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Elisabeth Moss is hard at work on her upcoming movie Shell and she’s reuniting with The Handmaid’s Tale co-star Max Minghella for the new project!

The Emmy-winning actress was spotted alongside Haim‘s Este Haim while walking around set on Monday (January 8) in Los Angeles.

It’s unclear if Este has joined the project or if she is just visiting set.

In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO, the ultra-glamorous Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson). When a string of former Shell patients go missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber), Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.

A24 has confirmed that they’re re-teaming with Halina Reijn, the director of their slasher satire Bodies Bodies Bodies, on a erotic thriller called Babygirl – and an impressive cast has already been assembled for the film. Here’s the line-up: Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional).

According to Deadline, Reijn will be working from a screenplay she wrote herself. The story she crafted for this one centers on a successful CEO who begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern. Given the “thriller” part of the “erotic thriller” description, we have to assume that this affair goes terribly wrong in some way… probably in a way that involves more than just hurt feelings.

Reijn is producing Babygirl for Man Up Film, alongside A24 and David Hinojosa of 2Am. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman,...

The Gurren Lagann movies -- Childhood’s End and The Lights in the Sky Are Stars -- are coming to U.S. theaters in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the Gurren Lagann anime.

Aniplex USA posted a preview trailer on its YouTube channel in anticipation of the theatrical run, exciting many fans of the original series who never had the opportunity to see either film on the big screen. Childhood's End was initially released in Japanese theaters in September 2008, while The Lights in the Sky are Stars was released in April 2009. At Anime NYC, both films were announced for North American screenings in both subbed and, for the first time, dubbed format.

'Lost' Retro Anime to Be Broadcast on TV for First Time in 52 Years

The History of Gainax's Gurren Lagann

Gurren Lagann, also known as Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, first premiered in April 2007 and ran through September 2007, releasing a total of 27 episodes.

In exciting news for the IP's fans, the Golgo 13 anime, which has been on a 52-year broadcast hiatus, will be revived and air in Japan on Bs-tbs from Dec. 10-17 under the title Golgo 13 Selection.

As reported by Chunichi and reaffirmed by David Miranda on X (formerly Twitter), Golgo 13 was allegedly lost for more than half a century but was recently rediscovered. Miranda speculates that the lost anime was possibly found at Tokyo Laboratory amid its closure, when the series was likely buried in its media archive.

Citizen Releases Retro '80s-Style Watches Paying Tribute to Ghost in the Shell

The 1971 anime adaptation of Golgo 13, allegedly lost for many years, was recently found & will be broadcast on TV for the 1st time in over 50yrs. Due to the uncanny timing, can only imagine it was located at Tokyo Laboratory in the midst of its closure https://t.

Exclusive: Three former Automatik execs are launching a new production company.

Justin Levy, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger have launched Station26, which is backed with a first-look deal at A+E Studios and Range Studios. Kavanaugh-Jones and Berger are still Partners and Co-Presidents of Film & Production at Range.

It comes after Range Media Partners merged with Automatik earlier this year.

Station26 will be run by Levy as President alongside Mariel Redlin, who previously worked with Levy at Automatik, as VP of Production for Scripted Television.

It launches with a development slate and a number of projects already set up at streamers including limited series Black Rabbit at Netflix with Jason Bateman and Jude Law.

Levy had been with Automatik since 2018 as part of its plan to ramp up into television. He recently exec produced Kaleidoscope for Netflix. He joined the company in 2018, having been president of television from Imperative Entertainment, the...

Citizen Watch collaborates with Ghost in the Shell to launch two new collector wristwatches designed for Japanese cyberpunk fans and fans of chunky retro designs.

Ghost in the Shell fans can now these preorder limited-edition watches, inspired by the latest installment in the Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 series. Citizen Watch Company announced the launch of a pair of timepieces designed with the brand's distinctive Ana-Digi Temp interface, which features two analog watch panels and three digital displays for toggling time and date, thermometer and alarm functions. The watch face has a circuit board design overlay "inspired by cyborgs and cyber space, making it look like a gadget from the near future."

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Preorders for the watch, which costs US$300, come with a bonus acrylic stand of Motoko Kusanagi wearing the collaborative timepiece. The watches are...

Main characters with great development can make or break an anime, as they are the ambassadors of the show and occupy most of the screen time. The development of the main characters' viewpoints in life enhances the viewer's experience and adds depth to the narrative. Some main characters constantly evolve throughout the story, while others maintain the same ideals but become less naive and more nuanced.

The best anime unmistakably also always have a main character with great development. As the ambassadors of the show, the main characters can make or break an anime. Although there could be many reasons an anime fails, a bad or stagnant main character is a big reason as most of the screen time is on them.

Some of the best anime have the main characters who gradually or sometimes instantly develop their viewpoint in life. They learn more as they experience the world for...

Zombie Kid, who famously went viral for saying, "I like turtles," has returned to help promote Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

The official Twitter account for Mutant Mayhem recently shared a promo for the upcoming animated movie, featuring a news reporter -- dressed to resemble the Tmnt character April O'Neil -- asking Jonathan, a.k.a. Zombie Kid, what he thought of the movie. Zombie Kid, seen wearing the same face paint design he wore in the original 2007 viral video, simply replies, "I like turtles," before departing.

Related: Tmnt: Mutant Mayhem Unleashes 4Dx Poster Art Ahead of Release

We found the Zombie Kid a.k.a Jonathan! He still has an awesome face paint job and is here with the first review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: #MutantMayhem! pic.twitter.com/zQSltdurkd — Tmnt (@TMNTMovie) July 27, 2023

Mutant Mayhem was first announced in June 2020 and is the seventh theatrically released...

Windows 11 users can bring back the beloved start menu using a program called Open-Shell. An interface feature seen on previous iterations of the operating system, the start menu was a convenient way to comb through the contents of any Windows machine. Microsoft users who’ve experienced the start menu in its heyday will remember how easy it was to launch programs, fiddle with settings, find files, and perform all sorts of tasks by pressing a prominent button located on the left-most corner of the taskbar.

Developers on GitHub created ‘Open-Shell-Menu,’ a utility that lets people tweak and customize certain parts of the Windows user interface. Built upon Classic Shell which was discontinued in 2017, Open-Shell’s current release is compatible with Windows 11, and among the many available features included, users can activate the one that brings back the classic look of the start menu which first appeared in 1995. To date, the...

Last Summer... (Catherine Breillat).There’s nothing quite like the rush of a bolt-from-the-blue discovery—the real-time realization, while in a darkened theater, that one is witnessing the emergence of a major cinematic voice. The closest this year’s Cannes came to offering such an experience was with the premiere of Pham Thien An’s Directors’ Fortnight selection Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, a deserving recipient of this year’s Caméra d’Or. Immediately notable for its expansive 182-minute runtime, the film, Pham’s first, comprises numerous extremely long takes which call to mind the sequence shots of Shinji Sōmai, with complex choreography that does not conceal the artificiality (and occasional strain) of their production, and which are ultimately less concerned with Bazinian realism than with creating an indiscernibility between the real and the imaginary. Until its title card drops over half-an-hour in, Yellow Cocoon Shell impresses not just for its technical prowess,...

Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet).COMPETITIONPalme d’Or: Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) (Read our review)Grand Prix: The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer) (Read our review)Best Director: Tran Anh Hùng (Pot-au-Feu) Jury Prize: Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismäki)Best Screenplay: Yuji Sakamoto (Monster)Best Actress: Merve Dizdar (About Dry Grasses)Best Actor: Kôji Yakusho (Perfect Days) Short Film Award: 27 (Flóra Anna Buda)Short Film Special Mention: Intrusion (Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlūter)How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker).Un Certain REGARDGrand Prize: How to Have Sex (Molly Manning Walker)New Voice Prize: Omen (Baloji)Ensemble Prize: The Buriti Flower (João Salaviza and Renée Nader Messora) (Read our review)Freedom Prize: Goodbye Julia (Mohamed Kordofani)Jury Prize: Hounds (Kamal Lazraq)Directing Prize: Asmae El Moudir (The Mother of All Lies) Directors' FORTNIGHTEuropa Cinemas Cannes Label for Best European Film: Creatura (Elena Martín)Sacd Prize: A Prince (Pierre Creton) (Read...

Anime has an uneven track record of being adapted in live-action outside of Japan. Asian filmmakers have made plenty of movie versions of beloved manga and anime series, but in Hollywood, there is a Ghost in the Shell for every Alita: Battle Angel. Thankfully, Sony has invested in an international cast for the live-action take on Saint Seiya with the clout of some familiar faces for the upcoming Knights of the Zodiac.

Knights of the Zodiac tells the story of a headstrong street orphan, Seiya, in search of his abducted sister who unwittingly taps into hidden powers, he discovers he might be the only person alive who can protect a reincarnated goddess, sent to watch over humanity. Can he let his past go and embrace his destiny to become a Knight of the Zodiac? The film stars Mackenyu as Seiya, Madison Iseman as Sienna, Sean Bean as Alman Kido, Famke Janssen as Guraad,...

Matthew McConaughey is set to star in “The Rivals of Amziah King,” a crime thriller that takes place in rural Oklahoma.

Black Bear Pictures, which backed “I Care a Lot” and “The Imitation Game,” is fully financing the film. Black Bear International will launch international sales in Cannes, with WME Independent representing the U.S rights.

Andrew Patterson (“The Vast of Night”) is writing and directing “The Rivals of Amziah King.” Plot details are being kept under wraps, but a press release describes the film as a “deeply atmospheric, character-focused crime thriller set against the unique backdrop of remote Oklahoma.” McConaughey will star in the titular role of Amziah King.

“Black Bear is thrilled to partner with our friends at Heyday in supporting the bold creation that will be ‘The Rivals of Amziah King,'” Black Bear’s Teddy Schwarzman said. “Andrew Patterson’s visionary filmmaking and Matthew McConaughey’s...

Matthew McConaughey is set to star in The Rivals of Amziah King, a crime thriller written and directed by The Vast of Night helmer Andrew Patterson.

Black Bear Pictures and Heyday Films are producing the upcoming feature, with Black Bear International kicking off international pre-sales at the Cannes film market next week. WME Independent is handling U.S. rights.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but McConaughey will play the title role of Amziah King in the feature, which is set in the remote areas of Oklahoma. David Heyman (Gravity, the Harry Potter franchise) will produce through his Heyday Films, together with Teddy Schwarzman and Michael Heimler from Black Bear. Executive producers include Heyday’s Rob Silva, and Black Bear’s John Friedberg and Christopher Casanova.

Amziah King will be Patterson’s follow-up to his well-received feature debut. The Vast of Night premiered at the 2019 Slamdance Film Festival and...

Guy Ritchie is, as the kids say, booked and busy.

Fresh off “The Covenant” and the long-delayed “Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre,” the suddenly prolific British genre filmmaker has a new project set up by Black Bear International. The new film, with a title and plot under-wraps, is being prepped for buyers at Cannes and will mark a class reunion of sorts. The big-budget actioner will star Jake Gyllenhaal of “The Covenant” and both Henry Cavill and Eiza González, who feature in the upcoming “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.”

Ritchie said “There’s something special that happens when you collaborate with the same partners regularly: you build a shorthand and a trust that lets everybody do their best work. Jake, Henry and Eiza are all astonishingly talented, committed, and engaging actors. This is going to be an action-packed movie that is both intellectually stimulating and physically exhilarating.”

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The market at this year’s Cannes Film Festival already boasts the likes of “Shell,” “Andorra,” and a new actioner from Guy Ritchie. Now Deadline reports a star-studded joins the sale on the Croisette: Sebastián Lelio‘s Carl Sagan biopic “Voyagers,” with Andrew Garfield to star as the famous astronomer. Daisy Edgar-Jones also stars as Ann Druyan, Sagan’s spouse of fifteen years.

Continue reading ‘Voyagers’: Andrew Garfield & Daisy Edgar-Jones Headline Sebastián Lelio’s Upcoming Carl Sagan Biopic at The Playlist.

Black Bear International already has one buzzy film at the Cannes market this year with “Shell,” a thriller starring Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, and Kaia Gerber. Now they also have likely the biggest-budget project for sale on the Croisette this year with a new Guy Ritchie actioner that has Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Eiza González attached to star.

Continue reading Henry Cavill, Jake Gyllenhaal & Eiza González Will Reunite With Guy Ritchie For A New Actioner To Shoot This In Spain This Summer at The Playlist.

Exclusive: Amid simmering unease over the impact of the writers’ strike, the upcoming Cannes market is getting a shot in the arm with the arrival of Guy Ritchie’s next project, a big-budget untitled action movie which will star Henry Cavill (Man Of Steel), Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Eiza González (Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw).

Plot details and title are being kept (largely) under wraps but we hear the story, which is said to be laced with Ritchie’s trademark humor, will revolve around two extraction specialists who must plan an escape path for a high-level female negotiator. This will be one of — if not the — biggest-budget projects at the market with Black Bear International launching world sales today.

The movie will see Ritchie re-teaming with Cavill, Gyllenhaal and Gonzalez after recent collaborations. The new project comes hot on the heels of April’s U.

Elisabeth Moss is to play the lead role in 'Shell'.The 40-year-old actress is to star in the thriller alongside Kate Hudson and Kaia Gerber.Max Minghella is to direct the film and will reunite with his 'The Handmaid's Tale' co-star Moss on the project – which is set in a near future where humanity's obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes.In the movie, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given the opportunity of a free trial at Shell, a pioneering company that promises to keep clients looking youthful forever.Samantha's life and career is transformed by the treatment and she develops a friendship with glamorous Shell CEO Zoe Shannon (Hudson).However, when a string of former Shell patients start to go missing in mysterious circumstances – including the social media star Chloe Benson (Gerber) – Samantha begins to fear that she could be in danger herself.

Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson and Kaia Gerber have been tapped to star in the sexy, psychological thriller “Shell”.

The film, directed by Max Minghella, is “set in a near future when humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes,” as per the official logline.

Black Bear International will be introducing the project to international buyers in Cannes and will distribute directly in the U.K. and Ireland.

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The synopsis for the upcoming thriller reads: “Struggling actress Samantha (Elisabeth Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO, the ultra-glamorous...

More and more acclaimed actors from across the industry are coming together these days to collaborate on some truly unique projects, and yet another new one is about to hit the docket. Per an exclusive report from Deadline, Max Minghella is set to direct a new thriller feature titled Shell, with Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, and Kaia Gerber set to co-star in the project.

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Shell is set to be a captivating new drama thriller helmed by Max Minghella, which will be his second stint in the director's chair after musical drama Teen Spirit (2018). The film is currently being shopped at Cannes by Black Bear International, CAA Media Finance, and WME Independent. Automatik's Fred Berger (La La Land) is serving as co-producer on the feature alongside Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Lindsey McManus, and Alicia Van Couvering. Jack Stanley is serving as the scriptwriter,...

From director Max Minghella (Teen Spirit), Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson will lead the cast of Shell, an upcoming psychological thriller announced by Deadline today.

Kaia Gerber (Babylon) is also set to star in the film, which is “set in a near future when humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes.”

In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Elisabeth Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO, the ultra-glamorous Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson).

“When a string of former Shell patients go missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber), Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.”

Jack Stanley (Lou) wrote the screenplay.

Elisabeth Moss will star alongside Kate Hudson and Kaia Gerber in the psychological thriller “Shell” from director Max Minghella.

Black Bear International will introduce the project to international buyers at the Cannes Film Festival while also distributing the picture in the UK and Ireland. CAA Media Finance and WME Independent will handle domestic rights.

The film will be produced by Automatik’s Fred Berger and Brian Kavanugh Jones alongside Minghella for Blank Tape, Elisabeth Moss and Lindsey McManus for Love & Squalor Pictures and Alicia Van Couvering. It is penned by Jack Stanley who recently wrote the Allison Janney-led actioner “Lou.” Jamie Bell will executive produce. The deal was negotiated on behalf of Black Bear International by Jill Silfen.

Minghella said: “Shell” packs a wildly entertaining genre movie with iconic characters and universal themes that are bound to have people talking long after they leave the theater. I’m...

As the lead-up to the 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival gets underway, so too does the film market at the festival. And Black Bear International will have a very enticing project for sale on the Croisette: “Shell,” a thriller starring Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, and Kaia Gerber.

Read More: Cannes 2023: Robert Rodriguez’s ‘Hypnotic’ Joins New Films From Catherine Corsini & More In Lineup

“Teen Spirit‘ director and actor Max Minghella will direct the film, a thriller set in the near future as humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty reaches disturbing new extremes.

Continue reading ‘Shell’: Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson & Kaia Gerber To Star In Upcoming Thriller at The Playlist.

Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), and Kaia Gerber (Babylon) have signed on to star in the “sexy psychological thriller” Shell, which is set to be directed by Teen Spirit‘s Max Minghella from a screenplay written by Jack Stanley (Lou). Black Bear International will be presenting the project to potential international distributors at the Cannes Film Festival, and will be handling distribution themselves in the UK and Ireland. CAA Media Finance and WME Independent co-represent the domestic rights.

Shell is “set in a near future, when humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes“. Here’s the synopsis: Struggling actress Samantha (Elisabeth Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and...

Following word that the voice of one of the supporting characters in Disney's planned live-action/CGI remake of Lilo & Stitch – alien creature Pleakley – has been found in Zach Galifianakis, we now know who will be playing the "Lilo" of the title. Young newcomer Maia Kealoha has scored the role.

Kealoha, who doesn't have any acting credits but has appeared in Little Miss Kona Coffee pageants, will acting alongside whoever else is cast for the human characters, and a lot of CG.

The original film, directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders, followed Lilo, a lonely Hawaiian girl who forms a bond with a doglike extraterrestrial creature, whom she names Stitch. Stitch, who is engineered to cause chaos, has a change of heart as Lilo teaches Stitch the importance of "Ohana" the Hawaiian concept of family and introduces him to the music of one Elvis Presley. The movie was successful enough to spawn to straight-to-home-entertainment sequels,...

In the usual besuited, backslapping fashion, the shiny gongs have been handed out and the world of cinema can sit back, exhale and congratulate itself on a job well done.

The nominations were not surprising, given the year of varied, eclectic releases and – let’s be clear – we’re All winners here. But here are the Actual (in bold) winners.

Everything Everywhere All at Once has come away with an incredible 7 Academy Awards with All Quiet on the Western Front winning 4. Massive congrats to both and everyone else who took away an award this evening along with all the incredible nominees.

The 2023 Oscars – Full List of Winners

Best Animated Feature Film

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Puss in Boots: The Last Wish The Sea Best Turning Red

Best Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson (Banshees of Inisherin) Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway) Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans) Barry Keoghan...

Lionsgate and Graham King’s upcoming project among 24 conditionally approved for latest round.

Lionsgate and Graham King’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic is on track to generate more in-state spending than another other film in the 14-year history of California’s tax credit programme, the California Film Commission said on Monday (March 6).

Screen understands Michael will generate an estimated $120.1m in qualified in-state spending, which refers to wages paid to below-the-line workers and payments to in-state vendors.

State laws forbid the film commission from saying how much a project is forecast to generate overall, including unqualified spend, which covers payments...

Lionsgate and Graham King’s upcoming project among 24 conditionally approved for latest round.

Lionsgate and Graham King’s upcoming Michael Jackson biopic is on track to generate more in-state spending than another other film in the 14-year history of California’s tax credit programme, the California Film Commission said on Monday (March 6).

Screen understands Michael will generate an estimated $120.1m in qualified in-state spending, which refers to wages paid to below-the-line workers and payments to in-state vendors.

State laws forbid the film commission from saying how much a project is forecast to generate overall, including unqualified spend, which covers payments...

Independent films dominated the latest round of productions granted tax credits to shoot in the state.

Of 24 movies selected to participate in California’s Film & TV tax credit program, only three are studio projects, the state’s film office said Monday. They’re helmed by Lionsgate ($21.1 million), MGM ($13.8 million) and Disney ($11.3 million).

Netflix and Warner Bros. Pictures, which have led the way in the previous four allotment of credits over the last two years, have no to titles on the list of films getting tax breaks for filming in California.

Michael Jackson biopic Michael headlines the three studio titles that were conditionally granted incentives. The production is projected to generate more in-state spending than any other movie in the film office’s 14-year history, with $120.1 million in qualified spending. (Defined as wages to below-the-line workers and payments to in-state vendors.) It was given $21.1 million in credits.

MGM was also granted credits for Thomas Crown Affair.

The California Film Commission has allocated more than $81 million to 24 film projects that have been selected for the latest round of the state’s Film & Television Tax Credit Program.

Together, the film commission expects the 24 projects to bring $662 million in total production spending to California, including an estimated $423 million in qualified expenditures – wages for below-the-line workers and payments to in-state vendors – and employ an estimated 3,173 crew members, 801 cast members and more than 29,000 background actors and stand-ins.

According to the film commission, the 24 film projects will also generate “significant” postproduction jobs and revenue for California visual effects artists, sound editors, sound mixers, musicians, and other industry workers and vendors.

“Our tax credit program continues to welcome a diverse range of projects, from big-budget films to small independent projects, and everything in between,” said Colleen Bell, executive director of the California Film Commission. “The program is an important tool for maintaining our competitiveness and curbing runaway production.

Welcome to this week’s review of Impact Wrestling, which this week opens with a Before the Impact match that saw Heath & Rhino defeat Decay (Crazzy Steve & Black Taurus). Let’s get into the review…

Match #1: Mike Bailey def. Shane Haste The following is courtesy of impactwrestling.com:

Rising stars from Impact Wrestling and New Japan Pro-Wrestling collide! Bailey delivers a flurry of kicks, sending him to the outside. Bailey dives through the ropes but Haste cuts him off in mid-air and drops Bailey back-first on the apron. Haste remains in control with a Saito Suplex for two. Moments later, Haste hits a Falcon Arrow for another near fall. Bailey soars with a missile dropkick, followed by a running corkscrew. Both men exchange shots in the middle of the ring with Bailey gaining the upper-hand. Haste regains control with a modified back suplex cutter. Bailey hits a springboard Moonsault to the outside.

The third weekend of February brings some fascinating exhibitions, some left-field film releases... and yet another awards ceremony.

But that’s not all that features in this week’s Arts Agenda, The Independent’s guide to the best cultural activities each and every weekend. Our team of critics and editors have selected a range of options from across the different spheres of culture: art, books, film, music, stage and TV.

Among the highlights this week are a new exhibition at the Barbican showcasing the work of Alice Neel. TV editor Ellie Harrison talks about the Baftas, and the unlikely Netflix film poised to be a major contender. Speaking of awards, Adam White sings the praises of the off-kilter Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, an animated film that might just take home an Oscar in a few weeks. Arts editor Jessie Thompson, meanwhile, enthuses about Richard Hawley’s new musical,...

Fans of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will not have to wait much longer for a new Tmnt movie. New York’s own Heroes in a Half-Shell are coming back to the theaters in two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie reboots, as well as spin-offs involving villains. Despite having gone six years without appearing on the big screen after the underwhelming results of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, the Ninja Turtles remain a strong brand whether in animated series, comics, or toys. The fact that not even a failed movie has stopped Paramount from green-lighting two new Ninja Turtles movie options is a testament to the sheer strength of the IP.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ cinematic history goes back to 1990 with New Line's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which had two sequels. In 2007 the CG-animated Tmnt landed, followed seven years later by another live-action production. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,...

Austrian director Ulrich Seidl has cancelled his visit to San Sebastian for the Sept. 18 world premiere of “Sparta,” amid allegations of impropriety and child exploitation made against the director.

The world premiere will still go ahead at San Sebastian with the film playing in main competition contending for San Sebastian’s Gold Shell.

Seidl’s decision comes after the Toronto Film Festival pulled “Sparta” and on Sept. 14, FilmFest Hamburg announced that it would no longer be giving Seidl its Douglas Sirk Award, though it would be screening “Sparta.”

“I am very grateful to [San Sebastian director] José Luis Rebordinos for supporting “Sparta” from the beginning, despite the media pressure and the sudden and unexpected polemics it has created. It means a lot to me,” Seidl said via a written statement transmitted on Saturday by Spanish SVOD platform Filmin, which distributes the film in Spain.

“My initial impulse was to attend San Sebastian and...

Lelio makes his San Sebastian competition debut with The Wonder starring Florence Pugh.

Films from Sebastián Lelio and Hong Sang-soo are among the new titles to be selected in competition at this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival (September 16-24).

Lelio, whose A Fantastic Woman won the Academy Award for best foreign-language film in 2017, makes his San Sebastian competition debut with The Wonder. Adapted from Emma Donoghue’s novel set in a 19th-century Irish town, it stars Florence Pugh, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Burke, Toby Jones and Niamh Algar.

Cannes and Berlin prize winner Hong San-soo will make his second appearance...

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.

Japan Society

Ghost in the Shell kicks off “Monthly Anime.”

Film at Lincoln Center

The thematically arranged Hong Sang-soo double features have their last weekend until May—highlights include Tale of Cinema on 35mm and a triple-feature on Sunday.

IFC Center

The new restoration of Inland Empire continues, while Mississippi Masala starts; Eraserhead, The Crow, Twilight, and Derek Jarman’s Sebastiane have late-night showings.

Roxy Cinema

A Nick Zedd program screens Friday; Death in Venice, Traveling Light, and prints of Unstoppable and Lady Terminator play on Saturday; Death in Venice and Unstoppable also play on Sunday, alongside a Yale Film Archive program.

Museum of Modern Art

As retrospectives of Larry Fessenden’s genre house Glass Eye Pix winds down, Buñuel’s Nazarin screens in a new restoration.

Metrograph

The Robert Siodmak retrospective winds down, while three Dracula movies play in...

Marcel the Shell (with shoes on) is making the leap from the internet to the big screen.

A24 has acquired the North American rights to the feature film version of “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On,” after its 2021 Telluride Film Festival debut, in a deal negotiated by WME Independent and CAA Media Finance.

“Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” is based on Dean Fleischer Camp and Jenny Slate’s beloved stop-motion animated short films of the same name, which have garnered over 50 million views on YouTube since their 2010 debut, plus two New York Times best-selling children’s books. Slate voices Marcel, an adorable one-inch-tall seashell who lives a colorful existence with his grandmother Connie (Isabella Rossellini) and their pet lint, Alan.

Directed by Camp — who also wrote the screenplay alongside Slate and Nick Paley, from a story by Camp, Slate, Paley, and Elisabeth Holm — “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On...

Female directors and actors reigned supreme at tonight’s San Sebastian Film Festival awards ceremony, with the Romanian actor-turned-director Alina Grigore taking the Golden Shell for Best Film for her intimate debut feature “Blue Moon.” The film, a raw realist study of a young woman attempting to free herself from an abusive rural household, was an unexpected winner, besting a number of higher-profile auteur films in the festival’s main competition. Yet a full spectrum was covered: At the opposite end of the celebrity scale, Jessica Chastain was one of two Best Leading Performance winners for “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”

This was the second year in a row that a first-time female filmmaker took the festival’s top prize. Last year, Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili swept the board for her debut “Beginning,” which won the Golden Shell in addition to Best Director, Actress and Screenplay. Kulumbegashvili returned to the...

Starring Jessica Chastain and Andrew Garfield, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” will receive its European premiere at late September’s San Sebastian Festival.

The biggest film event in the Spanish-speaking world will open with the anticipated “One Second” from China’s Zhang Yimou, which was dramatically pulled from competition at the 69th Berlin Film Festival.

Both titles play in competition, vying for San Sebastian’s top film plaudit, its Golden Shell, where they are joined by French filmmaker Thierry de Peretti’s “Undercover.”

Recounting the rise, fall and redemption of Tammy Faye, the indomitable wife of televangelist Jim Bakker, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” weighs in as the only U.S. movie in San Sebastian main competition. It catches Chastain on a high as she will receive the TIFF Tribute Actor Award, coinciding with the premiere at Toronto of the film.

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Conecta Fiction, Spain’s still expanding Europe-Latin American TV Forum, revealed the finalists for five of its six pitching categories at an opening online session of its 2021 4th edition.

Running June 28-3o, the online Conecta Fiction will be followed by a hybrid edition over Sept. 13-17 in Pamplona when the now selected projects will be pitched on site at sessions available online for delegates, especially from Latin America, who will not be able to attend in person.

Few details of projects have been given beyond titles, producers, key creatives and genre. Among series in the key international CoPro and Short-Form categories are titles from top Chilean animation producer Zumbastico Studios (“Paper Port”), Mr. Miyagi Films, co-producer of Netflix smash hit “The Platform,” and Spain’s Aqui y Alli Films, the company behind the the acclaimed “Life and Nothing More” and San Sebastian Golden Shell winner “Magical Girl.”

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Updated with release date: The CG movie reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which Deadline scooped last year (see the story below) was coming from Nickelodeon and Point Grey Pictures, now has a release date. The pic being directed by Gravity Falls‘ Jeff Rowe will hit theaters August 11, 2023.

Seth Rogen, who is producing with his Point Grey partners Evan Goldberg and James Weaver, unveiled the date Tuesday in a Twitter post, along with some “notes” from Leonardo, one of the four shelled heroes at the center of the kids franchise.

There were no other details provided aside from some doodling in the margins of the notes, which featured words like honor, loyalty and discipline which are staples of the Turtles mythology. There’s also a note to “apologize to April,” a nod to the journalist who helps the quartet fight crime.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles… Aug 11 2023 (Leo takes notes like...

Max Minghella never expected to be an actor.

The son of “The English Patient” director Anthony Minghella and dancer-choreographer Carolyn Jane Choa, Minghella says, “I one-thousand-percent anticipated working in movies, but acting was probably the last thing I thought I’d end up doing.” That all changed when he was 16 and caught a production of Kenneth Lonergan’s “This Is Our Youth” and, he says, “sort of got obsessed with the idea of saying those words.”

That obsession has resulted in a very busy dance card. This month, Minghella is co-starring in “Spiral” — a new chapter in the “Saw” franchise — and appearing in the fourth season of the Emmy-winning Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Minghella is also busy behind the camera: His feature film debut as writer-director, 2018’s “Teen Spirit,” was well-received, and he’s attached to direct the HBO Max movie “Shell,” which he calls “a completely bonkers script” by Jack Stanley.

“I have a newfound respect for anybody who wears a costume to perform,” crustacean contestant tells TheWrap

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for Wednesday’s “The Masked Singer.”)

Crab was one of two contestants unmasked on Wednesday’s supersized “Masked Singer” episode, revealing the man under the shell was singer Bobby Brown. And fans who have been watching Season 5 religiously know that not long after Crab entered the competition as a “Wildcard” contestant, he had to pause during a performance because he couldn’t breathe under the mask.

Brown, who was eliminated alongside Seashell (Tamera Mowry-Housley) during tonight’s Super 8 round, told TheWrap that his experience performing on the competition series opened his eyes to the difficulties of a new part of showbiz.

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Mina Okafor has found a way to circumvent the looming threat of deportation — but The Resident fans won’t like it.

During the Fox drama’s midseason premiere on Tuesday, the Chastain Park surgeon announced her plan to avoid getting sent out of the United States: She’s voluntarily going back home to Nigeria.

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Sarah Gavron's Rocks will compete for the Golden Shell Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Rocks was the big winner at this year's British Independent Film Awards[imagefullwidth id={ID}], last night, where it topped five categories, including Best British Independent Film.

Sarah Gavron's drama about a teenager's attempts to look after her younger brother after their mother goes Awol, also took home the Best Supporting Actress and Actor's awards and Most Promising Newcomer and Best Casting, which was previously announced with other craft awards in January.

Remi Weekes British horror His House won two awards and Florian Zeller's The Father took home, three, including a Best Actor award for Anthony Hopkins.

Jerry Rothwell’s documentary The Reason I Jump won Best Documentary and the Best International Independent Film award was won by Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland.

The full list of winners is below:

Best British Independent Film Winner: Rocks...

In “Beginning,” a gut punch of a drama out of Georgia that takes austerity to extremes, a woman has a psychological and spiritual breakdown after an attack on her rural place of worship rocks her village. Dea Kulumbegashvili’s feature debut was one of the most talked-about films of the 2020 festival circuit, with the jury in San Sebastian led by director Luca Guadagnino awarding it Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress, and the Golden Shell for Best Film. The film, which is also Georgia’s submission for the 2021 Best International Feature Academy Award, finally begins streaming stateside courtesy of Mubi on January 29.

Ia Sukhitashvili plays Yana, the wife of a community leader who faces hostility after the attack, and the intrusion of a detective in her life who brings with him harrowing consequences. The film is set within a sleepy town of Jehovah’s Witnesses who provide an unsettling backdrop to Yana’s crisis,...

13 films were in the running for prizes in this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival competition, but it doesn’t appear to have been much of a contest at all. In a stunning sweep, Georgian writer-director Dea Kulumbegashvili’s debut feature “Beginning” took four of the jury’s seven prizes, including Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Actress for star Ia Sukhitashvili, and finally the Golden Shell for Best Film.

It’s a remarkable haul for a harrowing, avant-garde film that has taken critics by surprise this fall festival season, also landing the Fipresci critics’ prize in Toronto last week. The Franco-Georgian production centers on a close-knit community of Jehovah’s Witnesses in remote rural Georgia, and tracks the growing psychological torment of its leader’s wife (played by Sukhitashvili) in the wake of an extremist attack on their place of worship.

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Alfredo Castro in Rojo Photo: Courtesy of San Sebastian Film Festival Today marks the start of the 68th edition of the San Sebastian Film Festival in northern Spain. To celebrate, we're casting an eye back across the festival's history to select some of the festival's Golden Shell and Silver Shell winners for our Streaming Spotlight.

Vertigo, Amazon Prime, Netflix

HItch's tale of a detective (James Stewart) who becomes obsessed with a woman who bears eerie similarities to another whom he failed to save, took home the Silver Shell for directing at the festival in 1958. Both Hitchcock and Stewart attended, what was the international premiere of the film and the director would do the double the following year when he won the Silver Shell again for North By Northwest. Everything in Vertigo is exquisitely crafted - from the costumes to its sense of melancholy and its central performances from Stewart and...

In 2012, the Japanese Film Festival Magazine launched a unique movie competition called “Moosic Lab”. Upcoming directors are encouraged to collaborate with music artists to create entries for the contest. In last year’s edition, Miki Tomita’s short film “The Sky Is Not Always Blue” won the award for best actress. For her newest project, “Beats per Mizu”, she teams up with the band “Toketa Denkyu”.

The Kanagawa-born filmmaker tells the story of Sumiko, a university student, who has the ability to instantly grab the Bpm (beats per minute) of everything that surrounds her. When her best friend, Yukimi, takes her to a concert, she meets Mizu and her own rhythm gets off the tracks.

“Beats per Mizu” is a romantic comedy that humorously takes on the feeling of falling in love. The variety of emotions is also resembled in different styles. Tomita changes camera lenses and plays with the color grading.