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One of the hot horror movies of the summer is director Michael Shanks’ body horror movie Together, which stars real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco as a stagnating couple dealing with co-dependency issues of the Lovecraftian kind. Currently rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, the film hits theaters on July 30 from Neon.

Fortunately for you, we’ve got the early ticket.

On Monday, July 21st, Bloody Disgusting presents sneak previews nationwide, giving you the chance to witness the cosmic body horror a week before everyone else. These are screenings for true horror heads, which is why we’ve saddled up with some local partner.

Check the listings below and Grab Your Tickets Right Now!

— Atlanta, Ga @ AMC Madison Yards with Days of the Dead

— Boston, Ma @ AMC Boston Common 19 with Boston Underground Film Festival / Broke Horror Fan

— Chicago, Il @ AMC River East with Days of the Dead / The Horror House Chicago

— Dallas,...

The Ugly Stepsister by Norway’s Emilie Blichfeldt has won the top prize and audience award at the 29th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Busan) in South Korea.

The twisted take on the classic tale of Cinderella picked up the Best of Bucheon Award as well as the audience award at the closing ceremony of the festival today (July 11) at the Eoul Madang Hall in Bucheon City Hall.

The film premiered earlier this year as the Sundance Midnight opening selection and went on to play the Berlinale. Shudder has rights for North America, the UK and Anz. It marks the...

Neon, the award-winning studio and leader in the independent horror space, will host the “Next Wave of Horror” panel on Friday, July 25th at this year’s Comic-Con International. It will feature exclusive sneak footage and a discussion with cinematic horror powerhouse Osgood Perkins and Tatiana Maslany for Keeper, Together’s writer/director Michael Shanks, stars/producers Dave Franco and Alison Brie, and Shelby Oaks’ debut feature filmmaker, Chris Stuckmann.

After revolutionizing the independent horror landscape with Longlegs which grossed over $100 million globally, Neon has proven to be an incredibly versatile independent distributor. With Together, Shelby Oaks, and Keeper, the studio will usher in a thrilling, fresh wave of horror that delivers something for every kind of scare lover.

Michael Shank’s body horror love story Together had audiences raving and squirming in their seats at Sundance and SXSW. Featuring knockout performances from Dave Franco and Alison Brie like you’ve never seen them before.

Could one of the most iconic sci-fi shows of all time be coming back? The creator of Stargate sure hopes so!

Stargate has always been unique in that it’s the rare case of a TV franchise that’s become more memorable than the movie that inspired it. Indeed, mention Stargate, and most people will automatically think of the TV show and its spinoffs rather than the 1994 film.

Sadly, the franchise has been pretty dormant since Stargate Universe ended its short run in 2014. There have been numerous talks of a reboot or sequel, but nothing concrete yet. However, longtime writer and executive producer Brad Wright addressed the state of the franchise during a recent stage appearance at FedCon 33 in Bonn, Germany:

Yes, there probably will be another Stargate. No, I don’t know when. … These are smart people. They know that they don’t want to piss off the people...

In 1994, director Roland Emmerich unwittingly kicked off one of the most expansive and detailed sci-fi franchises of the last few decades with "Stargate." Though the movie was initially supposed to start a "Stargate" film trilogy, those plans were abandoned after the movie debuted, and instead we got multiple TV continuations and spin-offs -- most notably with "Stargate Sg-1," which picked up where Emmerich's movie had left off. Ever since, the "Stargate" franchise has continued to grow, comprising multiple TV series, direct-to-home-media movies, comic books, video games, and novels.

But back in 1994, such a sprawling saga must have seemed like a distant dream to Emmerich, who just wanted to tell a cool sci-fi story. "Stargate" was the result. The movie starred Kurt Russell as Army colonel Jack O'Neill, who, alongside archaeologist and Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader), leads a team of experts through the titular portal to an Egyptian-style alien world.

Neon, the award-winning studio and a leader in the independent horror space, will host the “Next Wave of Horror” panel on Friday, July 25, at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

The panel will feature exclusive sneak footage and a discussion with cinematic horror powerhouse Osgood Perkins and Tatiana Maslany for Keeper, Together‘s writer/director Michael Shanks, stars/producers Dave Franco and Alison Brie, and Shelby Oaks‘ debut feature filmmaker, Chris Stuckmann.

Together

After revolutionizing the independent horror landscape with Longlegs, which grossed over $100 million globally, Neon has proven to be a versatile independent distributor. With Together, Shelby Oaks, and Keeper, the studio will usher in a thrilling, fresh wave of horror that delivers something for every kind of scare lover.

Michael Shank’s body horror love story Together had audiences raving and squirming in their seats at Sundance and SXSW. Featuring knockout performances from Dave Franco and Alison Brie...

The 2025 Fantasia Film Festival kicks off in Montreal July 16 for nineteen days of blood-soaked, neon-drenched, mind-scrambling cinematic insanity! The Fantasia Film Festival is a Massive celebration of everything weird, wild, and wonderfully absurd, and holy shit! do the weirdos in Montreal know how to throw one hell of a party.

Seriously, if you’ve never been you should really make the trip to Montreal. Fantasia has one of the absolute best genre audiences in the world. Not to mention the best poutine in the entire country! Anyway, here’s a bunch of Horror movies we’re dying to see (and few we’re dying to rewatch) at this year’s Fantasia International Film Festival.

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Set to take place August 6-16, the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival has now unveiled its promising lineup. Among the highlights are the world premieres of Radu Jude’s second feature of 2025, Dracula; Alexandre Koberidze’s Dry Leaf; Sophy Romvari’s Blue Heron; Maureen Fazendeiro’s The Seasons; Le Lac from Jean-Luc Godard’s collaborator Fabrice Aragno; Ben Rivers’ Mare’s Nest; Abdellatif Kechiche’s long-awaited sequel Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due; Sho Miyake’s Two Seasons, Two Strangers; and many more.

“Building the program of the Locarno Film Festival means engaging with the living matter of contemporary cinema. A cinema that unfolds while the world is undergoing violent upheavals, while we witness – in real time – horrors that we had only read about in history books or studied in archival footage,” said Giona A. Nazzaro, Artistic Director.

He continues, “The question is simple, and brutal in its inevitability:...

Switzerland’s Locarno Film Festival will debut 17 features, including new works by Radu Jude and Abdellatif Kechiche, as part of its 2025 competition. This year’s event runs from August 6 to 16.

The festival announced its competition lineups this morning. The Radu Jude feature is his much-talked-about Dracula. The film was shot in Transylvania and is said to blend several takes on the Dracula story. Teasing the project as last year’s Locarno Film Festival, Jude said: “I am from Romania. My father is actually from Transylvania. It’s time that someone from Romania does a Dracula film. It’s only Hollywood that has done it 1,000 times. We shouldn’t let Hollywood dominate our Dracula.”

The Abdellatif Kechiche feature is Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due, the third edition in his controversial Mektoub series. Ben Rivers, a Locarno regular, will debut his latest feature, Mare’s Nest. Scroll down for the full Loarno lineup.

JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray had the chance to see the body horror film Together at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and said that “horror fans are going to have a blast” with this one when it makes its way out into the world. (You can read his full 8/10 review at This Link.) Now, Neon is planning to bring this good time to horror fans with a July 30th theatrical release – and today, a new trailer has arrived online! You can check it out in the embed above.

The feature debut of writer/director Michael Shanks, Together has the following synopsis: With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh. Here’s an expanded synopsis: Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison Brie...

"I will whisper my love softly in simple words..." Neon has debuted a second official trailer for Together, the ingenious body horror comedy from Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks (of Rebooted). Ready for release right at the end of July - it's going to shake things up for sure. Go watch this with a crowd. The film premiered to rave reviews at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in January - I loved it (my review) and listed it as one of my favorite films of the fest. It then played at SXSW and earned even more great reviews there. In this body horror, a couple's move to the countryside triggers a supernatural incident that drastically alters their relationship, existence, and physical form. Join them. Alison Brie & Dave Franco, a real life couple, also star as a couple in this bonkers new film that'll make you scream. Plus Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia,...

Alison Brie and Dave Franco‘s photo album shows their relationship devolve to disturbing depths in the Together teaser below.

The real-life spouses star in the cosmic body horror film, opening in theaters on July 30 from Neon.

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural foe threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

Writer-director Michael Shanks makes his feature debut on the movie, which is currently rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia, Jack Kenny, and Mia Morrissey round out the cast.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review out of Sundance, “Its unique blend of awkward romantic dramedy and cosmic body horror yields no shortage of crowd-pleasing moments and horror freakouts that left...

The 1990s were a time when science fiction finally started to be taken seriously by mainstream audiences. Despite a few duds, the decade glittered with series that took chances, bringing sci-fi and fantasy to life. Syndication allowed some unique shows to became cult favorites. As the decade went on, the good shows outshone the bad.

Some shows became monster success stories while others were short-lived but as seen today as pioneers of the genre. For the purposes of this list, shows that started in 1999 but got better in the 2000s are left off (like Angel and Farscape), since they don't have enough ties to the '90s. It’s tough, but here’s how the 15 best sci-fi and fantasy shows of the 1990s rank against each other. Hopefully you're reminded how magical this decade was.

15. Stargate Sg-1 (1997-2002)

The only reason Stargate Sg-1 is low on the list is because...

After highlighting the best films from the first half of this year, it’s time to venture into the second leg of 2025 with July’s lineup. While perhaps only our number-one pick will make it to year-end lists, there’s still plenty to look forward to, from riveting documentaries to genre delights.

10. Diciannove (Giovanni Tortorici; July 25)

While he stays prolific on the directing side by following last year’s Challengers and Queer with this year’s After the Hunt, Luca Guadagnino is also lending producing expertise to a number of projects. Along with Dea Kulumbegashvili’s April and the Sundance premiere Atropia, he’s also backed Giovanni Tortorici’s directorial debut Diciannove, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and follows a new student arriving in Siena. From just the first few passages, one can easily recognize the director and producer’s shared sensibility for drawing out a deeply felt sense of style.

"Stargate Sg-1" doesn't seem like the kind of show that maintained any significant dedication to realism. After all, this was a sci-fi series about a crew of intergalactic explorers who travelled the universe via an ancient portal. But it turns out authenticity was more integral to the series than you might think, at least in one important way.

In the world of the Stargate, the Stargate program itself is part of the U.S. Air Force, and it seems that particular branch of the military was a big fan of the show. The Air Force recognized Richard Dean Anderson for his depiction of Air Force General Jack O'Neil when Chief of Staff General John P. Jumper made him an honorary brigadier general for "the show's continuous positive depiction of the service." General Jumper himself also appeared in scenes from the season 7 episode "The Lost City, Part 2," which followed a cameo appearance...

When it came time to turn Roland Emmerich's 1994 blockbuster "Stargate" into a TV series, "Stargate Sg-1" creators Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner were faced with recasting every character. Kurt Russell certainly wasn't going to come back as Jack O'Neill, the leader of the intrepid Stargate team, and neither was James Spader as Egyptologist and linguist Daniel Jackson. That meant Wright and Glassner had to start from square one when it came to the cast of their new show — though five actors from the movie actually did come back for one of the three main "Stargate" shows that sprang up in the wake of Emmerich's film. None of them, however, were main cast members.

After securing "Macgyver" star Richard Dean Anderson for the role of O'Neill, Wright and Glassner were evidently impressed with how well Canadian actor Michael Shanks could imitate James Spader, leading them to cast him in the role of Jackson.

This post contains spoilers for the "Stargate" franchise.

In 2006, "Stargate Sg-1" was abruptly canceled after an eventful 10-season run, but this didn't spell the end of the beloved "Stargate" franchise. In fact, there was still hope for promising new stories about the strangest corners of the galaxy, as evidenced by the then-ongoing "Stargate Atlantis," which was on its third season when "Sg-1" came to an end. Moreover, several franchise projects were brewing at the time, including the distinct and ambitious "Stargate Universe," along with two direct-to-video movies that would serve as sequels to "Sg-1." While franchise producers Brad Wright and Robert C. Cooper were preoccupied with fresh and varied ideas, anything related to "Sg-1" automatically took precedence, as this particular offshoot has always been the beating heart of "Stargate."

"Sg-1" revolves around the titular exploration team, who use the Stargate devices to travel across the galaxy (while ensuring that the...

It's a testament to the talents of everyone involved in "Stargate Sg-1" that it lasted for ten whole seasons before being cancelled by the Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy). After all, there was no guarantee that just because Roland Emmerich's 1994 movie was a solid box office success, audiences would respond to a continuation series without Emmerich's involvement and which had lower production values and featured none of the central cast from the movie. Kurt Russell, who played Colonel Jack O'Neill in "Stargate," wasn't interested in "Sg-1." Neither was James Spader, who portrayed archaeologist Daniel Jackson in the movie.

You can imagine, then, that launching and maintaining a series under these conditions seemed like somewhat of a challenge. But showrunners Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner were confident enough that they could rise to it that they each independently pitched their version of a "Stargate" series to MGM Television, before being paired...

JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray had the chance to see the body horror film Together at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year and said that “horror fans are going to have a blast” with this one when it makes its way out into the world. (You can read his full 8/10 review at This Link.) Now, Neon is planning to bring this good time to horror fans with a July 30th theatrical release – and today, a clip from the film has made its way online, along with a poster. You can check them out at the bottom of this article.

The feature debut of writer/director Michael Shanks, Together has the following synopsis: With a move to the countryside already testing the limits of a couple’s relationship, a supernatural encounter begins an extreme transformation of their love, their lives, and their flesh. Here’s an expanded synopsis: Years into their relationship,...

Neon has released the official poster for Together along with the first clip, teasing a horrific codependent relationship portrayed by real-life spouses Alison Brie and Dave Franco.

Currently rated 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, the cosmic body horror film opens in theaters on July 30 from Neon.

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural foe threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

Writer-director Michael Shanks makes his feature debut on the movie, which also features Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia, Jack Kenny, and Mia Morrissey.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review out of Sundance, “Its unique blend of awkward romantic dramedy and cosmic body horror yields no shortage of crowd-pleasing moments and horror freakouts that left the...

A few months ago, at the Sundance Film Festival, I was lucky enough to attend the world premiere of Michael Shanks’s Together, a body horror flick that stars real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie. In it, they play a co-dependent couple who find themselves physically bonding in horrifying ways too good to spoil in a story like this. You can read our review Here but the film caused enough of a sensation that Neon snapped it up and are releasing it as their big summer horror flick. Now, to celebrate the movie’s upcoming release, they’ve put out a new teaser that opens with a JoBlo quote! Check it out above.

Of course, the release of Together has been somewhat marred by controversy, with a writer-director named Patrick Henry Phelan stating it was plagiarized from his independent film, Better Half. The writer-director of Together, Michael Shanks, vehemently denied these claims,...

One of the hot horror movies of the summer is director Michael Shanks’ body horror movie Together, which stars real life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco as a stagnating couple dealing with co-dependency issues of the Lovecraftian kind. It’s coming to theaters July 30 from Neon, and a new TV spot this week offers up some fresh footage of their nightmare.

Watch the new teaser spot for Together below.

The film is currently 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with 48 reviews logged at this time.

In Together, “Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other.

“With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural foe threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.”

Writer-director Michael Shanks makes his feature debut on the movie, which features Damon Herriman,...

On May 13, production, financing, and distribution company StudioFest filed a copyright lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging that Alison Brie and Dave Franco had turned down an offer to star in the studio’s film “Better Half,” and then developed their own concept of a body horror movie based on a co-dependent relationship, “Together,” with WME.

Now the director of “Together,” Michael Shanks, is firing back in a statement released via the X and Instagram accounts of the film’s distributor, Neon, which bought the completed feature for $17 million out of Sundance earlier this year, the biggest deal of the festival. The film had premiered to raves, with its sharp insights into what it means to be in a long-term relationship somehow then translated into grisly body horror visuals. Franco’s Tim and Brie’s Millie have been together for years and just at the moment that their relationship...

A Still From Together(Photo Credit –YouTube)

Fans of the horror genre are excited and look forward to the release of Together set to hit theaters on July 30. Debuting at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, this twisted and gut-wrenching supernatural horror film from first-time director Michael Shanks has earned a rare 100% Rotten Tomatoes score. And it’s not just a midnight flick for gorehounds. Instead, it’s something far stranger, stickier, and scarier.

What Is The Plot Of Together?

Together follows the journey of a couple, Millie and Tim, played by Alison Brie and Dave Franco, as they relocate from the city to a sleepy rural town to start over. However, things take a terrible turn right as they’re getting used to their new lives. The couple falls into a hidden pit during a storm while hiking through the surrounding woods. Desperate and trapped overnight, Tim takes a drink from a spooky underground pool.

Michael Shanks, the writer and director of the forthcoming body horror flick Together, has issued a statement in response to a recently filed lawsuit accusing him of copyright infringement.

Noting that the allegations are “devastating” and have taken “a heavy toll,” Shanks asserted that the relationship tale is “completely rooted in my own personal life.”

The filmmaker goes on to say that the suggestion of copyright infringement “not only undermines the work but also attempts to erase the emotional and professional journey I’ve taken to bring it to life.”

Along with Shanks, actor-producers Alison Brie and Dave Franco are named in the lawsuit, along with WME — which reps all three — and the film’s distributor, Neon. Filed May 13, the suit (read it here) alleges that Together is a “blatant rip-off” of Better Half, a 2023 indie written and directed by Patrick Henry Phelan.

In their own joint statement, Neon and WME said,...

Michael Shanks achieved a major breakthrough at Sundance, where his feature debut, “Together,” sold for a whopping $17 million to Neon.

But for the 34-year-old Australian writer-director, success has also come with a downside. Last month, he and the film’s co-stars, Alison Brie and Dave Franco, were accused in a lawsuit of stealing the idea for the body horror film from a little-seen indie comedy called “Better Half.”

In a statement on Wednesday, Shanks said his film is rooted in his own personal story of love and loss, and that he finds the accusation incredibly dismaying.

“To have this called into question is not only deeply upsetting but entirely untrue,” he said. “To now be accused of stealing this story — one so deeply based on my own lived experience, one I’ve developed over the course of several years — is devastating and has taken a heavy toll.”

“Together” is set...

“Together” writer-director Michael Shanks broke his silence Wednesday on the copyright infringement lawsuit filed against him, WME, distributor Neon and stars and producers Dave Franco and Alison Brie.

Defending the independent body horror feature as one of his own creation, the filmmaker said the script — which centers on a couple, Tim and Millie, who become physically fused together as a metaphor for co-dependency — is “deeply based on my own lived experience” and inspired by his 16-year relationship that itself has seen an “entanglement of identity, love and co-dependence.”

“It’s not just a script; it’s a reflection of something deeply personal,” Shanks said in a statement obtained by TheWrap. “Tim’s story, his love for Millie, his relationship to his family, his relationship to unfulfilled ambitions as a musician, is completely rooted in my own personal life. I lost my father at a young age in the same way our main character does,...

The team behind the Alison Brie and Dave Franco film “Together” are pushing back on a copyright lawsuit, saying the film is “not remotely similar” to the plaintiffs’ work, “Better Half.”

“Together” was a hit at Sundance in January, selling to Neon for a reported $17 million. It is set to be released in theaters on July 30.

The producers of “Better Half” sued in May, claiming that “Together” is a “blatant ripoff” of their film, which they claimed had been offered to Brie and Franco in 2020 and which their agent had turned down. Both projects involve a couple that become physically stuck to each other through a mysterious force.

In a May 21 letter to the plaintiffs’ lawyers, obtained by Variety, attorney Nicolas Jampol argued that “Together” was independently created and that any similarities are generic and not subject to copyright protection.

“Your client does not own this concept,” Jampol wrote. “Neither do our clients.

South Korea’s Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (Bifan) is further embracing AI with an opening film driven by the technology, a dedicated conference and an ambitious goal to train 10,000 filmmakers over the next five years.

The 29th edition of the genre festival, set to run from July 3-13, will open with the Asian premiere of About A Hero, a hybrid documentary that fed all of Werner Herzog’s screenplays into an AI programme to generate a script. Directed by Poland’s Piotr Winiewicz and starring Vicky Krieps, it previously debuted as the opening film of IDFA.

Bifan moved into...

Move Over 28 Years Later! A New Horror Film Quietly Claims 100% On Rotten Tomatoes To Lead 2025 ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Danny Boyle’s post-apocalyptic zombie film 28 Years Later is easily one of 2025’s most anticipated releases, especially among horror enthusiasts. Until now, Ryan Coogler’s Sinners holds the distinction of being this year’s highest-ranked horror film on Rotten Tomatoes, boasting a brilliant 97% critics’ score. And 28 Years Later is one film that has the potential to surpass Sinners. But in a surprising twist, a lesser-known horror film has already done just that. Read on to find out which film it is.

The Film That Has Outranked Sinners

An upcoming supernatural body horror film titled Together has earned a perfect 100% critics’ score on the reviews aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes (at the time of writing). Moreover, on Metacritic, the film has received a respectable score of 76/100. Following its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival,...

It’s not often a film makes its debut with a perfect Rotten Tomatoes score, but Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s Together has done just that. Premiering at Sundance, this genre-bending horror flick has already stirred buzz with its blend of sci-fi, horror, and relationship troubles, all wrapped in a very indie, very chaotic package.

Meanwhile, the heavyweight horror franchise The Conjuring is gearing up for its next installment, Last Rites, but oddly still lacks a rating despite being just months from its release. Here’s how things are stacking up so far!

Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s Together is off to a killer start!!

Dave Franco’s Together is quickly becoming the indie horror movie to watch in 2025. Premiering at Sundance, the film has earned a flawless 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Alison Brie and Dave Franco appear in Together as an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Alison Brie and Dave Franco star in director Michael Shanks’ body horror movie Together about a stagnating couple dealing with co-dependency issues of the Lovecraftian kind, and we’ve got an exclusive sneak peek ahead of the film’s Summer 2025 release in theaters.

Currently 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes with 48 reviews logged at this time, Together will be released in theaters nationwide from distributor Neon (Longlegs) on July 30, 2025.

In Together, “Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other.

“With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural foe threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.”

Writer-director Michael Shanks makes his feature debut on the movie, which features Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia, Jack Kenny, and Mia Morrissey alongside Franco and Brie.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review out of Sundance,...

The John Wick spinoff Ballerina will open the 71st Taormina Film Festival, which kicks off in Sicily next week and announced its lineup Thursday.

Star Ana de Armas will not be in attendance, with the film represented instead by director Len Wiseman and actor Norman Reedus.

It is among eight features that will play as special events in Taormina’s Ancient Theatre.

Another 10 titles will play in the International Feature Film Competition including Iraq War U.S. Navy Seal drama Warfare; The Rule of Jenny Pen with John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush; and David Mamet’s Henry Johnson with Shia Labeouf, Evan Jonigkeit and Chris Bauer. (Scroll down for the full lineup.)

Ballerina is among 13 Out of Competition titles which also include Billy Zane’s Int. Hallway / Night and Tyler Perry’s The Six Triple Eight.

A number of high-profile stars will attend to receive honorary awards including Martin Scorsese,...

Italy’s Taormina Film Festival is set for a standout 71st edition with a rich mix of genres – including some potential discoveries – on display, plus a generous dose of star power within a new format that attempts to revive the storied Sicilian event and put it back on the international map.

Marketing guru Tiziana Rocca, who has close Hollywood ties and is a festivals specialist, is back at the helm eight years after she was forced to step down due to political infighting in 2017 following a five-year stint. Rocca’s first move has been to reintroduce a competitive section comprising 10 titles. They will be judged by a jury that, as previously announced, is headed by Da’Vine Joy Randolph, who won an Oscar for her role in “The Holdovers.”

The Taormina competition, unveiled on Thursday, comprises the world premieres of Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine comedy “Leopardi & Co” by Italian director...

Dave Franco and Alison Brie’s Sundance hit “Together” just might be coming apart. The indie feature, which was acquired by Neon in a $17 million deal out of Sundance, is at the center of a lawsuit alleging copyright infringement.

The lawsuit was filed on May 13 in Los Angeles Superior Court by StudioFest, which claims that actors Franco and Brie turned down an offer to star in 2023 film “Better Half” that the studio financed. The lawsuit accuses Franco, Brie, and agency WME of creating their own version of “Better Half” with fellow WME client Michael Shanks, who made his feature directorial debut with “Together” from a script he wrote. Neon, which bought the title and will release the film July 30, is also named in the lawsuit.

Both “Better Half” and “Together” are body horror dramas that follow a couple who literally become fused together. The lawsuit lists the similarities between the two films,...

It’s starting to look like a great year if you are into horror movies; from Ryan Coogler’s classic Sinners, to the movie saga that traumatized a whole generation like Final Destination: Bloodline, set to release this year. One addition to the list of horror movies coming out this year is the Michael Shanks-directed movie Together.

Stepping aside from the usual jump scares and ghosts with horrifying faces, Together does something different. It takes a more supernatural approach with evil forces making physical changes to their bodies. Looking at the trailer, it might not seem like the loudest or the flashiest horror movie, but it sure seems like the most intriguing one.

The premise is thrilling for sure, but it’s the emotional storytelling and the sense of unease created through the setting’s atmosphere that you are strangely immersed in their eerie situations. It’s almost as...

Pareja en la pantalla y en la vida real. © Neon

Neon ha publicado el nuevo tráiler y póster de Together, una turbadora película que usa el body horror como metáfora de las relaciones codependientes que fue todo un hit en Sundance y que está dirigida por Michael Shanks.

Together sigue a Tim (Franco) y Millie (Brie), una pareja que, tras años juntos, se encuentra inmersa en una encrucijada cuando se mudan al campo. Allí abandonan todo lo que les es familiar excepto el uno al otro. Con las tensiones a flor de piel, una entidad antinatural irrumpe en sus vidas amenazando con corromper sus vidas, su amor… y su carne.

La película está encabezada por Alison Brie y Dave Franco, pareja en la vida real.

En una entrevista para Deadline, Dave Franco dijo: «No queremos que la gente nos vea demasiado a menudo en la pantalla y se canse de nosotros.

Sydney Film Festival (June 4-15) has revealed the full programme for its 72nd edition, including a 12-strong competition lineup dominated by features set to premiere at Cannes.

The festival has selected 201 films from 70 countries, which includes 17 world premieres, and has added the iconic Sydney Opera House as a screening venue this year, joining the State Theatre and cinemas across the city.

The opening film has been set as Together, written and directed by Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks and starring Alison Brie and Dave Franco. The domestic drama with a supernatural twist premiered at Sundance, where it proved the commercial hit...

The 72nd Sydney Film Festival has revealed its full program, launching a massive lineup of 201 films from 70 countries, including 17 world premieres, 6 international premieres, and 137 Australian premieres across multiple venues including the iconic Sydney Opera House as a new screening location.

Festival director Nashen Moodley announced the program will feature 15 films direct from Cannes including Jafar Panahi’s “It Was Just an Accident” and Kelly Reichardt’s 1970s-set art heist drama “The Mastermind.”

“The 2025 festival offers a bold and expansive view of cinema today, with films that confront the urgent realities of our world, while also revelling in the power of imagination and storytelling,” said Moodley.

Other key highlights include “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston, debut Australian director Amy Wang’s SXSW-winning satire “Slanted,” Sundance comedy “Twinless,” and “On Swift Horses” featuring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Jacob Elordi.

The festival will open with the Australian premiere of “Together,” written and...

Star Trek: The Next Generation was released in 1987 and introduced the world to a plethora of new characters and actors, who remained iconic forever. Some actors like Sir Patrick Stewart became forever memorable while others… were somewhat forgotten.

One of these actresses, who had found much fame for her role in Star Trek: The Next Generation, was Marina Sirtis. The English actress had portrayed the iconic role of Counselor Deanna Troi in the show. However, no one remembers the Stargate Sg-1 character that she portrayed 6 years after The Next Generation ended.

Marina Sitris also became a part of Stargate Sg-1

It was in 1997 that a show named Stargate Sg-1 was aired, starring Richard Dean Anderson in the main lead. Alongside the actor, a plethora of stars such as Christopher Judge, Michael Shanks, and more had joined across the 10 seasons that the show spanned.

Marina Sirtis portrayed the role of Dr.

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Let the Squid Game begin (again)

The rebellion failed, but the game isn't over. Netflix has dropped the teaser trailer for the third and final season of the streamer's international sensation Squid Game. Following the events of Season 2, in which the Front Man shut down Player 456 (Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae) and his allies, the contest is set to resume with the usual deadly consequences. The final run of episodes will drop June 27.

Read: How Lee Jung-jae and the rest of the Season 2 ‘Squid Game’ squad are submitting for Emmy acting categories

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The biggest stars of Gen Z and the Silent Generation are teaming up for an American hustle. Jenna Ortega and Robert De Niro are set to star in Shutout, from director David O. Russell (The Silver Linings Playbook) and prominent indie producer Black Bear.

Real-life married couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco are putting it all out there with their new horror film Together, coming this summer from Neon and writer/director Michael Shanks. In the new gnarly piece of body horror, Shanks explodes onto the horror scene with a horrific look at what happens when you take co-dependency quite literally…

Read the film’s full synopsis:

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Dave Franco and Alison Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. Abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except for each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

Now, watch the new trailer, released today by Neon!

You can’t help but clock the incredible use of a slowed-down “Happy Together” by The Turtles as the trailer shows...

Neon has released the official trailer for Together, a body horror drama starring real-life couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco. The film marks the directorial debut of Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks and is scheduled for theatrical release on July 30. The trailer arrives months after the film’s midnight premiere at Sundance, where it was acquired by Neon in a global deal reportedly valued at $17 million.

The film centers on Tim (Franco) and Millie (Brie), a couple who have been together for years and are attempting a reset by leaving their former life behind. They move to the countryside, bringing only each other into a new and unfamiliar environment. While the decision is meant to rekindle stability, unresolved tension simmers beneath the surface. As emotional distance grows, a mysterious force begins to affect them physically, triggering a disturbing process that binds them together in ways neither understands or controls.

In the official synopsis released by Neon,...

One of the main horror movies you should definitely be on the lookout for this summer is Neon's upcoming body horror film Together. The film's title might not capture your interest right away, but don't be fooled. It masks a deeply disturbing narrative that will have you on the edge of your seat once you see it brought to life on screen. Just check out the thrilling trailer below, and you'll see why Together is shaping up to be one of the most intense and unsettling horror films of the year.

The new body horror comes from Michael Shanks, who wrote and directed the film. Together marks his directorial debut. Picturestart, Tango Entertainment, 1.21, and Princess Pictures are the production companies behind the movie. Real-life married couple Alison Brie and Dave Franco are also signed on as producers and star in the film as well.

Like in real life,...

What better than a demonic, invisible creature to bring you and your partner together (like, literally)? On Monday, the Michael Shanks-directed film Together dropped its first trailer, capturing Dave Franco and Alison Brie on their journey to mending their relationship, but maybe with the help of an unknown creature that might make things worse. The film is out July 30.

The trailer opens with a couple seemingly struggling with their relationship, like issues of complacency and feelings of real love, after moving into a new home. (Of course, in true horror fashion,...

Writer/director Michael Shanks has teamed up with real-life married couple, Dave Franco and Alison Brie, to star in the new thriller “Together” that is heading to theaters this summer on July 30.

Distributor Neon has sent us a new trailer to share for their horror film that boasts about the buzzy angle of the film, led by Franco and Brie as a couple that faces a nightmarish encounter with an unnatural and mysterious force.

Continue reading ‘Together’ Trailer: Neon’s Buzzy Horror Flick Heads To Theaters July 30 at The Playlist.

After Roland Emmerich's 1994 "Stargate" movie debuted, there were actually plans for a "Stargate" trilogy of films. Instead, a continuation TV series followed, but Emmerich was nowhere in sight when "Sg-1" arrived in 1997. Neither were stars of the film, Kurt Russell and James Spader. Instead, "Sg-1" was overseen by showrunners Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner with "MacGyver "star Richard Dean Anderson replacing Russell in the role of Colonel Jack O'Neill and Michael Shanks replacing Spader as Dr. Daniel Jackson.

In some ways, it might seem as though a TV series would be easier to make than a sequel to a successful Hollywood blockbuster. For one thing, TV was not yet in the so-called "golden age" that would arise in the years that followed its debut, and as such, audiences didn't always expect movie-level production values from their small-screen entertainment. On the other hand, a show about an elite squadron that...

The full trailer has been released for Together. The movie is a psychological horror film about a couple who move to the countryside sets off a supernatural incident. The film features a leading duo of Alison Brie and Dave Franco, and a supporting cast that includes Damon Herriman, Karl Richmond, Jack Kenny, and Francesca Waters. Together is written and directed by Michael Shanks, who also appears in the movie. The movie will release on July 30. Both Brie and Franco serve as producers on the project alongside Mike Cowap, Eric Feig, Julia Hammer, and Tim Headington, among others.

Now, Neon has released the trailer for Together. The trailer opens by showing the leads sleeping in separate bedrooms, with Tim (Franco)saying "I love you" and his wife, Mille (Brie), responding with "okay." The trailer cuts to a scene of Millie explaining that they have not been in their usual groove and might be "complacent.

"We spend our lives in search of the other half... if you think you found that, don't be so quick to let it go." Neon has unveiled the full official trailer for Together, the ingenious body horror comedy from Australian filmmaker Michael Shanks (of Rebooted) that pretty much everyone is flipping for. This first premiered to rave reviews at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival in January - I loved it (my review) and listed it as one of my favorite films of the fest. It then played at SXSW and earned even more great reviews there. In this horror, a couple's move to the countryside triggers a supernatural incident that drastically alters their relationship, existence, and physical form. Join them. Alison Brie and Dave Franco, a real life couple, also star as a couple in this bonkers new film that'll make you scream. Plus Damon Herriman, Sunny S. Walia, Jack Kenny,...

Neon has released the trailer for its upcoming Together movie, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie. The film has been rated R by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) for violent/disturbing content, sexual content, graphic nudity, language, and brief drug content.

Together will open in theaters on July 30. The film premiered in the Midnight section of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on January 26.

Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie (Franco and Brie) find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country, abandoning all that is familiar in their lives except each other. With tensions already flaring, a nightmarish encounter with a mysterious, unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love, and their flesh.

Michael Shanks wrote and directed the film. In addition to Dave Franco and Alison Brie, the Together movie stars Damon Herriman as Jamie. 30West, Tango Entertainment, and Picturestart produced and financed the film.

The producers include Mike Cowap,...