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Hollywood stars Sydney Sweeney, Scarlett Johansson, Jacob Elordi, Matthew McConaughey and Kerry Washington are among top talent who will join TheWrap’s interview and portrait studio at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

TheWrap Studio returns to the heart of TIFF at the InterContinental Toronto Centre, Sept. 5–8. Guests will toast the moment with Moët & Chandon, the exclusive champagne sponsor.

Filmmakers Guillermo del Toro, Steven Soderbergh, Baz Luhrmann, Richard Linklater, Chloé Zhao, Joachim Trier, Nia DaCosta, Rian Johnson and Ben Proudfoot will also join the studio to discuss their latest films.

Additional talent attending the studio includes Amanda Seyfried, Willem Dafoe, Glenn Close, Elle Fanning, Ethan Hawke, Daniel Craig, Jason Bateman,...

Daniel Craig is returning as Benoit Blanc in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.Set for a two‑week theatrical release from 26 November before arriving on Netflix on 12 December 2025, the film is directed, written and co‑produced by Rian Johnson and continues the Knives Out saga. It stars Daniel, 57, alongside Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.The movie’s official synopsis reads: “Benoit Blanc (Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (O’Connor...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the next movie in the Knives Out series. It is written and directed by Rian Johnson and is a standalone sequel to 2022’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

Daniel Craig returns as the clever detective Benoit Blanc. The movie also stars Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church. New posters for the film have been released, showing the cast in a mysterious and exciting new look.

Via Netflix

According to sources, the film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is the next movie in the Knives Out series, written and directed by Rian Johnson. It is a standalone sequel to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery from 2022, and the third movie in the series.

Daniel Craig is back as the famous detective Benoit Blanc. The movie also features a large cast including Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church. New poster for the film has already been released, showcasing them in an unusual pose.

Via Netflix

The world premiere will take place at the Toronto International...

It’s good to be the king — make that the prince.

One of Shakespeare’s most-adapted plays, there have been over 50 film versions made of Hamlet — from classics like Laurence Olivier’s 1948 version, which won Best Picture and Best Actor, to Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 film, starring Mel Gibson and Glenn Close, to family friendly interpretations like Disney’s The Lion King.

This year is no exception, with a trio of films inspired by the famous play making the rounds of the fall festivals, each with its own spin on the classic: Riz Ahmed's Hamlet, Oscar Isaac's King Hamlet documentary, and Chloé Zhao's Hamnet. There's even an animated Japanese version: Scarlet,...

“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” is the next feature in director Rian Johnson’s mystery movie series, starring Daniel Craig as ‘Benoit Blanc’, with Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church, releasing November 26, 2025 in theaters:

‘…after a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks a town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief ‘Geraldine Scott’ (Kunis)…

“…to join forces with renowned detective ‘Benoit Blanc’ (Craig)…

“…to unravel a mystery that defies all logic…”

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Benoit Blanc’s next mystery is afoot. Daniel Craig will reprise the role of the famous detective who drove Rian Johnson’s two previous installments, Knives Out and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.

Johnson will helm the third film in the mystery series, which recently received its title and timeline for release. Following the original 2019 film starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, Netflix made a deal for two more sequel films with Johnson.

Those curious about the details of the latest installment such as cast, title and release date can find clues below.

When will Knives Out 3 come out?

Wake Up Dead Man will have a limited theatrical run starting Nov. 26 before it arrives December 12 on the streamer.

L-r: Andrew Scott, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Josh Brolin, Glenn Close and Daryl McCormack in ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Netflix

What is Knives Out 3 called?...

Netflix has confirmed that Rian Johnson’s imminent TIFF world premiere Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will get a two-week US theatrical run in select cinemas starting on November 26.

It remained unclear how many sites the whodunnit ensemble led by Daniel Craig as the redoubtable Benoit Blanc will play in, or theatrical plans for other territories. The film will debut on the service on December 12, as previously announced.

Wake Up Dead Man premieres in TIFF in Special Presentations on September 6, and will open BFI London Film Festival on October 8. Knives Out and Glass Onionplayed each festival in 2019 and 2022, respectively.

Variety returns to the Toronto International Film Festival to host its annual Interview Studio, Variety Cover Party, presented by Rbc celebrating cover stars Channing Tatum and Derek Cianfrance, and annual Chanel Women in Film Dinner.

Variety today unveiled its lineup for this year’s annual interview studio at TIFF. The studio will take place from September 5-7 and will host discussions with the cast and filmmakers of standout projects featured at this year’s festival.

Studio participants include Colin Hanks, Ryan Reynolds, Chris Candy, and Jennifer Candy (“John Candy: I Like Me”); Potsy Ponciroli, Ben Foster, and Shailene Woodley (“Motor City”); David Michôd, Sydney Sweeney, Chad Coleman, Katy O’Brian, and Ben Foster (“Christy”); Daniel Craig, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Andrew Scott, Thomas Haden Church, and Cailee Spaeny, Rian Johnson, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Daryl McCormack, and Josh Brolin (“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery”); Cillian Murphy,...

The next installment in the Knives Out franchise is coming soon!

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery hits select theaters on November 26, and is coming to Netflix on December 12. Ahead of the release, the streamer just revealed the first teaser art!

Here’s a plot summary: Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews.”

Keep reading to find out more…

“Wicks’s modest-but-devoted...

The anticipated new entry in Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc mystery films will be coming to theaters and Netflix later this year. The details of Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery have been played closer to the chest than the past films. Netflix now gives us a new look at the movie with a newly released one-sheet poster. Here, we get to see the rest of the cast with Daniel Craig’s detective character taking front and center.

Additionally, the streamer has recently scheduled a two-week theatrical release, which will start on November 26. Then, the movie will stream globally on the platform on December 12.

Daniel Craig returns as...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery will be getting a limited cinema release after all, before making its way to Netflix. Details below.

We already knew Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery wouldn’t be heading to cinemas, at least for very long. In August, we speculated that Netflix was scaling back the planned theatrical release of Wake Up Dead Man and that certainly seems to be the case.

Much like Guillermo Del Toro’s passion project Frankenstein, Wake Up Dead Man will head into cinemas for a very limited run, starting on 28th November. You’ll have two weeks to catch Benoit Blanc on the...

Netflix reveals theatrical release date and plot details for Daniel Craig's highly anticipated Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. Coming to the streamer's platform on December 12, the James Bond star will reprise his role as private investigator Benoit Blanc in the third installment of the Knives Out series.

Known for solving high-profile homicide cases, Blanc is headed to his most dangerous case yet in the upcoming movie written and directed by Rian Johnson. He's joined by a brand-new cast, featuring Josh O'Connor, Jeremy Renner, Glen Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

Now, Netflix has confirmed that...

Netflix has set a two-week theatrical window for its highly anticipated ensemble sequel, “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery.”

“Wake Up Dead Man” will release in select theaters on Nov. 26 for a two-week run until it comes to Netflix on Dec. 12.

Directed, written and co-produced by Rian Johnson, the third “Knives Out” entry boasts an all-star cast of Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church.

The film’s official synopsis reads: “Benoit Blanc (Craig) returns for his most dangerous case yet in the third and darkest chapter of Rian Johnson’s murder mystery opus. When young priest Jud Duplenticy (O’Connor) is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Brolin), it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. Wicks’s modest-but-devoted flock includes devout church lady Martha...

Daisy Edgar-Jones is appointed global ambassador for Boucheron, making her debut in the French maison’s holiday campaign this November.

Boucheron has officially named Daisy Edgar-Jones as its new global ambassador. The British actress, acclaimed for her roles in ‘Normal People’, ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ and the upcoming blockbuster ‘Twisters’, brings her charisma and elegance to the maison founded in 1858.

Edgar-Jones praised the blend of bold creativity and heritage that defines the Parisian house, as well as the female leadership of Hélène Poulit-Duquesne (CEO) and Claire Choisne (creative director). Her first campaign will be unveiled in early November, kicking off the festive season.

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The actress had already...

Over the course of his career, Ethan Hawke has left no creative stone unturned. A versatile character actor on both screen and stage, he continues to expand his work as a director, producer, writer, and author. This year at the Telluride Film Festival, Hawke is featured in not one but two projects: Blue Moon, his latest collaboration with director Richard Linklater, and Highway 99: A Double Album, an epic documentary about country music icon Merle Haggard that Hawke helmed. In recognition of his remarkable body of work, Hawke is one of three artists receiving the festival’s prestigious Silver Medallion.

“The fact that I'm here with Richard Linklater makes it even more special,...

The BFI’s London Film Festival has set a buzzy lineup of names, including veteran actor Daniel Day-Lewis, for this year’s screen talk Q&a sessions.

Day-Lewis, who returns to acting this year with Anemone, will take part in Q&a sessions alongside Richard Linklater, Yorgos Lanthimos, Lynne Ramsay, Tessa Thompson, Jafar Panahi, and Chloé Zhao.

This year’s London Film Festival takes place from 8 October to 19 October. The full festival programme will be revealed on 3 September.

The opening film is Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The screening will mark a return to the festival for Johnson’s murder mystery franchise after the original 2019 movie played in a gala screening at the 63rd edition in 2019, and the second instalment, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, closed the 66th edition in 2022.

The film’s ensemble cast includes Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis,...

Ethan Hawke wears many hats. The multi-hyphenate writer/director/actor returns to the Telluride Film Festival for a Tribute with Berlin prize-winner “Blue Moon” (SPC), in which he plays Broadway lyricist Lorenz Hart. And Hawke is debuting his new documentary “Highway 99: A Double Album,” a two-parter devoted to the life and music of Merle Haggard, which will likely sell to a streamer as it hits the festival circuit. And showing at the Toronto International Film Festival is a new series debuting on FX this September, Sterlin Harjo’s “The Lowdown.”

After all his recent efforts, Hawke, who has four Oscar nominations (three for collaborating with Richard Linklater), is ready to just talk. “I’m exhausted,” he said over breakfast in Telluride.

Hawke has always loved music, and has learned a lot over the years from playing trumpeter Chet Baker (“Born to Be Blue”) and directing the music movies “Blaze” and “Seymour: An Introduction.

Telluride Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 52nd edition, confirming a mix of world premieres and buzzy festival crossovers for the Labor Day weekend event in Colorado. New titles on the slate include Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, Scott Cooper’s Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, and Edward Berger’s Ballad of a Small Player, alongside Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia and Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon. The announcement positions Telluride as an early bellwether for fall releases while maintaining its long-standing “discover it in the mountains” ethos.

Organizers set the dates for Friday, August 29 through Monday, September 1, noting more than sixty features, shorts, and revival programs across the weekend.

Is it time for the “Hawke” to swoop in and nab his Oscar prey?

After four Academy Award nominations spanning both acting and writing, Ethan Hawke may have found the role that finally earns him an Oscar. In Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon,” the actor delivers a searing performance as lyricist Lorenz Hart, one half of the legendary Broadway songwriting team Rodgers and Hart.

The film premiered in February at the Berlin International Film Festival, where Hawke’s co-star Andrew Scott won the Silver Bear for best supporting performance. “Blue Moon” has since screened at the Telluride Film Festival, where Hawke received one of the festival’s Silver Medallions — a distinction that has proven to be an Oscar bellwether.

Recent Silver Medallion recipients include eventual nominees Cate Blanchett for “Tár” (2022) and Adam Driver for “Marriage Story” (2019), along with eventual winners Anthony Hopkins for “The Father” (2020), Renée Zellweger for “Judy” (2019) and...

Steven Knight’s “Locke” (2013) is a one-character film about a man in crisis. On paper, it is quite uneventful. After all, it’s simply about a man driving from point A to point B while talking on his phone with a bunch of people. All we see is him inside his car. Yet, Steven Knight’s script offers an uncommon depth to his character through these conversations, providing plenty of psychoanalytical subtext to understand the root of his behavior. At its core, the film is about a man trying not to repeat the mistakes his estranged father made, only to dig himself into the same hole.

Still, the film isn...

It’s looking to be a banner year for the Hungarian film industry at this year’s Venice Film Festival, with two of the country’s most celebrated directors — Oscar-winning “Son of Saul” filmmaker László Nemes and Berlin Golden Bear winner Ildikó Enyedi (“On Body and Soul”) — vying for the Golden Lion with their latest films.

Both movies are multi-country co-productions, utilizing a combination of tax incentives, soft money from national funding bodies and private equity to secure their budgets — a financing structure that has become both necessary and increasingly challenging in the current economic climate for independent filmmaking in Europe.

However, the films also highlight a concerted effort by Hungary’s National Film Institute (Nfi) to make the local industry more adaptable to the needs of today’s filmmakers. Hungarian film commissioner Csaba Káel describes the Lido premieres as “a testament to the strategy we launched five years ago,...

Robert Downey Jr.’s Sherlock Holmes reportedly almost cast Daniel Day-Lewis for its sequel, but the legendary actor turned it down, and since then, no updates about a 3rd installment have transpired from Tinseltown. The 2009 adaptation of the iconic stories by Arthur Conan Doyle saw Downey play the detective and Jude Law play his sidekick, Dr. John Watson. The film received a sequel, A Game of Shadows, which was released in 2011.

Day-Lewis will be returning to the big screen with Anemone, which is directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. While the actor reportedly rejected Guy Ritchie’s offer in Sherlock Holmes 2, he went on to play Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln,...

Daniel Craig's famed detective Benoit Blanc is getting yet another change of scenery for his next murder mystery. However, a new setting isn't the only difference in Wake Up Dead Man, as Knives Out franchise writer-director Rian Johnson recently outlined some of the major tonal shifts present in the Netflix sequel.

Speaking with Empire, Johnson revealed that the case Benoit Blanc finds himself investigating in Wake Up Dead Man will challenge him in ways the murders in Knives Out and Glass Onion did not. "Blanc is seeing it as, ‘It’s just a murder, I can solve this.’ The way the murder presents itself is the opposite of that,...

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Knives Out part 3 ) follows detective Benoit Blanc as he investigates his most dangerous and darkest case yet. It is an intricate murder mystery set against a gothic, possibly religious backdrop involving a new cast of suspects (via Tudum).

In the teaser released during Netflix’s 2025 Tudum event, Blanc (played by Daniel Craig) describes the case as his most perilous yet. The imagery, coffins, church-like architecture, and shadowy figures imply a mystery shrouded in spiritual undertones. While the full plot remains undisclosed, director Rian Johnson has confirmed the tonal shift. He told Tudum,

There’s a whole tonal spectrum from Carr to Christie,...

Summer is winding down and while Netflix had big releases like Happy Gilmore 2, the streamer is now looking to the latter part of the year with their preview of the fall movie slate for 2025.

With Halloween coming up, Netflix is gearing up for the premiere of Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein. Del Toro’s Frankenstein has the following logline: Set in Eastern Europe in the 19th Century, the story of Dr. Pretorius, who needs to track down Frankenstein’s monster- who is believed to have died in a fire forty years before–in order to continue the experiments of Dr. Frankenstein. Oscar Isaac (Moon Knight) stars alongside Mia Goth...

Director David Fincher has always given us mind-bending stories, from Se7en, Fight Club, Social Network, Gone Girl, Panic Room; despite the genre, his storytelling is always thrilling with impeccable visuals that keep the audience glued to their seats. Adding to his long list of brilliant movies is the neo-noir thriller starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which just got easier to stream.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is now available to stream free on Pluto TV. Based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Stieg Larsson and screenplay by Steven Zaillian, the movie is one big mystery we solve alongside its characters.

Steven Knight may have "Peaky Blinders" and a handful of other beloved shows under his belt, but perhaps his most daring venture is a movie about a man in a car. Back in 2013, the writer/director paired up with Tom Hardy for "Locke," a one-person drama that is now considered one of the actor's best movies ever and holds a 91% critics' score on Rotten Tomatoes. Heading down a very different kind of fury road, Hardy plays the titular Ivan Locke, the manager of a construction site that's on the verge of the largest concrete pour in Europe. Faced with the biggest day of his career, Locke suddenly finds his life is falling apart upon learning that a work colleague he had a brief affair with months ago became pregnant and is now going into labor.

With little choice but to give up the job he's been appointed to, Locke drives...

Bella Ramsey’s performance in the second season of The Last of Us irked many hardcore fans of the game despite them receiving an Emmy nomination. Ramsey played Ellie in the HBO show based on the game by Naughty Dog Entertainment, and the latest season seemed to fall short of expectations, especially in Ellie’s treatment.

Several moments in Ramsey’s performance seemed to attract criticism from fans and critics alike. Scenes such as Ellie’s speech in the town council to hunt down Joel’s killer stand out as moments where they could have gone in a different direction. However, they have already proven their mettle in previous performances.

While Ramsey’s performance in The Last of Us might need some tweaking in the third season of the show, here are five other roles that prove their acting chops.

1. Time – Kelsey Morgan

While shows like The Last of Us put them into the mainstream,...

Audible is turning up the suspense this fall with the return of The Prophecy, the hit audio drama that blends mystery, faith, and supernatural danger into a binge-worthy sonic experience. Season two drops September 25, exclusively on Audible, and Emmy-winning powerhouse Kerry Washington is once again pulling double duty as executive producer and star, reprising her role as Dr. Virginia Edwards.

Produced by Audible in partnership with Simpson Street and Qcode, the new season brings back Alano Miller (Underground) and introduces an impressive lineup of fresh talent, including Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Dulé Hill (Psych), Rhenzy Feliz (The Penguin), Ebony Obsidian (If Beale Street Could Talk), Eme Ikwuakor (On My Block), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community), Annie Gonzalez (Flamin’ Hot), Guillermo Diaz (Scandal), Crystal Fox (The Haves and the Have Nots), Roz Stanley, and Mara Shuster-Lefkowitz (Searching for Sisterhood). Series creator Randy McKinnon is back steering the ship, with Malakai (The Chi...

After their Main Slate and Currents lineups have been unveiled, the 63rd New York Film Festival has now revealed its Spotlight selections. Highlights include the world premiere of Anemone, marking Daniel Day-Lewis’ first role since 2017’s Phantom Thread, alongside world premieres of Rebecca Miller’s five-hour Martin Scorsese documentary and Ben Stiller’s Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost. Also among the highlights are two films by Richard Linklater, Harry Lighton’s Pillion, Mamoru Hosoda’s Scarlet, and one of the best documentaries from Sundance: Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor. The 63rd New York Film Festival will take place from September 26 through October 13, while Springsteen will hit theaters on October 24.

Spotlight Gala

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

Scott Cooper, 2025, U.S., 120m

Jeremy Allen White inhabits a legend and lays bare his beating heart in this graceful, exceptionally moving film about a very specific part of peerless American rock icon Bruce Springsteen’s life.

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Platonic is a comedy series co-created by Francesca Delbanco and Nicholas Stoller. The Apple TV+ series follows Sylvia, a middle-aged housewife who reunites with her former best friend, Will. Sylvia soon finds herself trapped in her old ways and a toxic path, which threatens to destroy her relatively happy home life. Platonic stars Rose Byrne, Seth Rogen, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Andrew Lopez, and Carla Gallo. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, absurd circumstances, and entertaining characters in Platonic, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

You’re the Worst Credit – FX

You’re the Worst is a romantic dark comedy-drama series created by Stephen Falk. The FX series follows Jimmy and Gretchen, two self-obsessed young individuals who fall for each other and begin an extremely toxic relationship that might not be good for bot of them.

Beloved director Richard Linklateris about to take the stage in just over two months with his comedic new film Blue Moon, a historical music biopic that puts an emphasis on the musical. Specifically, Rodgers and Hammerstein's legendary musical, Oklahoma!. However, this is not the story of either half of the theater writing dream team, but of Richard Rodgers's embittered former partner, Lorenz Hart, a lyricist who is firmly in the "for worse" part of “for better or for worse," and now has to bravely face the future amid his unraveling. Excitingly, the film also reunites Linklater with one of his favorite collaborators in the lead role — Ethan Hawke. As part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for fall movies, we're excited to share an exclusive new image that sees Hawke transformed as Hart with a cigar in hand and looking sharp next to a dazzling Margaret Qualley.

Blue Moon...

El título supone la novena colaboración entre director y actor. © Sony Pictures

Sony Pictures Classics ha desvelado el primer tráiler de la película Blue Moon, del aclamado cineasta Richard Linklater (Hit Man).

Firmada por Robert Kaplow, autor de la novela Me and Orson Welles, Blue Moon se adentra en los últimos días de Lorenz Hart, célebre mitad del dúo Rodgers & Hart. La historia transcurre principalmente en el emblemático restaurante Sardi’s, durante la noche del 31 de marzo de 1943, fecha en la que se estrenó ¡Oklahoma!, musical que marcó el comienzo de la alianza entre Rodgers y Oscar Hammerstein II tras la salida de Hart.

La película reúne a un reparto de lujo, con Ethan Hawke al frente, acompañado de Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale y Andrew Scott.

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Sony Pictures has revealed a new trailer for filmmaker Richard Linklater’s new feature ‘Blue Moon.’

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.

Directed by Linklater, the movie stars Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Delaney, Patrick Kennedy, Jonah Lees and Cillian Sullivan.

Also in trailers – Paramount unveils first look at Colleen Hoover’s ‘Regretting You’

The movie hits UK cinemas on November 14th.

The post “I need a drink…” Ethan Hawke stars in new trailer for ‘Blue Moon’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.

The winners of the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards have been revealed!

Hosted by Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers, the awards show aired on television for the first time ever on Tuesday night (August 5) on Bravo. It will then stream on Peacock starting Wednesday (August 6).

This year’s event featured live performances from Bowen and Matt, who performed Lady Gaga‘s “Abracadabra,” Ben Platt doing a cover of Addison Rae‘s “Diet Pepsi,” Remi Wolf and Jensen McRae.

Celebs in attendance and taking the stage to present awards included Jamie Lee Curtis, Dave Franco and Alison Brie, Renee Rapp, Parvati Shallow, Megan Stalter, Sasha Colby, Dylan Efron, Jack Quaid, Mindy Kaling and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

Keep reading to find out more…

If you missed it, check out all of the red carpet photos!

Keep reading below to see the full list of winners at the 2025 Las Culturistas Culture Awards…

Titan of...

Two years after winning his first Oscar, Brendan Fraser's next movie as a leading man is almost here. Searchlight Pictures has dropped the official trailer for Rental Family.

"Set against modern-day Tokyo, Rental Family follows an American actor (Brendan Fraser) who struggles to find purpose until he lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese "rental family" agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. As he immerses himself in his clients’ worlds, he begins to form genuine bonds that blur the lines between performance and reality. Confronting the moral complexities of his work, he rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the quiet beauty of human connection," reads the synopsis for the movie. Check out the first trailer and poster for Rental Family below.

Poster via Searchlight Pictures

Fraser became attached to Rental Family in November 2023, roughly eight months after he took home the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as an obese,...

Brendan Fraser is back in the spotlight — and this time, he’s stepping into other people’s lives for hire. Searchlight Pictures has released the first trailer for Rental Family, the dramatic comedy that marks Fraser’s first leading role since his Oscar-winning turn in 2022’s The Whale. The film will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September before arriving in theaters on November 21.

In Rental Family, Fraser plays an American actor living in Tokyo who begins taking jobs with the Japanese Rental Family Agency, a real-world-inspired service where clients can hire stand-ins for absent relatives or companions. From playing a doting father at a wedding to joining in a casual movie night or filling out a golf foursome, Fraser’s character finds himself unexpectedly drawn into the personal lives of strangers — and, of course, discovering his own need for connection in the process. Fraser...

The Toronto Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled 55 new film titles for its global-film focused Centerpiece program, including titles from Richard Linklater, Christian Petzold, Anders Thomas Jensen, Pietro Marcello and Álvaro Olmos Torrico.

There’s world premieres for the “Brat” singer Charli xcx-starrer Erupcja from director Peter Ohs; the Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Anson Boon starring thriller Good Boy, from director Jan Komasa and co-producer Jeremy Thomas; Adam Carter Rehmeier’s romantic crime thriller Carolina Caroline, starring Samara Weaving; and Kirk Jones’ Tourette Syndrome drama I Swear, which stars Robert Aramayo as John Davidson, the trailblazing campaigner.

The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo. Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival

There’s also first looks for Gail Maurice’s indigenous drama Blood Lines, where the director stars alongside Tamara Podemski, Dana Solomon and Melanie Bray; Nomad Shadow, Eimi Imanishi’s debut feature about a refugee to Europe forced to return to Western Sahara; The Cost of Heaven,...

Lena Dunham says her fixation on the “Scandoval” cheating scandal that rocked Vanderpump Rules pushed her to pitch a dramatic “mini-movie” of the reunion episode to Bravo host Andy Cohen during the 2023 writers strike, The Independent reports.

Appearing on the Shut Up Evan podcast, the writer-director recalled becoming “so obsessed” with the fallout that she treated the reality-tv transcript “like Shakespeare” and admits she “abused” Cohen’s phone number to lobby for the project. The strike hiatus, she argued, presented a window to “turn chaos into art” while most scripted sets were dark.

Dunham’s casting wish-list paired Andrew Scott with Jennifer Lawrence—Scott as the embattled bar owner Tom Sandoval and Lawrence as Ariana Madix, whose nine-year relationship collapsed when Sandoval’s affair with Rachel Leviss became public.

She imagined prestigious actors delivering the reunion’s expletive-laced dialogue “with all the passion and virtuosity of theatre,” according to Entertainment Weekly.

For Lena Dunham, there’s no such thing as “too much” reality TV. The beloved filmmaker even wanted to adapt the viral “Vanderpump Rules” for the big screen, especially after the “Scandoval” of it all.

“Vanderpump Rules” Season 10 revealed the explosive affair between co-stars Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss; Sandoval’s ex Ariana Madix confronted both cast members during the Season 10 reunion in 2023. The episode was Emmy-nominated.

While the scandal shocked audiences at the time, Dunham was looking to add a high(er)brow twist with the help of her fellow Bravo bingers, Andrew Scott and Jennifer Lawrence.

“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” Dunham said during the “Shut Up Evan” podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.

Lena Dunham is sharing an idea she had for a project that never came to light.

According to the 39-year-old Too Much creator, she wanted to make a “really serious” production of Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval‘s breakup. The split, which played out at a dramatic Vanderpump Rules reunion, was dubbed “Scandoval” by fans.

Lena was a guest on Evan Ross Katz‘s Shut Up Evan podcast where she talked about her ideas for the movie.

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“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” Lena explained her idea on the podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.”

Lena went on to say that she imagined casting Jennifer Lawrence as Ariana and Andrew Scott as Tom.

Lena Dunham once pitched a “Scandoval” movie to Andy Cohen, with Andrew Scott and Jennifer Lawrence starring as Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval from Vanderpump Rules. On the July 29 episode of the Shut Up Evan Podcast, the Girls star, 39, shared her wild idea with host Evan Ross Katz. Dunham recounted her affinity with reality TV during the SAG-AFTRA writers’ strike during their chat, explaining she was particularly fond of Vanderpump Rules. “I literally became so obsessed that I thought—what can we do while the writers’ strike is down?'” Dunham told Katz. “We should do a reenactment of the reunion in which Ariana confronts Tom and then takes Rachel/Raquel [Leviss] to town with trained actors.” The Too Much creator continued, “We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare.

Although Vanderpump Rules is preparing to move on from ‘Scandoval‘ with its rebooted Season 12, Lena Dunham isn’t quite ready to let go.

The Too Much creator recently shared her vision for a film based on the shocking affair between Tom Sandoval and Rachel Leviss that was unpacked during the Bravo reality show’s Season 10 reunion in 2023, as Sandoval’s estranged ex Ariana Madix had the chance to confront them both.

“We should basically create like a mini movie in which actors treat this as canon and get up and perform it with all the passion and virtuosity of Shakespeare,” said Dunham on the Shut Up Evan podcast. “I went so far as to abuse Andy Cohen‘s contact information to pitch him the idea.”

Although Cohen didn’t greenlight Dunham’s pitch, he did host a live reading of the explosive ‘Scandoval’ reunion on Sirius Xm’s Radio Andy,...

Rian Johnson will receive the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting at this year’s Austin Film Festival. Johnson is set to receive the award during the 2025 Writers Conference. The conference will take place from Oct. 23 to Oct. 26.

The festival will also screen the Texas premiere of “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” the third installment of Johnson’s whodunnit franchise. The film stars Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, and Thomas Haden Church.

“We are thrilled to welcome Rian Johnson back to Austin Film Festival as this year’s recipient of the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting,” said Barbara Morgan, Aff’s co-founder and Executive Director. “Rian is an incredibly gifted screenwriter and visionary filmmaker whose body of work and generosity to the next generation of storytellers exemplifies this award. His latest installment in the “Knives Out Mystery” cannon,...

The Austin Film Festival will bestow the Bill Wittliff Award for Screenwriting to writer/director Rian Johnson, as part of this year’s Writers Conference, happening Oct. 23 – 26. The festival will also screen Johnson’s “Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery,” the third installment in the filmmaker’s whodunnit series after “Knives Out” and “Glass Onion.” Both screenplays were nominated for Academy Awards.

“Wake Up Dead Man” sees Daniel Craig return as private detective Benoit Blanc, investigating a new murder and interrogating a new set of quirky suspects. The typically star-studded cast includes Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church. The film will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September before being released on Netflix on Dec. 12.

The award is named after Bill Wittliff, the Austin-born screenwriter of “Lonesome Dove,” “Legends of the Fall...

Sony Pictures Classics has launched the first trailer for filmmaker Richard Linklater’s new feature ‘Blue Moon.’

On the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist Lorenz Hart confronts his shattered self-confidence in Sardi’s bar as his former collaborator Richard Rodgers celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical “Oklahoma!”.

Directed by Linklater, the movie stars Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Delaney, Patrick Kennedy, Jonah Lees and Cillian Sullivan.

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Over the last thirty years, Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke have cemented their status as one of cinema's all-time great director-star duos with their work on movies like the Before trilogy, Boyhood, Tape, and Waking Life. Their latest team-up, Blue Moon, finds Linklater and Hawke turning the clocks back to the evening of 31 March, 1943 for a historical chamber piece centred around feted lyricist Lorenz Hart (a bald-cap sporting Hawke) and the drama that unfolds at the afterparty of his former collaborator Richard Rodgers' (Andrew Scott) new show, Oklahoma! Check out the trailer below;

"We write together for a quarter of a century and the first show he writes with someone else is gonna be the biggest hit he ever had," bemoans Hawke's Hart to Bobby Cannavale's Sardi barman at the start of this slick first Blue Moon trailer. "Am I bitter? Yes!" As tone-setters go, played out against a sprightly,...

“Blue Moon” is a new biographical period drama, directed by Richard Linklater, starring Ethan Hawke, Andrew Scott, Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, Simon Delaney, Cillian Sullivan, Patrick Kennedy and John Doran, releasing October 24, 2025 in theaters:

“…on the evening of March 31, 1943, legendary lyricist ‘Lorenz Hart’ confronts his shattered self-confidence in ‘Sardi’s Bar’ as his former collaborator ‘Richard Rodgers’ celebrates the opening night of his ground-breaking hit musical ‘Oklahoma!’.

“By the time this night is over, Hart will have confronted both a world that no longer values his talent and the seeming impossibility of love.”

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In the official trailer for Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) is killing the vibe. The famed lyricist is settled at the bar in the Broadway staple restaurant Sardi’s, following his sorrows to the bottom of a bottle as he watches his former collaborator Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott) celebrate.

Rodgers and Hart were once a great duo, creating American songbook classics “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered,” “My Funny Valentine,” “Falling in Love With Love,” and more together in the early years of their partnership. But this was...