Nearly 40 years after it premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week, cult British reggae film Babylon will get its first US release through Kino Lorber Repertory and new boutique distributor Seventy-Seven. Franco Rosso’s Thatcher-era drama about racial tension and police brutality stars Brinsley Forde, founder of British reggae band Aswad, as a dancehall DJ in south […]
A teenager’s quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1980s results in a very violent outcome. Lords of Chaos tells the true story of True Norwegian Black Metal and its most notorious practitioners – a group of young men with a flair for publicity, church-burning and murder: MAYHEM. The film is adapted […]
The American Society of Cinematographers has selected Jeff Bridges as the recipient of the organizations’ 2019 Board of Governors Award. Bridges will accept the award at the 33rd Annual ASC Awards for Outstanding Achievement on Feb. 9 at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. “Jeff Bridges is an extraordinary talent on the screen, and also […]
Kevin Hart is ready to show off his serious side. The comedian will star in Sony Pictures’ Fatherhood, a big-screen adaptation of the Matt Logelin bestseller Two Kisses for Maddy: A Memoir of Loss & Love. The film, which centers on a widower who must raise his daughter after his wife dies in childbirth, is […]
Newcomer and transgender actor Zach Barack appears in a ground-breaking supporting role in Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. Barack can be seen in the new trailer, which was released on Tuesday. Tom Holland is returning to play Peter Parker, with Zendaya and Marisa Tomei also coming back for the sequel. Jake Gyllenhaal is on board […]
M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass is heading for a solid opening of about $47 million at 3,841 North American locations during its first four days, early estimates showed Friday. The performance is slightly below Universal’s forecasts of $50 million for its supernatural thriller, which took in $3.7 million at 3,200 North American sites in Thursday night […]
The Sundance Film Festival is launching a new program to offer industry mentoring to under-represented and indie creators, the festival announced Tuesday. Based out of Park City, Utah’s Kimball Art Center, the program will include focused mentoring for filmmakers, writers, producers, and beyond, as well as keynote events with “Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler and […]
DJ Khaled has rounded out the cast of Sony’s upcoming Bad Boys sequel Bad Boys for Life, joining returning stars Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. Khaled will also join series newcomers Vanessa Hudgens, Alexander Ludwig, Charles Melton, Jacob Scipio, and Paola Nuñez. Joe Pantoliano is on board to return as Captain Howard. Production is currently […]
Caleb Landry Jones will co-star with Ralph Fiennes, Rebecca Hall, and Mark Strong in The Forgiven. John Michael McDonagh is directing the film, which is an adaptation of the novel by Lawrence Osborne. It deals with the reverberations of a random accident on the lives of an English couple, their friends and local Moroccans who […]
Tom Holland embarks on a European adventure in the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home. But this isn’t a typical Euro trip. In footage released on Tuesday morning by Sony Pictures, the young superhero doesn’t even bother to pack his Spider-Man costume, saying, “Europe doesn’t really need a friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.” But his plans change […]