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Cole Sprouse (“Riverdale”) and Darby Lee-Stack (“The Holdovers”) have been cast as the leads in “Elastic Hearts,” which marks the first U.S. feature from Danish filmmaker Milad Schwartz Avaz.

The intimate, character-driven drama is set in contemporary America, though plot details remain under wraps. Sprouse will play Oliver, while Lee-Stack takes on the role of Allie in Avaz’s American debut after establishing himself as one of Europe’s rising talents.

“I am thrilled to make my U.S. debut with performers as fearless and generous as Cole and Darby,” said Avaz, who serves as writer and director. “‘Elastic Hearts’ is a deeply personal film about love and the choices that shape us.”

Avaz’s previous credits include the seres “Alfa,” the critically acclaimed “While We Live” and “Sthlm Blackout,” which marked the first Scandinavian Prime Original. The filmmaker was also named as one of Variety‘s Europeans to...

Campaign poster Paul Metzler You BET-zler!! in Alexander Payne’s Election, starring Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick, designed by Nate Carlson

In the second instalment with Alexander Payne’s longtime 'secret weapon' graphic designer Nate Carlson, we discuss their latest multiple award-winning collaboration The Holdovers’ stained glass windows and memorial inscriptions in the school chapel, a running theme of pharmacies and prescription bottles, the mastery of punctuation humour from Election to Marcus Aurelius, the art of combining the pre-existing with the new, and the family polaroid.

Nate Carlson on Alexander Payne: “He always likes to put those little hidden gems in there and I am certainly open to accommodate.”

The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), stars Golden Globe winner Paul Giamatti, Oscar, Golden Globe, and BAFTA winner Da'Vine Joy Randolph and BAFTA Best Supporting Actor nominee Dominic Sessa and has a terrific supporting cast led by Carrie Preston with Brady Hepner,...

Prime Video is quickly becoming known for having some of the most well known IPs in its content library and this upcoming month some more brilliant content will make its way into the Prime Video’s streaming library. So, today we are here to tell you the best possible movies and TV shows you should check out that will become available on Prime Video in April 2024.

Red Eye (April 1)

Before he was Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s epic biographical drama film, Cillian Murphy played the role of a psychotic villain in Wes Craven’s mystery thriller Red Eye. The 2005 film follows the story of Lisa as she boards a flight to Miami where she befriends Jackson, who turns out to be a terrorist and forces her to help him assassinate the United States Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. Red Eye stars Rachel McAdams and Murphy in the lead role with Brian Cox,...

Alexander Payne’s Golden Globe-nominated The Holdovers, costumes by Wendy Chuck, stars Dominic Sessa, Paul Giamatti (Golden Globe nomination), and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Golden Globe nomination)

In the first installment with Wendy Chuck, Alexander Payne’s longtime, brilliant costume designer, we discussed her most recent Payne film, the intricately layered The Holdovers (screenplay by David Hemingson), dressing the stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph and the terrific supporting cast of Carrie Preston, Brady Hepner, Ian Dolley, Jim Kaplan, Michael Provost, Naheem Garcia, Darby Lee-Stack, Andrew Garman, Stephen Thorne, and Gillian Vigman.

Wendy Chuck with Anne-Katrin Titze on Alexander Payne: “You know Alexander, he wants everything as authentic as it possibly can be.”

We started out with the costumes for Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon (Jacqueline West), Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things (Holly Waddington), and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro (Mark Bridges). We also touched upon.