to eventually screen it.

Ridley Scott is teasing he has an extended cut of Napoleon that he wants to screen that features more scenes with Vanessa Kirby’s Empress Joséphine.

One of the most anticipated films coming up this fall is “Napoleon”, the historical epic from director Ridley Scott, reuniting him with “Gladiator” star Joaquin Phoenix in the role of the general turned emperor Napoleon Bonaparte.

Though it is expected that “Dune: Part Two” (now scheduled for a 2024 release date) will finish the story of Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi novel, it really isn’t the full story arc for the lead character, Paul Atreides. You see, the sequel novel, “Dune: Messiah,” is really the end-end of the story, finishing up the arc for Paul and showing the true effect of the character’s place in Arrakis.

EXCLUSIVE: Shout! Studios and Blue Fox Entertainment have jointly acquired North American rights to the starry new animated feature The Canterville Ghost from Beverly Hills-based sales agent Cinema Management Group, Deadline has learned.

Though it is expected that “Dune: Part Two” (now scheduled for a 2024 release date) will finish the story of Frank Herbert’s iconic sci-fi novel, it really isn’t the full story arc for the lead character, Paul Atreides. You see, the sequel novel, “Dune: Messiah,” is really the end-end of the story, finishing up the arc for Paul and showing the true effect of the character’s place in Arrakis.

Instagram post.The caption accompanied a photo with the timestamp ’88, which shows a teenage River with a guitar strapped over his shoulder.“Just as he tried to do with most people, River Jude embraced each of his siblings (who entered through the same portal after him) with his humor, wisdom, authenticity, talent, compassion, vulnerability and undying Love.”A post shared by Heart Phoenix (@heartsphoenix)She continued: “I would say he was and still is our greatest teacher.“The greatest pain I experienced in my life was the pain of natural childbirth and even tho quite different, the pain of my son’s passing.”She added that, “almost instantaneously” with both occasions, the “gifts that he brought were imbued in each of us and so we carry on celebrating his life for those 23 precious years”.Heart went on to say that there are “no guarantees in life” and that she didn’t believe anyone was promised that they’d be free of tragedy throughout their lifetime.“I count it one of the greatest blessings by living in the moment and drawing upon inner knowing as a sacred pathway to navigate through life’s many challenges,” she continued. “River’s life and death taught me that, in no uncertain terms.

Ubah Hassan doesn't just eat her meals with a butter knife, as her co-star, Sai De Silva, not-so-subtly called out during the cast's trip to the Hamptons. She identifies with the utensil, too. Or maybe, the utensil.«People that I'm a butter knife,» she quips to ET.

Britney Spears is only interested in reconciling with one of her parents. ET has learned that Britney is not reconciling with her father, Jamie Spears, despite reports, but her mother is a different story.

Just recently, we shared the news that Lynne Ramsay, who hasn’t released feature film since 2017’s “You Were Never Really Here,” has wrapped up production on a new film, “Polaris,” with star Joaquin Phoenix. That’s enough to get excited, as we rarely get new Ramsay films.

Britney Spears is only interested in reconciling with one of her parents. ET has learned that Britney is not reconciling with her father, Jamie Spears, despite reports, but her mother is a different story.

Kelsea Ballerini is sharing a glimpse into her personal life.

Kelsea Ballerini.The 29-year-old «Miss Me More» singer on Saturday posted a TikTok video she filmed about six months ago and ahead of her first date with star Chase Stokes. Kelsea shared in her caption that the video is what she sent to her best friend before meeting up for sushi with the 30-year-old actor.The video, set to her track «How Do I Do This,» is pretty adorable, given Kelsea's dressed to the nines and looks super excited about her big night.

Christopher Vourlias Receiving a lifetime achievement award this week at the Sarajevo Film Festival, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay teased a slew of projects currently in the pipeline, heralding her much-anticipated return to the director’s chair since wowing Cannes in 2017 with the Joaquin Phoenix-starring thriller “You Were Never Really Here.” Among them are a second collaboration with Phoenix, who earned best actor honors on the Croisette for that performance, as well as “Stone Mattress,” a revenge thriller set aboard a luxury Arctic cruise that stars Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh. There’s also “Die, My Love,” starring Jennifer Lawrence, which is based on the novel by Argentinian writer Ariana Harwicz about a woman living in isolation in rural France who loses her mind amid marriage and motherhood.

Oppenheimer marked the sixth time Cillian Murphy starred in a film directed by Christopher Nolan following The Dark Knight trilogy, Inception and Dunkirk.