Why Producer Nicolás Celis Took a Chance on a First Time Director for ‘Prayers for the Stolen’ (Video)

Keeping the Christmas spirit alive! Took the kids to the Magical Forest at Opportunity Village. A Las Vegas holiday institution! Momma Perez didn’t want to go – so we brought the magic back to her. And she ate! And ate! And ate! Watch!

Clayton Davis In Variety‘s Up Next, we asked four Oscar winners to pick the one person who represents the future of Hollywood.Our cover subject Guillermo del Toro is one of the most prolific directors working today, but he’s acutely aware that it carries an important responsibility to other upcoming filmmakers. He executes that duty by producing movies that have him working with other artists, including animator Jorge R.

The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, where Nicolas Cage plays a version of himself.Directed by Tom Gormican, the action comedy film stars Cage as a fictionalised interpretation of himself who is “creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin”.A synopsis reads: “The fictionalised version of Cage must accept a $1million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan (Pedro Pascal).”“Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative (Tiffany Haddish) and

Get ready for the most Nicolas Cage movie ever.

Anna Marie de la Fuente Latin America has submitted 15 contenders in the Academy Awards’ international feature category this time, not quite as big a haul as last year’s tally of 18.Leading the hopefuls is Mexico’s “Prayers for the Stolen,” the fiction debut of Tatiana Huezo, one of Variety’s 10 Directors to Watch in 2022. Her tale follows three girls as they come of age in a remote village afflicted by the drug trade and human trafficking.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent have just been released – take a look below.The new comedy thriller will see Cage play a loose version of himself, who he dubbed “Nick Cage” in conversation with Entertainment Weekly.“[‘Nick Cage’] is an invented version of Nic Cage,” he told the publication. “The character is feeling unfulfilled and contending with the rejection that can happen so often in the small town that is Hollywood.

Nicolas Cage may play his most difficult role yet – himself.

Nicolas Cage may have found the role he was destined to play. In the first look images for his new movie “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent,” it looks as though he’s having a ball portraying “Nick Cage,” a fictionalized version of himself.

Gregg Goldstein What do Pedro Almodóvar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Kenneth Branagh and Jane Campion have in common? They’ve helmed acclaimed films for decades, earned Academy Award nominations and done some of their best work this year … yet they’ve never won a director Oscar.In exclusive new interviews with Campion, Branagh, Almodóvar and Wes Anderson — plus some unpublished thoughts from Paul Thomas Anderson — this reporter discovered how they built on their distinctive histories

A New Mexico judge has ordered that the First Assistant Director at the heart of the fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins can’t avoid any more sitting down with the state investigators.

For weeks now, as he’s done in the past with previous film or TV series, Danish filmmaker and enfante terrible Nicolas Winding Refn has been hyping up a new project called “Copenhagen Cowboy” on his Instagram. This past week, the filmmaker revealed that his teenage daughter, LizzieLou Winding Refn, who he often features on his Instagram page in playful dance sequences, would be the star of the project.

Alan Shearer has likened Anthony Martial to Nicolas Anelka, but not for a reason the Manchester United striker will be pleased about.

Manchester United fans are raving over loanee James Garner after he scored his first goal of the season for Nottingham Forest in their 2-0 Championship win over Peterborough United on Saturday.

meeting Robert Pattinson or receiving fan mail from Penn Badgley. She is the newest addition to the Playboy family.The multi-platinum musician, entrepreneur and activist will be the first-ever creative director In residence for the lifestyle brand.The Grammy-winning “WAP” rapper, who recently hosted the 2021 American Music Awards, will provide artistic direction with co-branded fashion, sexual wellness products, digital editorial content and more.

Universal’s Monsters Dark Universe franchise (“The Mummy” starring Tom Cruise) died on the vine before it had a chance to properly begin. That led to Leigh Whannell’s domestic abuse horror thriller “Invisible Man,” and a host of new announcements.

indie films, Cage is coming back to the blockbuster scene.The Oscar winner, 57, will star in Universal Pictures’ big-budget monster flick “Renfield.” Cage will play the infamous vampire Dracula with Nicholas Hoult, 31, playing the title character.Renfield is the name of Dracula’s sidekick and henchman, first seen in Bram Stoker’s 1897 Gothic horror novel “Dracula.”The novel characterized Renfield as a patient held at an insane asylum who had paranoid delusions.“The Lego Batman Movie” director