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Released in 2009, "Zombieland" stands out as one of the best horror comedy films out there. Directed by Ruben Fleischer from a script written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, the film featured Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin as four survivors of a zombie apocalypse who embark on a perilous, hilarious, and surprisingly heartfelt road trip that includes a few notable sequences, including a surprise run-in with comedy icon Bill Murray.

Although Jesse Eisenberg's Columbus serves as the narrator of "Zombieland," Woody Harrelson's Tallahassee is undoubtedly the film's breakout character. The Twinkie-obsessed survivor who finds glee in fending off zombies stands out as one of the most memorable characters in Harrelson's decorated career, and this includes his Emmy-winning turn as Woody Boyd in "Cheers" and three Academy Award-nominated performances. Interestingly enough, Harrelson had four conditions when it came to signing on for the film. While the first...

Jay Kelly has been in production for quite a while. First announced in 2023, the new movie by Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) has been described as "a heartbreaking comedy." Today, Netflix finally decided to unveil a first look at the upcoming movie, which gives us a general idea of the tone. The streamer also finally revealed the release date for Jay Kelly: we can expect to check it out on the platform on December 5, after a limited theatrical run in November.

The first-look image shows George Clooney, but we're yet to see a lot more actors populate the screen. The upcoming movie's star-studded cast also features Adam Sandler (Spaceman), Billy Crudup (Hello Tomorrow!), Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), Grace Edwards (Asteroid City), Stacy Keach (the original Prison Break series), Riley Keough (The Terminal List), Emily Mortimer (Paddington in Peru), Patrick Wilson (Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom), Jim Broadbent...

Exclusive: Range Media Partners has signed production company Cold Iron Pictures and its founder & CEO, producer, writer, director and actor Miranda Bailey, for management.

Cold Iron Pictures has backed some of the most acclaimed indies of the last decade, including the Daniels’ first feature, Swiss Army Man, Mike Birbiglia’s improv troupe dramedy Don’t Think Twice, Marielle Heller’s Independent Spirit Award-winning debut feature The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and the thriller God’s Country starring Thandiwe Newton which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, among other titles.

Cold Iron’s latest feature, By Design — an avant-garde body swap comedy from writer-director Amanda Kramer — premiered to strong reviews at Sundance 2025 and is being represented for domestic sales by Range Select. Also behind the 2024 Tribeca coming-of-age drama Jazzy, which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, the company’s first TV series, Kit Williamson’s Unconvention, was picked up as a...

Jeff Daniels has joined the cast of “Shrinking” at Apple TV+, Variety has learned.

The actor will appear in the series’ upcoming third season, which was originally announced in October 2024. Daniels will appear in a guest star role as Jimmy’s (Jason Segel) father. Along with Segel, the cast of the critically-acclaimed dramedy also includes Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, Michael Urie, Lukita Maxwell, Christa Miller, and Ted McGinley.

This will be the latest TV role for Daniels in the past several years. Previously, he starred in the Showtime (and later Amazon Prime Video) series adaptation of “American Rust” as well as the premium cabler’s limited series “The Comey Rule.” He has also starred in shows like “A Man in Full,” “The Newsroom” (for which he won an Emmy in 2013), “Godless” (for which he won an Emmy in 2018), and “The Looming Tower.” Daniels is a highly-accomplished film actor, starring in...

I love Jesse Eisenberg.

From his wunderkind roles in Roger Dodger and The Squid and the Whale to his twitchy performances in The Social Network and The End of the Tour — and interviews with me and so many others — he’s always been a jolt of energy. Rarely does a celebrity work so hard to give such an honest answer, or slip in such a hilariously dry joke.

But I’ve been mystified by Jesse Eisenberg too. With A Real Pain — which stands a good chance of winning Oscars for screenplay and supporting actor on Sunday — Eisenberg has made a film about the Holocaust. Yet on the awards circuit he has seemed conspicuously reluctant, to say the least, to utter a word about current antisemitism, steering far from the subject even in long interviews on The Daily Show and Fresh Air.

In fact, he doesn’t even seem to see...

Renowned director Noah Baumbach, who co-wrote the script for 2023's Barbie with his wife, Greta Gerwig, has a new project set to premiere on Netflix this year. The project, which has been in development for over a year, boasts a star-studded ensemble cast.

The movie, titled Jay Kelly, is set to premiere on Netflix sometime this fall. Although there are few details about what it's about, its star-studded cast is enough to tune in. Although Netflix has a history of not always delivering when putting together an A-list cast, Tudum reports the film will have Baumbach working with George Clooney and Adam Sandler in what's described as a "new, heartbreaking comedy."

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The new Noah Baumbach directed movie at Netflix has been titled Jay Kelly.

In addition the movie will drop on the streamer in the fall. Exact date to be announced in the future.

The announcement is part of several this morning following the streamer’s Next on Netflix presser yesterday.

As Deadline first told you, Baumbach’s latest stars a murderers’ row including George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Riley Keough, Emily Mortimer, Patrick Wilson, Jim Broadbent, Eve Hewson and Alba Rohrwacher. Pic’s producers are David Heyman, Amy Pascal and Baumbach.

Baumbach and Emily Mortimer co-wrote Jay Kelly which is simply billed as a “heartbreaking comedy.”

Baumbach has an exclusive deal with the studio and previously directed The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) — which also starred Sandler. That movie world premiered at Cannes. Baumbach’s Marriage Story was nominated for six Oscars,...

Jesse Eisenberg is the guest on the latest episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast. The 41-year-old actor, writer and director is best known for his portrayal of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s 2010 masterpiece The Social Network. Fourteen years after receiving an best actor Oscar nomination for that performance, the former child actor is an Oscar nominee again, this time for the original screenplay that he wrote for a 2024 film that he also directed and stars in, A Real Pain.

The semi-autobiographical drama is about two very different cousins — one “successful” but anxious, played by him, the other struggling but charming, played by Kieran Culkin — who travel together to Poland to pay tribute to their beloved late grandmother. It premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where Eisenberg was recognized with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award, and at which its U.S. distribution rights were acquired for $10 million by Searchlight,...

“The Effects of Lying” uses a single-day timeline, heightening the dramatic tension of unfolding events. This condensed structure echoes theatrical storytelling, compelling characters into quick and often tumultuous transformations.

The narrative focuses on Naveen, whose meticulously crafted life crumbles under successive revelations, with brief glimpses into other perspectives, like his daughter Simran’s, enriching the emotional landscape.

Packed events create narrative urgency, though they occasionally overwhelm the story, leaving certain character arcs less developed. This fragmented approach echoes family dramas where emotional eruptions trigger introspection. Cultural elements provide meaningful context, revealing tensions between familial traditions and personal aspirations within a British-Asian household.

The father-daughter relationship emerges as a poignant core, anchoring the narrative’s chaos through tender moments that illuminate the delicate threads binding families during turbulent times.

Plot and Storytelling: A Day of Chaos and Consequence

The film “The Effects of Lying” introduces Naveen, a man seemingly satisfied with his suburban,...

Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin lead a great ensemble cast of tourists traveling through Poland on a Holocaust tour in the acclaimed comedy-drama movie A Real Pain. When their Holocaust survivor grandmother passes away, two mismatched Jewish American cousins join a tour group in Poland to honor her memory. This is Eisenberg’s second film as writer-director after 2022’s When You Finish Saving the World.

Since its release, A Real Pain has been met with positive reviews and awards recognition. Amid Oscar buzz, A Real Pain is now streaming on Hulu. Eisenberg and Culkin’s hilarious odd-couple dynamic has been widely praised, but the cast of A Real Pain is full of great performances.

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The Golden Globes have been honoring comedies since the 1950s and the days of such Billy Wilder gems as The Apartment and Some Like It Hot. But the category — which for the past 60 years has crowned a single winner among comedies and musicals — hasn’t always experienced smooth sailing.

How one defines a comedy — is it punchlines? pratfalls? subtle satire? — has been just one of the issues bedeviling the award. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association began playing even more fast and loose with definitions earlier this century when it increasingly nominated movies that seemed neither particularly funny nor acclaimed, instead using the category to bring popular films and stars into the fold that would otherwise have no way of getting there.

At the moment, the smaller, clubbier HFPA has been disbanded in favor of a larger and more representative group of global journalists. This has cut down on the number of nominated howlers,...

Life comes at you fast. Once upon a time, actor Jesse Eisenberg wasn't known for anything more than his work as a scrawny character actor in movies like Noah Baumbach's "The Squid and the Whale" and Greg Mottola's "Adventureland." In fact, his biggest cause for concern in those days was beating the allegations that he was the same guy who played Napoleon Dynamite. And then "The Social Network" happened, which net him a Best Actor nomination and ultimately set him on track to become the latest actor-turned-writer/director with this year's brilliant "A Real Pain" (which premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival).

But one particularly polarizing role may have caused some serious bumps along the way -- his turn as Lex Luthor in "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice," which Eisenberg is now admitting set his career back quite significantly. The refreshingly candid remarks come from a recent...

For a few years in the '80s, it felt like Phoebe Cates was everywhere in Hollywood. The child of an entertainment-focused family (her dad was a prolific producer of stage and screen), Cates made her on-screen debut in 1982's "Paradise," a controversial film that's best-remembered as a sort of off-brand "Blue Lagoon" story that featured Cates' underage character nude (the actress was 17 at the time of filming). According to Cates' costar Willie Aames, the nudity in question was filmed by body doubles, but the discourse surrounding the movie would inform Cates' place in pop culture before she even came of age.

Cates' most famous roles would come soon after, and by 1994, she would largely be retired from acting entirely. So why did Phoebe Cates leave Hollywood? The answer is hers to share, and interviews she and her family have given both during her on-screen career and after it ended have been pretty enlightening.

This weekend, Jesse Eisenberg returns to the big screen in A Real Pain. The film, which he wrote, directs, and stars in, follows a man struggling to keep his emotions on check during a trip with his cousin. A Real Pain has drawn considerable praise for Eisenberg’s subdued directing, brilliant writing, and Kiernan Culkin’s livewire performance. It bodes well for Eisenberg, who has been one of indie films darling performers for years. To celebrate his latest career milestone, we’re highlighting seven of his best performances to date.

The Squid and the Whale (2005)

As a young actor, Jesse Eisenberg landed on many radars for his emotional performance in The Squid and the Whale. Told from the perspective of two children struggling with their parent’s divorce, Noah Baumbach gave Eisenberg a role that required incredible pathos. With several standout scenes that could have easily been accused of overacting,...

Jesse Eisenberg picked up the Indie Star Award at Poland’s American Film Festival and met with the local audience to talk about sophomore directorial effort “A Real Pain.”

“Two years ago, I was finishing the script. You start the very embarrassing process of begging producers to give you money to make it. When they asked me how I’d describe the movie, I told them the same thing: ‘I want to make an American indie film, but in Poland,’” he said.

“I grew up doing American independent films and loving American independent films, but I didn’t want to make another version of this intimate American ‘buddy movie.’ What I was trying to tell these financiers was that there hasn’t been a movie like this, about these two guys exploring their past, but set against the backdrop of this amazing, beautiful country. I cannot think of a better...

Since childhood, Jesse Eisenberg has been a prodigy in the arts. At age seven, he appeared in his first play, and by age 12, he was an understudy on Broadway in a Tennessee Williams drama. At age 16, he began writing screenplays, several of which were optioned by major studios, and by the time he was a high school senior, Eisenberg had landed his first co-starring role in a feature film — 2002’s “Roger Dodger.”

From there, his film career took off, leading to starring roles with filmmakers as diverse as Woody Allen and David Fincher. Eisenberg became a favorite with moviegoers with his comedic skill in such films as “Zombieland,” “Café Society” and “Adventureland.” And then came the critical acclaim with his dramatic performances in 2005’s “The Squid and the Whale,” 2015’s “The End of the Tour,” and particularly Fincher’s 2010 modern classic “The Social Network,” for which Eisenberg received Best Actor nominations from the Oscars,...

With his Emmy-nominated Netflix special The Old Man and the Pool, Mike Birbiglia digs deep into our sense of mortality and meaning, while literally lying on stage in true confessional comedic style and going out with a ‘bang’. Birbiglia has honed his career out of deep honesty and the importance of “sharing secrets”, as his work has traversed such revelatory topics as reluctant fatherhood and terrifying health scares. Looking back at the path that led him to his ‘specials’ specialty, Birbiglia explains his reluctance to venture into sitcom territory, his love of working with This American Life producer Ira Glass with whom he made the film Don’t Think Twice and Sundance hit Sleepwalk With Me, the SNL star who pushed him in college, and the importance of paying it all forward.

Deadline: Congratulations. You went from taking The Old Man and the Pool on Broadway to an Emmy nomination. This...

“All happy families are alike,” claims the immortal first sentence of Leo Tolstoy’s “Anna Karenina”; “each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” And while jaded viewers may opine that all indie dramedies about dysfunctional families in the “Little Miss Sunshine” or “The Squid and the Whale” mold are alike, writer-director Haroula Rose’s “All Happy Families” suggests the genre has moved in a more grounded direction. Whether that’s ultimately a better direction remains to be seen.

The focal point of this particular family is Graham (Josh Radnor), an aspiring screenwriter/actor whose older brother Will (Rob Huebel) stars on a hugely popular (and seemingly terrible) TV series. As Will surprises Graham by flying from Los Angeles to Chicago for an unannounced visit to the childhood home they bought together, their mother Sue (Becky Ann Baker) is trying to figure out how to react to her former...

Jesse Eisenberg has made a career out of playing socially awkward characters who find themselves in an extraordinary situation. The actor hit the peak of this trope when he was cast as Mark Zuckerberg in David Fincher’s The Social Network. The film was universally acclaimed and was nominated in eight categories at the Oscars, winning three.

Amidst screenwriter Aaron Sorkin, who adapted the first film from the book The Accidental Billionaires, talking about working on a sequel to the film, actor Jesse Eisenberg had expressed his enthusiasm at getting another stab at playing the billionaire long ago. However, he was not that hopeful about playing another billionaire he had played before – Lex Luthor.

Jesse Eisenberg Was Ready To Play Mark Zuckerberg Again Jesse Eisenberg in The Social Network

Actor Jesse Eisenberg is known for his roles in films such as Zombieland, Now You See Me, The Squid and the Whale,...

Is 2024 the year of tennis? At the movies and on our TV screens, the answer might be yes. This spring brings two major releases that both heavily feature racquets, green courts, and sweaty tennis action. The first was Peacock’s “Apples Never Fall,” a limited series based on “Big Little Lies” scribe Liane Moriarty’s novel about the family of two married tennis pros (played by Annette Bening and Sam Neill) who are forced to contend with the mysterious and sudden disappearance of their matriarch. Even more anticipated is “Challengers,” a Luca Guadagnino film that arrives — after strike-related delays — this April to tell the steamy story of a tennis coach (Zendaya) caught between her husband and an old flame as the two men go head to head in a Challenger tennis event.

These two releases mark the biggest Spring for tennis-related media in…possibly ever. Which isn’t necessarily hard...

American Rust features a talented cast portraying characters amidst the economic hardships of the Rust Belt. Showtime series dives into a murder case in a fictional town, highlighting the struggles of the American middle class. Available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, the storyline revolves around a detective investigating a murder involving close connections.

The American Rust characters list is filled with talented actors playing archetypes. Dan Futterman created the Showtime series, based on the 2009 novel of the same name by Philipp Meyer that focuses on the crumbling American middle class. American Rust follows a murder case that stirs the residents of a fictional town called Buell in the American Rust Belt — a region in the Northeastern and Midwest United States, extending from the eastern parts of Illinois and Wisconsin to the north and western parts of Pennsylvania and New York.

The Rust Belt experienced economic hardship throughout the late...

Noah Baumbach is writing and directing a new movie for Netflix, and he’s bringing along a few famous friends. The Oscar-nominatedfilmmaker is teaming up with George Clooney(!) and Adam Sandler(!!) for a new film that’s described as a funny and emotional coming-of-age film about adults. Also coming along for the ride are Laura Dern (reteaming with Baumbach after her Oscar-winning turn in Marriage Story), Billy Crudup (Gypsy), and Riley Keough (Logan Lucky).

Baumbach previously wrote and directed The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected),Marriage Story,and White Noisefor Netflix; his prior work includes The Squid and the Whale, Greenberg, Margot at the Wedding, Frances Ha,and Mistress America. This new film is co-written by actor Emily Mortimer (who previously wrote episodes of Doll & Em and The Pursuit of Love)and produced by Amy Pascal and David Heyman.

Oscar winner Clooney last starred in Ticket to Paradise and...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with Barbie, a cultural phenomenon that became 2023’s highest-grossing film at $1.45 billion worldwide. It’s also got eight Oscar nominations, including for Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach’s screenplay, which AMPAS put in the Adapted category despite other bodies — including the Writers Guild — clocking it as Original.

Either way, Barbie’s a doll, and the script boasts one of the most talked-about monologues in recent memory, delivered by America Ferrara’s Gloria in the film.

The story centers on Margot Robbie’s “stereotypical” Barbie, whose every day is the best day ever, until a glitch occurs which sends her to the real world (accompanied by Ryan Gosling’s Ken). There, they discover truths they’d never imagined — some hard, some misguided and some very poignant — before heading back to Barbie Land to set things straight.

Robbie...

Over more than two decades, Jesse Eisenberg has been a singular onscreen presence, delivering a series of memorable, memorably idiosyncratic performances, including an early standout role in Noah Baumbach’s semi-autobiographical comedy-drama, The Squid and the Whale, in 2005 and an Oscar-nominated turn five years later as Facebook’s controversial co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, in David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin’s The Social Network. It as only a matter of time before Eisenberg, long interested in writing and directing -- he reportedly wrote his first screenplay in high school -- would turn his talents toward writing and directing films of his own. Eisenberg’s feature-length debut as writer-director, When You Finish Saving the World, an adaptation of an audio drama he wrote two years earlier, premiered at the 2022 Sundance...

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Back at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, Celine Song’s debut feature, “Past Lives,” premiered to rave reviews and early speculation about its awards chances. That turned out to be prescient. One year later, “Past Lives” is a 2024 Oscars Best Picture nominee, while Song is a nominee for Best Original Screenplay. So with the 2024 Sundance Film Festival at its end, what better time than now to speculate about what next year’s “Past Lives” will be? Whether anything on 2024’s Sundance roster can scale those heights is up for debate, but plenty of promising titles could compete for acting and screenplay prizes. The documentary lineup was robust this year, which makes sense: Six of the last 10 Best Documentary Feature Film winners got their start at Sundance.

Below is a sample of Sundance highlights that could be award contenders this time next year.

Narrative features

“Between the Temples”: It’s hard to fathom,...

A whopping 3,000 readers have already made their Oscar predictions at Gold Derby. While many of the races look like landslides — an incredible 94% of our readers forecast nominations leader “Oppenheimer” winning Best Picture, for example — there are a number of incredibly tight races. Here are the top five that are still up in the air.

Best Actor

This is the closest match-up in the above-the-line categories according to our earliest predictions with a two-person contest between Cillian Murphy (“Oppenheimer”) and Paul Giamatti (“The Holdovers”): 55% of readers pick the former and 43% the latter. Our experts and editors are tipping the scales in Giamatti’s favor, pushing him into first place in the odds. The winter precursor awards that we have seen so far make this a tough category to feel out: both men won Golden Globes for their roles — Murphy in Drama and Giamatti in Comedy — but Giamatti pulled off a...

Jim Carrey once called himself the “Tom Hanks of the Golden Globes” after his second straight victory with the Hollywood Foreign Press in 2000 (for “Man on the Moon” following “The Truman Show”). He could win with that group but somehow couldn’t impress Oscar voters. And he’s not the only actor in that situation. Our photo gallery features Carrey among the 20 actors who’ve never been nominated for an Oscar.

Even Academy Awards hosts such as Billy Crystal and Steve Martin haven’t been noticed by Oscar voters other than seeing them perform on the ceremony stage. They have both received critics awards and Golden Globe nominations in their long careers. Martin has at least received an honorary Oscar, but alas no individual nomination for either one throughout their careers.

Other Golden Globe film winners have included Richard Gere (“Chicago”) and Hugh Grant (“Four Weddings and a Funeral”). Our...

Willa, Astrakan Film and Cold Iron Pictures are set to join Argonauts Productions to produce “The Boy With the Light Blue Eyes,” a coming-of-age queer Greek tragedy.

Written by Thanasis Neofotistos and Grigoris Skarakis, and to be directed by Neofotistos as his debut feature, “The Boy With the Light Blue Eyes” follows teenager Peter as he navigates the suffocating confines of his superstitious and traditional Greek village community.

Peter is born with light blue eyes in a village that considers them a threat, but only his mother knows. She decides to cover their color with a mask at all times, claiming a threatening eye condition. In this blissful ignorance, Peter and his best friend Aemon embark on an adventure through which Peter learns the painful truth about his eyes and the lies he has been told.

The project participated in Cannes Focus CoPro, and the script has been developed through the Mediterranean Film Institute,...

The Best Adapted Screenplay category at the 2024 Oscars has gained some pink heels.

The Writers Branch executive committee of the academy recently determined that Warner Bros.’ box office behemoth “Barbie,” written by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, was not eligible for the Best Original Screenplay race because it was based on the popular Mattel dolls. Variety first reported the news. That prompted a category switcheroo in Gold Derby’s predictions center in early January, and now the script has officially cracked into our Top 5 in the adapted race.

As of this writing, “Barbie’s” four strongest contenders in Best Adapted Screenplay look to be “Oppenheimer” by Christopher Nolan, “Poor Things” by Tony McNamara, “Killers of the Flower Moon” by Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese, and “American Fiction” by Cord Jefferson. Also watch out for potential spoilers like “The Zone of Interest” by Jonathan Glazer and “All of Us Strangers” by Andrew Haigh...

Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster comedy “Barbie” has been deemed an adapted screenplay by the Writers Branch executive committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, despite campaigning for original screenplay, Variety has exclusively learned.

When official Oscar nomination voting opens Thursday, Jan. 11, eligible voting members of the branch will only be able to cast votes for the script written by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach in adapted screenplay.

The film tells the story of Barbie (Margot Robbie), who suffers an identity crisis in Barbie World, leading her on a quest with her beau Ken (Ryan Gosling) to the real world to seek the answers regarding her existence.

Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.

Variety had previously reported that “Barbie” would be campaigned for best original screenplay for the upcoming awards season rather than in adapted screenplay, as had been presumed. The decision...

US theatrical release set for 2024. Protagonist Pictures represents international sales.

Bleecker Street said on Tuesday it will release Sasquatch Sunset from directing duo David and Nathan Zellner starring Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg after boarding US rights in 2022 prior to the low-key shoot in northern California.

The Square Peg, Zbi, and The Space Program production is described as a year in the life of a singular family. Plot details remaining under wraps. The cast includes Nathan Zellner and Christophe Zajac-Denek.

Producers are Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, Nathan Zellner, David Zellner, George Rush, Eisenberg, and David Harari, Ari Aster serves as...

With months of hindsight now at her disposal, Greta Gerwig is looking back at the runaway summer success of “Barbie” with an appreciation for the independence she was able to wield at the helm of her first big-budget Hollywood film.

Gerwig, in a long-form interview with Vanity Fair, said the key was plowing through with blinders on, blissfully ignorant of her studio surroundings.

“Honestly, there was nothing but fear around all of it from the outset,” Gerwig said. “You’re dealing with a topic that is already so filled with opinions. But the trick is to say, ‘Well, instead of trying to tiptoe around it, what if we just stepped in it?’ And the whole undertaking was definitely like ‘Drive it like you stole it.’ Go, go, go. Don’t tell them, don’t tell them where we’re going.”

Where they went was well north of $1.4 billion at the box office,...

The Holdovers is a comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, from a screenplay by David Hemingson. The period film is set in the early 1970s, and it revolves around Paul Hunham, a grouchy disliked teacher at Barton Academy, who has to supervise the students who were unable to return to their homes for the Christmas holidays. He soon forms a bond with a rebellious and troubled student who recently lost his father. The Holdovers stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Carrie Preston. So, if you loved the comedy film here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Hunt for the Wilderpeople (Netflix & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – Madman Films

Synopsis: Hunt for the Wilderpeople tells the story of misfit kid Ricky Baker. When Ricky’s foster aunt suddenly passes away, he’s left alone with his grumpy uncle Hec The unlikely duo find themselves on the run...

There may not be a funnier moment on screen this year than when Ryan Gosling yells “sublime!” off-screen in Greta Gerwig’s billion-dollar box office smash “Barbie.”

That’s why Variety Awards Circuit Podcast had a pressing question that needed answering from the filmmaker herself: Who gets the credit for this brilliant moment?

“Ryan had the idea of [Ken] having a private moment that she [Barbie] can hear,” Gerwig reveals. “Because, of course, there’s no walls or privacy in Barbie Land. And then I will give myself credit, I came up with ‘sublime.’ I kept thinking, what’s the funniest word? I kept going back to ‘sublime.’ It’s the oddest word. But I let him do lots of things, because, why not? He did some very long sentences that he screamed. One was ‘Finally! My rainbow after the storm!’”

There are countless admirable and brilliant moments just like that throughout the Warner Bros. meta-comedy.

To celebrate the release of Barbie, available on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD on October 23, we’re giving away 2 copies on Blu-Ray!

“Barbie,” the box office smash hit and global phenomenon, arrives for purchase on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD on October 23. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig, “Barbie,” stars Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken. Gerwig directed “Barbie” from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach, based on Barbie by Mattel.

From writer/director Greta Gerwig, “Barbie” has taken the box office by storm, earning more than $1.43 billion worldwide to become the highest grossing film in Warner Bros.’ 100-year history; the highest grossing film ever from a female filmmaker at the domestic box office; and is the largest worldwide film release of 2023.

“Barbie” is also available for Digital ownership and rental at home on participating digital platforms where you purchase or rent movies.

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“Barbie,” the box office smash hit and global phenomenon, arrives for purchase on 4K Uhd, Blu-ray and DVD on October 17. From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig, “Barbie,” stars Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken. Gerwig directed “Barbie” from a screenplay by Gerwig & Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach, based on Barbie by Mattel. “Barbie” has taken the box office by storm, earning more than $1.43 billion worldwide to become the highest grossing film in Warner Bros.’ 100-year history; the highest grossing ... Read more...

It’s officially an original Barbie World.

Greta Gerwig’s smash hit “Barbie,” which she co-wrote with Noah Baumbach, is a box office smash that has so far grossed more than $1.4 billion. Its awards prospects also continue to increase by the day. Warner Bros. has officially confirmed to Variety that the film will be campaigned for this year’s Academy Awards for best original screenplay and other categories.

The film tells the story of Barbie (Margot Robbie), who suffers a crisis in Barbie World, leading her on a quest with her beau Ken (Ryan Gosling) to the real world to seek the answers regarding her existence.

Read: Variety’s Awards Circuit for the latest Oscars predictions in all categories.

As Variety had previously reported, there was speculation regarding which screenplay category “Barbie” would compete in at the Oscars. The official on-screen credits in the movie read “based on ‘Barbie’ by Mattel,...

“Barbie,” the summer blockbuster that became 2023’s top-grossing domestic release, will be available on premium digital ownership and rental on Sept. 12, Warner Bros. Discovery announced Tuesday.

The film will be available for early Premium Digital Ownership at home for $29.99 and 48-hour rental via PVOD for $24.99 on participating digital platforms including Amazon’s Prime Video, Apple TV, Google Play and Vudu.

From director Greta Gerwig, “Barbie” is now the highest grossing box office hit before inflation adjustment in the 100-year history of Warner Bros. At the time of publishing, the film had grossed nearly $1.4 billion worldwide.

Following its PVOD release, “Barbie” will also get an Imax rollout beginning Sept. 22.

Gerwig, best known for directing “Lady Bird” and “Little Women,” both of which garnered her three Oscar nominations, has solidified her status as a rising star in Hollywood with “Barbie.” The filmmaker’s clever perspective on Mattel’s iconic doll delves into...

There has been a myriad of bad films since the medium's inception, but some movies have performed so badly that their own directors have gone so far as to disown their creations. Directors taking their names off a movie's credits isn't something new. However, it's hard to imagine creating something and then hating it so much that one doesn't even want their name attached. This has been the case with a number of movies over the years, and even a few well-known directors have turned against their own art, publicly criticizing the film in question and trying to create as much distance from it as possible.

Since there are so many factors that go into making a feature film, that inevitably means there are plenty of ways to fail in producing a satisfying finished product. Some movies suffer from pacing issues or a lack of onscreen chemistry from the cast...

Don’t miss out on the the pinkest movie of the year when Barbie opens in theaters nationwide on July 21, 2023. But wait! To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.

The Advance Screening is on July 18, 7pm at The Alamo Drafthouse (6Pm Suggested Arrival Time)

The screening will be filled on a first come first served basis, so we encourage you to arrive early. Seats will not be guaranteed. Rated PG-13

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From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig comes “Barbie,” starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell. The film also stars Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, Ana Cruz Kayne (“Little Women”), Emma Mackey, Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp (the “X-Men” films), Kingsley Ben-Adir,...

Executive was named interim IFC FIlms head in March following departure of Arianna Bocco.

Scott Shooman has been named head of AMC Networks film group encompassing IFC Films, Rlje Films and films for the Shudder streaming service.

Shooman oversees acquisitions, theatrical film distribution, production and development across all three labels as well as the IFC Center.

In March the executive was named interim head of IFC Films following the departure of Arianna Bocco.

He reports to Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks, who said, “Movies are an important focal point for our company… [Shooman] has extensive background in the industry,...

IFC has a new leader. AMC Networks has named Scott Shooman the head of its Film Group, encompassing IFC Films, Rlje Films, and films for the Shudder streaming service, the company announced Tuesday.

Shooman nabs the official, full-time role following serving as interim head since the end of March of this year. He was elevated to the interim role in the wake of an exodus of veteran talent from the indie distributor, which included president Arianna Bocco, PR head Laura Sok, senior publicist Kate McEdwards, director of sales Jasper Bach, and IFC Center lead John Vanco, all within weeks of each other.

In his new role, Shooman will oversee acquisitions, theatrical film distribution, production, and development across all three brands, as well as the IFC Center. He reports to Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for parent company AMC Networks.

“Movies are an important focal point for our company,...

Bird Box: Barcelona, the NFL docuseries Quarterback, the third season of Sweet Magnolias and Jamie Foxx starrer They Cloned Tyrone are among the new projects debuting on Netflix in July

Bird Box: Barcelona is a Spanish-language spinoff of the 2018 Sandra Bullock-starring thriller. The film, written and directed by Alex and David Pastor, picks up after a mysterious force destroys Earth’s population and follows survivors as they seek to escape visible threats. The movie, which stars Mario Casas and Barbarian breakout Georgina Campbell, is meant to be the first of a series of films to expand the Bird Box universe.

The eight-episode Quarterback, Netflix’s first partnership with the NFL and produced by Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, features unprecedented access to Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins and Marcus Mariota both on and off the field during the 2022 season as the NFL allowed the quarterbacks to be mic’d up for every single game,...

Studios and larger production companies dominate the film industry, but they don't always create the best movies. The independent film market has been rising since the 1940s thanks to the creation of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers. While independent filmmaking has been around for decades, indie filmmakers truly found their stride in the 2000s.

Between well-known and first-time filmmakers, new and exciting stories started popping up everywhere. Producers and independent production companies became more willing to take risks thanks to the commercial success of indie films from the '80s and '90s. Though comedy primarily dominated the world of indie films prior, the 2000s took chances on dramas, coming-of-age films, and even thrillers.

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The Squid And The Whale (2005)

Written and directed by Noah Baumbach and produced by Wes Anderson, The Squid and the Whale tells the story of...

According to a new report, the script process for Barbie involved some disagreements between co-writers Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach and Mattel. Based on the iconic Mattel toy, Barbie stars Margot Robbie as the titular doll as she is expelled from Barbie Land and embarks on a journey to the Real World. The upcoming film marks Gerwig's biggest movie yet following Lady Bird and Little Women.

As the Barbie release date inches closer, a new report from The New Yorker reveals that Mattel was initially hesitant about Gerwig and Baumbach taking on scripting duties. Robbie Brenner, head of Mattel Films, was apparently keen on seeing a preview of what the script would feature, which Gerwig and Baumbach disagreed with as they felt this would hinder their ability to explore different creative avenues. Jeremy Barber, Gerwig's and Baumbach's agent at U.T.A., had a blunt response to Mattel. Check out...

Netflix will add plenty of action films and summer classics in the month of July. From “Bridesmaids” to “Jumanji” (1995) and “Kick-Ass,” the streamer’s selection kicks off the beginning of the month with options for many. “Star Trek” fans will have some films to choose from, as will fans of “The Karate Kid.” Anime fans can look forward to “One Piece,” “Baki Hanma: Season 2: The Tale of Pickle & The Pickle War Saga,” “Bastard!! – Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy -: Season 2,” “My Happy Marriage” and “Record of Ragnarok” Season 2 Episodes 11-15.

Those looking for new Netflix originals can check out the “Wham!” documentary,” “Gold Brick” and “The Out-Laws” starring Adam Devine, Pierce Brosnan, Nina Dobrev, Ellen Barkin and Poorna Jagannathan. “They Cloned Tyrone,” “Happiness for Beginners” and “Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie” provide very different plots and adventures. And library favorites arriving to streaming range from “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish...

Do not adjust your phone screen. You are not experiencing deja vu. Netflix’s list of new releases for July 2023 does indeed look quite a bit like last month’s.

That’s because the biggest new arrival this month is the conclusion of The Witcher season 3 on July 27. It seems like only 29 days ago that The Witcher season 3 premiered. And that’s because it was! Now Henry Cavill’s arc as Geralt of Rivia is set to officially end with this batch of three episodes. Get ready for the Liam Hemsworth era, Witcher fans. Other Netflix Original series of note in July 2023 are The Lincoln Lawyer season 2 on July 6, Sonic Prime season 2 on July 13 and the animated comedy Captain Fall on July 28.

Meanwhile it’s a big month for Netflix’s original movies department. Adam Devine-starring comedy The Out-Laws premieres on July 7. That will be followed by Bird Box...

Just as the summer is heating up, Netflix is releasing a slew of new titles in July, highlighted by the star-studded film “They Cloned Tyrone” on July 21. In the film, a series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy. This pulpy mystery caper stars John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx, David Alan Grier, Kiefer Sutherland, and more.

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While the world’s largest streamer doesn’t currently carry live sports, it will debut its latest sports-focused docuseries “Quarterback” on July 12. Like the service’s Formula 1 behind-the-scenes series “Drive to Survive” and golf series “Full Swing,” “Quarterback” reveals three NFL quarterbacks in their on and off-field lives during the 2022-23 NFL season. The show follows Minnesota Vikings Qb Kirk Cousins, the Atlanta Falcons’ Marcus Mariota, and Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes, who won the...

Does it count as representational progress when a drama about the fissures that destroy a gay marriage and the ensuing fight for primary custody of the couple’s child is just as bland as any heteronormative version of that sad story?

Bill Oliver’s Our Son boasts solid lead performances from Luke Evans and Billy Porter as the dads whose life together has hit a wall, plus a capable supporting cast stacked with talented theater actors. The movie is tasteful and restrained and sensitively handled at every step. But unless you count one of the men finding post-breakup sexual distraction wrapped around a slinky club kid named Solo (Isaac Powell), there’s too little here to distinguish the film from endless other broken-family dramas that have gone before.

There’s even less to put it on a level with standouts like Kramer vs. Kramer, The Squid and the Whale or Marriage Story.

The coming-of-age story is one of the most quintessential narratives of great movies. While many of the best teen-centric stories were told in John Hughes’ string of hit films in the 1980s, the past few decades have contributed such modern classics as Moonlight, Lady Bird, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, and Booksmart. While there have been many other great recent projects, one that tends to fall under the radar is Adventureland from director Greg Mottola. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg in one of his best performances as the graduate student James Brennan, who has to scrap his ambition to travel the sights of Europe in order to take a summer job at a local amusement park. He falls in love with his new coworker Em Lewin (Kristen Stewart), but fears that she will end up with the older musician and park maintenance man Mike Connell (Ryan Reynolds).

Adventureland...