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Gerard Butler kicked off 2025 by starring in Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, but he first suited up as Big Nick in 2018’s Den of Thieves, which has been hailed as a legendary heist thriller. The film, which also stars Pablo Schreiber and O’Shea Jackson, follows an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Department in a clash with the state’s most successful bank robbery crew. The former must stop the latter from pulling off the heist of the century. Currently only streaming on AMC+, Vizio+ has confirmed that Den of Thieves will begin streaming on the platform next month, on August 1. The film earned a “Rotten” 42% from critics and a 63% from audiences on the Popcornmeter on Rotten Tomatoes, and it also grossed $80 million at the box office against a $30 million budget, making it a moderate financial success.

Fans were waiting on pins and needles for the premiere of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera,...

Gerard Butler kicked off the year with the release of Den of Thieves 2: Pantera, but one of his more recent action flicks just got the streaming update fans have been waiting for. Butler stars alongside Mike Colter in Plane, the 2023 survival thriller following a pilot (Butler) who finds himself in a war zone after he’s forced to land his aircraft during a terrible storm. The film has been streaming exclusively on Peacock for several months now, but now Netflix has announced that Plane will debut on the platform tomorrow, June 11. Plane grossed $74 million at the box office against a $25 million budget, and it earned a “certified fresh” 79% from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and a "verified hot" 94% on the audience-driven Popcornmeter.

Plane has had several runs of profound streaming success on Peacock during its time on the platform, so there’s no reason to believe it won’t also...

Call it the “Anora” effect.

As the 2025 Cannes Film Festival looms, a halo of optimism hangs over the south of France just two months after Sean Baker’s indie took the Oscars by storm, winning five awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actress. The Neon film made its grand debut at Cannes 2024 and rode a wave of enthusiasm all the way to the Dolby Theatre. It’s merely the latest in a line of Cannes films that have found success recently at Hollywood’s most prestigious awards show.

Films like “The Substance,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Triangle of Sadness,” “Drive My Car” and “Parasite” all premiered at Cannes, then found themselves Oscar-nominated less than a year later. Now all eyes are on what will be the buzziest movies at this year’s fest, although hope that the next “Anora” is on tap is tempered somewhat by uncertainty about...

Exclusive: The Revisionist, the drama starring Oscar winner Dustin Hoffman (Rain Man), Alison Brie (Glow), André Holland (Moonlight), and Tom Sturridge (The Sandman), is heading to the Cannes market with Palisades Park Pictures handling international sales.

We first told you about writer-director Alex Vlack’s feature film debut late last year and the movie is now in post. WME Independent will handle North America rights.

In The Revisionist, “Elise, a successful novelist, does what so many writers do: she manipulates and transforms the people in her life into the characters she needs for her story. As she blurs the line between fiction and reality, her world descends into secrets, lies, and outright betrayal. The project is an exploration of the psychological lengths to which a writer will go to achieve their art.”

Pic is produced by Arielle Elwes, Veronica Radaelli, Fiona Robert, Sophia Robert, Zachary Spicer and Alex Vlack. Executive producers are Cassian Elwes,...

“Everything’s Going to Be Great” in these troubling times, right? Well, at least with Bryan Cranston and Allison Janney in the lead of a suburban dramedy, we know at least we’re in good hands. The respective Emmy and Oscar winners star as two married regional theater actors in “Everything’s Going to Be Great.”

Janney reunites with her “I, Tonya” scribe Steven Rogers for the feature which will debut at the Tribeca Festival June 9. Jon S. Baird (“Stan & Ollie”) directs. The official synopsis reads: “There’s no business like show business — for Buddy and Macy Smart, that means an unpredictable life in regional theater while trying to raise their radically different sons, Lester and Derrick. Through it all, Buddy pursues his unstoppable dreams, and Macy is left to pull it all together and keep the family afloat. As the family grapples with identity and belonging, they share a humorous and heartfelt journey of self-discovery,...

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Scottish actor and producer Gerard Butler has been the star of countless projects within a variety of genres. From his role as a protective father in the action film Greenland all the way to the haunted singer in the movie adaptation of Phantom of the Opera, there is no role that Butler can't handle. In addition to his previous work, his upcoming role of Stoick the Vast in the highly anticipated How to Train Your Dragon live-action film is sure to keep him on audiences' minds throughout 2025 and beyond. Although Butler's filmography is expansive, to say the least, there is one project that audiences of both film and literature should be sure not to miss.

Beowulf & Grendel, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, is an...

“If you’ve got the time and the stomach for it, I’ve got a story for you,” is the first line of the new trailer for the big-screen adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s In the Lost Lands. The new trailer dropped on Jan. 8 ahead of the film’s March 7 release, per Entertainment Weekly. Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil) star in the new film based on the Game of Thrones author’s short story.

In the action/adventure/fantasy film, Jovovich plays Gray Alys, a powerful sorceress. Set many years into the future, after a catastrophic war, a queen sends Gray into the wild Lands, where the laws of nature are thrown out the window. On a quest to free her people from terrible oppression, she finds a guide in Boyce, played by Bautista, who is a drifter but is adept at navigating the Lost Lands.

Exclusive: Thomasin McKenzie (Last Night in Soho) is set to star alongside Margaret Qualley in Victorian Psycho, the new psychological horror thriller reteaming Qualley with Zachary Wigon, who helmed her acclaimed Neon dominatrix thriller Sanctuary.

Recently introduced to buyers at AFM by Anton, which is representing international rights and co-repping domestic, in addition to fully financing the film, Victorian Psycho is based on the upcoming novel from bestselling author Virginia Feito (Mrs. March), who adapted the screenplay.

The story is set in 1858, watching as an eccentric young governess named Winifred Notty (Qualley) arrives at the remote gothic manor known as Ensor House. Winifred’s responsibilities include teaching the children table manners and educating them about their family’s history, all whilst hiding her psychopathic tendencies. As Winifred assimilates into life at Ensor House, staff members begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners of the estate begin to wonder if there...

Beowulf is one of the foundational texts of English literature, an epic poem about a warrior named Beowulf who takes on a fearsome monster named Grendel, then Grendel's mother, and finally a mighty dragon. In 1971, author John Gardner wrote Grendel, which tells the story of Beowulf from the monster's point of view. Grendel imagines the titular character as a thoughtful, angry outcast who doesn't know how to fit into the world.

Grendel has been adapted to the screen before, but the story has resonated down through the decades and writer-director Robert D. Krzykowski is taking a crack at it for modern audiences. The new movie will feature Jeff Bridges as Grendel; Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar, whose court Grendel harries; T Bone Burnett as the Shaper, whose music and tales drive Grendel to fits of existential madness; and Dave Bautista as Beowulf, the warrior who puts an end to Grendel's rampage.

The mere mention of Grendel the classic monster from the Old English, Anglo-Saxon era epic poem, Beowulf is enough to unlock a portal buried deep within the brain of every former English student. Since its introduction to the oral tradition, the creature at the heart of Robert D. Krzykowski's cinematic take has captivated the hearts and minds of humans for thousands of years.

So it's no surprise that new details (via The Hollywood Reporter) alongside images from a Collider exclusive reveal that Grendel, as played by Jeff Bridges, is going in a deeply philosophical and darkly fantastical direction; a perfect fit for the Jim Henson Creature Shop's interpretation based on the 1971 John Gardner novel.

What Is Grendel and What Is This Movie Adapted From?

Grendel is largely considered to be a modern classic, a novel that retells the old English epic poem Beowulf from the perspective of the monster,...

The classic tale of Beowulf and Grendel is coming back to the big screen in a new live action movie from The Jim Henson Company titled Grendel, and The Hollywood Reporter ran a fresh preview piece this afternoon that gives us a first look at the upcoming project.

The upcoming live action movie from director Robert D. Krzykowski will adapt the same-titled 1971 novel from John Gardner, with Jeff Bridges starring as Grendel alongside Dave Bautista as Beowulf, and Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar.

The cast also includes Thomasin McKenzie as Queen Wealhtheow, Aidan Turner as Unferth and T Bone Burnett as the Shaper, “who will also provide original songs for the film.”

The source material for the movie, THR notes, “retells the epic poem from the perspective of the monster Grendel, who terrorizes the kingdom of Hrothgar of the Danes for 12 years.”

Jim Henson’s Creature Shop is handling the creature work for the movie,...

The word “epic” gets thrown around a lot, but in the case of Grendel, a live-action retelling of John Gardner’s 1971 novel of the same name, it’s not hyperbole. Writer-director Robert D. Krzykowski adapted the book, a modern classic that retells the old English epic poem Beowulf from the perspective of the monster Grendel, who terrorizes the kingdom of Hrothgar of the Danes for 12 years.

The cast is epic, too, with Jeff Bridges as the titular monster, Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar, Dave Bautista as the warrior Beowulf and T Bone Burnett as the blind, harp-playing Shaper.

Jim Henson’s Creature Shop is doing the creature work and design. Filming is set to begin in Europe next year.

Palisades Park Pictures is handling international sales; CAA Media Finance and UTA Independent Film Group co-rep rights for North America.

The Hollywood Reporter recently spoke with Krzykowski about Grendel’s deeply...

Recent crossover art between Batmanand Grendel shows that Netflix made a huge mistake in canceling their series based on Matt Wagners iconic indie comic before it was even released. The art by comics master Steve Skroce highlights the sleek and elegant look of Wagners indelible super-villain, one of the all-time great costume designs.

Sharing his work to Instagram, Steve Skroce posts that his Batman/Grendel piece was a recent commission for a fan. The artist more than delivered, showing that he understood the assignment with the dramatic confrontation between the two characters, and the little touches like the batarangs sticking out of Grendel add a lot to the piece.

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Seeing Skroce draw original creator Matt Wagners design only makes Netflixs decision to pull the plug on their Grendel adaptation all the more befuddling. The black and white design of...

The Jim Henson Company, the company behind Fraggle Rock and Farscape, is in the process of developing a new kids television series called Paul the Bear with Julia Pott and former Disney Channel star Raviv Ullman, best known for his role as Phil Diffy in Phil of the Future. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the new series will be a live-action show.

Paul the Bear is the story of a recently retired brown bear who is trying to get in touch with himself and his community. The show is in the process of being introduced to interested buyers at MIPCOM, an annual trade show for the TV industry that is held in Cannes, France.

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Exclusive: Kyle Allen (A Haunting in Venice), Francesca Carpanini and Abubakr Ali (Grendel) are the latest talent to join Kathryn Bigelow’s new Netflix film.

The untitled thriller also stars Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Jared Harris, Greta Lee, Gabriel Basso, Anthony Ramos, Tracy Letts, Moses Ingram, Malachi Beasley and Aminah Nieves. The film’s title and plot remain under wraps, though sources tell Deadline it will be set at the White House as a national crisis unfolds.

Netflix declined to comment on the casting.

Allen recently wrapped The Life List for Netflix starring opposite Sofia Carson. He was most recently seen in Kenneth Branagh’s film for 20th Century, A Haunting in Venice and the Hulu film Rosaline, opposite Kaitlyn Dever. In 2022, Allen was in Peter Farrelly’s Apple feature, The Greatest Beer Run Ever. Additional credits include Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, The In Between for Paramount+ and Space Oddity.

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As audiences prepare to defy gravity and take flight with Wicked, the Jim Henson Creature Shop is set to resurrect another classic sympathetic villain: Grendel. Whether it's Cruella de Vil, Maleficent, Loki, or the Wicked Witch of the West, Hollywood has repeatedly sought to redeem villains that audiences love to hate. While this might seem like a more recent trend or an evolution in storytelling, the concept of a sympathetic antagonist has been around far longer than many realize. Although Grendel wasn't the first story to give a villain a starring role, it played...

Earlier this year, it was revealed that the Jim Henson Company was teaming with Robert D. Krzykowsi for an adaptation of Grendel, the 1971 novel by John Gardner that tells the story of the iconic monster from the epic poem Beowulf from the monsters point of view. The movie boasts a stacked cast, including Jeff Bridges as Grendel, Dave Bautista as Beowulf, Sam Elliott as the Dragon, Bryan Cranston as King Hrothgar and more.

While you wait for Grendel, the next feature-length production from Jim Hensons Creature Shop, to arrive, Hulu has you covered for your Jim Henson needs. Right now, the streamer is offering its subscribers the 80s double feature of their dreams as both The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth are available to add to your queue. Featuring incredible puppetry, storytelling, all-star talent, and David Bowies bulge (only in the latter), both movies are cult-classics in their own ways and deserve a back-to-back watch.

Earlier this year, we got word that a new live-action take on the tale of Beowulf is in development with an all-star cast on board. We've seen a number of animated and live-action adaptations of the ancient Danish legend over the years, but this one will be a little different.

Based on John Gardner’s acclaimed novel, Grendel will tell the story from the perspective of the monster, with Jeff Bridges set to provide the voice of the title character, and Dave Bautista on board as the mighty warrior who comes to Danish King Hrothgar's hall to put an end to the creature's rampage, Beowulf.

Now, Collider has unveiled our first look at the design for Grendel courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop.

“That is really exciting because it also balances this very cerebral world that Grendel lives in, where he's trying to understand humans, and he's trying to find his place among them,...

Today, Collider is joining forces with Jim Hensons Creature Shop to give readers an exclusive behind-the-scenes sneak peek of the upcoming live-action fantasy flick, Grendel. Based on John Gardners 1971 novel of the same name, the movie allows the villain from the Old English poem, Beowulf, to step into the spotlight and tell his version of the events. Stacked with a cast that includes Jeff Bridges (The Big Lebowski) as the titular monster and Dave Bautista (Knock at the Cabin) as the warrior Beowulf, the production looks like it will be yet another hit to come from the legendary company.

Palisades Park Pictures has secured a distribution deal with Entertainment Film Distributors (Efd) for U.K. rights to “The Magic Faraway Tree,” an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s beloved children’s novel.

The family adventure feature stars Andrew Garfield (“The Amazing Spider-Man”), Claire Foy (“The Crown”), Nicola Coughlan (“Bridgerton”), Jessica Gunning (“Baby Reindeer”), Jennifer Saunders (“Absolutely Fabulous”) and Rebecca Ferguson (“Dune”).

Ben Gregor (“Britannia”) directs from a script by Simon Farnaby (“Paddington 2”). Currently in production, the film follows a modern family relocating to the English countryside, where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric inhabitants. At the top of the tree, they are transported to spectacular and fantastical lands and, through the joys and challenges of their adventures, the family learns to reconnect and value each other for the first time in years.

Pippa Harris (“1917”) and Nicolas Brown (“Penny Dreadful”) of Neal Street Productions produce alongside Danny Perkins...

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Ashley Greene, Thomas Kretschmann and Praya Lundberg have joined the cast of Anthony Hopkins starrer “Eyes in the Trees.” Palisades Park Pictures is launching worldwide sales on the sci-fi thriller ahead of the Toronto International Film Festival.

The film, a modern reimagining of H.G. Wells’ novel “The Island of Doctor Moreau,” stars two-time Academy Award winner Hopkins. The cast also includes Golden Globe winner Rhys Meyers, Greene, Kretschmann and Lundberg.

“Eyes in the Trees” follows “a video journalist and his film crew who embark on a journey into an isolated forest, only to find their excursion turned into a fight for survival for not just themselves, but the entire human race. Vince Henway (Meyers) and his former protégé-turned-ex Channing Arneau (Greene) lead their crew into the heart of Monkey Ko off the coast of Thailand. Also known as ‘The Island of Death’ to the locals, the island...

Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Thomas Kretschmann, Ashley Greene and Praya Lundberg have joined Anthony Hopkins on the sci-fi thriller and H. G. Wells reimagining Eyes In The Trees. Palisades Park Pictures is launching worldwide sales heading into Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

Timothy Woodward Jr. will direct from a screenplay by B. Harrison Smith, Mike Manning, and Dominic Burns inspired by Wells’s The Island Of Doctor Moreau.

The story follows a video journalist (Meyers), his former protegeé (Greene) and a film crew who trek into an isolated forest in Thailand on an island known to locals as “The island of...

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Los Angeles, CA – Corvus Belli’s worldwide table top game sensation Infinity, an intense wargame of counter-espionage set in a sci-fi, high-tech future universe, is expanding the franchise with an organic foray into animation – courtesy of renowned producer/director Jay Oliva, the animator responsible for nine Warner Bros. hit films, including the universally acclaimed two-part Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Produced by Lex+Otis Studios and TeamTO, the series – Infinity: Paradise Lost – had its industry unveiling in France at the Annecy Film Festival last month, and is currently entertaining distributors.

Infinity, the game and its animated series, finds mankind nearly 200 years into an alternate future where humanity has departed Earth and colonized multiple star systems. While there is a shared, albeit tense unity among these planetary factions, conflicts still exist as great nations attempt to maintain control of resources in order to further enhance their grip on power. Aliens...

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Los Angeles, CA – Corvus Belli’s worldwide table top game sensation Infinity, an intense wargame of counter-espionage set in a sci-fi, high-tech future universe, is expanding the franchise with an organic foray into animation – courtesy of renowned producer/director Jay Oliva, the animator responsible for nine Warner Bros. hit films, including the universally acclaimed two-part Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Produced by Lex+Otis Studios and TeamTO, the series – Infinity: Paradise Lost – had its industry unveiling in France at the Annecy Film Festival last month, and is currently entertaining distributors.

Infinity, the game and its animated series, finds mankind nearly 200 years into an alternate future where humanity has departed Earth and colonized multiple star systems. While there is a shared, albeit tense unity among these planetary factions, conflicts still exist as great nations attempt to maintain control of resources in order to further enhance their grip on power. Aliens...

CBS Studios President David Stapf was asked if Your Honor season 3 was a possibility after the show's 2024 streaming success. Stapf said they want the show to continue, but it's too soon to tell. The continuation of the show would depend on the availability of the cast, which could prevent it from happening.

Your Honor season 3 has gotten a positive update. The show, which premiered on Showtime in 2020, starred Bryan Cranston as Michael Desiato, a New Orleans judge who takes a huge career risk in an attempt to save his son after learning that his hit-and-run victim was connected to a major crime family. Your Honor season 3 never came to fruition as the show was cancelled in 2022, several months prior to the season 2 premiere. However, between Paramount+ and Netflix, it became a major streaming hit in June 2024, with billions of minutes streamed between both seasons.

Deadline recently sat down with David Stapf,...

Jeff Bridges filmed The Old Man with a tumor, showcasing his dedication to his craft despite health obstacles. Bridges was diagnosed with lymphoma back in 2020, later announcing his remission in 2021. The Old Man marked a successful comeback for Bridges, with his powerful performance in the leading role.

Jeff Bridges explains what it was like to film The Old Man with a tumor in a new health update. Bridges received a cancer diagnosis back in 2020, when a tumor in his body was discovered, and he was subsequently diagnosed with lymphoma. About a year later, he announced that he was in remission of the disease. Bridges' first performance after his lymphoma diagnosis was in The Old Man season 1, which debuted in 2022. The Old Man season 2 has been confirmed and will release its first two episodes on Thursday, September 12.

The Old Man season 2 premieres on FX at 10pm on September 12, and will be...