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It is with great sadness that we report legendary French actor Alain Delon has died at the age of 88. Widely hailed as the most beautiful movie star of all time thanks to his ocean blue eyes and statuesque, sculpted cheekbones, Delon — star of Le Samourai, Plein Soleil, Rocco And His Brothers and much, much more — brought an insouciant cool to cinema on- and off-screen, and an ineffable capacity to convey the depths of a brooding soul in the level of those self-same eyes. Delon passed away at his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and family, on 18 August.

Born on 8 November 1935 to cinema projectionist (and later La Régina cinema director) father François Fabien Delon and pharmacist and cinema usher mother Édith Marie Suzanne Arnold, you could say that the movies ran in Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon's blood. After a turbulent series of school expulsions, spells in prison,...

Spooky season is nearly here.

And Peacock, Universal’s direct-to-consumer streaming platform, has just unveiled its Halloween programming line-up, full of tricks and treats from the studio’s back catalog, as well as two new series (“Teacup” and “Hysteria!”) for some fresh scares.

In 2022 and ’23, there was at least one big Blumhouse movie that simultaneously debuted on Peacock — in ’22, it was David Gordon Green’s trilogy-capping “Halloween Ends” and last year, it was the video game adaptation “Five Nights at Freddy’s”. This year doesn’t have anything quite like that, but it’s still a powerful collection of titles for every viewer.

The Sept. 1 batch includes classics like “Bride of Frankenstein,” “It Came From Outer Space” and “Werewolf of London;” 1980s favorites like “Halloween III: Season of the Witch,” “The Funhouse” and “The Thing;” along with more modern hits like the original “Candyman,” Jordan Peele’s “Us” and several entries in the “Saw” franchise.

This year, Peacock is bringing everything you need to face your fears, with more than 150 new Halloween titles heading to the service through October.

From Universal classics like Frankenstein, The Raven, and Phantom of the Opera to nostalgic favorites like Child’s Play, The Craft, and Candyman to frightening franchises like Saw, The Purge, and Leprechaun, and the best of Blumhouse like Get Out, Halloween Kills, and Happy Death Day, Peacock has all the titles to get you into the Halloween spirit.

Two new originals – James Wan’s horror series Teacup and the satanic panic thriller Hysteria! – and The Mouse Trap‘s streaming debut will also be available.

Peacock Halloween 2024 Lineup

Peacock Originals

October 10: Teacup (Peacock Original)

New Episodes: October 17, October 24; Finale: October 31

Teacup follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Inspired by...

Peacock invites you to face your fears this Halloween with more than 150 new horror titles headed to the streaming service from September 1 straight through All Hallow’s Eve.

From Universal classics, like Frankenstein, The Raven and Phantom Of The Opera, and nostalgic favorites, like Child’S Play, The Craft and Candyman, to frightening franchises, like Saw, The Purge and Leprechaun, and the best of Blumhouse, like Get Out, Halloween Kills and Happy Death Day, Peacock aims to be “your Halloween HQ with a full spectrum of scares to enjoy.”

Not to mention, two new originals – James Wan’s horror series, Teacup, and satanic panic thriller, Hysteria! – as well as the streaming debut of The Mouse Trap.

Here’s the full Halloween 2024 lineup from Peacock…

September 1

30 Days Of Night (2007)

Amityville II: The Possession

Amityville 3-D

The Amityville Harvest

Amityville Moon

The Amityville Uprising

Bride Of Frankenstein

Candyman (1992)

Child’s Play (1988)

The Creature Walks Among Us...

Peacock was the underdog streaming service of the summer with the broadcast of the 2024 Summer Olympics. Now, NBCUniversal’s little streamer that could is gearing up to be the primo destination for spooky season. On Tuesday, Peacock declared its intent to “be your Halloween HQ” this year with the addition...

Cinema isn’t a beauty contest, but if it were, Alain Delon surely would have won the title of the 1960s’ most handsome actor.

That’s a subjective call, of course, and as such, Delon is the kind of figure about whom writers tend to fall back on the word “arguably” — as in, “arguably the most handsome” — which is kind of a cop-out, as it leaves the argument to somebody else. When it comes to Delon, plenty have made the case. I loved Anthony Lane’s longform analysis of Delon’s allure in The New Yorker earlier this year. And none other than Jane Fonda, who co-starred with Delon in 1964’s “Joy House,” described him as “the most beautiful human being.”

The French star, who died Sunday, made more than 100 movies in a career that spanned 50 years, but for that one transformative decade in film history — beginning with the Patricia Highsmith...

French acting star Alain Delon, whose many iconic roles included Le Samouraï, Plein Soleil and The Leopard, has died in France at the age of 88.

The actor’s children said in a statement that their father had passed away in the early hours of Sunday, surrounded by his family and beloved Belgian Shepherd Loubo, in his long-time chateau home in the village of Douchy, in the Le Loiret region some 100 miles south of Paris.

Delon’s death marks the passing of one of the last surviving icons of the French cinema scene of the 1960s and 70s, when the country was on an economic roll as it reconstructed in the wake of World War II.

Related: French Pres. Emmanuel Macron Leads Tributes To Alain Delon: “More Than A Star, A Monument”

The star, who was at the peak of this career from the 1960s to the 1980s, fell into acting by chance.

"The Batman" was a bonafide hit in 2021, introducing a whole new take on the Dark Knight that resembled a David Fincher-esque crime drama. The film was director Matt Reeves' gritty, noir-inspired take on the DC Comics superhero, and it mostly worked, even if its inspirations were often a little too overt. After all, "The Batman" was basically "Se7en" with capes. But there were some undeniably cool elements in movie. Case in point: the Batmobile.

Partly inspired by Stephen King's "Christine" and sporting a distinctly rugged look, the Batmobile of "The Batman" was the most beastly yet. Much like the Batsuit in the film, this muscle car Batmobile looked as though Bruce Wayne could have built it in his underground bunker by welding various parts together and fabricating his own hellish creation. As VFX Supervisor Anders Langlands told /Film:

"Matt tends to go for quite grounded, realistic, and...

Two years ago it was announced that Stephen King‘s killer car Christine would be coming back to life with Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal”) directing the new take for Blumhouse& Sony. Of course, original director John Carpenter has thoughts on this, revealed today in an interview with Total Film.

Christine is one of three Stephen King adaptations turning 40 in 2023, and Total Film spoke with Carpenter and original star Keith Gordon about the film’s momentous anniversary in their latest issue.

“I know there’s some rumblings about its anniversary. My question is ‘why’?” Carpenter cracked when speaking with the publication.

Total Film asked his thoughts about Fuller’s pending remake, and his answer was surprising: “Oh boy,” Carpenter says. “Well, good luck to him. It will probably be better.”

Carpenter wasn’t the only one who offered encouragement.

“I think he’s really talented, and a good person to do it,...

Just as the titular 1958 Plymouth Fury took on a life of its own, so too will the upcoming remake of Christine. But that’s just fine by director John Carpenter, who is casually optimistic about the project – at least compared to his own experiences making the original.

When the topic of the Christine remake was brought up during an interview with Total Film, Carpenter said, “Oh boy…Well, good luck to him. It will probably be better.” Carpenter has never exactly been enthusiastic about the 1983 movie, having always considered Christine more of a for-hire flick since he was on the rebound from The Thing. “I needed a job, frankly…The Thing was my very first studio film. I was just diving in the pool here, and all of a sudden, Wham. And getting fired off a movie is not the most pleasant thing,” he added, referring to another Stephen King adaptation he was tied to,...

John Carpenter and Keith Gordon express support for the upcoming remake of the film Christine. The remake will be directed by Bryan Fuller and set in the 1980s, much like Carpenter's take on the horror novel. As a period piece, Fuller's adaptation of Christine will likely have a nostalgic feel, making it distinct from its predecessor.

John Carpenter and Keith Gordon comment on the upcoming remake of the Stephen King novel Christine. Carpenter directed the 1983 Christine adaptation, with Gordon taking the lead role. The story follows a nerdy boy named Arnie who accidentally purchases an autonomous car that has been possessed by supernatural forces. As the car continues to exert its own will, Arnie himself begins acting strange.

Speaking to Total Film, (via GamesRadar), Carpenter and Gordon chime in on the upcoming remake of Christine. When asked about the remake, Carpenter first responded, “Oh boy,” before graciously chiming in...

John Carpenter wishes Bryan Fuller good luck with the reboot of Christine, stating that it will probably be better. Carpenter questions the need for an anniversary celebration of Christine, citing that he originally took the job because he needed work. Bryan Fuller promises a faithful adaptation of Stephen King's novel, and believes the original Carpenter film lacked some aspects of the book.

The ole Plymouth Fury was certainly a jealous sort. Filmmaker John Carpenter continued on his hot streak after the success of Halloween in 1978. Carpenter followed up the classic slasher flick with The Fog, Escape From New York and The Thing, before he got behind the wheel to steer the big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s novel Christine. The 1983 horror film is scheduled for an upgrade under the watchful eye of Bryan Fuller. And Carpenter succinctly offered his thoughts on rebooting his movie in an interview with Total Film magazine:

"Oh boy.

Major studios are reviving older movie titles and screening them in theaters, filling the void left by a lack of new film releases during the pandemic. The uptick in re-releases could be due to the underperformance of studio films, both tentpole and indie-style originals, at the box office. The re-release strategy is a way for studios to increase the diversity of movie options in theaters and entice audiences back to multiplexes.

If you’re an ardent cinephile and you’ve strolled through the halls of your local movie theater recently, then you might have noticed a few recognizable titles returning to screens. No… This isn’t about reboots, remakes, or sequels, and thankfully, Timothée Chalamet isn’t in this one.

As a continuation of a recent trend, major studios have been reviving older movie titles and screening them in major theater chains across the country. While writing this article, Park Chan-wook...

Legendary director John Carpenter is optimistic about Bryan Fuller improving on his adaptation of Stephen King's Christine.

In an interview with Total Film Magazine, Carpenter spoke about the Keith Gordon-led supernatural thriller about a murderous red and white 1958 Plymouth Fury in time for the original movie's 40th anniversary. Carpenter had previously discussed his dissatisfaction with Christine despite its moderate success at the box office. Now with the Star Trek: Discovery and American Gods showrunner at the helm of a Christine update for Blumhouse, Carpenter believes Fuller can improve on the original's shortcomings. "Oh boy," Carpenter said. "Well, good luck to him. It will probably be better."

Related: The Thing: John Carpenter Teases the Long-Awaited Sequel

Carpenter's star Gordon, who played the car's possessive teenage owner Arnie Cunningham, was interviewed alongside the director and he shared his sentiments about Fuller taking on the challenge of making Christine more superb as a remake.

John Carpenter's Suburban Screams is an anthology TV series that marks the horror master's return to the genre after a long break from directing movies. The series explores real-life frights and tells terrifying true tales of horror, with each episode combining interviews with the subjects, reenactments, and archival footage. Suburban Screams has a unique genre-bending style, blending elements of documentaries and horror movies to create a chilling and immersive experience for viewers. It premieres on Peacock on October 13.

The John Carpenter's Suburban Screams trailer reveals the horror master's return with stories of real-life frights. The legendary director is best known for his work within the horror genre, especially during the late 1970s and early 1980s, including Halloween, The Fog, The Thing, Christine, and more. Though he hasn't directed a movie since 2010's The Ward, Carpenter will be returning to horror with an anthology TV series that tells true tales of terror.

Exclusive: Michael Stuhlbarg is set as a lead in The Staircase, HBO Max’s limited series drama adaptation based on the true-crime docuseries. He joins previously announced Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Rosemarie DeWitt, Juliette Binoche, Parker Posey, Odessa Young, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Dane DeHaan, Olivia DeJonge and Sophie Turner.

The eight-episode series from Christine director Antonio Campos and American Crime Story writer Maggie Cohn explores the life of Michael Peterson (Firth), his sprawling North Carolina family and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen (Collette).

Stuhlbarg will play David Rudolf, Michael Peterson’s criminal defense attorney.

The series is based on the docuseries and various books and reports on the case of Michael Peterson, who was convicted in 2003 of murdering Kathleen two years earlier. The charge was reduced to manslaughter in 2017, and Peterson subsequently was released from prison. He had claimed his wife died after falling down the stairs at their...

Michael C. Hall has made quite a few interesting career choices since hanging up the knives as Dexter on his titular Showtime TV show. From starring in films like “Christine,” “Kill Your Darlings,” and even the recent “Game Night” to showing up in series like “The Crown,” Hall hasn’t been one to take on a massive big-budget film like many predicted.

Continue reading Michael C. Hall Re-Teams With ‘Cold In July’ Director For New Netflix Mystery Thriller at The Playlist.

If you would have told me back when the sequel was first announced that The Strangers: Prey at Night could potentially end up as one of my favorite films of 2018, I would have told you that you were completely off your rocker. And yet, here we are, with Johannes Roberts’ sequel defying all of my (admittedly low, but more on that later) expectations to deliver a more than worthy sequel to Bryan Bertino’s The Strangers that captures the unsettling nature of the original, and yet puts in some extra effort that makes Prey at Night still feel like it’s doing its own thing at the same time. As far as modern slashers go, Roberts has confidently crafted one wickedly fun thrill ride that reminds us that it is never wise to answer your door for unknown visitors, especially late at night.

The Strangers: Prey at Night starts off...

by Jason Adams

Raise your hand if you're a Rebecca Hall fan! I feel as if I can see a virtual sea of hands waving in front of me, as well I should in a post-Christine world where she's shown us just exactly how much she's capable of putting on-screen. If only more awards bodies had taken notice last year... or this year too, actually, where she turned in another very fine piece of work in Professor Marston and the Wonder Women. Shame she's getting over-looked, but lucky for us she's not going anywhere.

Next year's she re-teaming with the man who gave her her big break in the movies (that would be Woody Allen, so I hope she's got her talking points in order) but before that she's got Permission coming out, a romantic drama about longtime partners opening up their relationship that co-stars Dan Stevens...

Track my film passions of the past year and the result is this list. These are the films that wowed and moved me, that turned me into a rabid champion, that gave me hope that brilliant cinematic storytelling — and a rebel spirit — is alive and well. It turned out to be a strong year for women directors (five), romances (three), World War II dramas (two), Angelina Jolie movies (two), animation (one), and documentaries (one).

See More:The Best Movies of 2017, According to IndieWire Critic Eric Kohn 12. “The Breadwinner” (GKids)

Directed by Nora Twomey of Cartoon Saloon (“The Secret of Kells”) and executive produced by Angelina Jolie, Irish-Canadian “The Breadwinner” is based on Deborah Ellis’s Ya novel about 11-year-old Parvana (voiced by Canadian actress Saara Chaudry), a strong-willed Afghan girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family and save her father under threat from the Taliban.

Christine McPherson (entrancingly played by Saoirse Ronan) is a strong-minded, rebellious yet vulnerable seventeen-year-old—otherwise known as “Lady Bird”—who thinks that life in Sacramento is dull and holding her back, preventing her from being herself. She dreams of attending East Coast colleges and romanticizes life as a writer in New York City or in rural Connecticut. This is at odds with her mother Marion (an intimidating Laurie Metcalf) who is both equally a caring and unyielding mother. This familiar yet nuanced mother-daughter relationship is at the very core of Lady Bird. But the film also beautifully explores the title character’s coming to terms with life beyond her home; Lady Bird is as much about fleeing home as it is about one’s unconditional love for it. Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut takes the all too familiar coming-of-age teen drama and makes it uniquely wonderful and fresh. The film...

Just a few weeks since Suburbicon arrived at the multiplex (and just as it heads to the “second-run” theatres), another film directed by an actor opens. That’s about all that the two flicks have in common. The thespian behind the camera this time is the talented Greta Gerwig. At the start of the new century she was dubbed by many as the new “indie queen” with her performances in several quirky low-budget films (most shot in the NYC area). In the last decade or so she’s had small roles in studio films (Jackie), but Ms. Gerwig’s heart seems to be with “underdog” cinema. On many of these projects she’s been stretching her creative muscles, first by writing many (two of her most acclaimed films were co-written with Noah Baumbach) and for one she co-directed with Joe Swanberg (Nights And Weekends). This new release is her first (the first of many,...

Chicago – In one of the best American films of 2017, Greta Gerwig went behind the camera to write and direct an autobiographical overview of her Senior Year in high school, within a directionless town and family. The result is enlightening truth, told with laugh-out-loud directness and connective empathy. The film is a total winner.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

What sets “Lady Bird” apart – the title refers to a nickname the main character wants people to call her – is that it deals with both average and underlying problems with American life in this post millennial haze. The family of Lady Bird is emotionally struggling and is in paycheck-to-paycheck mode, which adds more stress. Tracy Letts and Laurie Metcalfe, veterans of Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, portray the parents with such gritty honesty that you could meet them at the grocery store right now. The actor who portrays the title character, Saoirse Ronan, masters the Greta Gerwig...

Kevin Spacey and Louis C.K. exist in different corners of the entertainment world, but their misdeeds are the great equalizers. After reports of their sexual harassment and misconduct made national headlines, the companies that release their work are scrambling to avoid financial disaster.

With “All the Money in the World,” Sony’s saving grace is director Ridley Scott decided to reshoot Spacey’s scenes as J. Paul Getty with Christopher Plummer in the role, speeding toward a release date that’s less than a month away. Meanwhile, C.K.’s black-and-white cringe comedy “I Love You, Daddy” lies in the hands of U.S. distributor The Orchard — notably, also a Sony property — which canceled the movie’s premiere shortly before the New York Times story about C.K. ran, then went into crisis mode: First, the company issued a statement that it would reevaluate release plans for the movie one...

MaryAnn’s quick take… An emotional feast full of humor and pathos about the audacity, the wonder, the horror that is female adolescence. Beautiful, bittersweet, and very generous. I’m “biast” (pro): I am desperate for movies about girls and women; love Ronan and Gerwig

I’m “biast” (con): nothing

(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)

Herewith the single authentic movie about being a teenaged girl that our male-dominated entertainment sphere has begun to begrudgingly allow us annually. Last year’s was The Edge of Seventeen; 2015’s was The Diary of a Teenage Girl. Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is like those films, in that it is an emotional feast about the audacity and the wonder and the horror that is female adolescence the likes of which we oh-so rarely get to see onscreen. It is a nightmare and an adventure that will resonant with...

Twenty-five people and an unborn child were killed during a Sunday morning service at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, when a gunman walked into the sanctuary and opened fire.

Among the dead are the church pastor’s 14-year-old daughter, a mother of young children and a 16-year-old aspiring Nicu nurse.

The Texas shooter, identified as 26-year-old Devin Kelley, a disgraced former Air Force member, was dressed in all-black tactical gear when he began firing with an assault rifle from outside of the church around 11:20 a.m. local time.

The shooter was killed by a self-inflicted gunshot...

To residents in the no-stoplight town of Sutherland Springs, Texas, population 800, the First Baptist Church had always been a place of worship and a gathering spot for neighbors, friends and family.

The black-clad gunman who pulled up outside the church during Sunday service Nov. 5 wearing a skull mask and carrying a Ruger Ar-556 rifle, shooting as he walked into the sanctuary, thus took away more than the lives of the 26 people who died, with another 20 injured. He robbed the rural community about 30 miles southeast of San Antonio of its sense of peace and security.

“It makes your heart drop,” says Sarah Fuertez,...

Crystal Holcombe, a devoted mother who was reportedly eight months pregnant with her sixth child, had high hopes for her family’s future when she went to church on Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas.

Widowed and left with five children in 2011, Crystal, 36, had met John Holcombe at the church, where he taught Sunday school and managed the audio system. They married in 2012.

United in their faith and love of family, they forged a happy new life together. It was about to become even richer because they were expecting their first child together next month.

All that ended on Sunday,...

Greta Gerwig remembers the "Eureka!" moment.

The 34-year-old actor, an indie-cinema fixture and a co-writer for films like Frances Ha and Mistress America, had been struggling with a screenplay she'd been working on for a while, a story about a young woman coming of age in Northern California. For some reason, she "felt I kept hitting some sort of wall with the movie that I couldn't break through." Then, out of the blue, two lines of dialogue popped into her head.

"I just put everything aside," Gerwig says, "and I...

Greta Gerwig has a story about the moment she knew she would become a director. Shortly after she starred in and co-wrote “Frances Ha” with Noah Baumbach, she met “Orlando” director Sally Potter at a party. Gerwig cornered Potter, to pick her brain.

“I do that with people I admire,” Gerwig said. “I was writing a lot. I was asking her about how she does what she does. Does she do it first thing in the morning in longhand, or many computer drafts? I was being nerdy and needy, and she was answering and being very kind.

“Then she grabbed me by the arm and looked me in the eyes and asked me, ‘What do you really want to ask me about?’ My blood ran cold. ‘You really want to ask me about directing.’

‘How do you know that?’

‘I’m part gypsy and it’s written all over you!

Greta Gerwig has a story about the moment she knew she would become a director. Shortly after she starred in and co-wrote “Frances Ha” with Noah Baumbach, she met “Orlando” director Sally Potter at a party. Gerwig cornered Potter, to pick her brain.

“I do that with people I admire,” Gerwig said. “I was writing a lot. I was asking her about how she does what she does. Does she do it first thing in the morning in longhand, or many computer drafts? I was being nerdy and needy, and she was answering and being very kind.

“Then she grabbed me by the arm and looked me in the eyes and asked me, ‘What do you really want to ask me about?’ My blood ran cold. ‘You really want to ask me about directing.’

‘How do you know that?’

‘I’m part gypsy and it’s written all over you!

Just when you think there's nothing original or exciting left to mine from a coming-of-age story, along comes the totally irresistible Lady Bird – a reminder that no genre is played out when there's a new artist around to see it with fresh eyes. Screenwriter Greta Gerwig, in a spectacular solo directing debut (she co-directed Nights and Weekends with Joe Swanberg in 2008), has carved a brilliantly hilarious and heartfelt script out of her own teen life. Not a punch is pulled, and sentiment takes a holiday. All that's left is blunt honesty.

Relating the experiences of your teenage years is both a universal and deeply personal effort. Cinema is littered with this, but it’s rare that you really connect with the filmmaker telling the tale in such a way. This week, that happens to be the case when Lady Bird opens. The baby of multi hyphenate Greta Gerwig, it’s one of the year’s very best films. Essentially, this is a coming of age classic in the making. You don’t need to be a teenage girl, past or present, to appreciate what Gerwig has done here. Not only is she a talented actress and writer, she’s now showcasing just how strong a director she is. You’ll be blown away. Set in Northern California during the early 2000’s, the movie follows high school senior Christine ‘Lady Bird’ McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) as she fights with her strong willed mother...

In the chaos that ensued Sunday night when a gunman began firing from above into a crowd at a Las Vegas concert, people frantically searching for cover found themselves surrounded by carnage amidst the deadliest mass shooting by a single gunman in United States history.

“It was like we were in a war movie,” Rob Handley, 34, a medical device salesman from Las Vegas, tells People for this week’s cover story on the heroism and heartbreak that followed the shooting deaths of at least 58 people and wounding of another 527. Police say the gunman, Stephen Paddock, 64, then turned the gun on...

Amid the tragedy, there was heroism.

On Sunday night, an unseen gunman unleashed gunfire into an outdoor Las Vegas concert crowd from his hotel-room 32 floors above, killing at least 59 people and wounding another 527. It was the deadliest mass shooting in United States history.

“I will never forget the sound of that gunfire,” Nashville, Tennessee, publicist Karen Gale, 44, tells People for this week’s cover story in the wake of the nation’s deadliest single-gunman mass shooting in modern history. “There were lost shoes all over the ground, women being carried by boyfriends.”

“If anything, I learned there is still humanity in this world,...

Coming off what are arguably two of the best performances of his career in James Gray‘s “The Lost City Of Z” and the Safdies‘ “Good Time,” Robert Pattinson isn’t changing course. The actor is continuing to chase challenging roles with auteur directors, and his next sounds like it’s going to be another barn burner.

Earlier this year it was revealed that Pattinson was teaming up on an unnamed project with Antonio Campos, the filmmaker behind “Christine,” “Simon Killer,” and “Afterschool.” Now, Esquire has revealed the title of the film is “The Devil All The Time,” and it sounds like the actor is diving into a pretty steamy role.

Continue reading Robert Pattinson Talks “F**king Dark” Project With Antonio Campos at The Playlist.

“Lady Bird” writer-director Greta Gerwig couldn’t stop gushing about the performance of her star, Irish actress Saoirse Ronan, playing a disaffected Sacramento teenager named Christine “LadyBird” McPherson. Not only did she nail the accent, but Gerwig praised Ronan for elevating the humor in the script. “She didn’t play the comedy, she played the honesty,” Gerwig told TheWrap editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman in a video interview at the Toronto Film Festival, while joined by co-stars Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts. Also Read: 'Veep' Creator Armando Iannucci on Finding Humor in 'The Death of Stalin' (Exclusive Video) Watch the full video above.

Focus Features has acquired international rights to Greta Gerwig’s acclaimed directorial debut Lady Bird, company chairman Peter Kujawski announced today. A24 and Iac Films are partners on the movie. Focus will be handling distribution in all territories outside of North America. Lady Bird has emerged as one of the biggest breakouts of the fall season, winning rave reviews from its screenings at both the Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals. Scott Rudin, Eli Bush and Evelyn O’Neill are the producers.

“With Lady Bird, Greta has proven herself to be both a brilliant illusionist and a towering filmmaker. She tricks us into believing this is an intimate story about a specific character, time, and place until the culmination of the laughter and the tears makes you realize it’s actually a grand epic that is as universal, relatable and emotionally powerful as any story of mothers and daughters that...

Lady Bird is one of the year’s great joys. Greta Gerwig’s debut as a solo writer-director is so wise, so funny, and so remarkably assured that it seems to have flown in out of nowhere. Where did this nearly perfect coming-of-age comedy and emotionally affecting study of youth, social status, and financial malaise come from? The answer has been hiding in plain sight. As an actress, Gerwig has shown inimitable intelligence in films such as Frances Ha and 20th Century Women. She has now moved behind the camera for a 2002-set study of a Sacramento teen’s final year of high school, starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, and Timothée Chalamet, with music by Jon Brion.

Even after mentioning the involvement of such an ensemble of talent, I’m not sure anyone could have anticipated just how strong a film Lady Bird would be, or...

Count on the Telluride Film Festival to deliver a surprise or two. Going in, buzz on Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour” had already reached a dull roar — and folks were prepared to be impressed by Annette Bening in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” and Angelina Jolie’s Cambodia movie, “First They Killed My Father.”

But the movie that is building momentum as it hits Toronto, the one that A24 yet again will take all the way to Best Picture contention that could win a few Oscars (as “Moonlight” did last year), is Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.”

Read More:6 Things We Learned at Telluride, Including Oscar Chances for Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, and Gary Oldman

Some people who like the movie well enough are saying it’s a small coming-of-age movie in an all-too-familiar high school setting.

Count on the Telluride Film Festival to deliver a surprise or two. Going in, buzz on Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill drama “Darkest Hour” had already reached a dull roar — and folks were prepared to be impressed by Annette Bening in “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool,” Guillermo del Toro’s “The Shape of Water,” and Angelina Jolie’s Cambodia movie, “First They Killed My Father.”

But the movie that is building momentum as it hits Toronto, the one that A24 yet again will take all the way to Best Picture contention that could win a few Oscars (as “Moonlight” did last year), is Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird.”

Read More:6 Things We Learned at Telluride, Including Oscar Chances for Greta Gerwig, Angelina Jolie, and Gary Oldman

Some people who like the movie well enough are saying it’s a small coming-of-age movie in an all-too-familiar high school setting.

Trailer is now below for Greta Gerwig directional debut 'Lady Bird,' starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Odeya Rush, Jordan Rodrigues, and Marielle Scott.

In 'Lady Bird,' Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird's father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape, Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

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I've got a wonderful trailer here for a quirky and whimsical coming-of-age comedy called Lady Bird. The film was directed by Greta Gerwig, who is an actress mostly known for her roles in films such as Mistress America and Maggie's Plan. The movie is a semi-autobiographical film and it stars Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn, The Grand Budapest Hotel) in the role of the character based on Gerwig.

In Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s...

Here’S The First Trailer For Greta Gerwig’S Lady Bird. The Film Will Next Screen At The Toronto International Film Festival September 8th.

In Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig reveals herself to be a bold new cinematic voice with her directorial debut, excavating both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter. Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) fights against but is exactly like her wildly loving, deeply opinionated and strong-willed mom (Laurie Metcalf), a nurse working tirelessly to keep her family afloat after Lady Bird’s father (Tracy Letts) loses his job. Set in Sacramento, California in 2002, amidst a rapidly shifting American economic landscape,Lady Bird is an affecting look at the relationships that shape us, the beliefs that define us, and the unmatched beauty of a place called home.

From writer/director Greta Gerwig and starring Saoirse Ronan, Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts,...

A24 has released the first Lady Bird trailer. Written and directed by Greta Gerwig, the movie follows Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson (Saoirse Ronan) as she butts up against her parents (played by Laurie Metcalf and Tracy Letts), her education, love interests, and just generally being a teenager. Ronan definitely seems to be playing the kind of character Gerwig excels at—flighty, rebellious, cocky, and endearing—but it looks like a fun piece with Gerwig having a confident approach to the story she’s telling. Rather than coming out with something tepid or something grandiose, Lady Bird looks personal and charming, …...

A mother and daughter brawl and bond in the charming first trailer for Lady Bird, the directorial debut from actress Greta Gerwig. Gerwig also wrote the film, which stars Saoirse Ronan as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson and Laurie Metcalf as her mother, Marion.

The clip's opening sequence captures the film's quirky take on family drama, with an argument between Lady Bird and Marion over college ending with the latter hurling herself out of the moving car. The clip goes on to tease a unique relationship between mother and daughter, as Lady Bird fights,...

"You both have such strong personalities." A24 has unveiled the first trailer for actress Greta Gerwig's feature directorial debut, an indie coming-of-age drama titled Lady Bird, being released by the excellent A24. This film actually just premiered at the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend to rave reviews, which means it already has some great buzz to go along with this trailer. Saoirse Ronan stars as Christine 'Lady Bird' McPherson, a quirky teenager living in Northern California with her eccentric nurse mother. The cast includes Laurie Metcalf, Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Odeya Rush, Jordan Rodrigues, and Marielle Scott. As seen in this trailer, the film examines "both the humor and pathos in the turbulent bond between a mother and her teenage daughter." Looks great! I'm looking forward to seeing it, A24's films are always top quality.

Easily the biggest success story out of Telluride Film Festival this past week was Greta Gerwig’s first solo outing as director, Lady Bird. Following a mother-daughter relationship starring Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan, A24 has now debuted the first trailer.

“Well as I was writing, I really wanted the film to be a kaleidoscope, not a pin hole,” Gerwig tells RogerEbert.com, explaining the main crux of the film. “I think it’s a great tragedy of childhood that you only really appreciate it once it’s done, it’s very hard to feel appreciative of the gifts you have until you’re gone.”

Ahead of a release in November, check out the trailer and poster below for the film also starring Tracy Letts, Lucas Hedges, Timothée Chalamet, Beanie Feldstein, Lois Smith, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Odeya Rush, Jordan Rodrigues, and Marielle Scott, and return for our review from Toronto International Film Festival.

Greta Gerwig is no stranger to working both in front of and behind the camera, but her solo directorial debut “Lady Bird” will see her trying something new: not starring in her own material. Instead, two-time Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan takes over as the star of Gerwig’s creation, leading the feature as the eponymous Lady Bird. Well, sort of.

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The relationship comedy stars Ronan as Christine McPherson (Lady Bird, and no, no relationship with the wife of Lbj), a rebellious student at a conservative Catholic Sacramento high school who wants to escape her family and small town constraints to go to college in New York. The film is reportedly loosely based on Gerwig’s own experiences — the filmmaker and actress also grew up in Sacramento, where she attended Catholic school and...

In “Lady Bird,” an angst-riddled teen copes with her restrictive Catholic high school, bickers with her doting parents, endures her first heartbreak, and dreams of escaping to a far-off place. There’s nothing fresh about that premise, but writer-director Greta Gerwig’s semi-biographical riff on her Sacramento upbringing elevates it to a new wavelength beaming with wit and insight. Anchored by Saoirse Ronan in a spunky lead role that registers as her very best, the movie confirms that Gerwig’s plucky screen presence translates into a richly confident filmmaking voice.

“Lady Bird” is both snarky and sincere — a touching, markedly feminine ode to growing up that never takes its familiarity for granted. Gerwig earns the ability to make this rite-of-passage saga her own.

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“The only thing exciting about 2002 is that it’s a palindrome,” moans Christine McPherson,...