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The first images from Kate Winslet’s directorial debut “Goodbye June” have been revealed. The film will release in select theaters on Dec. 12, and will premiere on Netflix on Dec. 24.

The film centers around a family during the holiday season, when their mother’s health thrusts the four adult siblings and their father together as they attempt to manage and navigate their family dynamic. When the fear of potential loss hits the household, their mother, June, decides to orchestrate her own decline on her own terms, bringing the family closer together through humor and blunt honesty.

Winslet stars as Julia, one of June’s children, with Helen Mirren playing June, the matriarch of the family.

“Goodbye June” stars Winslet, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough Timothy Spall and Mirren.

Additional cast members for “Goodbye June” include Stephen Merchant Fisayo Akinade Jeremy Swift and Raza Jaffrey.

The script is written by Joe Anders,...

Director Chris Columbus’ delightful mystery comedy movie, The Thursday Murder Club, is a brilliant adaptation of Richard Osman’s novel of the same name. Following four elderly wannabe detectives who use their wits and expertise in their professional sphere to solve real-life crime, the feel-good movie boasts all the old-school sleuth-story stereotypes and narrative trappings. Undoubtedly, the biggest strength of the movie is its star-studded cast, which features quite a few heavyweight veteran actors. The plot itself is not the best, especially in the third act, which feels poorly contrived, but the sheer star power of the movie exudes enough charismatic charm to let viewers forget all about that in a jiffy.

Plot: Based on Richard Osman’s international bestselling novel of the same name, The Thursday Murder Club follows four irrepressible retirees – Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim, and Joyce – who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. When an unexplained death occurs on their own doorstep, their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn as they find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands.

Review: The Thursday Murder Club, based on the first in a series of mystery novels, is a wonderfully fun return to form for director Chris Columbus. After helming the first two Harry Potter films, Columbus has directed Rent, Percy Jackson, Pixels, and The Christmas Chronicles 2, none...

In the tradition of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and a flood of other geezer films, The Thursday Murder Club knows exactly what it is: a way to bring together a group of stars who are, let’s say, no longer young, and have them reel in an audience. A mystery about retirees who solve cold cases for fun, it is as gentle as a game of Clue and as cozy as an Agatha Christie novel, but its glittering cast and a touch of self-awareness make up for that lack of originality. This modestly entertaining film is uncool and filled with stock tropes, but it doesn’t pretend to be anything more.

Helen Mirren is in her stern and elegant mode as Elizabeth, the mastermind of the sleuthing, who now and then drops hints that she has a past as an intelligence agent. Celia Imrie (Better Things) is Joyce, Elizabeth’s opposite,...

Good Omens star Michael Sheen owes much of his success to The Crown creator Peter Morgan, who wrote his part of Tony Blair in Channel 4’s The Deal and then the same role in hit movie The Queen.

Today, Sheen, whose storied career has included roles in Good Omens, The Damned United and Frost/Nixon, often playing real-life characters, talked the Edinburgh TV Festival through why he thinks Morgan stands out amongst the crowd.

“The brilliance of Peter Morgan is he cleverly uses people’s expectations of these [real life] people,” said Sheen. “He is brilliant at making you see underneath the veil or see something different from what you expected. And that is very very smart.”

Sheen has four BAFTA noms and throughout his career has drawn particular praise for his portrayal of famous people including Blair, TV host David Frost and soccer manager Brian Clough.

His career took off after...

Production is officially underway on the third season of House of the Dragon, which continues to bring about new spoilers as updates leak from the set.

This is nothing new for Game of Thrones fans, as spoilers have always been a key part of the franchise with sleuths scouting filming locations in hopes of catching glimpses of the behind-the-scenes magic. These behind-the-scenes glances often yield exciting updates as to key moments from the book and exciting looks at new and returning characters, as well as the elaborate set pieces being used to bring the book’s most iconic locations to life.

With production on House of the Dragon underway, we’ve been getting a lot of new intel and the latest season 3 leak is sure to excite fans!

According to House the Dragons, a trusted source for filming updates and spoilers, season 3 of HBO’s hit drama will be bringing...

Luca Guadagnino is going to be on the road a lot in the coming months. One day after the Italian filmmaker's latest feature, After the Hunt, joined the Venice Film Festival lineup as an out of competition selection, the New York Film Festival announced that the Amazon MGM-released film will play as the opening night selection of its 63rd edition.

"We are excited to open this year’s festival with Luca Guadagnino’s latest, which confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today," NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim said in a statement. "Brilliantly acted and crafted, After the Hunt is something rare in contemporary cinema: a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment."

In his own statement, Guadagnino called NYFF "an arbiter of global cinema," and provided a quick preview of the movie's themes.

On any list of the most admired composers working in film today, Alexandre Desplat would be either at the top or very close to it. That’s not just for the quality of the work — although, as his list of 11 Oscar nominations and two wins would indicate, there is that — but the expanse of styles and sheer breadth of his filmography, whether he’s doing ear-ticklingly eccentric scores for smaller-scale pictures or satisfyingly symphonic ones for the blockbusters.

The French scorer is about to undergo a Hollywood composer’s rite of passage, which some would say is overdue, conducting his first full night of music at the Hollywood Bowl this coming Tuesday night. It will finally answer the longstanding question: Who would win in a fight —”Godzilla” or “The Queen”? But seriously, having the music of monster movies and royal dramas on the same bill will make for a full-service...

Exclusive: Ireland’s Playhouse Studios has swooped for troubled UK post-production house Lipsync, saving dozens of jobs in the process.

The Dublin-based Playhouse paid an undisclosed amount to accountancy firm Oury Clark for the assets of The Brutalist post house, we’ve learned.

Deadline revealed in May that Lipsync had effectively filed for the British version of Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid the brutal landscape for post-production companies after the pandemic and Hollywood strikes. Oury Clark took charge of Lipsync’s operations and was working to financially restructure so the post house could pay creditors.

The Playhouse deal ends that process and means Lipsync will not go the same way as the likes of Technicolor, which imploded earlier this year in one of the most spectacular corporate collapses of recent times.

The Lipsync brand will remain and the deal keeps a large proportion of Lipsync’s staff in work, though an undisclosed...

Revolving around the Masire crime family’s exploits to control Johannesburg’s underworld and struggles with a family curse, which acts as a reflection of their sinful, violent life, Netflix’s Kings of Jo’Burg boasts of a strong cast comprising prolific South African actors. In the course of three seasons, the series has gained worldwide recognition thanks to the engaging narrative and strong performance by the cast. There is a distinct African uniqueness presented through the narrative’s amalgamation of occult and crime, and in sync with that, the series’ characterization balances its cultural roots with more topical themes of the country’s plaguing crime problems.

Simon ‘Vader’ Masire played by Shona Ferguson

Botswana-based actor/producer Shona Ferguson redirected the course of his life and shifted to acting after quitting his corporate job. Aside from appearing in multiple small-screen roles, Shona Ferguson later created Ferguson Films with his wife, Connie Ferguson,...

Exclusive: Keeley Hawes and key cast are on board Miss Austen Returns, a follow-up to Masterpiece period drama Miss Austen, and which is in the works from Bonnie Productions.

Miss Austen was adapted from Gill Hornby’s novel of the same name. Christine Langan, whose Bonnie Productions made the series, tells Deadline that Hornby’s recently published follow-up, ‘The Elopement’, forms the spine of a new series Bonnie is working up with the title Miss Austen Returns.

Miss Austen writer Andrea Gibb is currently penning scripts. As with the earlier series, the show is expected to be a co-production with Masterpiece in association with Federation Stories and the BBC, which showed the first series in the UK.

With the new drama, plus Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s Berlin Film Festival competition title Hot Milk and Miss Austen already under its belt, Bonnie has worked up notable credits in film and TV. It was founded in 2020 by Langan,...

Exclusive: Toby Jones, Stephen Frears, Christopher Hampton and costume designer Jany Temime have been unveiled as honorees of the Scad Lacoste Film Festival in France’s Provence region later this month.

Organized by the Savannah College of Art and Design (Scad), the festival’s fourth edition will run in the picturesque town in the Luberon Valley from June 26 to 28.

The three-day event gathers film and TV industry professionals related to Scad’s degree programs for acting, film and television, production design, costume design and fashion for a program of screening, talks and networking.

UK Bafta-winning actor Jones – who is known for his diverse repertoire ranging from Captain America and The Hunger Games to the more recent TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office – will be presented with the Virtuoso Award.

He has chosen Matteo Garrone’s 2015 fantasy horror Tale of Tales – in which he co-starred alongside Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel...

With Netflix series Dept Q., Matthew Goode stars as Dci Carl Morck, a curmudgeonly cop afflicted by Ptsd and almost Sherlock-level powers of deduction. Based on the novels by Jussi Adler-Olsen, which have also been made into a series of Danish-language films, the Netflix series is developed by and partially directed by Scott Frank, of The Queen’s Gambit fame. Frank moves the action to Scotland, with Goode starring as the English outsider alongside such Scottish favorites as Kelly Macdonald, Chloe Pirrie, Mark Bonnar, Shirley Henderson and Kate Dickie.

As Morck reels from an incident that almost killed him and paralyzed his colleague Di Hardy (Jamie Sives) he finds himself sidelined to a ‘lost cause’ basement cold case unit with his sidekicks Akram (Alexei Manvelov) and Rose (Leah Birne). Here, in a Zoom chat from his home in the U.K. with his wife and children making excellent background appearances,...

Roland Emmerich is cinema's finest chaos goblin working today. His loudest detractors have accused him of being all spectacle and no substance, but I don't see anyone complaining on the Fourth of July when their fireworks displays don't have enough character development. Subtlety isn't Emmerich's strong suit, and I absolutely love him for it. Give me a spaceship with "F— the Moon" graffitied onto it in a movie called "Moonfall." Use the panic of the "2012" Mayan conspiracy theory to make a movie where a guy literally throws his annoying child to safety in a sacrificial effort. And yes, give me President Bill Pullman delivering an "Independence Day" speech so invigorating, so powerful, it brings about world peace. Emmerich is as much a filmmaker as he is the host of a cinematic demolition derby with a multi-million dollar VFX budget. That is to say, he is an artist of the highest order,...

Image Source: Amazon Despite winning numerous awards throughout her illustrious career, Dame Helen Mirren’s portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen remains her most iconic achievement. Her performance, capturing the monarch’s response to Princess Diana’s death, earned her an Academy Award, triumphing over a field of fellow Oscar winners, including Dame Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz, and Meryl Streep. At the time of the film’s release, Mirren expressed deep gratitude for the way British audiences embraced the story. (Click on the media bar to hear Helen Mirren.) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Helen_Mirren_The_Queen_.mp3

Want to revisit this extraordinary film? The Queen is available on DVD, Blu-ray, digital platforms like Amazon, and streaming free on Pluto TV.

The post What Helen Mirren Revealed About ‘The Queen’s’ British Reception appeared first on Hollywood Outbreak.

There are some casts that you would want to watch even if they were being themselves, and sitting around a dinner table talking about whatever. That's the case with the Ocean's 11 crew with George Clooney, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, and all the others. They are entertaining in themselves.

The same can be said of the cast of Netflix's The Thursday Murder Club. A bunch of actors you know from a bunch of things perform their roles as an older group of Brits who go about solving murders for fun. It's a bit like Only Murders in the Building, but...wait. No, it's a lot like that Hulu series.

This is especially true as the plot of Ttmc turns when the three Brits and one Irish lad, played by Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan (he's Irish), Ben Kingsley, and Celia Imrie, find that a murder has occurred extremely close to them.

When you bring together Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley, you are not just assembling a cast but crafting a cinematic event. Netflix’s The Thursday Murder Club, set to stream on August 28, 2025, adapts Richard Osman’s bestselling novel with this trio of legends, joined by Celia Imrie, as retirees turned amateur sleuths.

Directed by Chris Columbus, the film promises a delightful mix of wit, suspense, and heart, as seen in its first trailer, which dropped on May 29, 2025. The trailer buzzes with cozy yet thrilling energy, teasing a murder mystery that is equal parts charming and chilling. This star-studded whodunit is shaping up to be a must-watch, from the iconic trio’s chemistry to the trailer’s irresistible mood.

The Thursday Murder Club: A legendary trio takes up the murder case The Thursday Murder Club./ Credits: Netflix Tudum

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley are Hollywood royalty,...

Paramount+ is going all-in on its critically acclaimed British crime drama “MobLand.”

Revealed to Variety exclusively, the company is launching an ambitious Emmy campaign that surprisingly places both Tom Hardy and Pierce Brosnan in the running for lead drama actor. The decision to push Brosnan as a co-lead — rather than a supporting contender as many had assumed — is one of several surprising moves in the streamer’s Emmy strategy.

Helen Mirren, meanwhile, will compete for supporting drama actress, avoiding a head-to-head clash with her own work in “1923,” Taylor Sheridan’s Western drama, where she is considered a possible contender for lead drama actress.

Created by Ronan Bennett, “MobLand” centers on Harry Da Souza (Hardy), a fixer for the powerful London-based Harrigan crime family, led by Conrad (Brosnan) and Maeve Harrigan (Mirren). As rival gangs threaten the family’s empire, Harry is tasked with maintaining control and preventing a full-scale war.

Exclusive: French mini-major Pathé sent shockwaves through the UK cinema industry in 2023 when it emerged it was pulling out of film distribution and production in the country to focus uniquely on scripted TV series in the territory.

The move coincided with the retirement of longtime Pathé UK cinema-focused head Cameron McCracken and left Faith Penhale in charge as managing director of the refocused TV development and production subsidiary.

The development of English-language projects was shifted over to the Pathé HQ in Paris.

The French studio’s retreat from UK cinema was regarded as the end of an era. Pathé UK had left its mark on the local and international cinema landscape, having supported titles such as Slumdog Mllionaire, The Queen, The Iron Lady, Philomena and The Great Escaper, to name a few.

Two years later, Pathé President Ardavan Safaee has revealed that the company is mulling a return to film...

Sony Pictures Classics has scheduled Blue Moon, Richard Linklater’s latest film, for release on October 17 in New York and Los Angeles, with a broader rollout planned for October 24. The biographical drama centers on lyricist Lorenz Hart, one half of the iconic Rodgers and Hart songwriting duo, during a pivotal evening in 1943.

Set almost entirely at Sardi’s Restaurant, the film unfolds on the night Oklahoma! premiered on Broadway—Rodgers’ first collaboration with Oscar Hammerstein II after parting ways with Hart. Ethan Hawke plays Hart, who reflects on his legacy and confronts the emotional toll of professional displacement. The cast includes Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Andrew Scott.

The story takes place over a single night, capturing the personal and artistic reckoning of a man witnessing the reshaping of American musical theater without his involvement. Hawke and Linklater, long-time collaborators, team up for the ninth time on this project. Their...

Steve Toussaint plays experienced seafarer Corlys Velaryon on House of the Dragon. In the first season, we watched Corlys' life play out over several years; he lost both of his adult children, and at the end of the season lost one of his grandchildren. He's been through it, and will likely still be smarting when the show returns for a third season.

Looking back on season 2, Toussaint named the loss of Corlys' wife Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) as the thing he remembers most. "I know it sounds silly because we're just acting, but it's the most wrenching thing that she will not be there to continue the journey with me and the rest of us," he told Gold Derby. "And then it's trying to portray several kinds of grief throughout the season, because at the beginning, he's still grieving his children and his grandchild, and then in the middle of that season — wham!

Matthew Goode is ready to rattle some cages in the official trailer for Dept. Q. In less than one month, Netflix will debut the new detective series from The Queen's Gambit creator Scott Frank that features the A Discovery of Witches star as Dci Carl Morck, who's described as "a brilliant cop, but a terrible colleague" with no allies in the Edinburgh police and a lot of guilt on his conscience. A shooting that killed a young officer and paralyzed his partner leaves him feeling responsible, and matters only get worse when his bosses "promote" him to the head of a new department dedicated to cold cases. However, the new basement office is just a PR front to distract an unsatisfied public from their failures. Yet, the footage sees him rising to the occasion and finding new energy with a new team of misfits, making real strides on a long-unsolved case.

The wait for House of the Dragon season 3 rages on, and all of us fans are gobbling up any crumb of a spoiler we can until the glorious day arrives when we can watch new episodes. Lately, there have been mostly casting announcements keeping us fed, but series star Steve Toussaint recently sat down for an interview with Gold Derby and shared some interesting tidbits.

Gold Derby chatted with Toussaint, who plays Corlys Velaryon in HBO's hit Game of Thrones prequel series, about a wide variety of topics regarding the series: from the set of his character's ship The Queen Who Never Was to his wardrobe to Corlys' secret sons revealed in season 2. But the biggest takeaway from his interview was his tease about season 3 featuring something that one of the directors thinks has "ever been done on television before." Talk about getting us excited for the new season!

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She’s reigned (literally) over us for years, playing the queen (among dozens of other roles) in features and series. Now Helen Mirren is bringing that royal presence to TV screens with two performances that couldn’t be more different: Cara Dutton on 1923 and Maeve Harrigan on MobLand.

Even 1923 showrunner Taylor Sheridan wanted to know how he managed to convince her to appear in his series, asking Gold Derby to share his question. “By his writing!” she says, though she admits she said yes without seeing any scripts.

“Both Harrison [Ford] and I, for the first time in our lives, had to commit without reading a single word of the characters or the story or anything. Because Taylor said he likes to write for the actor that he's got, he likes to write knowing who he's writing for, which I thought was very interesting.”

But for Sheridan, she was willing to take the chance.

The cast of crew and HBO's Game of Thrones prequel series House of the Dragon are filming the third season as we speak, and we've heard a lot of talk about a major battle scene coming up very early in the season, probably in the first episode. It's the Battle of the Gullet, a ship-to-ship navel conflict that was originally supposed to serve as the climax for season 2, but which got pushed back. Now, the cast and crew are laboring to bring to life what showrunner Ryan Condal called "probably the most complex sequence that's ever been done for television."

Those are big words, but they're backed up by members of the cast. Steve Toussaint plays Corlys Velaryon, an experienced seafarer who will play a key role in the battle. "Not to give any spoilers, but I've spoken to Loni Peristere, one of our directors, and he said, 'What we're doing in this particular episode,...

Paramount+ May 2025 Schedule ( Photo Credit – Facebook; Instagram )

The month of may has brought forward an exciting lineup of films, series, and reality shows to binge this summer. Paramount+ has a full slate of interesting releases including the premiere of David Beckam’s talk show Beckham & Friends Live and the seasons of some popular reality shows.

American Music Awards are set to happen this month and will be available to stream on the digital giant. Scary Movie films and seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race are also included in the diverse lineup of the digital platform. Here’s what it set to release on Paramount+ during the month of May.

Paramount+ May 2025: Everything On Release Schedule This Month

Note: The releases marked with the Paramount+ Showtime bracket will be available only to those with the Paramount+ and Showtime subscription tier. The releases not marked will be available for subscribers of all tiers.

Stephen Frears, the legendary director known for outstanding films like The Queen, Dangerous Liasons, Philomena, Victoria and Abdul, My Beautiful Laundrette, The Grifters, High Fidelity, The Regime and A Very English Scandal, is all set to direct an ambitious series, which is an extraordinary adaptation of William Dalrymple’s critically acclaimed book The Anarchy: The Relentless Rise of the East India Company. The series is being mounted as an international co-production between US-based studio wiip and leading Indian production house Roy Kapur Films.

Set in the 18th century, the story of The Anarchy is a gripping exploration of the British East India Company’s commercial ambitions in India, ultimately leading to the takeover of an entire subcontinent.

The rights acquisition of William Dalrymple’s bestselling book was believed to have been amongst India’s most sought-after book-to-tv rights deals, with Roy Kapur Films ultimately emerging with the rights. The show...

Credit Jamie Simpson/Netflix Copyright © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Photo credit: Netflix Copyright © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Mark your calendars, crime thriller fans! Netflix has just dropped the first look images for the highly anticipated series, Dept. Q, and it looks absolutely gripping. Coming to us from the brilliant mind of Scott Frank, the writer and director behind the Emmy-winning sensation The Queen’s Photo credit: Netflix Copyright © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Photo credit: Netflix Copyright © 2024 Netflix, Inc. Gambit, and starring the ever-compelling Matthew Goode, Dept. Q promises a thrilling journey into the world of cold cases. The 9-episode series meets us with Dci Carl Morck who possesses a keen intellect and biting verbal skills. The police force in Edinburgh has rejected him because of his rough demeanor. After a devastating shooting incident that killed a police officer and paralyzed his partner Carl gets transferred to the basement where he leads the new cold case unit known as Department Q.

Before Hailey Gates made her Sundance-winning feature film “Atropia,” the young filmmaker was attempting to make a short film, “Shako Mako,” based on the real-life military training village she ended up depicting in the feature. The fashion brand Miu Miu, as part of its Women’s Tales filmmakers series, helped make it happen. The brand provided clothing, some financing, and other resources, but — above all — was hands-off with the creative.

An Afghanistan War satire might not seem like a particularly relevant brand association for an upscale fashion line, but for Miu Miu, just being in Gates’ orbit makes an impact. Jett Steiger and Lana Kim, who produced “Atropia” via banner Ways & Means, said it’s all about brands trying to find authentic ways to engage with consumers: making content their customers would want to watch, dispatching cool female filmmakers to parties, and using those connections to fuel good PR.

Andrea Blaugrund Nevins, documentary filmmaker and wife of former Showtime CEO David Nevins, died April 12 after a battle with breast cancer. She was 63. Blaugrund Nevins passed away at her Los Angeles home, surrounded by her family and her dogs.

New York born and raised, Blaugrund Nevins did ballet and swimming and also took up poetry and photography while growing up. She was president of her high school, The Chapin School, and went on to graduate cum laude from Harvard, majoring in Social Studies.

Blaugrund Nevins started her career in journalism, first as a sports reporter in North Carolina and staff writer for the the Gainesville Sun and subsequently at National Public Radio’s All Things Considered in Washington, DC, and at ABC News’ Peter Jennings: Reporting in New York where she earned a News/Documentary Emmy Award for her work.

Her first independent documentary as a producer, 1997’s Still Kicking: The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies,...

A startling novelty 30 years ago, the film’s now antique effects and strange anti-Orwell farmyard tale feel dated, but is still a quaintly comfortable place to visit

Thirty years ago, a non-Disney talking-animal adventure became a big movie talking point. Babe, adapted from Dick King-Smith’s children’s book The Sheep-Pig, features an adorable piglet who is rescued from a brutally realistic-looking agribusiness breeding shed as his mum and siblings are taken off to be slaughtered; it is then rehomed in a quaintly old-fashioned farm with lots of different animals, situated in an uncanny-valley landscape of rolling green hills which looks like Olde England but where everyone speaks in an American accent. The lead human is grumpy cap-wearing Farmer Hoggett, played by James Cromwell, later to be hard-faced Captain Dudley Smith in LA Confidential and Prince Philip in Stephen Frears’ film The Queen. The little piglet does his best to...

Film at Lincoln Center has named former Film4 executive Daniel Battsek as president, the nonprofit home of the New York Film Festival announced on Tuesday.

“I am very honored to be selected to lead Film at Lincoln Center, a globally recognized cornerstone of film culture,” Battsek said in a statement. “My goal is to bring the knowledge and experience I’ve gained throughout my career in the film industry to support and elevate Flc’s programming, mission and brand. Having long admired Flc as a vital New York cultural institution, I am immensely proud to take the helm at such an exciting moment for cinema.”

Battsek most recently served as chairman of Film4 in the U.K. through 2024 after joining as director in 2016. There, he oversaw movies like “The Zone of Interest,” “Poor Things,” “All of Us Strangers,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “The Favourite.” He will assume his new...

Daniel Battsek, the veteran producer and executive known for high-level stints at Film4, Miramax, Disney and National Geographic, has been named President of Film at Lincoln Center.

The non-profit organization behind the New York Film Festival and many other year-round events, had conducted a search for a new president after the departure last year of Lesli Klainberg. Battsek will start in his new post on May 1, reporting to Flc’s board of directors.

From 2016 to 2024, Battsek was a director and chairman at the UK-based Film 4. He oversaw the production of a number of well-received films, including Oscar winners like The Zone of Interest, Poor Things, All of Us Strangers, The Banshees of Inisherin, and The Favourite. Since 2018, Battsek

has been chairman of Film London, the agency supporting the city’s film and screen industries.

Battsek has been New York-based for key stretches of his career, and also has had...

Industry veteran and former Film4 chairman Daniel Battsek has been appointed president of Film At Lincoln Center (Flc), effective May 1.

Battsek is tasked with guiding the strategic direction of the non-profit dedicated to cinema and home to New York Film Festival, and reports to the board.

The highly regarded UK-born, New York-based veteran brings more than three decades of leadership experience in the film world, most recently as director and later chairman of Film4 from 2016 to 2024.

Under his tenure, he oversaw production of Oscar and Bafta winners and nominees including The Zone Of Interest, Poor Things, All Of Us Strangers,...

Those looking to keep the party going after a chaotic week at CinemaCon should head to Paramount+. The studio is celebrating a significant milestone for Guy Ritchie’s MobLand. According to Paramount+, MobLand broke the record for the streamer’s biggest global series launch ever on its premiere day with 2.2M subscribers, generating 9.7M views. Ritchie’s episodic crime saga joins 1923 and Landman as part of the top three launches in Paramount+ history.

Here’s the official synopsis for MobLand courtesy of Paramount+:

“Power is up for grabs as the Harrigans and Stevensons, two warring London crime families, clash in a kill-or-be-killed battle that threatens to topple empires and ruin lives. Caught in the crossfire is Harry Da Souza, the street-smart ‘fixer’ as dangerous as he is handsome, who knows too well where loyalties lie when opposing forces collide. As kingdom goes up against kingdom, lines will be crossed...

Get ready for a wild ride into London’s dark underbelly with ‘MobLand’, a fresh crime drama that just hit screens on Paramount+. This isn’t your average TV show—it’s a tense, action-packed story about clashing crime families, starring some of the biggest names in the business. If you’re searching for a new series to binge that blends danger, loyalty, and top-tier talent, this one’s got your name on it. We’re talking about a project that’s already turning heads, and it’s easy to see why with its killer premise and cast.

I’ve been keeping an eye on ‘MobLand’ since it was first announced, and it’s shaping up to be a must-watch for anyone who loves a good mob tale. The buzz around this show isn’t just about the stars—it’s the promise of a raw, emotional story that digs...

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.

MobLand is a star-studded British crime drama by director/producer Guy Ritchie debuting on Paramount+ on March 30, 2025. Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, and Dame Helen Mirren headline the series, which began as an American spin-off of Ray Donovan before moving overseas. The drama traces two of London's most influential crime families vying for city control, with a fixer named Harry Da Souza becoming the key link between them.

With 10 episodes slated between March 30 and June 1, MobLand will air the first two episodes upon the debut, followed by weekly episodes every Sunday. In addition to recognizing actors like Geoff Bell from Ritchie's popular British crime movies, Peaky Blinders fans will spot familiar faces when MobLand premieres on Paramount+ next week. Here are the actors and principal cast members featured in MobLand.

Tom Hardy & Joanne Froggatt as Harry & Jan Da Souza

Tom Hardy portrays Harry Da Souza in MobLand. Harry is a...

In its heyday, "The Crown" represented every shiny thing that streaming-era TV could be. With precise and powerful storytelling, a cast full of stars-in-the-making, and cinematic flair, the historical drama from "The Queen" writer Peter Morgan was as aesthetically masterful and emotionally potent as it was bingeable. The show's early seasons were an awards season powerhouse and a clear-cut case of must-watch TV in an increasingly crowded programming slate.

If this sounds like a eulogy, it's because the best parts of "The Crown" seemed to die with its subject. Where the show's ambitious earlier seasons revealed shattering truths and scathing critiques through restrained performances and symbolic imagery, its later chapters often flailed under the pressure of approaching the present day. In its old age, the show reused its original tricks in increasingly obvious and unconvincing ways, becoming as obsolete to the streaming landscape as its monarch did to the modern world.

Michael Sheen is known for his philanthropic ways, with his recent donation making quite a buzz. Following the generosity, the next question that pops into one’s mind is, “How rich is the guy?” And to answer all your queries, we are here with a breakdown of Michael Sheen’s net worth in 2025.

Sheen has been in the industry for so long that he has become one of the most familiar faces. He is no less than a legend who has constantly showcased his brilliant skills throughout the years by appearing in different genres and continually pushing boundaries. From taking up the role of a feared vampire in Twilight to starring as an angel in Good Omens, Sheen does it all effortlessly.

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As of 2025, Sheen’s net worth is estimated at $16 million. Yes, the figure...

As the Thessaloniki Intl. Documentary Festival prepares to host its 27th edition, which runs March 6 – 16, festival director Orestis Andreadakis sees no shortage of threats to truth, freedom and the values on which the democratic order is based. “Four months have passed since the [Thessaloniki Intl. Film Festival], but it seems like we’re already living in a completely different world — unfortunately, not a better one,” Andreadakis tells Variety.

Likening the times to “a historical documentary about the 1930s, screened backwards,” he describes world events as “an educational documentary that taught us nothing. It is a testimony for the horror of fascism and totalitarianism that it seems we have forgotten,” he continues. “It is a film record of a horrific historical reality that some are trying to repeat in the worst possible way.”

This year’s festival begins hardly a fortnight after Russia’s war in Ukraine marked its three-year anniversary, and as a tenuous...

For some, family is everything. If you cross them in any way, there will be hell to pay. It is the nature of things, especially when your family wields power like a sword waiting to slice dissenters in twain. Today, Paramount+ is ready to give Guy Ritchie fans a taste of the filmmaker’s next star-studded series, Mobland, starring Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosman, and Helen Mirren. Paramount’s MobLand trailer is an explosive look at what happens when the wrong people think they can change the pecking order of a well-oiled criminal empire. Good luck with that, friend.

MobLand debuts on Paramount+ on March 30. It centers around two warring families based in London whose enterprises stretch across the globe and the fiercely loyal “fixer” charged with protecting one of them at all costs.

In MobLand, Pierce Brosnan stars as Conrad Harrigan, patriarch of the crime family, with Helen Mirren playing Maeve Harrigan,...

Following a two-year TV absence, Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone spin-off 1923 finally hit Paramount+ on February 23, 2025. As viewers peer into past Dutton family generations as the economic boom of the roaring twenties screeches to a crashing halt with the stock market crash and the Great Depression, one character remains steadfast in their dutiful resolve: Cara Dutton, played by the inimitable Academy Award-winning Dame Helen Mirren.

A compassionate parental figure and often the voice of reason who talks her husband out of foolish decisions, Cara Dutton is arguably the bravest and boldest character in 1923, willing to do anything necessary to protect her family. Beyond such qualities shown in both season debuts, Mirren is arguably the only cast member with the gravitas to steal Harrison Ford's movie star thunder. With only six more 1923 episodes, Cara Dutton should get the proper send-off she deserves.

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After the sweeping success of his Netflix series, The Gentlemen, celebrated director, Guy Ritchie, is preparing to return to the small-screen with yet another action-packed production. Today, Paramount+ has revealed the arrival of MobLand, a new crime-centered tale from the mind of Ritchie, to be set for an arrival on Sunday, March 30. Like all of his other projects, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare has assembled a star-studded cast for his latest piece, which is set to be led by an impressive trio consisting of Tom Hardy (the Venom franchise), Pierce Brosnan (Mamma Mia!) and Helen Mirren (The Queen).

“1923” has returned.

Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone” prequel series, which followed “1883,” first premiered back in December 2022. By comparison, that was around when “Avatar: The Way of Water” hit theaters. That feels like an eon ago, right? But the point is: it’s back and we are very excited.

But if you have never watched “1923” or if it’s been a while, let us help refresh things with a recap of the cast and characters from the series. Ready to head back to the ranch?

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Jacob Dutton is the patriarch of the Dutton family and the head of the Yellowstone ranch. He is the older brother of James Dutton, who was played by Tim McGraw in “1883,” and the husband of Cara Dutton (Helen Mirren...

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall in November of 1989, James Bond has struggled with his own relevance. "Licence to Kill" was released that same year, but it proved to be the last James Bond movie for six years. Eon Productions scrambled to came out with "GoldenEye" in 1995, starring Pierce Brosnan, the best James Bond. "GoldenEye" featured a scene wherein M (Judi Dench) told 007 right to his face that he was a remnant of an earlier time, and the bad guys were merely ex-Soviets who tried to keep the Cold War going as best they could. Energy for the war, "GoldenEye" pointed out, had waned. 

Brosnan starred in four films as James Bond, but he ran into another relevancy problem after the events of September 11, 2001. During the George W. Bush administration, wars began anew, and Bond's slick, lighthearted spy shenanigans no longer seemed relevant. Eon Productions attempt to adapt with...

Lynne Marie Stewart, the actress known for roles in Pee-wee’s Playhouse and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, has died. She was 78.

Elvira star Cassandra Peterson was one of several to pay tribute to the actress Friday on Instagram after coming up together at The Groundlings in Los Angeles and appearing in Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) and The Elvira Show (1993) together.

“My heart is breaking upon hearing the news of my dear friend @lynnestewart78 Lynne Stewart’s passing,” wrote Peterson on Instagram. “One of the kindest, sweetest, funniest women who ever lived. The iconic Miss Yvonne of Pee-wee’s Playhouse: She’ll always be ‘the most beautiful woman in Puppetland.'”

Born Dec. 14, 1946 in L.A., Stewart was a member of The Groundlings in the ’70s, where she met Peterson, Paul Reubens and Phil Hartman.

Stewart was most known and beloved for playing Miss Yvonne and other roles in Reubens’ Pee-wee franchise,...

The title of this movie is the two-word answer to a most unexpected question. Namely: “What do you get if you cross American Sniper, The Last Of Us, Stranger Things, Aliens and Love Actually?” Writer Zach Dean appears unashamed of his influences on this former Black List spec script, and director Scott Derrickson has much fun with them, serving up a frothy B-pic stew. By the time we reach the wink-at-the-audience montage that depicts Miles ‘Whiplash’ Teller and The Queen’s Gambit’s Anya Taylor-Joy bonding over drumming and chess, there is no doubt left that The Gorge can’t, and shouldn’t, be taken too seriously.

The set-up is a doozy. Teller and Taylor-Joy are sexy-but-damaged elite operatives whisked to a super-remote top-secret location by Sigourney Weaver, guest-starring as the token untrustworthy boss-person. Their year-long mission? To stand sentinel over an eerie chasm which may or may not be “the door to Hell”. Only,...

Jeremy Strong is set to star in Netflix’s upcoming series “The Boys From Brazil,” which hails from “The Crown” creator Peter Morgan, according to media reports.

Strong will star in the series, which is based on Ira Levin’s 1976 novel of the same name. The novel, which centers on infamous Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann, was adapted into a 1978 film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, which starred Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier.

“The Boys From Brazil” marks Strong’s next TV role after starring in HBO’s “Succession” as Kendall Roy. His performance in the drama series, which also starred Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Brian Cox and Matthew Macfadyen, scored Strong three Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, which he won in 2020.

Strong is expected to star as Liebermann, the role played by Olivier in the film.

Netflix declined to comment.

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Back in 1976, Rosemary’s Baby and The Stepford Wives author Ira Levin brought the world a conspiracy novel called The Boys from Brazil – and since Levin’s works had previously proven to be the makings of successful film adaptations, it’s no surprise that The Boys from Brazil was quickly turned into a movie. Released in 1978, that feature adaptation of the novel was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a screenplay by Heywood Gould and starred Gregory Peck, Laurence Olivier (who received an Oscar nomination for his performance), Steve Guttenberg, and James Mason. That film isn’t quite as popular as Rosemary’s Baby or The Stepford Wives, but it has a strong following – and now Deadline reports that the Netflix streaming service is set to build on that following with a series adaptation of Levin’s novel.

This new take on The Boys from Brazil is being written by Peter Morgan,...