Focus Features will open its Sundance Film Festival acquisition Didi on July 26.
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Zoë Kravitz’s feature directorial debut, the suspense thriller, Blink Twice (ne Pussy Island), is getting a global theatrical release from Amazon MGM Studios on Aug. 23.
In the movie, written by Kravitz and E.T. Feigenbaum, tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, and sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It’s paradise. Wild nights blend into sun soaked days and everyone’s having a great time. No one wants this trip to end, but as strange things start to happen, Frida begins to question her reality. There is something wrong with this place. She’ll have to uncover the truth if she wants to make it out of this party alive.
Pic also stars Alia Shawkat, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Haley Joel Osment, Christian Slater, Kyle MacLachlan and Geena Davis. Producers areBruce Cohen, Tiffany Persons, Garret Levitz and Kravitz. The movie was made in conjunction withFree Association, this is important, and Bold Choices.
Amazon MGM Studios currently has three films in release in the Top 10 at the B.O. — American Fiction, Beekeeper and Boys in the Boat.
Amazon MGM’s The Beekeeper starring Jason Statham has racked up over $77M at the global box office. The George Clooney-directed The Boys in the Boat was a bright spot for adult dramas over the holiday box office with $45M stateside. American Fiction recently nabbed five Academy Awards including Best Picture. Upcoming is the Zendaya-led Challengers, set for April 26, and the Dwayne Johnson-Chris Evans holiday title Red One, on Nov. 15.
Also going wide on Aug. 23 is the Sony faith-based movie The Forge from the Kendrick brothers.
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Focus Features will open its Sundance Film Festival acquisition Didi on July 26.
Bret Easton Ellis is an interesting person. First, he’s the author of an iconic novel (a personal favorite of this writer), “American Psycho.” He also wrote other notable books like “Less Than Zero” and “The Rules of Attraction.” But he’s not just an author nowadays.
Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Subversive American author Bret Easton Ellis is set to make his directorial debut with “Relapse,” an elevated horror film he wrote starring “Stranger Things” breakout Joseph Quinn. Paris-based SND has boarded the project as producer, alongside Adrian Guerra’s Nostromo (“Penny Dreadful”) and Simon Wallon’s Kiss & Kill (“Bonnie”). SND will handle worldwide sales on “Relapse,” as well as French distribution, and will tease the title at the EFM with an exclusive sizzle reel.
Mattel’s live-action “Master of the Universe” film, based on the He-Man toy, has been in development hell for years, changing studios three times in five years. Sony had distribution rights for years (even had a March 5, 2021 film on the calendar at one point), with Noah Centineo in the lead.
, and he just took her as his red carpet date to an Anime movie premiere in New York City.To be honest, I have no idea what Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba -To The Hashira Training is about, but I know that ain't in it. So there's really only one reason he'd go to the premiere: Everly's a fan.Like, look at their red carpet pics. This is a girl who got tickets to a cool thing because her dad is a celeb, and frankly, it's what we love to see.
Channing Tatum and his daughter Everly made a rare red carpet appearance together over the weekend!
The Wachowskis are seemingly no longer interested in working as a filmmaking duo. We’ve known this for a while, as Lana Wachowski went off and made the most recent ‘Matrix’ film on her own, while Lilly Wachowski worked on the acclaimed TV series “Work in Progress.” So, it’s still a little strange to see them working apart, but apparently, it’s time for Lilly to make her own feature film titled “Trash Mountain.” READ MORE: Lilly Wachowski Found The Idea Of Returning To Direct ‘Matrix 4’ “Expressly Unappealing” According to Collider, Lilly Wachowski is set to direct a comedy film, “Trash Mountain.” The film comes from the mind of comedian Caleb Hearon, who co-wrote the script alongside Ruby Caster and is set to star in the movie.
Channing Tatum has booked his next movie role!
Having dropped out of the “Wolfman” movie he was adapting for Ryan Gosling (who also bailed on the project, filmmaker Derek Cianfrance has found his next gig, and it’s arguably just as good. The “Blue Valentine” director will helm the true-crime movie “Roofman,” and he’s got an excellent star to boot in “Magic Mike” star Channing Tatum.
Chelsea Peretti is a comedic actor who often lights up any project she’s in. Just ask those devotees of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” So, you have to be excited by the prospect of “First Time Female Director,” a feature she wrote, directed, and stars in. READ MORE: ‘First Time Female Director’ Review: A Dire ‘Waiting For Guffman’-Esque Disappointment From Writer/Director/Star Chelsea Peretti [Tribeca] As seen in the trailer, “First Time Female Director” follows the story of a woman who takes on the role of director at a local theater.
Dev Patel is making his directorial debut with the upcoming thriller Monkey Man and Jordan Peele has signed on as producer.
blink twice when you see the new title of Zöe Kravitz’s directorial debut.The 35-year-old’s feature film, “P—y Island,” has been given a much more G-rated name — “Blink Twice.”It also has a new release date for Aug. 23, Amazon MGM Studios announced Friday.The “Divergent” star and Lolawolf singer wrote the film with E.T.
Zoe Kravitz and Channing Tatum fell in love while working on a movie, which was originally titled Pussy Island, but now it has a new name.
One of 2024’s most anticipated movies has an official release date — and a new title. Deadline reports that Zoë Kravitz‘s feature directorial debut will hit theaters at the end of August courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios under the name “Blink Twice.” That’s not as provocative as its former title “Pussy Island,” but despite a different title, the film has the same sleazy set-up.
EXCLUSIVE: In another big Sundance deal upwards of $15 million, Amazon MGM is in final negotiations to acquire the Sundance buzz title My Old Ass. This was a hotly contested deal that today had several suitors in the mix for a crowd pleasing coming of age film that has garnered strong reviews and reaction since it launched in the Premieres category on January 20 at the Eccles Theatre.
Monkey Man. The film is produced by none other than Jordan Peele and lands in cinemas later this year.Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, Monkey Man stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after night, wearing a gorilla mask, he is beaten bloody by more popular fighters for cash.After years of suppressed rage, Kid discovers a way to infiltrate the enclave of the city’s sinister elite.
EXCLUSIVE: In a lucrative pact, Amazon MGM Studios has landed U.S. theatrical rights to Levon’s Trade, with Prime Video taking streaming rights in a slew of major international territories, we can reveal.
Endeavor’s publicly traded TKO Group has named Dwayne Johnson to its board of directors, effective today. The WWE superstar has also secured full ownership of the trademarked name The Rock.
After more than a decade, Cierra Ramirez is getting ready to say goodbye to Mariana Adams Foster.
Kristen Stewart is being honored with the visionary award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival opening night gala, a prize that is a bit unusual for the actor to accept. Speaking to Variety‘s Angelique Jackson, Stewart said her job is to serve the vision of filmmakers and not to always have her own sense of vision. “When I saw that I was being given the visionary award I was like, ‘What a word!'” Stewart said during Variety On The Carpet, presented by DIRECTV.