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Netflix has acquired the global rights to Toby Meakins’ horror thriller “Curs>r,” starring Asa Butterfield (“Sex Education”), Iola Evans (“Carnival Row”) and Eddie Marsan.

The deal was negotiated by producer and financier Anton and Stigma Films.

The film, a dark twist on the ‘80s gaming obsession, wrapped principal photography in the U.K. in April, and is currently in post-production.

In the pic, a broke college dropout (Evans) decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game in pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money, but for her life. The game locks her into an inescapable cycle of mind-bending horror. Stopping is not an option. It’s play or die.

Produced by Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois, alongside Stigma Films’ Matthew James Wilkinson,...

Tom Hardy is the face of Sony’s “Venom” franchise, but he’s more than just the star of the upcoming sequel “Venom: Let There Be Carnage.” As confirmed by screenwriter Kelly Marcel in an interview with Empire magazine, Hardy is getting the first “story by” credit of his feature film career after “spending months” brainstorming the narrative for the sequel with Marcel. “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” reunites Hardy and Michelle Williams opposite franchise newcomer Woody Harrelson as the eponymous villain.

“This is new for him, to get credit,” Marcel said, “but it’s not new for him to be this involved. He’s absolutely 100 percent committed to everything that he does. He’s married to Venom. He loves this character. He’s very involved in what he thinks should happen.”

As reported by Empire: “While Marcel gets the full screenplay credit, her script sprang from lengthy conversations with...

The 74th Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its jury which includes five women; a majority in the nine-person group including President Spike Lee.

The jury includes French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop whose 2019 movie Atlantics took home the Grand Prix from the festival; Crazy Heart Oscar nominated actress Maggie Gyllenhaal, French Inglorious Basterds actress Mélanie Laurent, Austrian filmmaker Jessica Hausner and French singer Mylène Farmer.

Rounding out the jury are French actor and recent Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated The Mauritanian actor Tahar Rahim, Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho and South Korean actor Song Kang-Ho who starred in the 2019 Cannes Palme d’Or winner and ultimate Oscar Best Picture winner, Parasite. Song has been a frequent star in Bong Joon Ho’s canon including The Host and Memories of Murder.

Diop’s Atlantics was shortlisted as one of the ten best international films at the Oscars. She has also directed several short-films...

Led by Spike Lee, the jury contains five women and four men.

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the main Competition jury for its 74th edition which runs July 6-17.

For the second time in the festival’s history, female jury members will be in the majority with five women and three men due to join previously announced jury president Spike Lee. In 2018, when Cate Blanchett was jury president, the split was also five women and four men.

This year’s female jury members comprise French-Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop, Canadian-French singer/songwriter Mylène Farmer, US actress, producer and director Maggie Gyllenhaal,...

The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the jury for the competition, which will be powered by a majority of women, including American actor-filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal, French actor-helmer Mélanie Laurent, French-Senegalese actor-director Mati Diop, Austrian director Jessica Hausner and cult French singer Mylene Farmer.

Spike Lee will presider over the jury which will also include French actor Tahar Rahim, Brazilian helmer Kleber Mendonça Filho and South Korean actor Song Kang-ho. It’s a history-making jury, with a first-time Black president and a ratio of five women to three men.

Gyllenhaal, who just made her directorial feature debut with “The Lost Daughter,” is best known for her roles in “Donnie Darko,” “Secretary,” and Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight.” She earned her first Oscar nomination with “Crazy Heart” and won a Golden Globe for her performance in the miniseries “The Honourable Woman.” She went on to produce and star in the HBO...

Jeff WIlbusch has been cast in the Netflix drama series “Breathe,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Wilbusch joins previously announced lead Melissa Barrera, who will star as Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness and she must battle for survival.

According to sources, Wilbusch will play recurring guest star Danny, Liv’s love interest. Danny is a lawyer at Liv’s firm with whom she has a one-night stand before they begin an on again, off again relationship.

Wilbusch most recently appeared in the HBO original film “Oslo,” which tells the story of negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization which culminated in the 1993 Oslo Peace Accords. He is also known for starring in the Netflix series “Unorthodox,” about a young Jewish woman named Esty who runs away from her arranged marriage and ultra-Orthodox community in Williamsburg,...

Exclusive: Netflix’s survival drama series Breathe, which stars In The Heights’ Melissa Barrera, is adding to its creative team.

The six-part series, which comes from Marin Gero, Brendan Gall and Warner Bros. Television, has added Dr. Death and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina director Maggie Kiley.

Kiley, who has an overall deal at Warner Bros., will direct the first three episodes of the series and will exec produce.

It comes a week after Barrera, who also starred in Vida, was announced as the lead for the series, where she plays Liv, a razor-sharp Manhattan attorney who finds herself profoundly out of her comfort zone when her small plane crashes in the Canadian wilderness, and she must battle for survival.

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Kiley directed the first two episodes of Peacock’s upcoming Dr. Death, which is based on the eponymous podcast, and has directed multiple episodes of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,...

Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Iola Evans (The 100) and Eddie Marsan (Sherlock Holmes) are leading the cast of Curs>R, the horror-thriller that has recently wrapped principal photography in the UK.

Pic comes from producer and financier Anton, with Anton’s Sebastien Raybaud and John Zois producing alongside Stigma Films’ Matthew James Wilkinson. Toby Meakins (Breathe) directed from a script by Simon Allen (The Watch).

Also starring are Robert Englund (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Angela Griffin (The Hollow), Kate Fleetwood (Beirut), Ryan Gage (The Hobbit) and Joe Bolland (The Trial of Christine Keeler).

In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced with dangerous choices and reality-warping challenges. After a series of unexpectedly terrifying moments, she realizes she’s no longer playing for the money but for her life.

Anton will...

Producer and financier Anton, whose credits include “Greenland,” “His Dark Materials” and “The Night House,” has announced that its latest production, the feature film “Curs>R,” has wrapped principal photography in the U.K. A dark twist on the ‘80s gaming obsession, the horror thriller stars Asa Butterfield, Iola Evans and Eddie Marsan.

Anton will oversee world sales and introduce the project to buyers at the upcoming Cannes virtual market later this month, in association with Endeavor Content, which is co-representing the U.S.

The film also features horror maestro Robert Englund, who played Freddy Krueger in “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Rounding out the cast is Angela Griffin, Kate Fleetwood, Ryan Gage,” and Joe Bolland (“The Trial of Christine Keeler”).

In pursuit of an unclaimed $125,000 prize, a broke college dropout (Evans) decides to play an obscure, 1980s survival computer game. But the game curses her, and she’s faced...

Feeling the desperation of their impoverished existence in Bangalore, two friends turn to selling drugs on the side in order to make a living. However, when a guest shows up unannounced requesting a large purchase, the two act in a way that will drastically change their future.

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“Breathe” offers up a strong sequence capturing violence through feelings of desperation, adding social commentary to frame how such an act can occur. As a result, while the protagonists are far from being commendable for their actions, there is some call towards empathy for their plight.

However, the relatability of the characters is somewhat hampered by what, feels like, an incomplete narrative. Ultimately, the short feels like one part of a larger production, ending on a rather dark note that could have further amped up the dark themes with follow up narrative. This...

Just a few weeks, ago that filmmaker Shekhar Kapur shared that he was impressed with the amazing new acting talents that the Ott space has been introducing to the world. The audience is with him on this.

Ians takes a look at actors who have grabbed maximum eyeballs in the digital space, emerging as the new Ott stars:

Amit Sadh

The former "Bigg Boss" contestant began as a television actor in 2002 and later entered Bollywood with "Phoonk 2" in 2010. "Kai Po Che" brought him fame and he went on to feature in films like "Sultan" and "Gold". Now, he is one of the favourites in the digital space as he got a thumbs up for his role as Inspector Kabir Sawant over two seasons of the web series "Breathe". He was then seen as an army officer in the web series "Avrodh: The Siege Within". For him, it seems like the...

Actor Abhishek Bachchan has requested all to take safety precautions amid the ongoing Covid pandemic.

Taking to Instagram, he posted a small clip in which he is seen urging people to wear a mask while stepping out.

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Award-winning actress was best known for roles in ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’ , ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Game Of Thrones’.

UK actress Diana Rigg, whose prolific career included memorable roles in the James Bond franchise and Game Of Thrones, died today aged 82. She had been diagnosed with cancer in March.

Rigg remained active in recent years and her final performances include Edgar Wright’s Last Night In Soho, set for release in April 2021, and miniseries Black Narcissus, co-produced by the BBC and FX.

Born near Doncaster, England in 1938, Rigg began her career on stage before securing her breakout role in 1965 as...

Diana Rigg, best known for her iconic turn on The Avengers, and memorable roles on Game of Thrones and Theatre of Blood, died Sept. 10, at home with her family at the age of 82, according to Variety. “It is with tremendous sadness that we announce that Dame Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning. She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time,” her agent Simon Beresford said in a statement. “Dame Diana was an icon of theatre, film, and television. She was the recipient of BAFTA, Emmy, Tony and Evening Standard Awards for her work on stage and screen. Dame Diana was a much loved and admired member of her profession, a force of nature who loved her work and her fellow actors. She will be greatly missed.”

Rigg was diagnosed with cancer in March, according to her daughter Rachael Stirling, who said...

English actress Diana Rigg has died at the age of 82, her representatives have confirmed.

A celebrated and award-winning performer on stage and screen, Rigg was known for her TV roles in The Avengers and Games Of Thrones, and in film as Tracy Bond in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Her theater work included a 1992 production of Greek tragedy Medea, for which she won a Tony in the title role, and a 1987 staging of Stephen Sondheim’s musical Follies.

“Diana Rigg died peacefully early this morning. She was at home with her family who have asked for privacy at this difficult time. Diana was a much loved and admired member of her profession, a force of nature who loved her work and her fellow actors. She will be greatly missed,” her agent Simon Beresford said.

“My Beloved Ma died peacefully in her sleep early this morning, at home, surrounded by family.

Bigg Boss 13 winner and television star Sidharth Shukla has a huge fan following. His crazy fandom always there for him no matter what.

Sidharth Shukla also stands and support his fans and friends all the time.

Also Read: Movie Review |Khuda Haafiz: Vidyut Jammwal packs solid punch in this emotional pulse riser

Sidharth Shukla recently watched Vidyut Jammwal’s Khuda Hafiz and is quite overwhelmed. He tweeted, “Just watched Khuda Haafiz on @DisneyplusHSVIP I have known @VidyutJammwal since our modelling days ... have seen him grind & evolve into this great action hero .. d one u don’t wanna mess with, unless it’s me Winking face d movie has got out d best in u ... guys u have 2 watch d film.

Also Read: Sidharth Shukla loved the twist in Abhishek Bachchan and Amit Sadh starrer Breathe Season 2

In the tweet, Sidharth Shukla also mentioned that he knew Vidyut Jammwal since...

Abhishek Bachchan started his acting journey two decades ago and has successfully made a name for himself as an actor and producer. Being the son of legendary actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan, added an unseen pressure on the actor when he made his debut in Refugee, with Kareena Kapoor Khan. It was never easy to have always been compared to his father, Amitabh, possibly the greatest Indian actor of all times.

Since his debut, Abhishek has acted in a variety of roles, and that too quite successfully. His portrayal in Guru as an ambitious smuggler, a thief in Bunty aur Bubbly, good cop in the Dhoom series, and a double role in the comedy Bol Bachchan among others has won him the box office crown, audience adulation and critical appreciation.

Looking back at his success, Abhishek said, “I’m very happy and can’t complain. I’ve said this a few times,...

One can be the biggest mastermind of them all when it comes to committing a crime, however there are those little clues that would entrap you eventually. It could be a pen, a lip balm or perhaps, just a footprint; eventually there would be something small out there that would lead to something big.

However, how do you entrap a criminal who commits a crime, forgets all about it and then walks into the room in plain sight?

Well, this is what makes Breathe: Into the Shadows super exciting as there is a character within a character, layer within a layer, and story within a story at play here. What you see may actually seem true, but how do you tackle a situation when there is something explosive, something truly dramatic waiting to be unveiled?

It is this very unveiling that comes to the mid-point of this Mayank Sharma directed...

Breathe 2: Into The Shadows (Amazon Prime Video)

Starring Abbhishek Bachchan, Nithya Menon, Amit Sadh, Saiyami Kher

Directed by Mayank Sharma

In Mani Ratnam’s Raavan Abhishek Bachchan played Raavan. In Breathe 2, Raavan plays Abhishek. There are mindgames based on the expression of each one of Raavan’s ten heads, manoeuvring Abhishek’s character through a series of clumsy capital crimes . So mindless are these mindgames that one is grateful Raavan had only 10 heads.If there were more, this series may have extended itself into some more episodes. And Breathe would have killed us all with the sheer lack of breathing space in the plot.

This is not to say that the storytelling is taut. Not at all! Loose-limbed and shaggy to the point of seeming lazy, the indolent tone of narration would have been excusable were it not so ridiculously self-important. It is hard to believe that it took four writers(Bhavani Iyer,...

Despite finding his entire industry shutdown by this pandemic, Bollywood megastar Abhishek Bachchan says he has had a productive few months developing his own projects, recording an English dub for his new Amazon show Breathe: Into The Shadows, and most crucially, spending time with his loved ones. That’s not something that happens regularly for a family that is Indian film biz royalty – Bachchan’s wife is the hugely influential and world renowned actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and his parents are fellow movie stars Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.

Deadline hopped on a Zoom with the actor this week to catch up about the current situation in Mumbai, the epicentre of India’s film industry, and to talk about working on his debut Amazon series, which is a standalone follow up to 2018 show Breathe, and stars Bachchan as a man who must kill someone to save his daughter. The actor,...

With Breathe: Into The Shadows, which released today, sees Nithya Menen make her digital debut in Amazon Prime Video original series. The psychological crime thriller also stars Abhishek Bachchan, who is also making his big digital debut. The series also features actress Saiyami Kher, and Amit Sadh who is returning for the second series.

Breathe tells the story of a 6-year old girl that is kidnapped by a mysterious masked man, who demands an unusual ransom. To save his daughter, Dr. Avinash Sabharwal must kill someone! Meanwhile, Kabir Sawant continues his pursuit for justice in the hostile environment of the Delhi Crime branch. A chaotic world of lies, deceit and mind games opens when Kabir is given charge of the investigation of the murders committed by Avinash. How far will Avinash go to find his missing daughter?

About working on a digital series, the actress has said, “For me, I...

OTTThe inspiration from Hollywood films like 'Shawshank Redemption' and 'Seven' is quite apparent.Saraswati DatarAny parent would agree that when it comes to protecting their child, there is little that they will refuse to do. The premise of the Breathe series on Amazon Prime Video is simple enough — Would you take a life to save the life of your child? After the first season that saw R Madhavan take lives to make sure his son gets an organ transplant in time, Breathe: Into The Shadows, tells the story of Avinash and Abha Sabharwal (Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menen) whose 6-year-old daughter Siya (Ivana Kaur) gets kidnapped from a birthday party. After a tortured search for over nine months, the couple is contacted by her kidnapper with news that she is alive and well but that to keep her that way, they will have to kill a man. Avinash...

For all of us who have been missing Abhishek Bachchan on-sceen, he was last seen in Manmarziyanin 2018, it’s time to breathe easy. Ab Jr returns in Breathe 2 which seems to carry forward an interesting cinematic legacy: of a father searching for his missing daughter. The classic in that genre is the Kamal Haasan Tamil classic Mahanadhi where the father’s search is so poignant and harrowing it was for me almost unbearable to watch.

Breathe 2: Into The Shadows casts Abhishek as a father, a psychiatrist, searching for his missing daughter.From the trailer, the treatment seems taut and perky. With the camera constantly on the prowl, there doesn’t seem to be a single idle moment in the storytelling.

I just hope the pace is not going so frenetic as to smother the storytelling in dramatic tension.

I hope Breathe 2 allows the characters to breathe. It is interesting...

NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace brushed aside President Donald Trump’s belated and questionable remarks about him during an interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday.

Wallace is NASCAR’s only full-time black driver and has been an outspoken advocate for racial justice, wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” shirt at past races and painting his car with Black Lives Matter messaging. As such, tensions were high last month when — not long after NASCAR banned Confederate flags at its races — a noose was found in Wallace’s garage stall at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama.

The global premiere of the eagerly awaited Hindi film, Shakuntala Devi is all set to happen at the end of this month exclusively on Amazon Prime.

Directed by Anu Menon and produced by Sony Pictures Networks Productions and Vikram Malhotra of Abundantia Entertainment, the biographical drama stars National Award winning actress Vidya Balan in the lead, essaying the role of the globally renowned Indian mathematics genius, who was popularly known as the ‘human computer’.

Shakuntala Devi also stars Sanya Malhotra, who will be seen playing the role of Shakuntala Devi’s daughter with whom the genius enjoyed a complicated but extraordinary relationship, alongside Jisshu Sengupta (Mardaani 2) and Amit Sadh in pivotal roles.

The screenplay is written by Anu Menon and Nayanika Mahtani, while the dialogues are penned by Ishita Moitra.

Check out the announcement video!

Prime members in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide can watch the endearing story...

EntertainmentThe web series premiere on Amazon Prime Video on July 10.Tnm Staff The trailer of Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menen's new web series Breathe: Into The Shadows was released on Wednesday. The intriguing trailer promises a dark psychological crime thriller. The series, which will premiere on Amazon Prime Video, is about how Dr Avinash (Abhishek Bachchan) and his wife (Nithya Menen) try to rescue their abducted daughter from a serial killer. To release the daughter, the serial killer doesn’t demand money, but wants them to play a twisted game. The killer wants two persons to be killed in exchange for the safe release of their daughter. Nithya Menen, who plays the mother of the child, can be seen frantically searching for her and breaking down. Interestingly, Nithya's last Tamil film, Psycho, was also about a serial killer. She played a retired policewoman with a disability. Abhishek plays a psychiatrist in Breathe: Into The Shadows.

Samuel Goldwyn Films has taken North American rights to Paul Ireland’s feature drama Measure for Measure starring Hugo Weaving. An on-demand and digital release is planned for Sept. 4.

The Paul Ireland directed, written and produced movie is inspired by the William Shakespeare play of the same name and follows the love affair between a modern Muslim girl and a local musician against the background of racial tension and gang culture in the city’s notorious housing estate. Daniel Henshall (Okja), Harrison Gilbertson (Upgrade), Megan Smart (Breathe), and Mark Leonard Winter (The Dressmaker) also star.

Damian Hill also produced with EPs Mark Forytarz, Jeff Harrison, Ari Harrison, Keran Wicks, John Kearney, Clement Dunn, Tony Nagle, Bryce Menzies, Thea Mcleod, and Ian Kirk.

“In the current racial climate the world finds Itself, Measure for Measure becomes even more relevant to a society reaching out for love and equality,” said the filmmakers.

Exclusive: Stefon Bristol is set to direct Breathe, a sci-fi thriller that is set up at Thunder Road Films. Basil Iwanyk and Brendon Boyea of Thunder Road are producing with Will Flynn serving as executive producer.

Bristol, who earned an Independent Spirit Award for his first feature See You Yesterday, is directing the pic from a 2019 Black List screenplay by Doug Simon. Set in the near future where air supply is scarce, the plot follows a mother and daughter who are forced to fight for their survival when two strangers arrive desperate for an oxygenated haven.

“I am an artist who loves to make personal sci-fi movies about Black characters that are laced with social, political commentary and interpersonal wisdom,” said Bristol. “Breathe will definitely encompass all of that. But, in the same vein, it’s going to be one of those movies that will manhandle your attention, attempt to...

Amazon Prime Video is elevating the excitement level by releasing several first look posters and videos for the upcoming all-new Amazon Original Series Breathe: Into the Shadows.

Amazon Original Series Breathe: Into the Shadows, that see Amit Shah reprise his role of Inspector Kanin Sawant, marks the digital debut of Abhishek Bachchan and Nithya Menen, who will be seen in the lead roles, along with Saiyami Kher. The show is slated to release on 10 July 2020 on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.

We had a first look with this teaser

Amit Sadh in the revered role of Inspector Kabir Sawant in the new series, is seen mysteriously landing up in a jail, raising curiosity amongst the viewers. Why is our beloved Inspector Kabir Sawant in a prison? Was it a faux play of power and deceit or did he seriously commit a crime so grave that put him behind the bars?...

H.E.R. has officially released protest song “I Can’t Breathe,” which H.E.R. wrote in response to recent police killings of unarmed Black people. The track is available across all major digital service providers. H.E.R. debuted the song earlier this month during an appearance on iHeartRadio’s Living Room Concert series.

For the official video that accompanies the song’s release, H.E.R. and editor Shane Adams compiled footage of protests against police brutality and systemic racism from around the world. It culminates with a wall...

Roger Waters will release physical versions of his concert film Us + Them and its soundtrack this fall.

For now, he’s releasing a clip showcasing a suite of songs from Pink Floyd’s The Wall album, starting with a helicopter spotlight surveying the crowd during “The Happiest Days of Our Lives.” Children stand at the front of the stage dressed in orange jumpsuits and executioner masks like prisoners, and the lights go up for the transition into “Another Brick in the Wall Part 2.” About halfway through, the kids remove their...

Gaumont has acquired French distribution and international sales rights to Melanie Laurent’s period mystery thriller “The Mad Women’s Ball” which is being produced by Alain Goldman’s Legende Films.

Based on the award-wining novel by Victoria Mas “Le Bal des folles,” “The Mad Women’s Ball” will be headlined by up-and-coming French actress Lou de Laâge (pictured) and Laurent, the popular actress of “Inglorious Basterds,” “Enemy,” and most recently “6 Underground” and “Operation Finale.”

The pair last worked on Laurent’s critically acclaimed feature debut “Breathe” which world premiered at Cannes’ Critics Week in 2014. Now a well-established helmer, Laurent is getting reading to shoot the WW2 drama “The Nightingale” with Elle and Dakota Fanning.

The story of “The Mad Women’s Ball” takes place at the end of the 19th century in Paris, at a time when women deemed too rebellious or difficult were frequently labeled as insane and institutionalized.

The much-anticipate new chapter of the Amazon Original Series Breathe, will begin streaming on 10th July 2020. The all-new tale of the psychological crime thriller Breathe: Into The Shadows sees Abhishek Bachchan make his digital on-screen debut.

Abhishek revealed to Pti, “In Breathe, one of the things that attracted me the most to the story was the details and nuances that were built into the character I play.”

He will star alongside the return of acclaimed actor Amit Sadh in his award-winning role as senior inspector Kabir Sawant. This Original Series also features one of South India’s leading actors, Nithya Menen, who makes her digital debut. Sayami Kher also joins the cast in a prominent role.

“We are extremely excited to bring a brand new show Breathe: Into The Shadows, featuring exceptional cast including Abhishek Bachchan, Amit Sadh, Nithya Menen and Saiyami Kher. We are confident that our customers will...

Half a decade ago, after the death of Eric Garner, the cast and crew of Ava DuVernay’s film, “Selma,” wore “I Can’t Breathe” shirts to show their support for the murdered Black man. The film would go on to earn a ton of acclaim from critics and enter into awards season as a favorite to receive a number of Oscar nominations. Unfortunately, the film only received two nominations, with lead actor David Oyelowo getting snubbed for his portrayal of Dr.

Continue reading ‘Selma’ Cast/Crew Accused Of “Stirring Sh*t” By Academy Members After Wearing “I Can’t Breathe” Shirts in 2014 at The Playlist.

Venom 2 has finished and is entering post-production. Producers Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson quickly moved onto the Home Alone reboot for Disney+. With that movie half-finished, Disney will have to get the cast and crew back together again to complete the family comedy. Business logistics aside, there is a general sense of nervousness from the cast and crew when it comes to the eventual return both in production and post, as per Dan Wilson.

The producer was recently interviewed as part of a larger piece detailing the uncertainty surrounding the future of movie and TV production following the current shutdown. Venom 2, officially titled Let There Be Carnage, is one of the biggest movies that had to stop movement in the interest of public health. Though some post-production work is being completed at home. Home Alone is a little more difficult to get moving. Dan Wilson explains that the...

Exclusive: Crypt TV, the horror brand co-founded by Jack Davis and Eli Roth and backed by Blumhouse, has unveiled its first Indian production in the form of Hindi horror remake Chhori.

Last year, Crypt TV partnered with Mumbai-based outfit Abundantia Entertainment, run by former Viacom18 Motion Pictures exec Vikram Malhotra, to produce content for the Indian market. This project is the first to get the green light under that deal.

Bollywood actress Nushrat Bharucha (Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2) will lead cast on the film, which is a remake of Marathi-language horror Lapachhapi. Vishal Furia, who directed and wrote the original, will reprise his role on the new project. Abundantia’s Malhotra and Crypt’s Davis are producing.

The film is a blend of horror and social drama, telling the story of age-old societal beliefs and practices that give rise to tales of terror.

“This genre excites me and the fact...

Last week, Breast Cancer Research Foundation held its first-ever Virtual Hot Pink Evening, taking their renowned Hot Pink Party to a new virtual format with a very special live-stream viewing experience.

The unforgettable evening raised over $5.2 million to support Bcrf’s global legion of leading scientists pursuing high-impact breast cancer research that is saving lives, even in the midst of the current global crisis. Breast cancer does not stop for Covid-19, and neither will Bcrf, thanks to the generous support of donors who are helping ensure that the organization’s vital work will continue without losing ground.

Guests were treated to a stirring opening number featuring Norbert Leo Butz singing “Something’s Coming” from West Side Story. A blockbuster Broadway tribute to breast cancer survivor and current Hamilton star Mandy Gonzalez featured Lin-Manuel Miranda, Laura Benanti, Krysta Rodriguez, Tituss Burgess, Tommy Kail, Alex Lacamoire, Judy Kuhn, James Monroe Iglehart, Sierra Boggess,...

At the open of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s inaugural virtual Hot Pink Evening, the event’s lead co-chair Kinga Lampert reminded attendees that “breast cancer doesn’t stop for coronavirus and neither can we.” And, though the Bcrf’s annual fundraiser looked significantly different amid the pandemic, the show did in fact go on, raising more than $5.2 million for breast cancer research.

Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, Karlie Kloss, Deborah Norville and Rachael Ray were among the Bcrf supporters who participated in the livestream event, with breast cancer survivors Edie Falco, Joan Lunden, Gretta Monahan, Amy Robach and Anne Thompson sharing their own experiences battling the disease.

“I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, an experience I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy — to have a doctor stand opposite you and tell you that you have cancer,” Falco said.

Professional ballet dancer Maggie Kudirka, who is currently battling stage IV metastatic breast cancer,...

Actor and filmmaker Andy Serkis will read all of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit during a livestream Friday, May 8th, to raise money for Covid-19 relief efforts.

The marathon event — which Serkis has fittingly dubbed “a Hobbitathon” — will kick off at 10 a.m. in the U.K. (5 a.m. Est and 2 a.m. Pst) and is expected to last at least 12 hours. Serkis has set up a GoFundMe for the reading and hopes to raise £100,000 (about $123,000) for two U.K. organizations, Best Beginnings and NHS Charities Together. Should the fundraiser reach its goal,...

Ron Howard has signed up to helm ‘Thirteen Lives’, to tell the real-life story of the 2018 Thai cave rescue.

The story focuses on the real-life story of the boy’s football team from Thailand who became trapped in a cave for more than two weeks when heavy rains partially flooded the cave, blocking their way out.

All twelve of the boys were rescued along with their 25-year-old coach, though the effort claimed the life of a retired Thai Navy Seal, Saman Kunan, who ran out of air while saving the kids. Another rescue diver died a year and a half later as a result of a blood infection contracted during the rescue.

‘Gladiator’ scribe William Nicholson will pen the script. As with most of Howard’s drama’s the tone they will try and set is that of a ‘High Stakes’ filled with unbearable suspense, one that matches up with...

The more emotion-driven a TV series or movie, the more important the soundtrack. And boy is Normal People, the Hulu adaptation of Sally Rooney’s wildly popular novel of the same name, driven by the emotion of its characters and world.

Normal People follows Marianne and Connell’s complicated relationship as they move from being teenagers at a small town in western Ireland into young adulthood at Dublin’s Trinity College, and showrunner Ed Guiney, directors Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie Macdonald, music supervisors Juliet Martin and Maggie Phillips, and editor Nathan Nugent have done an impressive job crafting the music landscape for this world.

“We were trying all sorts of tracks ourselves,” said Abrahamson, who mentioned Martin, Phillips, Nugent, and himself as the chief collaborators in the process. “So, as well as the work that Stephen Rennicks, the composer, was doing, it was just, again, a very organic kind of collaboration.

This month, Amit Sadh has completed 10 years in Bollywood. In a regular scenario, this would have been a good enough reason to celebrate and party hard amongst friends and well wishers. However for now, the actor is happy to be ‘surviving’ in isolation, even as he is stranded at the hills with just ‘Maggi’ and ‘plain parathas’ for company.

“Amit has been around for long, courtesy his early stint in television, and though he has made quite a name for himself in the world of films as well as web series today, back in 2000 he had started with Ram Gopal Varma’s ensemble horror flick Phoonk 2. He came on his own with Kai Po Che! [2013] and from there on managed to pick quite a few interesting parts for himself,” says an insider, “While giving company to Salman Khan [Sultan], Amitabh Bachchan [Sarkar 3] and Akshay Kumar [Gold], he has continued to make his presence felt quite well.

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India, a country of 1.3 billion people, imposed a nationwide lockdown last week as it desperately battles to contain the spread of coronavirus. Film and TV production had already halted on March 19, and the country’s cinemas, which are enormously popular and vital to local communities, are all shuttered. The emergency measures will last for at least 21 days.

Sony Pictures recently delayed the vast majority of its 2020 release calendar to next year. With everything that is going on, and with movie theaters closed for an indefinite period of time, 2021 seems like green pastures at the moment. However, one key movie remains on track for its fall 2020 release in the form of Venom 2. It may well be Tom Hardy coming to save the day when movie theaters reopen, if the current release date sticks, that is.

According to a new report that was released after Sony announced new release dates for its current slate, Venom 2 is still on track to arrive in theaters on October 22, 2020. For the record, Sony has yet to confirm this release date is intended for the Marvel sequel, but they have that date set aside for an "untitled Marvel sequel." Since Spider-Man 3 is on track for a July 2021 release, Venom 2 is...

Director and celebrated motion-capture actor Andy Serkis has solved his biggest problem surrounding “Mowgli”: convincing audiences that the viewing experience will be substantially different from what Jon Favreau provided in his 2017 Oscar winner “The Jungle Book.” Deadline reports Netflix has acquired the film’s global rights from Warner Bros., meaning millions will be able to stream the epic — made by an old-guard studio — from the comfort of home upon release. A source with knowledge of the production told IndieWire that Netflix will bring Serkis’ second directed feature (following “Breathe”) to its platform and theaters in 2019.

The live-action features were inspired by characters Rudyard Kipling created for his 1894 story anthology “The Jungle Book,” previously seen onscreen with Disney’s 1967 animated film of the same name. While Serkis said his version and Disney’s latter one were once “neck and neck” in the race to completion, “We took our time with the performance capture,...

Although best knowing on the acting side for Inglourious Basterds, Enemy, Beginners, and more, Mélanie Laurent has also been a prolific force in the director’s the last few years. Coming off her excellent drama Breathe, she helmed the French-language drama Plonger and then brought her English-language debut Galveston, starring Elle Fanning and Ben Foster, to SXSW. Based on the book from True Detective writer Nic Pizzolatto, the crime thriller will arrive in France this fall and now the first teaser has landed.

Unfortunately, our own John Fink wasn’t a big fan of it, saying in his SXSW review, “Something feels a bit off or perhaps lost in translation as the film shifts from dreamy landscapes and parting glances to ultraviolent single-take scenes that jar us out of the seductive fantasy. The director, who proved more than adept behind the camera with Breathe, doesn’t seem terribly in control...

"Are you going to kill me?" "No." The Jokers distribution out of France has debuted the first teaser trailer for an indie film titled Galveston, the latest feature directed by French actress Mélanie Laurent. This originally premiered at the SXSW Film Festival earlier this year, which makes sense considering it's set in/around Texas and it's also Laurent's first American film. Ben Foster stars as Roy, a man on the run after a violent encounter with his boss. He picks up a prostitute named Raquel, played by Elle Fanning, and decides to take her with him as he tries to escape to Galveston, Texas. The cast includes Lili Reinhart, María Valverde, Beau Bridges, Robert Aramayo, and Adepero Oduye. This really looks like a very dark, intense, moody action-thriller more than a drama, with some slick cinematography. Here's the French teaser trailer (+ French poster) for Mélanie Laurent's Galveston, direct from YouTube...