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Fremantle has locked a first-look TV deal with Fruit Tree, the production label run by two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone (Poor Things) and Dave McCary (Saturday Night Live).

Fremantle has said that under the pact, it will be the primary home for all Fruit Tree scripted television projects and unscripted docuseries, with Fremantle’s global drama division and international distribution team consulting closely on the company’s slate.

The pair previously had a first-look TV deal at A24.

Lorenzo De Maio, President of De Maio Entertainment, initially brought the idea of partnering with Fruit Tree to Fremantle. He will oversee the partnership alongside Christian Vesper, Fremantle’s CEO Global Drama and Film, and Seb Shorr, Fremantle’s COO of Global Drama and Film. Evan Gelb of De Maio Entertainment will also run point.

Founded by Stone and McCary, her husband, in 2020, with Ali Herting joining shortly thereafter as President, Fruit...

Exclusive: Korean entertainment powerhouse Cj Enm is readying a bumper slate of 65 projects this year after boosting its content budget by 10% despite what its head honcho terms a “subdued” local market.

In an exclusive trade interview, CEO Yoon Sang-hyun labeled 2025 the “first official year of global expansion” and revealed that content spend will shoot up this year to $818M — up from the $750M that was announced on the sidelines of the Busan film fest last year.

In a wide-ranging discussion, Yoon provided insight into this mega content warchest, Cj’s global partnerships with the likes of Warner Bros Discovery (Wbd) and Fifth Season, preparing for a possible re-entry into the Chinese market as well as international expansion plans for Ott platform Tving. He also shared more details about Tving’s merger with domestic platform Wavve along with fresh strategies to push music content platform Mnet Plus and Cj Enm’s e-commerce arms.

Asian science fiction has been dominated for many years by Japanese animation, which has provided countless masterpieces to the genre. But in the past 25 years or so, a new batch of live-action films have given the genre new momentum by providing more diversity in terms of format, national origins and thematic scope. While Japan is still making great science fiction that feels fresh and innovative, other countries, most notably South Korea and China, have begun taking the genre more seriously than in the past. Leading filmmakers now use sci-fi to tell great extrapolative stories about science and technology, the future(s) of human society, or more allegorically to deal with mental illness or the precariousness of the adult world.

Science fiction is a notoriously difficult genre to define, but the list below takes a look at films that try to break free of the traditional Japanese formats and subgenres – beyond...

Hereditary directorAri Aster is known for his darkly humorous and disturbing films, while Joker: Folie à Deux's Joaquin Phoenix is a master of offbeat, eccentric roles. So it's no surprise that the two are teaming up for Aster's upcoming feature Eddington— which has Phoenix decked out in classic Western wear for an early, first-look photo.

Despite aiming for a release date sometime this summer, the black comedy and contemporary Western is already well on its way to becoming a hot topic online. Yesterday, World of Reelrevealed an initial still from the film, showing a thoroughly unrecognizable Joaquin Phoenix in a white cowboy hat and matching jacket, accompanied by horn-rimmed glasses and scraggly facial hair. This early sneak-peak could be an indication of additional promotional materials in the coming days, especially with Eddington's expected debut at the Cannes Festival in May drawing closer.

Although many of Eddington's plot details have been kept under wraps,...

The very concept of aliens plays on our collective fear of the unknown; there’s no telling what horrors await in the cosmos. While there are plenty of horror movies that explore that horror by sending humans into space, alien invasion horror movies induce paranoia, tension, and fear by bringing extraterrestrials earthbound to invade in various unsettling ways.

It’s home invasion horror on a massive scale, with humanity often facing apocalyptic doom against the threat of intelligent life from beyond our galaxy.

This week’s streaming picks are dedicated to alien invasion horror movies that unsettle for the eerie, inhuman invaders and their even creepier means of assimilation.

As always, here’s where you can watch them this week.

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This update of the 1956 sci-fi film Invasion of the Body Snatchers is regarded...

What’s next for Yorgos Lanthimos after “Bugonia,” his remake of the 2003 South Korean film “Save The Green Planet!,” hits theaters on November 7? No, it’s not his long-rumored adaptation of Ottessa Moshfegh‘s 2018 novel “My Year Of Rest And Relaxation.” Instead, The Film Stage reports it may be Lanthimos’ take on Jean-Patrick Manchette‘s “Fatale.”

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That’s awesome news, particularly for those familiar with the French crime novelist.

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Though he recently shot Bugonia and has long been attached to adapt perpetual subway read My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Yorgos Lanthimos has kept at least one other project deep in the background: from trusted sources we’ve confirmed he’ll write and direct Fatale, an adaptation of Jean-Patrick Manchette’s short and severe assassin thriller with James Schamus aboard as producer.

Fatale is no small property, and those who’ve had the fortune of reading Manchette’s novel can imagine how and why its design so appeals to Lanthimos. It opens on Aimée, an assassin introduced handily dispatching armed hunters and deliriously, near-orgasmically showering in the money awarded for such while traveling to a port town where she engineers, Red Harvest-style, resentments among its ruling class, culminating in a savage showdown. Social satire, unflinching violence, sexual mania––all familiar tenets of Lanthimos’ cinema, with a role one needn...

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2024 was a great year for sci-fi fans as we got brilliant films like Dune: Part Two and The Wild Robot. While 2024 was a good year, 2025 will be even better as we will see the release of much-anticipated films like Bong Joon-Ho‘s Mickey 17 and James Cameron‘s Avatar: Fire and Ash. So, we decided to compile a list of the most anticipated sci-fi films that are coming in 2025.

Check out the best upcoming films and highly anticipated horror movies coming in 2025.

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Companion is an upcoming sci-fi horror film written and directed by Drew Hancock. The upcoming film follows a group of friends on a weekend getaway at a remote cabin. Their relaxing time away soon turns deadly when a companion robot malfunctions. Companion stars Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Lukas Gage, Megan Suri,...

Emma Stone has a brand new haircut – she chopped off her hair and is rocking a pixie hairdo at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards on Sunday (January 5) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

There were rumors that the 35-year-old Oscar winner had actually cut off most of her hair last year for Yorgos Lanthimos‘ movie Bugonia.

This is Emma‘s first official red carpet appearance since those rumors surfaced back in November.

Make sure to tune in for the Golden Globes at 8/7 on CBS. The show is hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser and honors the best in both movies and television. Emilia Perez and The Brutalist lead the nominations in the film categories while The Bear leads in the TV section. Check out the full list of nominations and see all of the celebs who will present throughout the night!

50 Most Anticipated Movies of 2025

From Danny Boyle’s haunting return to the 28 Days Later saga to Guillermo del Toro’s visionary Frankenstein. From Wes Anderson exploring espionage in The Phoenician Scheme to Yorgos Lanthimos tackling alien conspiracies in Bugonia. From Ari Aster’s Eddington, which takes a sinister comedic turn, to Paul Thomas Anderson adding intrigue with The Battle of Baktan Cross, while Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon highlights the struggles of Broadway composer Lorenz Hart, featuring Ethan Hawke and Margaret Qualley. Exciting casting choices include Cate Blanchett in Jim Jarmusch’s Father, Mother, Sister, Brother, and Brad Pitt returning to the racetrack in Joseph Kosinski’s F1.

Without further ado, let’s dive into the most anticipated films of the year!

1. 28 Years Later | Director: Danny Boyle Cast: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Cillian Murphy, Ralph Fiennes

Genre: Horror, Thriller Release Date: June 20, 2025 (United States)

A group of survivors of the...

Edgar Wright’s The Running Man was previously slated to hit theaters on November 21, 2025, but Paramount has bumped up the release to November 7, 2025. This will move it out of the way of Wicked: For Good, which is set for a November 21, 2025 release. The studio will also have access to more IMAX screens on the new date.

The new release date isn’t entirely free of competition, as The Running Man will now face off against Dan Trachtenberg’s Predator: Badlands and Yorgo Lanthimos’ Bugonia, all of which are currently set to open on the same day.

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Focus Features has acquired worldwide distribution rights, excluding Poland, Greece, and France, to “Hot Spot,” a near-future thriller about artificial intelligence from director Agnieszka Smoczyńska.

The film, which wrapped production in Greece on Nov. 22, marks Smoczyńska’s second collaboration with the studio following “The Silent Twins.”

Set in a society ruled by sentient AI, the film follows a private investigator who stumbles upon a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord while investigating a murder case. BAFTA nominee Noomi Rapace stars alongside Andrzej Konopka and Reika Kirishima, working from an original script by Smoczyńska’s frequent collaborator Robert Bolesto.

Polish production company Madants’ Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Smoczyńska’s longtime producing partner, and Bogna Szewczyk-Skupień are producing. Co-producers include Amanda Livanou (Neda Film), Kristina Börjeson (Film i Väst), Lizette Jonjic (Zentropa), Canal+ Polska’s Beata Ryczkowska and Filip Bałdyga, and Adam Gudell from Moderator Inwestycje. Gregory Jankilevitsch, Marcin Czernik, and Christos V.

Exclusive: While looking to break into the Oscars race with his glowingly reviewed sophomore feature A Real Pain, Jesse Eisenberg has set up his next film, an untitled musical comedy to star Julianne Moore (The Room Next Door) and Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers).

The film follows a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical. Under the spell of the strong-willed and enigmatic director, she loses herself in the role and the high-stakes world of this community theater production. The project reunites Eisenberg with Topic Studios and Fruit Tree, with whom he worked on A Real Pain. Pic will also see him reteam with Moore after tapping her to star opposite Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard in his feature directorial debut, the Fruit Tree-backed When You Finish Saving the World.

Eisenberg directs from his own script, also contributing original music to his latest. Fruit Tree,...

2025 will bring an impressive lineup of sci-fi movies, each offering unique and thrilling experiences. Mickey 17, directed by Bong Joon-ho and starring Robert Pattinson, kicks off the year in April. The film follows Mickey, a disposable worker on a mission to colonize an icy planet, promising an intense exploration of survival and human endurance. Shortly after, The Electric State, directed by the Russo Brothers, takes audiences on a retro-futuristic journey with Millie Bobby Brown, who plays a young woman traveling through America with her robot companion to find her missing brother.

Summer brings excitement with Jurassic World: Rebirth's promise of a return to form, the next thrilling chapter in the Jurassic World series, followed by a Star Trek sequel, sure to captivate fans of the iconic franchise. On June 13th, Pixar brings audiences sci-fi film Elio, where a young boy becomes Earths ambassador to the universe. In October, Tron: Ares...

Emma Stone is sporting a drastically different hairstyle these days, but she’s keeping it covered up with a wig while out in public!

It has been rumored that the 35-year-old two-time Oscar-winning actress shaved her head for her role in the upcoming Yorgos Lanthimos movie Bugonia.

Here’s the synopsis: “Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.”

Sources confirm that Emma debuted her new look while attending the Saturday Night Live after party on Saturday night (November 2) at L’Avenue at Saks in New York City.

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The source told JustJared.com that Emma “entered the party wearing a bucket hat” and “later removed her hat to reveal a much shorter haircut.”

Emma was spotted stepping out in the SoHo neighborhood on Sunday afternoon wearing a wig...

Since launching in 2020, Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s production outfit has logged some impressive credits, including break-out thriller I Saw the TV Glow and awards hopeful A Real Pain. Now, the company is putting down roots with a first-look film deal at Universal.

Stone and McCary run Fruit Tree with exec Ali Herting. The outfit has backed films that star the Oscar-winning actress, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, as well as projects from a variety of filmmakers like Julio Torres, who recently made his feature directorial debut with Problemista. On the TV front, the company was behind Showtime series The Curse, with both Stone and McCary executive producing.

“I’ve long admired Emma’s versatility as an actress, fearlessly embodying every role. Paired with Dave’s distinctive comedic voice and creative instincts, we’ve seen the incredible work they have accomplished together. We’re thrilled to support the creative...

Emma Stone and Dave McCary’s Fruit Tree has entered into a first-look production pact with Universal Pictures.

The deal expands on the creative partnership between Fruit Tree — led by two-time Oscar winner Stone, Emmy nominated writer-director McCary and Ali Herting — and the studio, following news that Stone will star in an upcoming Universal film directed by McCary.

“I’ve long admired Emma’s versatility as an actress, fearlessly embodying every role. Paired with Dave’s distinctive comedic voice and creative instincts, we’ve seen the incredible work they have accomplished together,” said Donna Langley, NBCUniversal Studio Group chairman and chief content officer, in a statement announcing the new pact. “We’re thrilled to support the creative ambition and vision that Emma and Dave will continue to bring to projects behind the camera.”

Founded in 2020 by Stone and McCary, with Herting joining shortly thereafter, Fruit Tree’s acclaimed catalogue of...

Universal has signed a first look deal with Fruit Tree, the production company from two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone, Emmy nominated writer-director Dave McCary and Ali Herting.

Founded by married couple Stone and McCary in 2020, with Herting joining shortly thereafter, Fruit Tree co-produced Yorgos Lanthimos’ Oscar-winning “Poor Things,” which earned Stone her second Academy Award for Best Actress. Fruit Tree has also produced several acclaimed independent films released this year, including Julio Torres’ “Problemista,” Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow,” and Jesse Eisenberg’s upcoming Sundance hit “A Real Pain.”

“I’ve long admired Emma’s versatility as an actress, fearlessly embodying every role. Paired with Dave’s distinctive comedic voice and creative instincts, we’ve seen the incredible work they have accomplished together. We’re thrilled to support the creative ambition and vision that Emma and Dave will continue to bring to projects behind the camera,” said Donna Langley,...

After Prey was a big hit on streaming, 20th Century Studios and Disney are set to return the Predator franchise to theaters in 2025. Following Prey's 2022 Hulu debut, the Predator franchise has been given a boost of new popularity. Multiple Predator films were announced, including a direct sequel to Prey and a futuristic wastelands-set film, Predator: Badlands, to be directed by Prey's Dan Trachtenberg and starring Elle Fanning.

Disney, via The Hollywood Reporter, has slated Predator: Badlands for release on November 7, 2025. This release date was initially held for Marvel Studios' Blade, but that troubled production has been removed from Disney's schedule and delayed indefinitely. While it's been only three years since the release of Prey back in 2022, Badlands will mark the first theatrically released Predator movie in seven years, following 2018's box office disappointment, The Predator.

Prey performed so well on streaming that Disney and 20th Century feel confident...

Alicia Silverstone has joined the cast for Yorgo Lanthimos' upcoming science fiction film, Bugonia.

Per Variety, Silverstone joins Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons in Bugonia, which is described as an alien conspiracy film. Silverstone is best known for portraying Batgirl in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin, as well as her breakout role as Cher in Amy Heckerling's Clueless. Silverstone has worked with Lanthimos previously on The Killing of a Sacred Deer, a thriller starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman There is no official word on who exactly Silverstone will be playing in the film. Bugonia will be Lanthimos' follow-up to this year's Kinds of Kindness, which also stars Stone and Plemons.

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Bugonia is penned by Will Tracy and is based on...

Director Yorgos Lanthimos is reteaming with his The Favourite, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness star Emma Stone for Bugonia, a remake of the South Korean film Save the Green Planet that’s set to receive a wide theatrical release on November 7th, 2025. It has previously been announced that Jesse Plemons, who was also in Kinds of Kindness, is in the cast with Stone, and now Variety has revealed that Clueless star Alicia Silverstone, who worked with Lanthimos on The Killing of a Sacred Deer, has a role as well. Details of her role are being kept under wraps.

Described as an eccentric black comedy, the original Save the Green Planet followed a disillusioned young man who captures and tortures a businessman whom he believes to be part of an alien invasion. A battle of wits ensues between the captor, his devoted girlfriend, the businessman and a private detective.

Here...

A Batgirl actress joins the cast of Bugonia, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos' next movie, reuniting with the director seven years after their first film. The two-time Oscar-winning actress, Stone, and five-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Lanthimos, have collaborated four times on The Favourite, the short film Bleat, Poor Things, and Kinds of Kindness. Their next project, based on the 2003 South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet!, also stars Jesse Plemons, reuniting with Stone and Lanthimos after Kinds of Kindness.

Now, another actor has joined Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos' next movie. Alicia Silverstone, who played Batgirl in 1997's Batman & Robin, has joined the cast of Bugonia, according to Variety, marking a reunion with Lanthimos after starring in his 2017 film, The Killing of a Sacred Deer. However, details about Silverstone's role in Bugonia are being kept under wraps.

What Alicia Silverstone's Casting Means For Bugonia Yorgos Lanthimos Is Continuing...

Yorgos Lanthimos has added Alicia Silverstone to the star-studded cast of “Bugonia,” his upcoming sci-fi conspiracy movie led by Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons.

Best known for her iconic role as Cher in “Clueless” (which she reprised last year during the Super Bowl), Silverstone memorably appeared in Lanthimos’ 2017 psychological thriller “The Killing of a Sacred Deer.”

The Oscar-nominated filmmaker’s latest movie follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. The script is from Emmy winner Will Tracy, based on the 2003 South Korean comedy “Save the Green Planet.” Details of Silverstone’s role are being kept under wraps.

“Bugonia” was developed by “Parasite” producer Cj Enm with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen at Square Peg. Lanthomis, Aster and Knudson are producing the project with Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (Element Pictures), alongside Stone...

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson will star in Craig Brewer’s upcoming musical drama Song Sung Blue for Focus Features.

Focus developed the project and holds worldwide rights, and Universal Pictures International will distribute outside North America.

Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, and Jim Belushi round out cast alongside Ella Anderson, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir, and Hudson Hilbert Hensley.

Based on the 2008 documentary of the same name by Greg Kohs, Song Sung Blue follows two down-on-their-luck musicians who form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band.

John Davis and John Fox are producing for Davis Entertainment along with Brewer. Erika Hampson and Kohs serve as executive producers.

Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson will star in Craig Brewer’s upcoming musical drama Song Sung Blue for Focus Features.

Focus developed the project and holds worldwide rights, and Universal Pictures International will handle distribution outside North America.

Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, and Jim Belushi round out cast alongside Ella Anderson, King Princess, Mustafa Shakir, and Hudson Hilbert Hensley.

Based on the 2008 documentary of the same name by Greg Kohs, Song Sung Blue follows two down-on-their-luck musicians who form a joyous Neil Diamond tribute band.

John Davis and John Fox are producing for Davis Entertainment along with Brewer. Erika Hampson...

Acorn TV has announced the commissioning of ‘Irish Blood,’ a new murder mystery drama series headlined by Alicia Silverstone. Multi-award winner Silverstone, known for her roles in ‘Clueless,’ ‘Bugonia,’ and ‘Reptile,’ will lead the cast and serve as an executive producer. She will play Fiona Sharpe, a Los Angeles divorce lawyer who embarks on a […]

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Sound designer Johnnie Burn — a newly-minted Oscar winner for his acclaimed work on “The Zone of Interest” — has detailed the thorough and deeply considered process that went into recreating the sounds of Auschwitz for Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama.

With the film telling the real-life story of German SS officer Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, who raised their children in a farmhouse next door to the Nazi death camp, the horrifying sounds heard from across the wall provide much of the film’s chilling impact. Taking into account the historical context, Burn — speaking at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday at an event sponsored by Variety — explained that a very “ethical approach” was taken, saying that it was “very important not to sensationalize” anything and “to be respectful” throughout the process.

Glazer’s initial concept of using sound “to suggest” the industrial-scale mass murder taking place was the main “ethical choice,...

Before Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” swept the 2020 Academy Awards, Cj Entertainment, the South Korean production and distribution company behind the film, were not planning such a big entry into the Hollywood mainstream. In fact, prior to this success, they were trying to shop a potential English-language remake of the 2003 Korean cult favorite “Save the Green Planet!” on an indie scale similar to the original. As reported on by The Hollywood Reporter, while speaking at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival at a forum on Navigating the New Paradigm, head of Cj Enm’s film division, Jerry Ko admitted that despite trying carry on the homespun spirit of the original, attaching talent like Yorgos Lanthimos, Ari Aster, Emma Stone, and Jesse Plemons has ballooned the project, now retitled “Bugonia,” into something bigger than he ever expected.

“We started out with the belief that the film’s concept was ahead of its time...

When Cj Entertainment, the production team behind Jang Joon-hwan’s Save the Green Planet, got the idea of remaking the 2003 cult Korean sci-fi comedy, they didn’t expect it to get so big.

This was before the release of Bong Joon-ho’s multi-Oscar winner Parasite, before Korean cinema exploded worldwide and before Cj Entertainment became one of the biggest global production outfits with its 2022 acquisition of Endeavor Content (now Fifth Season).

“[Cj Enm] was sort of an unknown production company from a marginalized place then,” said Jerry Jerry Ko, head of Cj Enm’s film division, speaking at a forum on Navigating the New Paradigm at the 2024 Busan International Film Festival.

“We started out with the belief that the film’s concept was ahead of its time and that [maybe we] could make an indie movie, but as we traveled around Hollywood, we realized that there were many hidden fans of the original film.

Executives from Cj Enm, Korea’s largest media and entertainment conglomerate, Friday committed to investing upwards of KRW1 trillion ($750 million) per year in content.

“We continue to believe in K-content,” said group CEO Yoon Sang-hyun at an event hosted on the sidelines of the Busan International Film Festival. “By retaining our investment in content at KRW1 billion, and using our insight accumulated through global studios, theaters and Ott platforms , Cj Enm will dedicate itself to improving the film industry figures.”

Yoon and other executives from the group tried to sound optimistic about the long-term future of the business, while acknowledging severe near term headwinds.

Yoon identified the challenges as including ongoing weakness of theatrical box office in Korea (and elsewhere), changes within the streaming sector, an audience shift towards consumption of short form video and potential disruption from artificial intelligence.

“We are already making the biggest content investment of any...

Focus Features and Plan B announced today they are partnering on the original film Anemone, from first-time feature director Ronan Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis co-wrote the film.

Anemone will star Daniel Day-Lewis in his first acting role since Focus Features’ Phantom Thread in 2017 alongside Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green.

Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread

Ben Fordesman (Love Lies Bleeding) is the Director of Photography, Jane Petrie (The Crown) is the Costume Designer, and Chris Oddy (Zone of Interest) is the Production Designer.

Anemone explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons, and brothers and the dynamics of familial bonds.

Focus Features Chairman Peter Kujawski said: “We could not be more excited to partner with a brilliant visual artist in Ronan Day-Lewis on his first feature film alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as his creative collaborator. They have written a truly exceptional script, and we look forward to...

Daniel Day-Lewis is officially back onscreen.

Seven years after the Oscar winner announced his retirement in 2017 following “Phantom Thread,” Day-Lewis is set to lead his son Ronan Day-Lewis’ directorial debut, “Anemone.” Ronan and Daniel co-wrote the script for the Focus Features and Plan B original film.

“Anemone” is Day-Lewis’ first acting role since Focus Features’ “Phantom Thread.” The film will co-star Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley, and Safia Oakley-Green.

The official logline for “Anemone” teases that the drama will “explore the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds.”

“We could not be more excited to partner with a brilliant visual artist in Ronan Day-Lewis on his first feature film alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as his creative collaborator,” Focus Features Chairman Peter Kujawski said in a press statement. “They have written a truly exceptional script, and we look forward to bringing their shared vision to...

It is that time of the year when we once again find ourselves on the precipice of another year of new film releases. This is when we look forward eagerly to the films scheduled for release in the coming year. There is probably likely something coming out at some point during the year that should be of interest to everyone (at least that’s what most studios are hoping). As always, there will be the usual sequels and big blockbusters set as tent-pole releases, as well as a plethora of additional titles in multiple genres to choose from. We hope you find this list of the upcoming films of 2025 and their release dates useful and that it helps you plan what you’re going to look forward to throughout the years.

The list below gathers all of the titles we know that are coming in 2025 by their current release date.

Filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos reunites with his “Poor Things” cast, including Oscar winner Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, and Willem Dafoe for his latest surreal adventure, “Kinds of Kindness.” Described as an absurdist “triptych fable,” Lanthimos’ ninth feature centers on three distinct but interconnected stories: a man trying to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questioning his wife’s strange demeanor, and a woman on the search for an extraordinary individual. “Kinds of Kindness” premieres on Friday, Aug. 30 and you can watch with a 30-Day Free Trial of Hulu.

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“Kinds of Kindness” is the latest feature film from director and writer Yorgos Lanthimos, co-written with regular collaborator Efthimis Filippou. Described as “a triptych fable,” the absurdist anthology includes three loosely...

Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao will next tackle an adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel “Hamnet” for Focus Features, and the project has a robust team in place. Oscar nominees Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal will star in the adaptation alongside Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn, while Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes will produce alongside Liza Marshall and Pippa Harris.

The book is a fictional take on the grief over the death of William Shakespeare’s son Hamnet at the age of 11. Zhao co-wrote the screenplay with O’Farrell.

This marks Zhao’s next film after her one-two punch of 2020’s “Nomadland,” for which she won Best Picture and Best Director Oscars, and 2021’s Marvel movie “Eternals.”

Mescal has “Gladiator II” coming this fall for director Ridley Scott while Buckley, who received an Oscar nomination for her turn in 2021’s “The Lost Daughter,” next stars in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “Frankenstein” twist “The Bride.

Focus Features has picked up the worldwide rights to Nomadland and Eternals director Chloé Zhao’s next movie, Hamnet, which stars Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn.

Amblin Partners, Hera Pictures, Neal Street Productions and Zhao’s Book of Shadows are backing the feature based on Maggie O’Farrell’s historical novel of the same name about William Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes, as she mourns the loss of her son, Hamnet.

Focus scooped the global rights to the film, with Universal Pictures International handling the international release for the specialty distributor. Zhao, an Oscar winner for Nomadland, a stark drama about life on the fringes of America, wrote the screenplay for Hamnet with O’Farrell. The novel Hamnet has sold 2 million copies in the U.K. and the U.S. and has been translated into 40 languages.

Zhao, who also acts as a writer and editor on many of her movies,...

Focus has taken worldwide rights on Chloé Zhao’s next film Hamnet starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley and will be a creative partner on the project. Universal Picture International will handle international distribution for the studio.Universal Pictures will handle international distribution. Zhao will direct with Emily Watson and Joe Alwyn rounding out ensemble.

Based on Maggie Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, Zhao co-adapted the script with O’Farrell. Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Sam Mendes and Steven Spielberg will produce with Kristie Macosko Krieger, Nic Gonda and Laurie Borg will exec produce.

The New York Times bestselling historical fiction novel imagines the story of Agnes – the wife of the world’s most famous writer, William Shakespeare – as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her only son, Hamnet. The novel charts the emotional, familial and artistic consequences of that loss, bringing to life a human and...

Yorgos Lanthimos, after the success of Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, will be directing an English-language remake of Jang Joon-hwan's 2003 Korean film Save the Green Planet! The film, which Lanthimos has unveiled will be called Bugonia, will star Emma Stone as a CEO who is captured by conspiracy theorists, with a script adapted by Will Tracy of The Menu and Succession. Jang's black comedy is an ideal fit for Lanthimos to remake-- it has exactly the sort of off-kilter, weird tone that Lanthimos excels at.

Matt Damon and Jesse Plemons have been tagged for decades as one of Hollywood's closest doppelgngers. They finally addressed the comments saying they're well aware of the comparison.

It's easy to mistake Jesse Plemons for Matt Damon (and vice versa); they possess one of the most interchangeable faces in Hollywood. Aside from their close resemblance, both have impressive filmographies demonstrating their range. Fans may recall Plemons' breakout performance in Varsity Blues, and Damon's earliest hits include Rounders, Field of Dreams, Good Will Hunting, and The Rainmaker. Damon was recently asked to comment on the comparison in an interview with Access Hollywood; he was first shown a video of Plemons saying he was "definitely flattered by the comparison." The Kinds of Kindness actor added that he was also "curious to hear [Damon's] thoughts, if he's annoyed."

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The next film from acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh just got a thrilling update. A new press release revealed that Soderbergh's next film, Black Bag, has set a March 14, 2025, release date. The film stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, with Reg-Jean Page, Marisa Abelsa, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke, and Pierce Brosnan all starring as well. David Koepp, who penned the original Jurassic Park movie and has been tapped to write the script for the Jurassic World reboot, wrote the screenplay for Black Bag, with Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs producing. Plot details about the film are being kept under wraps, but the distributor, Focus Features, is also handling Yorgos Lanthimos' next film, Bugonia, which recently began production.

Focus Features has set a release date for Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming “Black Bag,” starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The spy drama will open in theaters on March 14.

Universal Pictures International will handle the international release with Focus Features handling domestic distribution.

Also starring in the high-stakes mystery are Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. “Jurassic Park” scribe David Koepp, who collaborated with Soderbergh on “Kimi” and his most recent feature “Presence,” wrote the screenplay. Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs are producing.

Two-time Oscar nominee Fassbender previously starred in Soderbergh’s action movie “Haywire,” while Blanchett starred in “The Good German” and “Ocean’s 8.” Blanchett, a two-time Oscar winner, is starring in video game adaptation “Borderlands,” which opens Aug. 9. Fassbender stars in the Irish feature “Kneecap,” opening Aug. 2.

Plot details for Soderbergh’s latest are being kept under wraps. In addition to this year’s “Presence,...

Focus Features said Tuesday that it has set Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming spy drama Black Bag for a March 14, 2025 theatrical release.

The high-stakes mystery stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. Producers are Casey Silver and Greg Jacobs. David Koepp wrote the screenplay.

Focus’ upcoming fall slate includes the Morgan Neville documentary Piece by Piece, which is headed to TIFF, about performing artist Pharrell Williams as told through LEGOs. There’s also Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave, also set for TIFF, as well as Robert Eggers’ reimagining of Nosferatu.

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Focus also has the Sundance-winner DÌDI (弟弟) from Sean Wang, Yorgos Lanthimos’s next film Bugonia starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons, and the third feature film installment of Downton Abbey.

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The next project by a five-time Academy Award nominee just got a major update. A new report from Variety revealed that Bugonia, the upcoming film from Yorgos Lanthimos, has officially begun production. The acclaimed director will reunite with two of his regulars in Emma Stone, who previously starred in both Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, and Jesse Plemons, who played a lead role in the latter of the two aforementioned films alongside Stone. Plemons and Stone are the only two confirmed to star at the moment as additional casting is ongoing, but if Lanthimos wants to revisit his well of regulars like so many other directors have done (a la James Gunn), the casting of Willem Dafoe, who also starred in both Poor Things and Kinds of Kindness, could be coming soon.

Fresh from their Cannes success with “Kinds of Kindness,” iconic director Yorgos Lanthimos and his totemic star Emma Stone are now busily filming “Bugonia,’ a sci-fi conspiracy movie that is a remake of South Korean film “Save the Green Planet.”

The film follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. The adapted script is from “Succession” and “The Menu” writer Will Tracy.

While the new film’s co-producer and co-financier Korean conglomerate Cj Enm long ago put in place an IP strategy that involves the development of local and international remakes, the company believes it unlikely that a new “Save the Green Planet” would have taken off without the global expansion of “Hallyu,” or the Korean wave.

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US filmmaker Paul Schrader will be president of the jury for the 30th Sarajevo Film Festival (August 16-23).

Schrader will preside over a five-person jury, consisting of Swedish actress and producer Noomi Rapace, Finnish filmmaker Juho Kuosmanen, Bosnian filmmaker Una Gunjak and Slovenian actor Sebastian Cavazza.

The jury will award the Heart of Sarajevo awards in the Competition Programme – Feature Film, with the winners announced on Friday, August 23. Prizes include best feature film, director, actress and actor.

Previous Sarajevo jury presidents have included Mike Leigh, Jasmila Zbanic, Asghar Farhadi, Ruben Ostlund and last year’s president Mia Wasikowska.

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Yorgos Lanthimos’ Bugonia has begun filming in the UK.

The Greek director’s latest collaboration with Emma Stone entered production this month with locations including Wycombe where a temporary film set has been built.

A remake of the South Korean 2003 sci-fi comedy Save The Green Planet!, the film follows two conspiracy fanatics who kidnap the CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien.

Jesse Plemons also stars in the feature, fresh off his role in Lanthimos’ last film Kinds Of Kindness.

Will Tracy has written the English-language adaptation which was developed by South Korean production outfit Cj Enm...

Lionsgate announced on Tuesday afternoon that the third installment in its magic-themed franchise Now You See Me, starring Jesse Eisenberg, will be released wide in theaters on November 14, 2025.

At present, there are no other films set to debut on that date. Other high-profile titles set to debut in November 2025 at present include Marvel’s Blade and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Emma Stone-Jesse Plemons reteam Bugonia on November 7, and Zootopia 2 and Wicked: Part Two on November 26.

While the plot for Now You See Me 3 is under wraps thus far, the film reintroduces audiences to the thieving illusionists known as the Four Horseman while introducing audiences to a new generation of magicians. Pic is the latest installment in a franchise that has thus far grossed over $687 million worldwide.

Cast members Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco, and Morgan Freeman will reprise in the new film, with Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa,...

Chris Columbus’ The Thursday Murder Club, for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Netflix, started principal photography in the UK on June 27, cementing a busy summer for production in the territory.

The crime comedy stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie and is understood to be shooting at Shepperton Studios.

Netflix is also in production in the UK on Rian Johnson’s latest Daniel Craig crime caper Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. It is filming at Warner Bros Leavesden.

Iain Morris’ romantic drama My Oxford Year , starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest is gearing up for the streamer too.

Chris Columbus’ The Thursday Murder Club, for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Netflix, started principal photography in the UK on June 27, cementing a busy summer for production in the territory.

The crime comedy stars Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley and Celia Imrie and is understood to be shooting at Shepperton Studios.

Netflix is also in production in the UK on Rian Johnson’s latest Daniel Craig crime caper Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. It is filming at Warner Bros Leavesden.

Iain Morris’ romantic drama My Oxford Year , starring Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest is gearing up for the streamer too.

Known for stacking his call sheets to the brim with the biggest names in the industry, Yorgos Lanthimos says that wont be the case for his next film, Bugonia. While his latest project, Kinds of Kindness features the likes of Willem Dafoe and Joe Alwyn, and his Academy Award darling, Poor Things, enlisted the talents of Mark Ruffalo and Ramy Youssef, Lanthimos says the only two recognizable faces in Bugonia will be Jesse Plemons and the directors frequent collaborator, Emma Stone. During an interview with Colliders Editor-in-Chief, Steve Weintraub, Lanthimos revealed that hell be introducing the world to a wave of new performers in the project due out on November 7, 2025.