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James Gunn’s Superman is about to hit the theaters, and fans are excited to see David Corenswet’s iteration of the character. The actor will follow in the footsteps of Christopher Reeve, Brandon Routh, and Henry Cavill to play the titular role in the Dcu. While the odds were stacked against him earlier, Corenswet has proved himself to be amazing in the role from the promotional materials.

Before he put on the Superman suit, Corenswet appeared in a bunch of movies like Pearl and Look Both Ways and TV shows like Lady in the Lake. He played lead roles in Ryan Murphy’s Netflix shows, Hollywood and The Politician. He also starred in the HBO limited series, We Own This City, from the writers and executive producers of The Wire.

5 movies David Corenswet appeared in before taking on the Superman role David Corenswet as Clark Kent in a still...

Max subscribers have a number of exciting movie and TV premieres to look forward to this month.

The biggest and most noteworthy is “A Minecraft Movie,” which is set to make its streaming premiere on Max on an undetermined date in June, after already grossing nearly $1 billion at the worldwide box office. Some smaller dramas, like director Paolo Sorrentino’s “Parthenope” and the Daisy Ridley action vehicle “Cleaner,” are arriving on the platform in June as well.

Max will also be the streaming home for “The Gilded Age” Season 3 when it makes its premiere on Sunday, June 22.

Below, you can find the full list of what’s new on Max in June 2025.

June 1

“A Hologram for the King” (2016)

“A Nightmare on Elm Street” (2010)

“A Perfect Getaway” (2009)

“Backtrack” (2016)

“Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons” (2022)

“Black Patch” (1957)

“Blues in the Night” (1941)

“Casino” (1995)

“Fight Club” (1999)

“Gentleman Jim” (1942)

“Hellboy” (2004)

“I Am Not Your Negro...

Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, and Harry Richardson in ‘The Gilded Age’ season 3 (Photograph by Karolina Wojtasik/HBO Max)

Max’s June 2025 lineup includes the season three premiere of The Gilded Age, the three-part true crime documentary series The Mortician, and the premiere of My Mom Jayne, Mariska Hargitay’s very personal documentary film on her mother, classic movie star Jayne Mansfield. The hot summer month delivers the streaming premieres of A Minecraft Movie (date to be determined) and The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.

Max’s June schedule also includes Parthenope, a romantic drama from writer-director Paolo Sorrentino, and director Martin Campbell’s Cleaner starring Daisy Ridley, Taz Skylar, and Clive Owen.

Max June 2025 Lineup

June 1

A Hologram for the King (2016)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

A Perfect Getaway (2009)

Backtrack (2016)

Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons (2022)

Black Patch (1957)

Blues in the Night (1941)

Casino (1995)

Fight Club...

On this special occasion of David Corenswet’s birthday, it’s intriguing to reflect on his early ventures that paved the way for his current success as a prominent figure in Hollywood. Long before he caught people’s attention as James Gunn’s Superman, Corenswet embarked on a creative journey through television and films that showcased his talent and versatility.

David Corenswet as Superman | image: Instagram/@jamesgunn

Thus, taking a look back at his filmography, let’s delve into the films, shows, and even YouTube projects that David Corenswet appeared in, wrote, and produced throughout his tenure. But among his lengthy list, one project that stood out was his dorky YouTube series Moe & Jerryweather, which not only makes his fans cringe but also adore his 21-year-old self.

David Corenswet’s Venture into Entertainment Through YouTube Series at 21

Celebrating James Gunn’s upcoming Superman, David Corenswet’s 31st birthday on...

The Night Agent season 2 adds three new members to its cast. The Night Agent is a Netflix series following the story of an FBI agent named Peter Sutherland who receives an unexpected phone call on the job that catapults him into a conspiracy. The Night Agent season 1 debuted in March 2023 and has since been renewed for a second season that is expected for release this year.

As per Deadline, The Night Agent season 2 has tacked on three new cast members. These cast members will be Marwan Kenzari, Elise Kibler, Dikran Tulaine. Kenzari will play a character named Reza, who is a soldier who has been court marshalled for another man’s crime. Kibler will play a British socialite named Sloane. Tulaine will step in to play Viktor, who is a man who was once the leader of his country but is now convicted of war crimes.

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Exclusive: Netflix’s hit conspiracy thriller The Night Agent has added three for guest roles in Season 2: Marwan Kenzari (Black Adam), Elise Kibler (The Sunlit Night), and Dikran Tulaine (The Blacklist).

Kenzari plays Reza, a decorated soldier court marshalled for another man’s crime, who’s been given the opportunity to be a night agent. Fiercely intelligent, with a wry sense of humor and a trigger temper, he doesn’t hesitate to become violent or lethal when backed into a corner.

Kibler’s character is Sloane, a glamorous British socialite. Smart, savvy, and glib, Sloane is the girlfriend of the wealthy Tomás Bala (Rob Heaps). She knows how toxic Tomás’s family is and tries to convince him to break ties…

Tulaine portrays Viktor, a smart, dangerous and manipulative man who was once the leader of his country, but has since been convicted of war crimes.

As previously announced...

Remember when Beanie Babies broke the Internet? Well, the iconic toy is now landing its own biopic for audiences to see what it truly takes to build a plush stuffed animal from scratch.

Apple’s “The Beanie Bubble” charts the rise and fall of the ingenious collectible stuffed animals, with Elizabeth Banks and Zach Galifianakis playing the real-life toy titans who invented the craze. In a twist of nostalgic toy-driven fate, “The Beanie Bubble” opens in select theaters the same weekend as “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer.”

Per the official synopsis, why did the world suddenly treat stuffed animals like gold? Ty Warner (Galifianakis) was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women grew his masterstroke of an idea into the biggest toy craze in history.

“Succession” star Sarah Snook portrays Warner’s wife (and one third of the love triangle alongside Banks) while “Blockers” breakout Geraldine Viswanathan is a...

The “Lilo & Stich” live-action remake is assembling its Ohana. Zach Galifankis has been cast in the upcoming Disney+ film, IndieWire has confirmed.

Details of Galifanakis’ character is being kept under wraps, so it’s unclear if the “Hangover” star will be playing a live-action character, or if he’s voicing a CGI character such as the lovable Stitch himself. Because the original animated film centered primarily on Native Hawaiian characters, Galifanakis will likely be playing either a new character for the film or one of the aliens in the cast, like Stitch, antagonist Captain Gantu, or a member of the iconic odd couple Jumba and Pleakly.

The beloved original animated film focuses on Lilo, a young girl struggling after the death of their parents. When she encounters Stitch, a bizarre dog-like creature created by an alien scientist to be the ultimate destructive force, Lilo adopts the stray and brings it...

The Lilo & Stitch live-action remake has made a huge casting announcement with the addition of The Hangover's Zach Galifianakis. The upcoming film from Marcel the Shell with Shoes On director Dean Fleischer Camp is the latest live-action update to classic animated works from the Disney canon. It will bring to life the story of the 2002 film, which followed a young Hawaiian girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase) who adopted what she thought was a dog that turns out to be a destructive genetic experiment gone wrong that has escaped from a facility in outer space.

Per The Hollywood Reporter, Zach Galifianakis has been cast in a lead role in the Lilo & Stich live-action film. The actor, who is best known for his roles in the Hangover film franchise and the oddball comedy series Baskets, hasn't held a role in a live-action feature since 2019's The Sunlit Night. While the role itself is unspecified,...

Exclusive: Cindy Cheung will star alongside Ashley Liao, Ross Butler, Nico Haraga and Chelsea Zhang in Loveboat, Taipei, a YA romance, which is currently in production in Taipei.

The film directed by Arvin Chen (Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?) is based on Abigail Hing Wen’s New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, which HarperCollins imprint HarperTeen published in January of 2020. Wen drew on her experiences as a teen to tell the story of Ever Wong (Liao), whose summer takes an unexpected turn when her parents surprise her with a trip to Taipei for a cultural immersion program. Ever is surprised to discover that she hasn’t signed up for homework and history lessons, but instead for a summer-long free-for-all the locals and other students call “Loveboat.” It quickly lives up to its name when Ever finds herself trying not to fall for two attractive,...

Exclusive: Cindy Cheung (The Flight Attendant), Ronin Wong (The Man in the High Castle) and Neal Huff (Mare of Easttown) have joined the Season 4 cast of USA Network’s The Sinner as new series regulars. Additionally, David Huynh (Baby) will recur on the crime anthology series, starring Bill Pullman and Jessica Hecht.

Cheung and Wong are the first Asian/Asian Americans to be cast as series regulars on the show.

In Season 4, still reeling from the trauma of a previous case a year ago, the now-retired Harry Ambrose (Pullman) travels to Hanover Island in Northern Maine for a recuperative getaway with his partner, Sonya (Hecht). When an unexpected tragedy occurs involving the daughter of a prominent island family, Ambrose is recruited to help the investigation, only to be thrown into a mystery of mounting paranoia that will turn this sleepy tourist island, and Ambrose’s life, upside down.

Cheung will play Stephanie Lam.

Optimistic New Yorker Frances’ journey of self-discovery begins, like so many others, with a single step. Or more of a stomp, really, a proper rib-crushing stomp straight to her soul delivered by a trio of art critics before an audience of her peers. Then, before a summer of love in The Hamptons can soothe her scarred psyche, her boyfriend dumps her too. Leaving her to ride the Jitney home alone, hair still soaked with the water from his decadent pool.

Neither her single bunk in the cramped apartment her family shares nor the fragment of studio space her dad allots her leave Frances (Jenny Slate) room to grieve. Her sister just got engaged, her parents’ marriage is falling apart and her dreams are crumbling. So she heads to Norway to work as an artist’s mentee, to sleep in a caravan at the edge of a fjord and paint a...

Sometimes the music can make or break the movie, and Jenny Slate-starring comedy-drama The Sunlit Night certainly has great music behind it. Directed by David Wnendt and scored by Enis Rotthoff, The Sunlit Night premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last year and finally received a VOD release last month. Now Scoring Records is set to release The Sunlit Night soundtrack this […]

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From director David Wnendt and screenwriter Rebecca Dinerstein Knight, the indie drama The Sunlit Night follows aspiring painter Frances (Jenny Slate), who finds herself leaving New York City to spend some time in Arctic Norway, for an assignment that she hopes will inspire her. Working for an unforgiving mentor who’s also a master painter (Fridtjov Såheim) turns out to be an unexpected experience, but it reinvigorates Frances, as she sets out on her own path forward. During this 1-on-1 phone interview with Collider, Slate (who also produced this film) speaks about this story of a woman …...

Though movie theaters still remain closed in most parts of the world, it’s not like there’s been a shortage of new content to keep folks entertained. And you can mostly thank the various streaming services for that.

Be it Netflix’s The Old Guard delivering action-packed thrills, Hulu’s Palm Springs bringing the laughs or Prime’s 7500 offering up a gripping watch, there’s been a ton of big new films on the small screen lately that have been making up for the lack of theatrical releases. But it’s not only the streamers who are bringing the goods.

On demand has been pretty hot for fresh titles, too, and there are a whopping 13 new movies that released via Amazon Video, iTunes, Vudu, etc., this weekend. Be it Lucy Hale’s enjoyable romantic comedy A Nice Girl Like You, intriguing sci-fi flick Archive or Donnie Yen’s action-comedy Enter the Fat Dragon,...

“It’s lazy,” a critic in “The Sunlit Night” implores. “It’s not lazy, it just doesn’t work,” says another. “Well, it leaves me cold and wanting more,” adds a third, who is obviously upset with the painting in front of them. Unfortunately for director David Wendt, they could also be discussing and reviewing the Arctic Norway-set “The Sunlight Night,” which offers no warmth and leaves you yearning for something more substantial.

Continue reading ‘The Sunlit Night’: Jenny Slate & Gorgeous Artic Cinematography Can’t Save This Clunky Film at The Playlist.

Norway Out: Wnendt Paints a Blank Slate in Slight Romantic Drama

Expectations seemed reasonably high for The Sunlit Night, the English language debut from provocative German director David Wnendt pairing him with the carefree Jenny Slate, a comic virtuoso who works best when digging out the melancholic marrow of life’s funny bone. But perhaps it was a project cursed by a fish out-of-water trifecta, its director and star both strangers in a strange land, whilst scribe Rebecca Knight Dinerstein makes her screenwriting debut adapting from her original source novel.

Whatever the case, the unassuming narrative relies on familiar tropes of an artist finding their voice amidst quaint and quirky scenarios with Slate relying upon the familiar aspect of the socially awkward persona who succeeds because of and not despite her authenticity.…...

July 17 is the weekend that Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” was supposed to open, but in the face of the coronavirus outbreak, the world has folded back on itself like a scene from one of the director’s mind-benders. As infection rates hit new highs in the U.S., theaters postpone or reverse their plans to reopen, and movies that planned to follow “Tenet” scramble to later spots on the calendar.

That leaves streaming platforms and on-demand services to once again pick up the slack, offering a genre-spanning selection of new offerings. There are showbiz documentaries — including one spotlighting Broadway legend Kaye Ballard, and another about animation mavens Spike and Mike — as well as Sundance-blessed indie offerings such as “Dirt Music” (with Garrett Hedlund) and “The Sunlit Night” (starring Jenny Slate).

On Netflix, there’s “The Best Years of Our Lives” meets “Boyhood” in the decade-spanning, New York Times-produced documentary “Father Soldier Son,...

Quirky dramedies can be an absolute delight. Especially when the actor or actress in the lead role can react properly to the quirk on display, the possibilities for quality cinema are strong. Independent cinema is littered with examples of this. Unfortunately, the indie film world is also filled with efforts that just don’t work, allowing the quirk to overtake the actual story on display. Opening today, The Sunlit Night is sadly closer to that sort of a production than one that fully works. A solid performance in the central role from Jenny Slate does paper over some of the issues, but the final result is just too uneven to actually recommend. The movie is a dramedy that eventually develops into a romance. Frances (Slate) is an aspiring painter struggling to make it in New York City. Her parents (both working artists) and sister live in a small apartment in Queens,...

Jenny Slate joined Rolling Stone‘s The First Time to talk about her upcoming feature film The Sunlit Night — her debut as a producer — as well as some of her earliest memories performing comedy.

“The first time I performed improv was at camp, where they would do the thing where you put a bunch of objects in a pillowcase, and then you pick one out, and it’s like, ‘A bottle of shampoo!'” she recalled. “And you have to make up a thing, a skit, right then, as part of an evening activity.

The Sunlit Night is an arthouse romance oversaturated with eccentricity. Jenny Slate stars as a struggling Brooklyn art student who takes an apprenticeship in remote Norway. The quirky characters, settings, and stylized asides look fanciful but don't amount to much. A paper-thin attempt at depth detracts from the fleeting humor. The Sunlit Night is a superficial journey of discovery.

Frances (Jenny Slate) watches as her professors savage her artwork as uninspired. She trudges home to a cramped one bedroom Brooklyn apartment; shared with her bickering parents and sister. It doesn't help that her parents are successful painters. Or that her sister is in law school and engaged. Frances is desperate to escape her cluttered life. She eagerly accepts a residency with a Norwegian artist (Fridjov S&#225heim) in the country's distant Lofoten Islands.

Frances' surly host has one job for his new apprentice. She has to paint the inside of a barn yellow.

Writer Rebecca Dinerstein Knight adapted her novel The Sunlit Night into a screenplay, and now that film, headlined by Jenny Slate, will be released in several days.

The narrative centers on a New York City based painter (Slate) who travels to Norway where she hopes an assignment provides her with creative inspiration. During our interview, Knight [...]

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The usual rom-com formula is as follows: the lead breaks-up with their significant other, escapes to a far-flung place to pick up the pieces, and finds true love waiting. We’ve seen it countless times and always sigh when the fateful yet unlikely happily-ever-after proves itself to be another co-dependent Hollywood victory where romance trumps independence. So it’s hard to look past a film daring to travel beneath such fairy tale surfaces and get at the heart of what those types of escapes truly provide. They’re about new beginnings, introspection, and self-reflection. They’re about having the time and space to be ourselves without the weight of expectations thrown atop our shoulders by friends, family, and bosses. The love that’s waiting for us thousands of miles away is our own.

We are the ones who make ourselves happy. Another’s ability to coax a smile out of...

Sorry folks, but you can’t rush out to see “Tenet” on July 17. However, if you have already requested the day off from work and need something to occupy your time, you can head out to the theater and watch the new rom-com, “The Broken Hearts Gallery.”

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As seen in the trailer for “The Broken Hearts Gallery,” the film follows the story of a young woman that is reeling from a recent breakup and somehow finds her way into a strangers car when she thinks it’s a Lyft.

Continue reading ‘The Broken Hearts Gallery’ Trailer: Geraldine Viswanathan Stars In Sony’s New Rom-Com Coming To Theaters at The Playlist.

After breaking out with his debut Wetlands, director David Wnendt returned to Sundance Film Festival with his English-language debut The Sunlit Night, starring Jenny Slate, Zach Galifianakis, Alex Sharp, and Gillian Anderson. The film follows Slate’s character as a woman who has reached a dead end in her life in America and ventures to a Norwegian island for an art residency that becomes much more strange than expected.

Following its premiere last year at Sundance, the adaptation of Rebecca Dinerstein’s novel is now set for a release next month, and the first trailer and poster have landed. Unfortunately, reviews for this one weren’t too positive across the board, but for Jenny Slate fans, it’s nice to see her in another leading role after Obvious Child.

See the trailer and poster below.

The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest...

The Sunlit Night centers on Francis (Jenny Slate), an aspiring painter based in New York who travels to Norway for some artistic inspiration. During her time in the remote village she meets a fellow New Yorker named (Alex Sharp) who is eager to attend a Viking funeral only to discover that the Chief (Zach Galifianakis) [...]

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Being bogged down in the same routine for an extended period of time might be the ultimate test of maintaining sanity. Surprise, surprise: that very thing has been part of the status quo facing the world for the past several months. But now, things are starting to open up a bit and a little change of scenery is a welcoming proposition. There’s probably a complicated scientific method of describing it, but new surroundings finding a way to stimulate the soul like never before just looks and sounds better.

Continue reading ‘The Sunlit Night’ Trailer: Jenny Slate Is An Artist Looking To Add Some Color To Her Canvas And Life at The Playlist.

"It's amazing to be your apprentice." Quiver Distribution has unveiled the official trailer for The Sunlit Night, which originally premiered at last year's Sundance Film Festival to some of the worst reviews of the entire festival. Set between New York City and the far north of Norway, The Sunlit Night follows American painter Frances and émigré Yasha as an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle. Frances has arrived to jumpstart her career while Yasha has come to bury his father in the land of the Vikings. Together under a sun that never quite sets, they bury the past and discover the future, and family, they didn't know they had. Jenny Slate stars as Frances, along with Alex Sharp, Fridtjov Såheim, David Paymer, Gillian Anderson, and Zach Galifianakis. While there is some strange quirkiness to parts of it, this film is a completely unfunny disaster. But it's...

The trailer and poster for a new drama called The Sunlit Night which stars Jenny Slate and will be releasing on VOD on July 17th from Quiver Distribution. Also starring Zach Galifianakis and Gillian Anderson, check out the preview below.

The Sunlit Night follows an aspiring painter (Slate) from New York City to the farthest reaches of Arctic Norway for an assignment she hopes will invigorate her work and expand her horizons. In a remote village, among the locals, she meets a fellow New Yorker (Sharp), who has come in search of a proper Viking funeral only to find that the Chief (Galifianakis) is but a re-enactor from Cincinnati. The eclectic crew ranges from “home” to “lost,” within the extreme and dazzling landscape of the Far North. Under a sun that never quite sets, and the high standards of an unforgiving mentor, Frances must navigate between ambition, desire, obligation, and...

Zach Galifianakis will turn his interview series Between Two Ferns into a movie premiering September 20th on Netflix. The Between Two Ferns movie will feature a fittingly meta and ridiculous plot. The idea is that Will Ferrell discovered Galifianakis’ public access TV show, Between Two Ferns, uploaded it to Funny Or Die and turned the host into a laughing stock. In order to rehab his reputation, Galifianakis decides to take Between Two Ferns on the road to conduct a series of high-profile celebrity interviews.

Though Galifianakis and Netflix did not...

French-Moroccan actor Kamel Labroudi to star as Tunisian street vendor who took his own life as a protest.

German production outfit DETAiLFILM and Paris-based Cinenovo are teaming with Us companies Beachside Films and Anonymous Content on Before The Spring, a drama based on the life of Mohamed Bouazizi.

Bouazizi was a Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in protest of his treatment by officials; the act of defiance was one of the catalysts for the Tunisian Revolution and the wider Arab Spring.

Egyptian-British filmmaker Lotfy Nathan is making his narrative feature debut on the project. Nathan’s documentary 12 O’Clock Boys,...

Jenny Slate has been set as host of the 23rd annual Webby Awards, which honor the year’s best of the Internet from websites and video to advertising, media and public relations, apps, mobile, voice, social, podcasts and games. The ceremony is May 13 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

Nominees for this year’s edition will be revealed April 2, which will open voting for the Webby People’s Voice Awards.

Last year’s Webbys, hosted by Late Night with Seth Meyers writer and comedian Amber Ruffin, featured winners including HBO’s Game of Thrones, Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Rise Up for public service & activism, and Lady Gaga for her documentary Gaga: Five Foot Two.

Slate, a Saturday Night Live alum, most recently toplined the Sundance pic The Sunlit Night. Her TV credits include Big Mouth, Parks & Recreation, Bob’s Burgers, Married and Kroll Show, as well as films Obvious Child,...

Weltkino boards Berlinale premiere.

As this year’s European Film Market in Berlin gets underway, Weltkino has moved quickly to snap up Generation Kplus opening film Cleo – If I Could Turn Back Time for German-speaking territories.

The distributor struck the deal with Munich-based sales outfit Global Screen, which recently boarded the title to represent world rights.

Directed by Erik Schmitt, the film is a road-trip through Berlin which tells the story of young dreamer Cleo as she searches for a magic clock that can turn back time. Marleen Lohse stars in the lead role, Max Mauff and Andrea Sawatzki round out the cast.

Jenny Slate is officially off the market. The Obvious Child star and the potential love interest made their official debut as a couple at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Monday night. Slate and the lucky guy, who is named Ben Shattuck, were spotted together at the premiere of her new film, The Sunlit Night.  A source tells E! News that Jenny and Ben looked "very cozy at The Vulture Spot." It's been nearly a year since the comedian split from on-again, off-again boyfriend Chris Evans. She and the Captain America star broke up for the second time in March 2018, after dating for nearly two years. At the time, neither of the celebs...

By the time things in Frances’ life have really gone topside — her boyfriend has dumped her, her little sister is marrying a guy her family hates, her parents are separating, she has nowhere to live, and that’s without even mentioning the leeches — the would-be painter is literally begging for scraps.

“Give me the thing that nobody wants!,” she implores an unimpressed New York City curator who previously tried to offer Frances another painting residency that nobody wanted, a desperate plea that lands Frances at the top of the world (a nightless Lapland in high summer). There, stuck with a gruff boss and a mostly boring apprenticeship — painting a decrepit barn sunshine yellow — Frances tries to find herself.

She’s not alone, as David Wnendt’s “The Sunlit Night,” while clearly centered on Frances’ journey, has teed up another lost soul to join her in the beautiful, alienating Norwegian environment.

In “The Sunlit Night,” Rebecca Dinerstein shows that she can write funny breakups, awkward Jewish family gatherings, and sweet-and-sour wedding speeches. One doubts she had to go all the way to the Norwegian Arctic to develop that skill, but at least her pilgrimage paid off in the form of the kind of personal writing sample — a twee running-from-romance-only-to-find-it comedy set at that far Northern remove — that, while unlikely ever to be produced, might easily score her work on the staff of a sitcom.

Except her screenplay (first published as a novel) did get produced, and now exists as the kind of movie that Sundance audiences love (the opening-night crowd laughed in all the right places) but hardly anyone goes to see in general release. Stranger still, it has been directed by German director David Wnendt — whose last film, “Wetlands,” was an outrageous celebration of the many things that can be...

Nearly five years ago, Jenny Slate and author-screenwriter Rebecca Dinerstein enjoyed an Ephron-esque meet-cute that spawned the Sundance film The Sunlit Night. Slate was on the phone with her mother while walking through a Brooklyn park. Dinerstein had recently seen the Slate star vehicle Obvious Child and gave the actress a silent round of applause. Slate, reluctant to interrupt her mother, blew Dinerstein a kiss. "Later, she tweeted at me, 'You blew me a kiss in the park. Would you ever read a galley copy of my novel?' And I was like, 'Yeah, sure,'" Slate recalls. The ...

Nearly five years ago, Jenny Slate and author-screenwriter Rebecca Dinerstein enjoyed an Ephron-esque meet-cute that spawned the Sundance film The Sunlit Night. Slate was on the phone with her mother while walking through a Brooklyn park. Dinerstein had recently seen the Slate star vehicle Obvious Child and gave the actress a silent round of applause. Slate, reluctant to interrupt her mother, blew Dinerstein a kiss. "Later, she tweeted at me, 'You blew me a kiss in the park. Would you ever read a galley copy of my novel?' And I was like, 'Yeah, sure,'" Slate recalls. The ...

Teutonic promotional organization German Films has announced that its annual initiative supporting German filmmaking internationally, Face to Face With German Films, will focus on actors and actresses as the campaign enters its fourth year.

Six of Germany’s leading thesps – Maria Dragus, Christian Friedel, Luise Heyer, Jonas Nay, Jördis Triebel and Fahri Yardim – will represent the German film and television industry’s recent accomplishments through activities at next month’s Berlin Film Festival, including a panel event in association with Variety and Drama Series Days, the European Film Market program focusing on serialized content.

The initiative launched in 2016 with six German actresses headlining the campaign – including “Toni Erdmann’s” Sandra Hüller, and Paula Beer of “Frantz” and the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated “Never Look Away.” In 2017, the second phase of the initiative launched during Cannes and featured six of Germany’s most exciting actors, including established names such as Alexander Fehling and Tom Schilling,...

Gillian Anderson is poised to stick with Netflix for her next big role.

According to The Sunday Times, the actress is set to star as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during The Crown Season 4.

Given that The Crown Season 3 is yet to be given a premiere date at Netflix, it means viewers eager to see the show's take on the Iron Lady will be in for a long wait.

The show's third season was famously delayed as it switched up its cast because of the time difference between seasons.

Olivia Colman will replace Claire Foy as Queen Elizabeth II, while Tobias Menzies replaces Matt Smith as Prince Philip.

Ben Daniels will play Antony Armstrong-Jones, starring alongside Helena Bonham Carter’s Princess Margaret.

The Crown Season 3 will reportedly kick off in the year 1963 and will cover some big events in British history.

Related: Gillian Anderson: I Quit The X-Files Because.

The Sunlit Night

German filmmaker David Wnendt goes international with his sixth film, a German-Norwegian-American co-production which will also serve as his English language debut. The Sunlit Night is produced by Jenny Slate, Fabian Gasmia (Hamburg’s Detailfilm), Ruben Thorkildsen (Norway’s Ape&Bjorn) and American producers Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub, the international cast includes Slate, Alex Sharp, Gillian Anderson, Jessica Hecht, and Zach Galifinakis. Wnendt’s breakout feature was his fourth film, the outré Wetlands (read review), which competed in Locarno 2013 and also went on to compete in the World Dramatic lineup at Sundance in 2014.

Gist: Based on Rebecca Dinerstein’s debut novel (who also wrote the screenplay), New York based artist Frances meets the mourning Yasha in Northern Norway, where she has absconded to jumpstart her career as a painter while he’s there to bury his father.…...

Sure, why not! Netflix is shooting a Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis movie in secret. You might not think that the concept would work on the big screen. But half the time we think that, take the Lego Movie for instance, it ends up being the opposite of true. This could be a great comedy classic. A masterpiece. Though, saying it's hitting the big screen might be overstating it.

Between Two Ferns: The Movie is being shot as a Netflix original streaming movie. And it will probably be about 80 minutes in length. The concept of the show has Zach Galifianakis sitting between two ferns with a guest that he's not necessarily nice too. There have been some big gets on the Funny or Die show. Brad Pitt once stopped by, and it doesn't get any bigger than President Barak Obama.

Production on Between Two Ferns is already under way,...

Last year’s Premieres section gave us offerings such as the Zellner Bros.’ Damsel, Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace and Elizabeth Chomko’s What They Had. Usually the section with higher profile items up for grabs, we have the modified title trio of Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s The Mustang, Scott Z. Burns’ debut The Report and Jacob Estes’ Relive, plus highly anticipated items from Joe Berlinger’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, David Wnendt’s The Sunlit Night and Dan Gilroy’s Velvet Buzzsaw. Here are all the premiere section titles.

After The Wedding / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Bart Freundlich, Producers: Joel B.…...

David Wnendt broke out big (so did his star Carla Juri) with his four feature film 2013’s Wetlands (read review). With a Us and Norwegian backdrop and players Jenny Slate, Alex Sharp, Zach Galifianakis, Gillian Anderson and Jessica Hecht, The Sunlit Night sounds like on paper like a solid Park City offering. Filming began way back in April in NYC, with the production moving to Norway for a summer into early fall shoot.

Gist: An adaptation of Rebecca Dinerstein’s novel, this follows an American painter Frances and émigré Yasha — an unlikely pair who find each other in the Arctic circle.…...

The 46 projects include 25 feature and documentary works.

The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.

Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day event will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.

The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.

Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...

The 46 projects include 25 feature and documentary works.

The Venice Gap-Financing Market has selected the projects for its 5th edition, to be held from August 31-September 2 during the Venice film festival.

Organised as part of the Venice Production Bridge, the three-day even will present 46 projects from around the world in the final stages of development and funding.

The titles include 25 feature fiction and documentary projects; 15 virtual reality works; and six projects developed during the workshop of Biennale College Cinema.

Fiction projects include Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s To The Ends Of The Earth (working title), which shot in Uzbekistan in April and May,...

Marc Turtletaub discusses Big Beach upcoming slate at Edinburgh Film Festival.

Rising Us actor and rapper Awkwafina, now on global screens in Ocean’s 8, is set to star in Lulu Wang’s as-yet-untitled feature set in China for Us production outfit Big Beach Films.

The film is based on the experiences of a Chinese-American woman and her Chinese grandmother and will shoot in Los Angeles and in China. Tzi Ma and Diana Lin are also in the cast.

The feature is being produced by Marc Turtletaub, Peter Saraf and Dani Melia of New York outfit Big Beach, Chris Weitz and...