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Netflix and director Edward Berger have dropped the first official images for Ballad of a Small Player, as well as a limited theatrical release and streaming date, kicking off the lead-up to the film. The psychological thriller, adapted from Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 novel by Rowan Joffé for the screen, will debut in select theaters in the U.S. on October 15, followed by worldwide streaming availability on Netflix on October 29. The first-look photos, seen below, showcase star Colin Farrell drenched in neon hues, indicating the film’s visual style. From gambling tables to lonely, smoke-filled hotel rooms, the imagery teases a noir-inspired thriller that aligns with the 2014 novel’s both intimate and grand scope, brought to life by the visionary director.

The story follows Lord Doyle (Farrell), a high-rolling British gambler whose life is unraveling among the chaotic glamor of Macau’s casino circuit. When Doyle encounters a mysterious compatriot, his...

Colin Farrell encabezará un emocionante thriller ambientado en el mundo de las apuestas. © Netflix

Netflix ha anunciado la fecha de estreno y ha desvelado las primeras imágenes de Ballad of a Small Player –que se titulará Maldita suerte en español–, del director de Cónclave y Sin novedad en el frente, Edward Berger.

Basada en la novela homónima de Lawrence Osborne y adaptada para la pantalla por Rowan Joffé (28 semanas después), Ballad of a Small Player sigue a un jugador de apuestas de alto riesgo (Farrell) que decide pasar desapercibido en Macao después de que su pasado y sus deudas le alcancen. Por el camino se encuentra con un espíritu afín que podría ser la clave de su salvación.

La película estará protagonizada por Colin Farrell (Sugar), Fala Chen (Godzilla y Kong: El nuevo imperio), Deanie Ip (Una vida sencilla), Alex Jennings (La trama fenicia) y Tilda Swinton (La habitación de al lado...

Netflix has officially laid its cards on the table for its upcoming psychological thriller Ballad of a Small Player. Director Edward Berger is hoping to continue his successful streak of adapting books for the screen, following All Quiet on the Western Front and last year's Oscar-winner Conclave, with his movie treatment of Lawrence Osborne's 2014 novel. The streamer has confirmed that his latest feature will open in select U.S. theaters on Oct. 15, 2025, and in U.K. and Ireland cinemas on Oct. 17, 2025, ahead of its debut on Netflix on Oct. 29, 2025.

Further revealing its hand, Netflix unveiled a batch of first-look images offering a sneak peek of Ballad of a Small Player, which will see The Batman's Colin Farrell swap the rain-soaked streets of Gotham City for the neon jungle of Macau's casino floors. According to the film's logline below, Farrell stars in the film as a character named Lord Doyle,...

Colin Farrell leads Ballad of a Small Player, a thriller about gambling and redemption, arriving on Netflix this October.

Netflix has unveiled the first images of Colin Farrell in ‘Ballad of a Small Player‘, a drama brimming with mystery and tension that promises to become one of the major autumn releases. Directed by BAFTA winner Edward Berger, the film adapts Lawrence Osborne’s novel of the same name and tells a story of high-stakes gambling, redemption, and second chances, set against the backdrop of Macau.

Farrell plays a compulsive gambler who, haunted by his past and mounting debts, meets a mysterious woman who may offer him a path to salvation. The cast also includes Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, and the iconic Tilda Swinton.

The screenplay is by Rowan Joffe, known for his work in contemporary film noir, and the release will be staggered: it will premiere in select...

Netflix has released the first look images and announced the release date for ‘Ballad of a Small Player,’ an atmospheric and emotionally charged thriller set against the shimmering neon backdrop of Macau. The film is set to premiere globally on November 14, 2025.

Directed by Oscar-winner Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and penned by Rowan Joffe (Before I Go to Sleep), the film is based on Lawrence Osborne’s critically acclaimed novel of the same name. Colin Farrell leads an impressive international cast that includes Fala Chen (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Hong Kong screen legend Deanie Ip (A Simple Life), Alex Jennings, and Tilda Swinton.

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The story follows Farrell as a high-stakes British gambler hiding out in Macau under an assumed identity. As his murky past and mounting debts...

Thriller connoisseurs gather around because Netflix has announced its biggest project of the adored genre for 2025! Edward Berger is returning once again to continue his hot streak in an exhilarating psychological thriller, Ballad of a Small Player, set in the gambling casinos in the underside of Macau. The film has already generated buzz on the internet over its stills, which are turning heads.

What makes this movie more intriguing is how fans are excited to see Berger’s vision and to beautifully bring out the intensity of the plot’s tension, with a character-driven drama. So, buckle up because the project is as grand as it could be, with star-studded names elevating the atmosphere.

Release Date of Ballad of a Small Player

According to Netflix, Ballad of a Small Player will be released in select cinema halls in October and on the Ott platform on October 29, 2025. In a separate report from Screendaily,...

The first look photos for Colin Farrell‘s upcoming movie Ballad of a Small Player have been unveiled!

Netflix released new photos from the film adaptation of Lawrence Osborne‘s novel of the same name on Thursday (July 17), months ahead of it’s release.

Colin stars alongside Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton in the upcoming movie.

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In Ballad of a Small Player, “when his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.”

Edward Berger serves as director and a producer, with a script by Rowan Joffe.

The Ballad of a Small Player movie will debut in select theaters on October 15th and on Netflix globally on October 29th!

Browse through the gallery to see all of the first look stills…...

Colin Farrell is set to headline the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Lawrence Osborne’s novel, The Ballad of a Small Player. Set in the gambling casinos of Macau, the story centers around a disgraced British lawyer, Lord Doyle, and the adaptation has attached revered filmmaker Edward Berger to the mix, according to Variety.

Coming hot off the success of 2024’s Conclave, the psychological thriller that earned an Oscar nod for Best Picture, Berger will be directing the Netflix movie, which is currently slated to premiere this fall.

Colin Farrell’s The Ballad of a Small Player Lands Conclave Director Edward Berger

With Colin Farrell set to play the role of the high-stakes gambler, haunted by his past debts, Edward Berger will direct the adaptation, whose screenplay is being adapted by Rowan Joffe, notable for penning 28 Weeks Later.

First look at Colin Farrell in The Ballad of a Small Player | Credit:...

Edward Berger’s Ballad Of A Small Player has been set for an awards corridor theatrical release in October by Netflix.

The dramatic thriller starring Colin Farrell will open in select theatres in the US on October 15 and in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on October 17, before making its global streaming debut on Netflix on October 29.

Berger’s films have been strong awards contenders in recent years, with Conclave winning this year’s British film Bafta and being nominated for the best picture Oscar and All Quiet On The Western Front winning the best international film Oscar for Germany...

Colin Farrell's first ever Netflix movie has just been announced, and with the announcement came some first look images and a release date for the upcoming film. Netflix is known for releasing prestigious films that often perform incredibly well in awards season, and this upcoming adaptation of a novel may be doing the same when it is released this fall.

Colin Farrell is one of the most popular actors working today, with him recently gaining massive notoriety for his role as Oswald Cobb in The Batman and The Penguin. Farrell has also appeared in notable movies like The Banshees of Inisherin, In Bruges, The Lobster, Total Recall, and more, and this new Netflix film may be added to that list.

Colin Farrell Is Starring In Netflix's Ballad Of A Small Player & The First Images Look Incredible

Netflix has released the first images of Ballad of a Small Player, an upcoming film starring Colin Farrell.

In the last three years, Edward Berger has cemented his status as one of the finest filmmakers working today, earning rave reviews and no shortage of awards recognition with the extraordinary one-two punch of First World War epic All Quiet On The Western Front in 2022 and papal conspiracy thriller Conclave just last year. It's a hot streak that looks set to continue with Berger's next movie, Ballad Of A Small Player, a Netflix bound gambling thriller adapted from Lawrence Osborne's eponymous 2014 novel and starring a wondrously moustachioed Colin Farrell. Just take a look at the first pictures from the film below and see for yourself;

Compelling. Mysterious. Audacious. Almost hypnotic. Yes, Farrell's 'tache really is quite something, ain't it? But seriously, as first-look images go, these — with their eye-catching red-and-green colour scheme, crushed velvet, neon lights, and magnetising looks of both cool and consternation from Farrell — are really doing it for us.

Ante up. Colin Farrell stars in Netflix’s Ballad of a Small Player and we are now given a new look at it. The project was announced last year with its production starting later on. The film comes from Edward Berger, the director of the Academy Award-winning All Quiet on the Western Front. While Berger directs, Rowan Joffe has adapted a script that is based on the novel of the same name by Lawrence Osborne. Mike Goodridge is on board to produce through his Good Chaos banner, as well as Berger through his Nine Hours banner, along with Matthew James Wilkinson. Berger currently has a first-look deal with Netflix, which this movie will be the start of.

The official plot description from Netflix reads,

“Farrell leads Ballad of a Small Player as Lord Doyle, a high-stakes gambler lying low in Macau, China. When his past and his debts start to catch up with him,...

Colin Farrell is partnering with Oscar winner Edward Berger for Netflix feature “Ballad of a Small Player.” The recent Emmy nominee stars as a high-stakes gambler whose past debts catch up with him.

Berger recently directed the popular “Conclave” and first helmed history-making “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings, and Tilda Swinton also star in “Ballad of a Small Player,” which is adapted from Lawrence Osborne’s novel. Rowan Joffe wrote the script.

The synopsis reads: “When his past and his debts start to catch up with him, a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.”

Berger, Mike Goodridge, and Matthew James Wilkinson produce the feature, which was announced in April 2024. Berger will next direct Brad Pitt in another novel adaptation, this time for Tim Winton’s “The Riders.” The “Bones and All” scribe David Kajganich,...

Netflix will release the next film from Oscar-winning “Conclave” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” filmmaker Edward Berger in October, the streamer announced on Thursday. “Ballad of a Small Player” stars Colin Farrell as a high-stakes gambler laying low in Macau who encounters a kindred spirit just as his past and debts are catching up to him.

The streamer also released a first-look at the film on Thursday, offering a peek at a sweaty and unnerved Farrell wandering around Macau. Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton also star in the film, which will be released in select theaters on Oct. 15 and streams on Netflix on Oct. 29.

That puts the film in a prime awards season slot, though Netflix has a few other contenders this year including the acclaimed Sundance indie “Train Dreams.”

Berger is fresh off the success of “Conclave,” his papal thriller that scored eight Oscar nominations including Best Picture.

Colin Farrell knows how to play a man out of his depth, and that is exactly where he is finding himself in the new film from Conclave director Edward Berger, Ballad of a Small Player.

Netflix, which is distributing, has just announced premiere dates for the film, as well as released a handful of first look images.

What's it about?

Based on the novel by Lawrence Osbourne, the movie follows a high-stakes gambler (Farrell) who is lying low in Macau after his past debts begin to catch up with him.

Who else stars in it?

The film also stars Tilda Swinton, Fala Chen (Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire), Deannie Yip, and Alex Jennings (The Crown). Rowan Joffé (The American) wrote the screenplay.

When does it come out?

Ballad of a Small Player will open in U.S. theaters on Oct. 15, in U.K. and Irish cinemas two days later,...

Colin Farrell plays a gambler on the run in director Edward Berger’s anticipated thriller, “Ballad of a Small Player.” Netflix has slated the film for a prime release: it opens in U.S. theaters on Oct. 15, arrives in U.K. and Ireland cinemas on Oct. 17 and debuts on the streamer on Oct. 29.

Based on Lawrence Osborne’s novel of the same name, the screenplay is adapted by Rowan Joffe, best known for writing “28 Weeks Later” (2007) and “The American” (2010). Farrell stars as Lord Doyle, a high‑stakes gambler laying low in Macau after his past and mounting debts catch up with him. There, he meets a kindred spirit who may hold the key to his salvation. The film also stars Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Oscar winner Tilda Swinton.

Farrell is enjoying a banner year after earning his first Emmy nomination for portraying the menacing Oz Cobb...

Colin Farrell is making some risky moves in the first-look photos from forthcoming Netflix feature The Ballad of a Small Player.

The streamer announced Wednesday that director Edward Berger’s thriller film is set to screen in select U.S. theaters Oct. 15 and in select U.K. and Ireland theaters Oct. 17 before debuting on Netflix on Oct. 29. Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton also star in the movie that adapts author Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 novel of the same name.

The Ballad of a Small Player centers on a high-stakes gambler who is dealing with debts and his questionable past. While trying to keep a low profile in Macau, he ends up meeting a kindred spirit.

Berger helmed the film from a script by Rowan Joffe that is based on Osborne’s book. Berger, Mike Goodridge and Matthew James Wilkinson serve as producers. The Ballad of a Small...

Netflix has unveiled first images of Colin Farrell and Fala Chen in Edward Berger’s upcoming Macau-set psychological thriller Ballad Of A Small Player as well as its release dates.

The movie will launch in select cinemas in the U.S. on October 15 and then the UK & Ireland on October 17, followed by its releasea on Netflix on October 29, with expectations high that world premiere at a high-profile end-summer/fall festival is on the cards.

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Farrell plays a high-stakes gambler who decides to lay low in Macau, the autonomous Chinese city often referred to as the ‘Las Vegas of Asia’, when his past and debts catch-up with him. There he encounters a kindred spirit who might just hold the key to his salvation.

The thriller has been adapted by Bafta-winning director and writer Rowan Joffe from Lawrence Osborne’s 2014 eponymous novel.

Farrell is...

Exclusive: Angels in the Asylum, the British indie film starring Simon Pegg and Katherine Waterston, has left creditors out of pocket to the tune of £3.7M ($5M) after halting filming six months ago, according to a financial filing.

As revealed by Deadline earlier this year, Angels in the Asylum was mounted without its financing fully in place and had to shut down in February, 15 days into a month-long shoot. The picture is housed at special purpose vehicle Aita Films Limited, with first-time feature director Rob Sorrenti serving as producer alongside Heather Greenwood, who co-produced Gavin & Stacey: The Finale.

Aita Films Limited filed for administration in April, a process equivalent to Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. Kallis Insolvency Practitioners, Aita Films’ administrator, has now produced a report outlining the company’s affairs and the amount owed to financiers, cast, crew, and suppliers.

Sorrenti and Greenwood have been approached for comment.

[This story contains major spoilers from the season one finale of MobLand]

Even in prison, Conrad Harrigan remains the kingpin.

Following the penultimate episode of MobLand when Maeve (Helen Mirren) and Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) were arrested for murder and heading back to prison, Conrad receives a warm welcome to end the first season of the Paramount+ crime thriller. The last scene in the finale, which released on Sunday, showed all the prisoners cheering for him, as he’s now earned the respect of criminals in the mob world.

In an interview about the season one finale, Brosnan told The Hollywood Reporter that scene was “a cinematic homage” to the 1968 film The Italian Job and filmed in the former prison Reading Gaol; he said being in the “powerful Victorian tomblike presence” where Oscar Wilde was imprisoned “was quite memorable.”

While his status professionally still holds up from prison, knives are cutting deeper in the Harrigan family. After Kevin Harrigan (Paddy Considine) found...

This post contains spoilers from MobLand season 1 episode 8, "Helter Skelter."

Finally, we’re getting somewhere with MobLand season 1! Episode 8 reeks of disorder and confusion, foreshadowing two major bombshells, and if you aren’t paying full attention, you just might miss them.

Episode 8 takes us deep into the aftermath of episode 7's carnage. Harry (Tom Hardy) brings Seraphina (Mandeep Dhillon) home, where she plays right into Maeve’s (Helen Mirren) web. Maeve works to convince Kevin (Paddy Considine) that Seraphina is a threat. Harry learns that Eddie (Anson Boon) is sleeping with his daughter, and we uncover more about who Kat McAllister (Janet McTeer) is.

Meanwhile, Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) tries to assert his control when he asks Bella (Lara Pulver) to spy on Kevin and questions Jan (Joanne Froggatt) about Alice (Emily Barber). He also sees an opportunity to ice Richie (Geoff Bell) out of the fentanyl game, and additionally, the cops make a deadly move.

Over coffee in Soho, Antonia Desplat is describing her journey to Wes Anderson’s set for The Phoenician Scheme — the espionage drama that marks his fourth picture to compete for the Palme d’Or.

Desplat was working on French TV drama Made in France when the email arrived: “Wes wants to know if you want to come to Potsdam next week to play one of Benicio del Toro’s dead wives.”

One year before being beckoned to Germany by Anderson, Desplat had played the female lead in Johnny Depp’s Modi: Three Days on the Wing of Madness, opening in June, which chronicles Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani’s rampage through pre-World War I Paris. Desplat plays Modigliani’s lover, the formidable writer and poet Beatrice Hastings.

In response to that email request, Desplat says, “I literally just jumped on a plane, went to Potsdam, then next to Berlin, and had...

MobLand season 1 episode 7, "Crossroads," might be my favorite of the season thus far, as it finally brings us into the heart of this crime family war. Spoilers below.

While episode 6 kept us glued to the screen for its revelatory insight in the wake of Vron’s (Annie Cooper) death, this week’s episode brings some heated action that is heart-pounding, nerve-wracking, and full of absolute carnage. Brendan (Daniel Betts) only thought he saw carnage as he and Seraphina (Mandeep Dhillon) were being kidnapped, but he has no idea what awaits him.

Episode 7 on Paramount+ has a lot going on, but our main focus is, of course, on Brendan and Seraphina, as well as Harry’s (Tom Hardy) efforts to find and save them, which also yields total f-ing carnage. Before we recap that, let’s set the stage.

Bella (Lara Pulver) defies Harry’s request to put her business with...

This post contains spoilers from MobLand season 1 episode 4, “Rat Trap.”

The deeper we get into MobLand, the more I feel for Harry (Tom Hardy). He has the weight of the world on his shoulders and is the only thing preventing the fury between two powerful, ready-for-war crime families from unleashing, as both use him to their full advantage.

While episode 3 saw Harry working overtime to keep the warring waters smooth as police received an anonymous tip about where to find Archie’s (Alex Jennings) body, episode 4 sees him go from being a fixer to a suspected rat.

Additionally, Richie (Geoff Bell) makes a decision about Valjon (Peter Ferdinando), a new (suspicious) character claiming to be an old friend of Harry’s shows up, and we're inundated with a bounty of shocking revelations that expose both traumatic secrets and massive secrets, including the full truth behind Tommy’s (Felix Edwards) death.

After scoring one of the biggest series launches in Paramount+ history with MobLand, Tom Hardy isn’t just basking in the success, he’s already looking ahead to what's next. The Oscar-nominated actor, who stars as underworld fixer Harry in the gritty UK-set crime drama, is teasing the potential for MobLand to expand beyond British borders. It might sound ambitious, but MobLand has already proven it can pull in the numbers when it comes to eyeballs on the screen. The Guy Ritchie-directed premiere episodes — marking a 17-year reunion between Ritchie and Hardy since RocknRolla — drew 8.8 million global viewers in their first week, a record-breaker for the streamer.

In the show, Hardy’s Harry works as a fixer on a very precarious tightrope, cleaning up for the volatile Harrigan crime family, led by Pierce Brosnan’s Conrad Harrigan. But with betrayals mounting and police closing in, Hardy’s character is...

Tom Hardy is no stranger to playing morally... questionable characters, but in MobLand, Paramount+’s newest breakout crime hit, his fixer Harry DaSouza might be in the deepest trouble yet — and someone close to the Harrigan family could be the one who sold them out. The Venom and Mad Max: Fury Road star reunited with Guy Ritchie (his RocknRolla director) for the first two episodes of MobLand, which instantly became the biggest premiere for a new Paramount+ original, racking up 8.8 million global viewers. The series joins 1923 and Landman as one of the streamer’s strongest launches.

In MobLand, Hardy plays Harry, a long-serving fixer for the powerful but volatile Harrigan clan, led by Pierce Brosnan’sConrad, cleaning up messes where he finds them. After Conrad kills his old friend Archie (Alex Jennings) under suspicion of betrayal, Harry is forced to clean up the mess — literally. He's even cleaning the curtains,...

[This story contains major spoilers from episode three of MobLand, “Plan B.”]

Tom Hardy has added another criminal role to his acting résumé. And this time, with MobLand, he’s unsure how his character can escape his plight. “Harry’s somewhat trapped inside being Harry,” he says of his starring fixer.

The Oscar-nominated actor reunited with his RocknRolla director Guy Ritchie, who directed the first two episodes of Paramount’s crime series. The premiere has become the biggest launch week for a Paramount+ new series (growing to 8.8 million global viewers, per the streamer), joining Taylor Sheridan’s hit series 1923 and Landman as record-holders for new releases.

The first two episodes of MobLand saw Hardy’s longtime fixer cleaning up after the powerful Harrigan family, quite literally as he cleaned up the body of Archie (Alex Jennings) after he was shot and killed by his friend, patriarch Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan), because he was suspected of betraying the family.

This post contains spoilers from MobLand season 1 episode 3, “Plan B.”

Now that Tommy (Felix Edwards) has been found, the real challenge begins for our fixer: preventing a bloody war. Harry (Tom Hardy) promised Richie (Geoff Bell) that he’d find his son, and he did… just not in one piece. Richie makes a brazen move in the opening of episode 3 and sends the Harrigans a message that he’s done waiting and is coming for them.

Additionally, Harry continues to juggle problems that need fixing, like his crumbling marriage, his housekeeper’s mother’s financial issues, and something secretive with Kevin’s (Paddy Considine) wife Bella (Lara Pulver), who has gone to great lengths to set her father up and record him bribing a foreign official, only to find herself the subject of extortion by a French spy.

What the purpose and endgame are here we do not yet know.

Wheels up in May, profilers! We're returning to the round table room in the FBI: Behavioral Analysis Unit (Bau) building to solve more twisted cases and tackle life head-on. Entertainment Weekly surprised Criminal Minds fans on April 10 by releasing multiple updates for season 18.

Criminal Minds: Evolution boss Erica Messer dropped some teasers we may not expect. We received a season teaser video, photos, and storyline updates from Voit to Spencer Reid. I'm not kidding when I say they surprised us. Criminal Minds rarely releases updates, besides an occasional Paget Brewster tweet slip. Other than that, fans don't know much until close to release.

Matthew Gray Gubler reprises his role as Spencer Reid

Along with Voit and the Bau team returning, Matthew Gray Gubler's anticipated return is finally happening. I'm a Spencer Reid fan, and I'll be glad to see him, but I can already feel my heart breaking for what he's possibly going to endure.

Exclusive: The production company that houses Angels In The Asylum, the beleaguered British indie film starring Simon Pegg, has effectively filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Aita Films Limited intends to appoint law firm Debenhams Ottaway to oversee the administration process. The development follows Angels In The Asylum halting filming halfway through its shoot after running out of cash, as Deadline revealed last month.

In the UK, company directors can put a firm into administration if it can’t pay its debts. Deadline has previously reported that Angels In The Asylum’s 150 crew members are owed at least £600,000 in wages, while suppliers are also out of pocket significantly.

The administration process is similar to Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but unlike in the U.S., where directors remain in control of the business, Debenhams Ottaway will take charge of Aita Films’ operations and will attempt to restructure the company financially so that it can pay creditors.

Landon Zakheim and Michael Lerman, co-founders of the four-day genre-focused Overlook Film Festival, together represent the duality of horror fans — Lerman is fluent in the sequels of every slasher franchise, while Zakheim has a more self-proclaimed “pretentious” taste, preferring giallo and experimental fare. Together they’ve created a fan-focused festival that is quickly becoming the hottest ticket in New Orleans.

“We often talked about the difference between the business of film and the chaos of a festival versus the actual definition of the word ‘festival,’ the celebration aspect of it,” Zakheim says of the just-wrapped event, which ran from April 3-6. “At the time, genre and horror films were not in the boom we are seeing now, which is wonderful. Yet this corner of the festival circuit is filled with the kindest filmmakers, the most supportive fans, and people who want to help each other out, and we had all of these ideas.

This post contains spoilers from MobLand episode 2, "Jigsaw Puzzle."

The events of episode 1 left Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy) in quite a tight spot, with multiple problems to fix. It’s no big deal, though, as those places are exactly where he feels right at home and does his best work. As the action escalates and more information unfolds in MobLand episode 2, we learn Brendan (Daniel Betts) is the one Harrigan who’s been out in the cold since he botched several family jobs, but he thinks he’s found a way to earn back his parents’ trust.

Harry’s wife Jan (Joann Froggatt) reaches a breaking point after he misses their therapy session and worries about her family’s safety in the wake of Tommy Stevenson’s (Felix Edwards) disappearance. Also, Harry cleans up the Harrigan family mess, crime boss Richie Stevenson (Geoff Bell) makes a threatening move, Maeve...

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Pulse is a medical drama series created by Zoe Robyn. The Netflix series is set in the extremely chaotic and busy Miami trauma center. It follows the personal and professional lives of doctors and hospital staff as they treat injured people during a destructive hurricane. Pulse stars Willa Fitzgerald, Colin Woodell, Justina Machado, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Daniela Nieves, Chelsea Muirhead, and Jessy Yates. So, if you loved the intense medical drama, swoon-worthy romance, and compelling characters in Pulse, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Pitt is a medical drama series created by R. Scott Gemmill. The Max series is set in the emergency ward of the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Hospital, and it follows a group of doctors, nurses, and medical interns during an intense 15-hour long shift.

The first episode of MobLand opens with Tom Hardy’s Harry Da Souza mediating some kind of dispute between two gangs, the Dogans and the Lazarous. It’s only after Harry is sure that the gang leaders, Costa and Mehmet, are ready to shake hands and bury the hatchet that he consults his boss, Conrad Harrigan (being played by the amazing Pierce Brosnan), regarding the next step. Now, Harry thinks that this agreement between the Dogans and the Lazarous isn’t going to last very long. Meanwhile, Conrad reveals that both Costa and Mehmet have been scamming him. Hence, apparently the best decision is to kill them all. While Harry and his associates get the job done, Conrad arrives to put the finishing touches and tells Harry to inform the Maltese that they’ll be filling the gap that’s been left by the death of the Dogans and the Lazarous.

You’d have to go all the way back to 2000’s Snatch for the last Guy Ritchie project that I awaited with unabashed anticipation.

At the time, Ritchie was coming off of the sleeper success of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and he seemed like one of the freshest young voices in British cinema. Of course, Ritchie followed Snatch with Swept Away, setting off a prolific and unpredictable career of hits and misses (more the latter than the former).

I was astounded, though, by how much I enjoyed Ritchie’s 2024 Netflix series, The Gentleman. Despite my tepid feelings for the source material — Hugh Grant kept that film watchable — and generally tepid feelings for leading man Theo James, I thought The Gentleman was a blast, a well-calibrated mixture of wild supporting performances and high-octane action, held together by Kaya Scodelario’s extremely confident central turn.

The Gentlemen was so much...

Exclusive: Angels in the Asylum’s producers have sent a profuse apology to unpaid crew after Deadline revealed that the Simon Pegg indie film had to halt shooting amid funding issues.

In an email to colleagues on Friday morning, producers Rob Sorrenti and Heather Greenwood said they were “truly sorry that we find ourselves in this terrible situation.” They added: “It was never what we could possibly have imagined when we started this journey.”

Angels in the Asylum set out to tell an important story about women incarcerated against their wishes, but had to pause production indefinitely last month after running out of cash. Around 150 crew members are owed at least £600,000 in wages, suppliers have not been paid, and producers have also gone without a salary. A portion of cast pay was ringfenced in an escrow account under Equity union agreements.

The reasons for the financial strife are disputed. The...

Simon Pegg's upcoming film 'Angels in the Asylum' has paused filming indefinitely after running out of cash.The movie - which is based on true events and centres around women who were incarcerated after being deemed to be typhoid carriers in the 1930s - halted filming in February just 15 days into a month-long shoot, with no current plans to resume and crew members said to be owed at least £600,000 in wages.Producers Rob Sorrenti - who is also directing the film - and Heather Greenwood said the situation is "devastating" but they are in talks with other financiers to resurrect the project and "remain determined to find a solution".They claimed funding under an arrangement with distributor Parkland Pictures has failed to materialise, but that firm's CEO John Cairns told Deadline they had no agreement to finance 'Angels in the Asylum' beyond its work as a sales agent.

Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz star Simon Pegg's movie, Angels in the Asylum, has halted production after running out of money halfway through filming. The British indie film, which also stars Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them's Katherine Waterston, began shooting without its financing fully in place.

Per Deadline, Angels in the Asylum halted filming in February, 15 days into a month-long shoot, with producers currently scrambling to get the $6.4M production back on track. The movie's crew members are reportedly owed at least £600,000 in wages, with cast pay ringfenced in an escrow account under Equity union agreements. Pegg, who also serves as an executive producer for Angels in the Asylum, has not invested in the film and has not yet been paid for his work.

Angels in the Asylum is inspired by true events and will tell the story of incarcerated women who are deemed typhoid...

Earlier this year, Mission Impossible star Simon Pegg began filming a British indie film that is a period piece about incarcerated women in an asylum. However, it seems the project, which made it halfway through production, is in jeopardy of no longer happening.

Deadline reports that production on Angels in the Asylum, which stars Pegg and Katherine Waterston, had to shut down due to a lack of funding. The report claims that the British indie film began filming without enough financing for the entire shoot, so it now has to halt filming about halfway through the project. In February, it was 15 days into a month-long production window, but now the cast and crew must wait until the producers find enough financing to restart principal photography. Deadline says there is no idea when cameras will begin rolling again on Angels in the Asylum as the $6.4 million production looks for new funding.

Exclusive: Angels in the Asylum, a British indie film starring Simon Pegg and Katherine Waterston, has stopped shooting indefinitely after running out of cash midway through production, Deadline can reveal.

Angels in the Asylum was mounted without its financing fully in place and had to halt filming in February, 15 days into a month-long shoot. There is no clarity on when the £5M ($6.4M) production might restart as producers scramble to bring in new finance.

Angels in the Asylum set out to tell an important story about women incarcerated against their wishes, but has created a messy legacy in which crew members are said to be owed at least £600,000 in wages. A portion of cast pay was ringfenced in an escrow account under Equity union agreements.

Inspired by true events, Angels in the Asylum co-stars Minnie Driver, Lesley Nicol, Rose Williams, Aurora Perrineau, and Alex Jennings. Cush Jumbo and Miriam Margolyes were originally attached.

Exclusive: Luke Thallon is in good company when it comes to playing Hamlet for the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Mark Rylance, Kenneth Branagh, Toby Stephens, Alex Jennings, David Tennant, and Paapa Essiedu are just a few of the actors who have taken on the melancholy royal for the RSC.

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Ben Kingsley in 1975 Royal Shakespeare Company production of ‘Hamlet’. Jay Cocks Studio Collection/Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.

Now it’s Thallon’s turn.

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Disney+ has announced the cast for its latest TV series, Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes, from Jeff Pope. Details below.

There have been some excellent, original British TV series hailing from Disney+. Some of them, like Extraordinary and Renegade Nell, met their end far too soon, but Rivals was quite an experience and viewers have A Thousand Blows to look forward to. Now, there’s a new name to be added to the list of British shows on the service.

Disney+ has announced the cast for their upcoming series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes. The series, which will focus on the manhunt and eventual killing of the innocent Brazilian man who was mistaken for a terrorist, is heading to the streaming service in Spring 2025, with a specific date to be announced.

Edison Alcaide is set to play the titular victim while Conleth Hill, Russell Tovey,...

Disney+ has unveiled an all-star cast for its series about Jean Charles de Menezes, who was tragically mistaken for a terrorist after the London 7/7 bombings by police and shot dead.

Set to premiere in the spring, Jeff Pope’s series Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes has cast a newcomer in the role of de Menezes, Edison Alcaide, who will be joined by Conleth Hill, Russell Tovey, Max Beesley, Emily Mortimer, Daniel Mays, Laura Aikman and The Crown star Alex Jennings.

Mortimer will play Cressida Dick, who went on to become the chief of the Metropolitan Police, while Hill is Sir Ian Blair, who was police chief at the time of de Menezes’ death.

The series comes 20 years after 7/7 and a wealth of documentaries about the attack that shook Britain are also airing or have already aired, including Channel 4’s Shoot to Kill: Terror on the Tube about de Menezes.

Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein in ‘Frankenstein’ (Photo Credit: Ken Woroner / Netflix)

Netflix’s 2025 film slate is loaded with sequels, animated offerings, and documentaries. Adam Sandler returns for Happy Gilmore 2, Charlize Theron’s back in action for The Old Guard 2, and Daniel Craig slips back into the role of detective Benoit Blanc for Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The streamer’s documentary lineup includes films on Eddie Murphy, the Air Force’s Thunderbirds, Charles Manson, and the Titan submersible. Animated offerings include a Witcher project, a K-Pop-themed film, the much-anticipated The Twits, and Simu Liu and Craig Robinson voicing the leads in In Your Dreams.

“We’re not just one thing. We’re the best of film, TV, documentaries, stand-up, animation and live events — and we’re doing it in 50 languages. We’re not afraid to make big bets on compelling voices and new ideas...

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Exclusive: Saoirse Ronan, a four-time Oscar nominee, has been earning an entirely new set of props for her performance in Blitz, the latest feature from British filmmaker Steve McQueen.

In the WWII pic, Ronan plays Rita, a young mother searching for her son who has gone missing during Germany’s aerial bombardment of London. Rita also is a keen musician and can more than carry a tune. In one scene, she is chosen to sing for a live BBC wartime radio broadcast and performs the gentle but defiant song “Winter Coat.” Ronan has now recorded a new live version of the song, which you can watch above.

The song was written by McQueen, musician Taura Stinson and three-time Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell. The performance above was recorded November 7 in Studio A at the legendary Power Station at BerkleeNYC in New York City. Other sartists known to have recorded at the studio include Bruce Springsteen,...

Steve McQueen, the Oscar-winning director behind films such as 12 Years a Slave, Shame, and Widows, revealed that on the eve of shooting his latest film Blitz in 2022, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, Deadline reports. The diagnosis delayed filming of Blitz for two weeks while McQueen underwent a procedure to remove the tumor. Fortunately, the filmmaker reports he is "fully recovered and fully functional."

McQueen kept the diagnosis and procedure a secret from his cast and crew at the time, as he didn't want to worry them or cause any distractions from the work at hand. "I really just wanted to get on with the job," he said. "And thats kind of like who I am. Im a get on with it kind of person."

The director's father, Philbert McQueen, sadly died from prostate cancer in 2006, prompting McQueen to become an advocate for early screening:

The cancers gone and thats down to early detection.

Blitz starring Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, and Elliot Hefferner, tells the heart-wrenching story of George (Hefferner), a young boy living in England during World War Two. George's mother, Rita (played by Ronan) tries to protect her son from the bombs raining down on London by sending him out of the city. Her defiant son treks back to his home while Rita desperately tries to find him.

Director Steve McQueen presents the horrors of the Blitzkrieg or "lightning war" undertaken by the German air force, the Luftwaffe, with an admirable amount of humanity and intensity. Like many movies about WWII, Blitz highlights the inescapable violence of the conflict, with specific emphasis on the bombing of London. While Blitz takes place over one day and represents the rhythm of daily life during WWII, it is a movie that focuses more on what is going on the ground than the actual aerial attacks.

This review was originally published as a part of our 2024 Middleburg Film Festival coverage.

Writer-director Steve McQueen has become adept at making movies of lost characters trying to find their way back to their families. He did it with 12 Years a Slave and hes doing it with his latest feature, Blitz. The historical drama is set in 1940, during Nazi Germanys blitz against Britain. At times harrowing and traumatic, McQueen never shows the moment the bombings happen. Still, there are close-ups of the weapons the Germans dropped on Londons civilian population that foreshadow exactly what will come next. Blitz is a capably made movie that, with a few exceptions, rings hollow.

Blitz (2024)

Director Steve McQueenRelease Date November 1, 2024Writers Steve McQueenCast Cj Beckford, Mica Ricketts, Leigh Gill, Benjamin Clementine, Paul Weller, Kathy Burke, Elliott Heffernan, Sally Messham, Joshua McGuire, Erin Kellyman, Stephen Graham, Harris Dickinson, Hayley Squires, Alex Jennings, Saoirse RonanCharacter(s) Gerald,...

While Hugh Grant horror Heretic has the widest opening, it is awards contenders dominating new releases at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend as Juror #2, Anora and Blitz make their way to cinemas.

Steve McQueen’s World War Two drama Blitzlaunches this weekend for Apple TV+ ahead of hitting the streamer later this month. Saoirse Ronan stars as a mother searching for her son, played by newcomer Elliott Heffernan, who runs away after being evacuated from London.

McQueen’s last fiction feature Widows opened in 573 sites back in 2018 with £1.6m. His biggest success at the box office remains...