‘Red Sonja’: Matilda Lutz, Wallis Day & Robert Sheehan Set For Millennium Media’s Comic Book Film

Writer-director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig reteam for “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the sequel to their 2019 film “Knives Out.” The new film trades New England for a Greek island, and a dysfunctional family for a group of friends who self-identify as “disruptors.” But essentially, it’s still a whodunit unfolding inside a mansion with a cast of eccentric wealthy folk.A lot has happened since 2019, and “Glass Onion” acknowledges the Covid-19 pandemic in its opening sequences. But it hasn’t anticipated genre-shifting game-changers like “Bodies Bodies Bodies” and “Triangle of Sadness” now driving the conversation. Billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) sends each of his friends a wooden box locked by layers of puzzles, which ultimately reveals an invitation to his Greek island for a getaway and a game to solve the mystery of his own murder.

Zack Sharf Consider “Glass Onion” another triumphant case for detective Benoit Blanc. As evidenced by the enthusiastic reaction to the premiere screening Saturday, Rian Johnson has again charmed the masses at the Toronto Film Festival with “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery,” the hotly anticipated sequel to the 2019 hit whodunit. Johnson briefly addressed moviegoers before the movie began to play, giving a sweet shoutout to his grandfather. “My granddad Howard Johnson traveled here tonight, he’s in the audience,” Johnson revealed. “Granddad, you are my role model. You’re the reason I’m making movies today, I love you so much and I’m so happy you’re here.” 

Marta Balaga Greece’s Homemade Films has boarded Mahdi Fleifel’s upcoming feature “Men in the Sun,” currently in the final stages of development. The story, set in Athens, will deal with masculinity, exile and loss, showing young refugees in their 20s hustling to survive in the urban pressure cooker. The company is also ready to start shooting Sofia Exarchou’s “Animal,” co-producing with Nabis Filmgroup, Ars Ltd., Digital Cube and Felony Productions. Furthermore, its founder Maria Drandaki recently presented new projects at Venice Gap-Financing Market. “Arcadia,” directed by Yorgos Zois, will see Homemade Films joining forces with Foss Production and Red Carpet. “Titanic Ocean” by Konstantina Kotzamani will be shot in Japan and Singapore in 2023.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Production, finance and sales company Film Constellation has boarded sales on the upcoming romantic thriller “Haunted Heart” by Academy Award winning director Fernando Trueba (“La Belle Époque,” “The Queen of Spain”). The film stars Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“The House That Jack Built”), Goya-nominated Aida Folch (“The Artist and the Model”), and Juan Pablo Urrego (“Memoria”). The English-language film is set to start shooting in Greece in September. The film is set on a beautiful remote island in Greece, where young and spirited Alex joins the team of a boutique seaside restaurant as their new waitress. Despite her femme-fatale charm quickly winning the heart of the charismatic Enrico, she instead falls for the enigmatic restaurant manager Max, a reclusive American, who settled on the island decades ago.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Best-known for her role as Noemie in the hit French series “Call My Agent!,” Laure Calamy has emerged in recent years as one of France’s biggest stars and most versatile actors. After a busy career in theater and many notable supporting roles, she finally got a shot at leading roles, and kudos have followed, for Caroline Vignal’s romantic comedy “My Donkey, My Lover and I,” which was part of Cannes’ Official Selection and earned her a Cesar award, and Eric Gravel’s social drama “A Plein Temps,” for which she won best actress at Venice in the Horizons section. Calamy is now on a roll and she’s shown that she can play anything. Case in point: Over this summer, she was at Locarno to present Blandine Lenoir’s period drama “Angry Annie,” in which she plays a working mother who joins the Movement for the Liberation of Abortion and Contraception (the film won Variety‘s Piazza Grande Award), and she’s now at Venice with Sebastien Marnier’s psychological thriller “The Origin of Evil,” in which she flirts with genre. In-between Locarno and Venice, she also made a stop at Angouleme Film Festival, where she presented “Angry Annie” and Marc Fitoussi’s “Two Tickets to Greece.”

Coronation Street star Jude Riordan delighted fans as he made his way back onto the cobbles. The young actor, who plays Sam Blakeman in the ITV soap, hasn't been seen on-screen as much as usual.

Burgeoning Saudi Arabian content company Arabia Pictures Group is joining forces with Greece-based audiovisual group Tanweer on a strategic partnership that will see them cooperate on production and distribution across all formats in the Middle East and North Africa.

Bauhaus have cancelled their imminent North American tour and announced that frontman Peter Murphy is to attend rehab.The band were set to continue their reunion tour in the US and Canada next month, with dates beginning in Toronto next week (September 6).Now, the band have shared a statement via their representative, revealing that the dates that were set to form the band’s first US tour in more than 16 years are off.

An update has been issued about this year's Winter Fuel Payments scheme. The scheme is being boosted this year in an attempt to help households deal with the cost of living crisis, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Beth Mead says she and Vivianne Miedema are the "new Posh and Becks. " The 27-year-old footballer is currently dating Arsenal teammate Vivianne Miedema and joked that the pair is the "new" version of England star David and his pop legend wife Victoria 'Posh Spice' Beckham. Asked if she thought they were like the new Posh and Becks, she said: "Yeah! Of the lesbian world.

claims of sex assault and misogyny. Personnel at RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire, including the RAF’s Aerobatic Team, attended “Unacceptable Behaviours and Active Bystander” training. The focus of the course, said to be delivered by the Special Investigations Branch earlier this year, was the “meaning of consent”, The Times reported.

Rafael Nadal and Coco Gauff joined a charity match to raise money for the efforts in Ukraine on Wednesday night, raising £1 million ($1. 2 million) through the Tennis Plays for Peace exhibition at the US Open.

TMZ posted a paparazzi video in which Gary said he doesn't regret what allegedly happened during the recent Monster Mania convention in New Jersey. "I don't carry any regret with me ever," he said. Gary was charged with two counts of criminal sexual contact, one count of criminal attempt/criminal sexual contact and one count of harassment. According to one woman, Gary allegedly put his face close to a woman's breasts and asked where she got them, TMZ reported.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music CriticIn the annals of popular music, has there ever been a more successful confluence of two existing solo brands than Robert Plant and Alison Krauss? Pretty much as a rule, duos start out in that configuration, then crash in clashes of egos; they’re not things that begin 20, 30, 40 years into respective careers. The long-lost fad of CSNY-style supergroups is one thing, but superduos never really became a thing at all, at least in that same joining-of-the-titans sense.

Christopher Vourlias On a recent visit to Serbia, actor John Malkovich announced plans to team up with fellow leading men D.W. Moffett and Matt Dillon to build a state-of-the-art film, music and media production facility in neighboring North Macedonia, a small, mountainous country of just two million inhabitants.It might seem a risky gambit for a country with a modest domestic film industry that services few foreign shoots.

Coronation Street star Jude Riordan entertained himself in between filming before activating 'holiday mode'. The young actor is best known for playing Sam Blakeman on the ITV soap and not only is he celebrating jetting off on a summer break, he's also marked a wonderful milestone.

Brett Oppenheim is selling sunset and stealing hearts.

Celebrating with his loved ones? Sebastian Stan was spotted ringing in his 40th birthday on a trip with several pals, including rumored girlfriend Annabelle Wallis.