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On Thursday March 13 2025, CBS broadcasts The Late Show With Stephen Colbert!

Gary Oldman Season 10 Episode 91 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” promises to be an exciting one, featuring the talented actor Gary Oldman. Known for his remarkable range and iconic roles, Oldman has captivated audiences for decades. Fans of the show can look forward to an engaging conversation between Stephen Colbert and the acclaimed actor.

In this episode, Oldman is likely to share stories from his impressive career, which includes memorable performances in films such as “Dracula,” “The Darkest Hour,” and “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.” His ability to transform into various characters has made him a standout figure in Hollywood. Colbert will probably ask Oldman about his latest projects and what it was like to take on such diverse roles.

Viewers can also expect some light-hearted moments and humor as Colbert’s witty style shines through.

They’ve already made two blockbusters together but Timothée Chalamet is hoping that his big-screen collaborations with Denis Villeneuve continue for many years to come. And he’s not afraid of reminding the auteur of his intentions.

Chalamet joined Villeneuve’s Arrival star Amy Adams on the Palm Springs Convention Center stage on Friday night to present the filmmaker with a Visionary Award for his work on last year’s Dune: Part Two. In doing so, Chalamet called Villeneuve a “terrific director I was dying to work with to a father figure, to a mentor and a close friend, and someone I like to gently remind every couple of weeks, usually over text, that God forbid anything happen to Denis or myself, ‘Can you be the director I work with most in my career, and can I be the actor you worked with the most in [your] career?'”

Chalamet then...

New Year’s Day 2025 rang in an estimated $42.9M for all movies, the best result for the holiday post Covid, ahead of New Year’s Day 2022 which grossed $40.2M, led by Spider-Man: No Way Home ($23.1M).

New Year’s Day yesterday was +33% over the first day of 2024 — a great new beginning to a box office year which is expected to clear $9 billion. New Year’s Day 2025 was also up +38% over New Year’s Eve’s business.

Another day, another day that Mufasa beat Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for No. 1, $10.3M to $8.95M. While the Paramount Sega feature won the last two weekends, the Disney prequel has won six days at the daily box office since Christmas.

Lily-Rose Depp in Nosferatu, Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown

While Thanksgiving holdovers, Moana 2 and Wicked continue to play solid, respectively with $5.1M and $4.6M, the other big headlines this season is the resurgence of auteur-driven adult fare,...

Benito Mussolini, the founder of fascism, will be the subject of an eight-part series named “M. Son of the Century,” directed by the famous Joe Wright. The series, which stars Italian actor Luca Marinelli, aims to show how a political outsider became one of history’s most infamous rulers in new ways.

Based on Antonio Scurati’s best-selling “documentary novel,” the series follows Mussolini’s life from his time as a journalist to his rise to power as the leader of Italy’s fascist movement during a crucial decade. In this historical story, Wright, known for his work in period plays like “Atonement” and “The Darkest Hour,” does something different.

Wright considers how the British saw Mussolini and says, “Being British, Mussolini has always been this kind of strange, almost clown-like figure.” He sees this series as a chance to examine where fascism came from and how it relates to...

Director Joe Wright signals his intent early on in M. Son of the Century, his eight-part series on the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

“Follow me,” Luca Marinelli, playing Mussolini, whispers conspiratorily to the audience early in the first episode. “Follow me, you’ll love me too. I’ll make you a fascist.”

Over the course of eight hours, the show traces a decade in Mussolini’s career, his transition from journalist and political outsider to the head of a populist movement and new political ideology —fascism— that would force itself into the mainstream and seize power. Adapted from the first volume of Antonio Scurati’s bestselling “documentary novel” of the same name, M. Son of the Century shows how Mussolini, a former editor of the Italian Socialist Party’s official newspaper, fell out with the left and used any means necessary, up to and including murder, to advance his political career.

Brian Cox recalls working with Steven Seagal on a 1996 action comedy with an 11% Rotten Tomatoes score. The Scottish actor is best known to modern audiences as Logan Roy from HBO's Succession, receiving three Emmy nominations for his portrayal of the aging and brash patriarch and media mogul. However, as a classically trained Shakespearean actor, Cox has also appeared in many movies from the 1980s to the 2010s as a character actor, including Manhunter, Braveheart, The Boxer, The Rookie, Troy, Adaptation, X2, and Churchill.

Over his career, Cox has been outspoken about his co-stars and fellow actors, famously and frequently voicing his disapproval of his co-star Jeremy Strong's method acting on the set of Succession. He also recently discussed his co-star Daniel Day-Lewis' method acting on the 1997 film The Boxer, calling his approach "a little off-putting." Cox also recently called out the Academy Awards for honoring Gary Oldman's performance...

Brian Cox isn’t very interested in “Oscar season” these days. The acclaimed actor recently told The Hollywood Reporter that the annual awards show is “absolute nonsense” because the Academy only spotlights films that are released during awards season — or, as Cox explained, whatever is in theaters “between Thanksgiving and Christmas.”

“The Oscars are absolute nonsense because everything that’s judged in the Oscars, it’s not a year’s work. It’s just the work that comes out between Thanksgiving and Christmas,” the “Succession” icon said. “I think it makes those awards a fallacy quite honestly, because there’s a lot of other good work that goes on outside of what they call Oscar season.”

When asked about portraying Winston Churchill in 2017, the same year that Gary Oldman played the same formidable prime minister in “The Darkest Hour” (and went on to win the Oscar for Best Actor for...

I usually love a slow burn, especially in a spy thriller series. However, The Agency, a new series developed by Showtime that will stream on Paramount+, is a drawn-out progression that gives new meaning to the meandering way incense burns. In other words, the show is all atmosphere, just for show, with very little substance.

The Agency suffers from a severe lack of motivation. The characters are poorly developed, and there is no payoff after the first episodes, where a pilot desperately needs to draw the viewer in with exciting plot developments. The lack of tension and intrigue makes the batch of episodes available to critics feel boring and stagnant.

Michael Fassbender and Jodie Turner-Smith in The Agency (2024) | Image via Paramount+ Related My Old Ass Review — A Hilarious and Tender Coming of Age Tale Showtime and Paramount+’s The Agency Review and Synopsis

The Agency is an espionage thriller that...

Eddie Redmayne is opening up about his physical transformation on screen in his new series The Day of the Jackal!

The 42-year-old stars as a ruthless assassin, the Jackal, who “makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer (Lashana Lynch) who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.”

In the series, Eddie uses prosthetics to help disguise himself, with the first episode seeing him as an elderly German cleaner.

During a recent interview, he dished on the transformations and what it was like using the prosthetics.

Keep reading to find out more…

“My overwhelming memory of those days was [prosthetics designer Richard Martin] coming and doing pin pricks through the prosthetic and this sweat oozing out the top,” he told Variety about a scene in Ep...

Eddie Redmayne is no stranger to prosthetics but the variety of disguises he dons as a stone-cold assassin in “The Day of the Jackal” proved to be his most challenging physical transformation yet.

Episode 1 of the series, which landed in the U.K. on Sky on Nov. 7 and is set to hit Peacock in the U.S. on Nov. 14, opens with Redmayne infiltrating corporate headquarters disguised as an elderly German cleaner to take out a target.

For that one scene alone, the actor spent four hours in hair and make-up to age and change his face (a process overseen by make-up designer Melanie Lenihan and prosthetics designer Richard Martin) and donned a foam suit to bulk out his body. To top it off, the scene was shot during a blisteringly hot day in Hungary and there was no air-conditioning in the studio. “My overwhelming memory of those days was Richard...

Colman Domingo is in the Oscars 2025 Best Actor race, and he could accomplish something that hasn't been done since Denzel Washington did it seven years ago. While Denzel is firmly entrenched as a contender for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 2025 thanks to his Gladiator II performance, his absence from the lead category leaves room for other actors to shine. The predicted 2025 Oscars Best Actor nominations include past winners and nominees, and Colman Domingo counts among the latter group.

Domingo finds himself in the middle of awards season conversations thanks to his performance in Sing Sing. The prison drama from A24 and director Greg Kwedar is based on a true story, and sees the actor play John "Divine G" Whitfield. Critics have raved about Domingo's performance in Sing Sing, so much so that he is expected to be in the mix for a Best Actor Oscar nomination. It won't be...

The Dark Knight trilogy is considered one of the greatest trilogies of all cinematic history, thanks in large part to The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan expertly created a Batman story that resonated with audiences.

As the titular character, Christian Bale leads the trilogy of films in unexpected ways. If audiences are looking for more Batman in their life, there are so many reasons to revisit the epic Dark Knight trilogy.

Batmans Origin Story Is Just as Epic as Audiences Hoped

Batman Begins took the character in directions fans had never considered, but would grow to love immensely. Bruce Wayne would see his crime-fighting career start by joining the League of Assassins, an army of the world's best ninja assassins led by the films villain, Ras al Ghul. It seems quick, but the origin story of Batman is crafted in such a brilliant and thoughtful way. Christopher Nolan ensures that the...

Olivia Thirlby is joining the Law & Order universe.

On Monday (October 21), it was announced that the 38-year-old actress has been cast in Law & Order: Organized Crime for season five, which stars Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, and Ainsley Seiger.

Keep reading to find out more…As of right now, details about Olivia‘s character are being kept under wraps, but Variety has reported that she will have a recurring role in the new season.

Olivia is best known for her roles in Juno, The Darkest Hour, Dredd, and Oppenheimer.

After four seasons on NBC, Organized Crime is heading to the streaming service Peacock for a 10-episode season – although we don’t have a premiere date just yet.

It has already been announced that one of Christopher‘s former Svu co-stars will be making a guest appearance on season 5 of Organized Crime!

“The Brutalist” was one of the buzziest titles to come out of the Venice Film Festival, pushing filmmaker Brady Corbet immediately into many Oscar predictions lists for best director. Many might not be aware that, 20 years earlier, Corbet was the teenage lead star of the film “Thunderbirds.”

This cinematic fact was revealed on stage at the BFI London Film Festival in something of a rare public talk by the heads of Working Title, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

Despite being arguably the U.K.’s best known and most successful production company — whose more than 150 films have landed more than 300 Oscars, BAFTAs and Golden Globes combined — the two were asked to discuss their failures and the lessons learned along the way.

“Thunderbirds” — based on the cult sci-fi TV series — was among the flops mentioned, making just $28 million from a budget of $57 million.

The fault with that film — according to Fellner...

Daniel Day-Lewis recently announced he will be coming out of retirement to star in his son's directorial debut, Anemone. Day-Lewis hasn't starred in a feature film since Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread (2017) and officially announced his retirement from acting following the film's release. Although Day-Lewis was nominated for his leading role as Reynolds Woodcock, marking his sixth Best Actor nomination, he lost that particular Oscar to Gary Oldman, who won for portraying Winston Churchill in The Darkest Hour. Day-Lewis remains the only person ever to win the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, while nine other actors have won 2.

Focus Features confirmed that Day-Lewis will star in the upcoming movie Anemone, which will be directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. Per Focus Features, the film "explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds." Anemone, which is a common gardening plant, will also star Sean Bean,...

Veteran executive Josh McLaughlin is headed to Nine Stories Productions, the company run by actor Jake Gyllenhaal.

McLaughlin most recently worked at his own shingle, Wink Pictures. Before that, he spent ten years at Focus Features, most recently as president of production, with his projects including Spike Lee’s Oscar-winning BlacKkKlansman, filmmaker Kasi Lemmons’s Harriet Tubman feature Harriet, Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill biopic The Darkest Hour and Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Phantom Thread. He also worked with David Leitch on the Charlize Theron action movie Atomic Blonde and Joel Edgerton on Boy Erased, about a young man sent to gay conversion therapy.

He previously worked at Chernin Entertainment and The Mark Gordon Company.

“I am so excited to join the Nine Stories team under Jake’s leadership,” said McLaughlin. “I’m eager to build on the company’s impressive achievements and momentum, and collaborate with talented filmmakers...

Jake Gyllenhaal’s company Nine Stories Productions has hired Josh McLaughlin as its new president.

In his new role, McLaughlin will work alongside Gyllenhaal to develop a slate of projects. As recently announced, the company has closed a three-year, first-look film deal with Amazon MGM Studios. The pact includes theatrical, as well as streaming releases.

“We are thrilled to welcome Josh to Nine Stories as president. I greatly admire his wealth of experience and deep industry knowledge,” Gyllenhaal said in a statement. “I look forward to working together to expand our slate of dynamic projects across film, television, and stage.”

McLaughlin joins from his own production company, Wink Pictures, where he worked across television, films and podcasts. Prior to that, he spent 10 years at Focus Features, eventually serving as president of production, while working on movies such as Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” “The Darkest Hour” and “Phantom Thread.” He collaborated with filmmakers,...

In recent years, Labor Day weekend’s reputation as a box office dead zone has been upended by strong showings from films like “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” and “The Equalizer 3.” Unfortunately, for 2024, standard perception prevails with a predictably lackluster showing.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) opens next week to a projected $100 million+ debut, starting what looks like an improved rest of the year compared to the final four months in 2023. For now, it’s tread water time, with the late summer’s best doing best (and in some cases holding extremely well).

The weekend’s total of $86 million was down only $6 million from last year despite the boost from the Denzel Washington sequel ($35 million). Key was the sustained strength of previously top titles. Still #1 “Deadpool & Wolverine” (Disney) fell only 17 percent ($15 million), now about $600 million. Two Universal hits already on PVOD did even better. #5 “Twisters” actually...

Darkest Hour #1 provides closure for fans of Power Rangers comics, celebrating past storylines and characters. The issue features a morphing sequence that pays tribute to 30+ years of Power Rangers history and nostalgia. Despite the franchise's uncertain future, the finale emphasizes that the art of Power Rangers will never die.

Warning: Spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1!After spending eight years in the pages of Boom! Studios comic books, the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise comes to an end. This was an ending that readers had been dreading since an initial announcement back in April. Then again, given the trajectory of the franchise before that, maybe it's another ending the community had been dreading for even longer.

For a franchise that's featured endings left and right throughout its history, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Ral Angulo, Jose Enrique Fernandez, and Ed Dukeshire...

A Quiet Place: Day One is the highly anticipated prequel film to John Krasinski‘s sci-fi film franchise A Quite Place. Written and directed by Michael Sarnoski, the apocalyptic horror film shows us the day when the aliens in A Quiet Place franchise invaded Earth, and instead of the Abbott family, we see the story of a terminally ill woman who tries to survive in New York City with her cat and an English law student named Eric. A Quiet Place: Day One stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn in the lead roles, with Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Eliane Umuhire, and Nico & Schnitzel starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intense survival thriller and alien invasion elements in A Quiet Place: Day One, here are some similar films you could watch next.

A Quiet Place Part I & Part II (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Paramount Pictures

While...

"The Darkest Hour" is a year-long storyline in the Power Rangers franchise, ending with Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1 on July 31. The storyline features Dark Specter, the Thanos of the franchise, acquiring a corporeal body and forming an unstoppable Dark Zombie Ranger Army. The final battle in "The Darkest Hour" is the biggest in franchise history, stretching across multiple timelines, eras, heroes, and villains, with high stakes and uncertain survival for the Power Rangers.

Warning: Spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Darkest Hour #1!The Darkest Hour is truly here for the Power Rangers as they face the biggest battle in franchise history. Last August marked the official start of "The Darkest Hour," a storyline that, ahead of the issue's release, was teased as a year-long event that would change Power Rangers forever. Little did readers know that it would be the final Power Rangers arc for Boom! Studios.

Per Aipt Comics,...

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It's important to remember the ongoing controversial statements by the creator of the Harry Potter franchise. Cbr supports the hard work of industry professionals on properties fans know and love and the wider world of Harry Potter that fans have adopted as their own. You can find Cbr's continuing coverage of Rowling here .

Franchise favorite Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was a game changer. Chris Columbus stayed on as producer while Oscar winner-in-waiting Alfonso Cuarn (Roma) took over. With him came a tonal change that altered this franchise and unleashed dementors forever. Not only that, but he introduced Azkabans most infamous inmate Sirius Black, intent on tracking down Harry Potter and delivering a death sentence for crimes against the dark lord.

Beyond the threat of an unstable Azkaban inmate circling Hogwarts, this installment also gives audiences another appointee to the...

Your browser does not support the video tag. World War II movies often take artistic liberties with historical events, but some films strive to maintain a high degree of accuracy. Films like Saving Private Ryan and Hacksaw Ridge offer gripping stories while accurately depicting the harrowing realities of war. Dunkirk and Tora! Tora! Tora! provide faithful portrayals of historical events from multiple perspectives, while Downfall delves into the complexities of Adolf Hitler's final days.

Plenty of World War II movies take artistic liberties when recounting their true stories, either to enhance drama or because they are only interested in using historical events as a backdrop for their fictional narratives, but some are historically accurate. There is no shortage of World War II movies with glaring historical inaccuracies, ranging from the reimagined events in Pearl Harbor to the intentionally reconfigured history in Inglourious Basterds that adds comedic action. However, some...

On Wednesday June 12 2024, Investigation Discovery broadcasts In Pursuit With John Walsh!

Darkest Hour Season 5 Episode 5 Episode Summary

In this episode of “In Pursuit With John Walsh,” viewers will witness John as he joins the hunt for Jovanny Romo Arellanes, a fugitive wanted by California police for the alleged murder of his ex-girlfriend. The intensity of the pursuit reaches new heights as John delves into the case, determined to bring justice to the victim and closure to her loved ones.

Additionally, Callahan takes on a challenging investigation involving a mysterious case surrounding alleged killer Steven Oboite. Despite the passage of time, a family’s unwavering hope fuels Callahan’s determination to uncover the truth and provide answers in a case shrouded in darkness and uncertainty.

As the episode unfolds, viewers will be taken on a gripping journey through the complexities of these two cases, highlighting the relentless efforts of law enforcement...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #121 suggests Blue Ranger Billy Cranston may defeat ultimate villain Dark Specter, shaking up series expectations. Billy devises a risky plan to delay Dark Specter, seeking strength from friends old and new, setting up a potentially epic showdown in the series. Could Billy Cranston emerge as the most important Power Ranger of all time by defeating Dark Specter? The fate of the franchise may rest on his shoulders.

The fate of the universe of the Power Rangers is in the hands of Billy Cranston, the Mighty Morphin Blue Ranger. Billy's legacy within the franchise has come to outlast most of his fellow Rangers, including replacing Tommy Oliver as the ultimate Ranger mentor. Still, it's easy for his impact and relevance in the series to be overlooked or even underestimated.

That's why some readers may be surprised to see the cover for the upcoming Mighty Morphin Power Rangers...

Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Mena Suvari, Emile Hirsch, Dylan Flashner, Tristan Thompson, Michaela Sasner, Jeremy Tardy | Written and Directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil

Prey! is not to be confused with the Predator film of the same name, Dick Maas’s lion loose in Amsterdam thriller, the 2007 film about a family of tourists stalked by lions or any of the seemingly endless list of action films and slashers bearing that title. This Prey! is about a pair of American missionaries Andrew and Sue living in a village somewhere in Africa.

Andrew is already having a bad day. He’s a doctor and had a young boy die on the operating table because the medical supplies they were expecting hadn’t arrived on time. It gets worse when he’s told he and Sue need to make a fast exit, Boko Haram soldiers are heading towards the village.

Elsewhere, Grun is about to fly Tyler,...

With 2023’s compelling Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle The Covenant, Guy Ritchie took a more serious dramatic turn, away from the flashy action, glib humor and mashup of period settings with contemporary attitude that had characterized many of his biggest commercial successes. With its typically Ritchie-esque ensemble of quippy rascals, The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare sees the director back on more customary territory. Sort of. Chronicling a covert World War II mission manned by a band of renegades, the movie is diverting but remains awkwardly stuck between a larkish caper and a more gripping combat action thriller.

Scripted by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Arash Amel and Ritchie, based on the nonfiction book by war specialist Damien Lewis, the remarkable story comes from British War Department documents dating back to Winston Churchill’s first term in office, which were declassified in 2016.

The film follows the semi-fictionalized covert special forces mission manned by a...

Last week, the trades revealed details about “The Department,” a new espionage political thriller series based on the critically acclaimed hit French drama “Le Bureau des Legendes.” Michael Fassbender was cast in the lead role, and the series came from George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures shingle. While early reports said Clooney would direct, a new Paramount+ announcement revealed that he’s just executive producing the project and Golden Globe and multi-bafta winner Joe Wright will direct the series instead.

Continue reading Joe Wright To Direct ‘The Department’ Spy Series Starring Michael Fassbender at The Playlist.

The Happy Sad Confused podcast is the end-of-year gift that keeps on giving this week. This week, the podcast’s guest was Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”). Oldman talked about his time in the “Harry Potter” series (he thought he was mediocre), he lamented never being directed by Quentin Tarantino (though speaking his dialogue in “True Romance”), and he says he was up for a villain role in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman Begins,” before eventually landing the Jim Gordon good guy cop role instead.

Continue reading Gary Oldman Says He Turned Down Johnny Depp’s ‘Edward Scissorhands’ Role: “I Didn’t Get It” at The Playlist.

As recently covered in a conversation about “Batman Begins,” Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”) was recently on the Happy Sad Confused at 92 Street Y In New York. In the selection we covered, Oldman revealed that he was up for a villain role in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Batman’ movie but was sick of playing villains, and through his agent, they suggested Commissioner Jim Gordon instead, one of Batman’s most trusted allies.

Continue reading Gary Oldman Laments Not Working With Quentin Tarantino & Says He Won’t Be In ‘The Movie Critic’ at The Playlist.

The Happy Sad Confused podcast has been on quite a roll lately with its live conversations at the 92 Street Y In New York. The latest this week is Hsc in conversation with Academy Award winner Gary Oldman (“The Darkest Hour”), who made some headlines this past week for saying he was “mediocre” in the “Harry Potter” movies, the actor being something of a self-deprecating self-critic who is hard on himself.

Continue reading Gary Oldman Believes He Was Up Scarecrow In Christopher Nolan’s Batman Series But Suggested Jim Gordon Instead at The Playlist.

Bradley Cooper had a problem. The Oscar-nominated actor was gearing up to play Leonard Bernstein, the musical genius behind “West Side Story” and “Candide” and one of the driving cultural forces of the 20th century. Except, Cooper looked nothing like the distinctive composer and conductor.

Enter Guillermo del Toro. The two men discussed Cooper’s predicament on the set of del Toro’s “Nightmare Alley,” which the actor starred in while working to get “Maestro,” his look at the private life of Bernstein, off the ground. Cooper confessed that he needed to be transformed, and according to del Toro, only one person was right for the job: Kazu Hiro. The Oscar-winning makeup artist had used his gift for prosthetics to transform Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill in “The Darkest Hour.” When Cooper sent Hiro a text asking if he was interested, he jumped at the chance.

Still, the task was...

Lay Zhang is opening up about his acting goals.

The 32-year-old No More Bets actor and Chinese rapper and singer-songwriter, who was an original member of the powerhouse K-pop boy band Exo, got candid in a new interview with Variety, out now.

During the discussion, he talked about his acting ambitions, dream collaborators, working with Jackie Chan, and more.

Keep reading to find out more…

On wanting to work with British director Joe Wright:

“I loved The Darkest Hour and would like to have the opportunity to work with [him]. I like a movie that can dig into the personality and conflict.”

On his acting ambitions stateside:

“I want to be an actor who can bridge between Chinese and American culture. I hope that the success of No More Bets in China is just the beginning of being able to be recognized as an actor in the U.S.”

On...

‘A nasty, nightmarish thrill ride from a master of gore’

Morbidly Gruesome

‘Energetic direction by Ryuhei Kitamura, excellent practical gore effects and strong performances’

Variety

‘Ramps up the gratuitous gore along with a clever twist that blurs the line between good and evil’

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Get more bang for your buck in The Price We Pay, a wickedly dark, gritty and brutal thriller from respected director Ryûhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train), starring Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild, The Darkest Hour) and Stephen Dorff (Blade, Immortals). The film has made its UK debut on Digital from 101 Films.

When a pawn shop robbery goes horribly wrong and the criminals take a young woman, Grace (Gigi Zumbado – Bridge and Tunnel), hostage, things quickly go from bad to unimaginable.

Forced to go on the run, they head into the woods and as darkness starts to fall, they find a remote farmhouse and decide to take refuge.

After sitting it out last year, Deadline’s Contenders film series returns to London today with a strong lineup featuring Ridley Scott, Emerald Fennell, Todd Haynes and Michael Mann among the panelists attending the awards-season event.

Contenders London gets underway this morning at London’s Ham Yard Hotel and will feature panels on 13 of the year’s buzziest films from eight studios and streamers. Deadline will have full coverage of the event all day on the website and on our social channels, where you can follow along using the hashtag #DeadlineContenders.

In challenging times, it’s good to know quality cinema is never too far away, with films from some of the world’s biggest filmmakers on tap today. Along with Scott’s Napoleon, Fennell’s Saltburn, Haynes’ May December and Mann’s Ferrari, J.A. Bayona will present his Society of the Snow, Jeymes Samuel will open The Book of Clarence,...

Working on Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” meant incredibly long hours for prosthetics master Kazu Hiro and his makeup team. Hiro, an Oscar winner for transforming Gary Oldman into Winston Churchill for “The Darkest Hour,” revealed at the New York Film Festival (via Entertainment Weekly) that he needed to be on set at 1 a.m. during parts of the film where Bradley Cooper appears as Leonard Bernstein in his 70s.

“The last stage, he had covered pretty much everywhere, the bodysuit and arms. That took over five hours,” Hiro revealed. “The last stage, the whole time, our call time was one in the morning. The other thing was he wanted makeup to be finished before the crew call, so he would appear as Lenny to set up the shoot and everything. That also kind of made our call time two hours earlier than normal, so that was quite tough.”

Cooper appears...

Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, and Idris Elba are exceptional actors who have proven their mastery in playing both heroes and villains. Rachel McAdams, Lena Headey, and Helena Bonham Carter possess the ability to seamlessly transition between lovable good guys and contemptible villains. Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Heath Ledger, and Samuel L. Jackson are actors who excel in portraying both convincing villains and brave heroes, showcasing their range and versatility.

Not every actor is capable of convincingly playing both heroes and villains, but there are plenty who have proven their mastery of such duality. It's common for actors to become linked to a certain type of role because after they have successfully acted in one, casting directors are more likely to consider them for similar parts. This is often a sign of a good actor because it means they were convincing enough that it's difficult to imagine them playing a different type of character.

Warning: Spoilers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #111!The biggest baddie of the franchise is finally unleashed upon the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The baddie in question is Dark Specter, who fans may recognize as the main antagonist of Power Rangers in Space. However, since the beginning, he has always been a looming presence in the background as leader of the United Alliance of Evil. More recently, he's been repurposed as Rita Repulsa's superior, as she attempts to bring about his return.

She finally succeeds in her plans in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #111 by Melissa Flores, Simona Di Gianfelice, Raul Angulo, Jose Enrique Fernandez, Ed Dukeshire, Madison Goyette, Kenzi Rzonca, and Allyson Gronowitz. The issue kicks off a year-long story arc, appropriately titled The Darkest Hour. Rita Repulsa, now calling herself Mistress Vile, manages to open a portal using the Zeo Crystal, perverting the Morphin Grid in the process. Doing so...

Soulcatcher is a Polish sci-fi film directed by Daniel Markowicz. The Netflix original film follows a military contractor as he’s hired to seize a weapon which was originally designed to cure cancer but it turns people into savage killers but when his brother becomes a victim of the device his desire to save him gets in the way of his job. So, if you also loved Soulcatcher here are some similar movies that you should watch next.

Spectral (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Synopsis: When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it.

Outside the Wire (Netflix) Credit – Netflix

Synopsis: Set in the future, Harp (Damson Idris), a drone pilot, is sent into a deadly militarized zone where he finds himself working for Leo (Anthony Mackie), an android officer, tasked to locate a doomsday device before the insurgents do.

You won’t want to miss Helen Mirren’s transformation into Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in the new trailer for “Golda.”

Directed by Guy Nattiv and written by Nicholas Martin, “Golda” concerns the 19-day Yom Kippur War waged over territory that Israel had previously annexed and how the conflict became a proxy war between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The Yom Kippur War saw Israelis recognizing that there was little guarantee that they could dominate the Arab states militarily, as they had done in previous Arab–Israeli Wars. The conflict slowly paved the way for the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The 1978 Camp David Accords saw Israel return the entire Sinai Peninsula to Egypt. The subsequent 1979 Egyptian–Israeli peace treaty marked the first instance of an Arab country recognizing Israel as a legitimate state.

The trailer presents a historical docudrama in the vein of “The Darkest Hour,” during...

With its list of new releases for May 2023, Hulu is relying on an acclaimed original and a whole lotta FX.

The acclaimed original in question in The Great season 3. Premiering on May 12, this historical black comedy with continue the story of Catherine the Great (Elle Fanning) and her pal Peter III (Nicholas Hoult). The other Hulu original series of note this month is The Clearing on May 24. Based on the best-selling crime novel In the Clearing this story will follow a story inspired by the real life events behind Australian cult “The Family.”

For its other TV options in May, Hulu is turning to its cable partner FX. Class of ’09, an FBI thriller starring Kate Mara and Brian Tyree Henry, premieres on May 10. That will be followed by The Secrets of Hillsong, a docuseries investigating the controversial church on May 20.

Hulu’s list of original movies this month is...

“The Great” returns to Hulu for Season 3 on May 12. Elle Fanning portrays Catherine the Great, desperate to turn Russia into an enlightened nation, while Nicholas Hoult plays Peter III, her libertine husband. Despite marital problems, including Catherine’s attempt to murder him, Peter now claims to be in love with his wife. The show, loosely based on history, takes a snarky, sexy, and irreverent ride through 18th-century Russia. Catherine was the longest-running female ruler in the nation’s history.

Check out “The Great” Season 3 trailer:

FX’s suspense thriller “Class of ’09” streams May 10 on Hulu. A class of FBI agents at three points in time face changes in the U.S. criminal justice system, which has been altered by AI. The series takes a deep dive into the nature of justice and the choices we make.

Watch the trailer for “Class of ‘09”:

Also returning to the Disney-owned...

There are plenty of great YA sci-fi movies like The 5th Wave for fans to enjoy. Based on the Rick Yancey novel of the same name, The 5th Wave takes place four waves into a devastating alien invasion when Earth has been mostly reduced to rubble. Chloë Grace Moretz stars as Cassie Sullivan, a plucky teenager who desperately fights to protect her younger brother from the invading extraterrestrial forces (known as “The Others”). The 5th Wave is a thought-provoking sci-fi survival thriller anchored by an impeccable lead performance courtesy of Moretz and stunning visuals courtesy of director J Blakeson.

The 5th Wave is just one of many great YA sci-fi movies that put teenage characters in the midst of speculative storylines that include alien invasions, robot uprisings, and interstellar military training. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial has kids dealing with a visitor from outer space; See You Yesterday plants its teen...

Actress/writer/stand-up comedian Jenny Slate, whose credits include Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All at Once, the Marvel Comics adaptation Venom, and Saturday Night Live, has signed on to star in the horror film Mindful, which Deadline describes as being about “a possessed meditation app that begins to kill its followers.”

Perry Blackshear (They Look Like People) will be directing the film from a screenplay by Leslie Bohem, who got his start writing House III: The Horror Show and A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child. In the decades since, Bohem has worked on the likes of Nowhere to Run, Daylight, Dante’s Peak, The Darkest Hour, The Alamo, and the mini-series Taken. The story he has crafted for Mindful has the following synopsis: When her husband shockingly dies while meditating on the Mindful app, Angela (Slate), deeply suspicious of the new wellness craze, uncovers supernatural forces that have fused with the technology.

Netflix has taken a giant step in ensuring its adaptation of the popular video game franchise Gears of War becomes a reality. A few months after the streamer announced that it was partnering with The Coalition to bring the video game to the screen, it has now brought on Jon Spaihts to pen the script for the live-action feature film adaptation. Spaihts is an Academy Award-nominated scribe who is no stranger to the world of adapting big genre IPs. He has previously provided the script for high-profile projects including The Mummy, Prometheus, The Darkest Hour, and most recently the Dune franchise as well as Doctor Strange.

Netflix has tapped Academy Award nominee Jon Spaihts (Dune: Part One & Two) to pen its live-action Gears of War film, based on the hit video game series, Deadline can confirm.

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First announced by the streamer back in November, the project will be produced in partnership with The Coalition, with an adult animated series set in the world of the games to follow, and the potential for further stories going forward.

Debuting on Xbox in 2006 and going on to sell 40M+ copies across six installments, Gears of War watches as a society divided and on the brink of collapse faces total extinction by the Locust, a monstrous threat from below.

Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the popular video game “Gears of War” moves one step closer as Academy Award-nominated screenwriter Jon Spaihts has boarded the project.

Best known for co-writing “Dune,” “Dune: Part Two” and “Doctor Strange,” Spaihts will now take on the challenge of adapting “Gears of War,” one of gaming’s richest and most acclaimed video game sagas, with over 40 million copies sold.

“’Gears of War’ is one of the all-time great action games, with vivid characters, a beautifully designed world, and a combat system that drives home the lethality of war and the importance of standing by your squadmates,” Spaihts said in a statement to Variety. “It wants to be cinema, and I’m thrilled to have the chance to help that happen.”

In November 2022, Netflix announced a partnership with The Coalition to adapt the “Gears of War” universe. Together they plan to first adapt the game into a live-action feature film,...

Ever since Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” premiered at the Cannes Film Festival back in May of 2022, the movie has been gaining momentum. The film’s shining star, Austin Butler, has been showered with recognition reaping a whopping 27 nominations in the Best Actor category, including BAFTA where he won. He has also taken home a slew of breakthrough performer trophies. Here are five reasons why he could win the Oscar.

He’s embodying an icon

Of the top 10 contenders in our Best Actor odds, Butler is the only one who portrays a real-life fellow. And this isn’t just any regular Joe, it’s Elvis Presley… the highest selling solo recording artist of all time. Even if academy voters don’t recognise Butler from his previous body of work, his association with such an icon will make it easy for them to remember and recognise him.

He’s portraying a real-life person

In the past decade,...

Brendan Fraser is Gold Derby’s odds-on favorite to win the Best Actor Oscar this year for his acclaimed performance as Charlie in A24’s “The Whale,” directed by Darren Aronofsky. The award-winning drama, which tells of a reclusive, obese English teacher trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter (Sadie Sink), allows Fraser to shine in a complex, emotionally demanding role. The film earned Fraser nominations at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, BAFTAs and Oscars, and last month he won the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor. His performance has been celebrated by many critics, including Eric Eisenberg, who says in CinemaBlend, “[Brendan Fraser is] an enchanting performer […] the actor serves as a powerful, bright light in a dark pool of despair.” Fraser does have significant competition at the Oscars, with Austin Butler in “Elvis” and Colin Farrell in “The Banshees of Inisherin” both having won Best Actor trophies at the Golden Globes.

Exclusive: Emile Hirsch (Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood) has signed on to star alongside actor-director Danny A. Abeckaser in his latest feature, The Engineer. The project is the pair’s second together, on the heels of the crime drama The Gemini Lounge—also starring Lucy Hale, Ashley Greene, Robert Davi and Vincent Laresca—which is set for release this fall.

Based on true events, The Engineer will tell the story of Yahya Ayyash—the mastermind bombmaker who led an army of suicidal soldiers in Israel during the mid ’90s. The story follows the biggest manhunt in the history of Israel to find him. Hirsch will play Etan, the head agent looking for ‘The Engineer,’ with Abeckaser as his superior agent, Yakov. Angel Bonanni and Omer Hazan will also star.

Kosta Kondilopoulos wrote the script. Danny A. Abeckaser will produce via his company 2B Films, along with Yoav Gross and his Yoav Gross Productions.