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This combo of streamers has a wide range of faith-based titles to enjoy at a great price.

Whether its Easter weekend, or Christmas and other winter holidays are approaching, having a way to watch religious TV shows and movies is very important for viewers of faith. Religious titles can provide comfort from a hectic outside world, and serve as a reminder of the things in life that really matter.

To that end, The Streamable has put together a bundle of three services that will let you watch religious titles at a price of only $25 per month. Check out our self-made budget bundle below and see if it’s what you’re looking for!

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This bundle starts with Hallmark+, whose catalog is positively stuffed heartwarming romances and tales of love and peace. Everyone...

Today, Apple Studios announced a new drama, “Raymond & Ray,” which will star Ewan McGregor and Ethan Hawke as half-brothers. The new film is written and directed by Rodrigo García, who previously worked with McGregor on “Last Days In The Desert.”

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Raymond and Ray have lived in the shadow of their terrible father their entire lives and now are looking to reinvent themselves during his funeral with humor, anger, folly, and maybe even love.

Continue reading Ethan Hawke & Ewan McGregor To Play Half-Brothers In Rodrigo García’s Family Drama ‘Raymond & Ray’ at The Playlist.

Before you ask, no: not another Before film. Julie Delpy’s tried to clear that up—much as I suspect she’s literally lying and another film’s already been shot—and we are talking about one of modern American film’s more omnivorous writer-directors, always seeking new material and means to evoke it. Even by that metric, though, I’m surprised to read Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke are gravitating towards something so sui generis as transcendentalism, a literary movement that includes (allow me one moment to return to sophomore-year classes) Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry Dvaid Thoreau. I imagine at least one of you is also picturing a Penguin Classics cover right this second.

Where you get the dramatic material that encourages, say, financing is beyond me, but I am not a brilliant filmmaker and Linklater is “obsessed” with the enduring radicality of their ideas—abolition,...

Actor Tye Sheridan is wearing a different hat with his new media-tech startup — which he claims will let indie filmmakers deliver blockbuster-level VFX on a fraction of the budget.

Sheridan (above right) co-founded Wonder Dynamics with visual-effects artist Nikola Todorovic (above left). Over the last four years, the duo have been quietly experimenting with using artificial intelligence and machine learning to create interactive video applications. Now Wonder Dynamics is gearing up to introduce a new AI production tool that they promise will let independent artists produce dazzling VFX and CGI animations for far less than is required today.

“It breaks down the barriers to achieving your wildest vision,” Sheridan told Variety. “A lot of times people dream up this story but it’s not possible to make because it would cost $200 million. AI can democratize VFX.”

Sheridan, who starred in Steven Spielberg’s “Ready Player One,” and Todorovic have lined...

Exclusive: Producer Mark Gordon has launched Mark Gordon Pictures, a new production venture that is backed by EOne. Gordon has put together a staff of producers to create new film and TV productions and continue to shepherd the ones he already had in the works. Part of the plan is to expand into theater in the U.S. and U.K.

Gordon exited as president of EOne in June, 2019, this after selling to EOne 51% of the Mark Gordon Co. in 2015 for $133 Million, and the remaining 49% of The Mark Gordon Co. for $209 million in January 2018. Gordon has a long track record as a hit making producer of such TV shows as Grey’s Anatomy, Ray Donovan and Criminal Minds, and for eOne Designated Survivor and the Nathan Fillion-starrer The Rookie. Gordon’s long list of movie credits includes Saving Private Ryan, Speed, Murder on the Orient Express, The Messenger, 2012, The Day After Tomorrow,...

Family animation Charming to be Blue Finch’s first theatrical release.

Blue Finch Films - the UK distribution outfit set up by former Kaleidoscope executive Mike Chapman with sales exec Simon Crowe and financier Matthew Joynes in August this year - has picked up its first titles.

Among the deals is a title that will mark the company’s first theatrical release, family animation Charming. Directed and written by Ross Venokur, the film features the voices of Demi Lovato, Sia, Avril Lavigne and John Cleese in the story of three fairy tale princesses who find themselves engaged to the same guy,...

The latest season of the hit series Fear The Walking Dead returns to AMC on April 15th, featuring a new score by co-composer Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans. Together they are known for scoring impactful indie films like Enemy, La 92, The Gift, Christine, Martha Marcy May Marlene and recently critically-acclaimed TV series such as Netflix’s Ozark and The Oa.

Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans are contemporary composers working together in New York and Los Angeles. In 2010, they were approached to score their first feature movie Two Gates Of Sleep directed byAlistair Banks Griffin – which premiered in Cannes (Director’s Fortnight). The unique sounding orchestral score for the film quickly garnered the attention of several other film makers and directors. From minimalist, modern classical music to sweeping epic orchestral scores, the composer duo soon after scored an array of award-winning edgy films and documentaries including Martha Marcy May Marlene,...

The Star Wars universe is on a seemingly unstoppable roll at the moment, and that looks set to continue well into the future. After the smashing success of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and with a Han Solo prequel now in development, Lucasfilm has already begun making plans for their next spinoff, one which will revolve around none other than Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Stephen Daldry is in talks to direct and from what we understand, the project is still without a script and in the very, very early stages of development. As such, it’s unclear if Ewan McGregor will pick up the lightsaber for this Star Wars offshoot, though given how keen the Scot has been in the past, we’re inclined to believe he’ll sign on without a second’s hesitation.

Because after six appearances across Disney and Lucasfilm’s rebooted Skywalker saga, Obi-Wan Kenobi has...

It takes guts to join the indie distribution fray, especially when the market is challenged by big buyers like Netflix and Amazon Studios (which, along with Annapurna, is optimistically taking over its own theatrical distribution) and television is chasing down the hottest indie talent. Even one-time high-flyer The Weinstein Co., which once knew better than anyone how to play the indie game, is evolving to survive during these changing times.

When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 38, and his brother, Daniel, 34, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures three summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical. It was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.

Now, after trying to use arcane algorithms to determine what movies to make, Gabriel has decided to pull the plug on production. The breaking point was the July 14 release of John Leonetti’s “Wish Upon,” which grossed $13.2 million on a $12 million budget. (Theaters return about half of the take to the distributor,...

It takes guts to join the indie distribution fray, especially when the market is challenged by big buyers like Netflix and Amazon Studios (which, along with Annapurna, is optimistically taking over its own theatrical distribution) and television is chasing down the hottest indie talent. Even one-time high-flyer The Weinstein Co., which once knew better than anyone how to play the indie game, is evolving to survive during these changing times.

When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 38, and his brother, Daniel, 34, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures three summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical. It was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.

Now, after trying to use arcane algorithms to determine what movies to make, Gabriel has decided to pull the plug on production. The breaking point was the July 14 release of John Leonetti’s “Wish Upon,” which grossed $13.2 million on a $12 million budget. (Theaters return about half of the take to the distributor,...

The deal covers film and television projects through Mockingbird Pictures banner.

Skydance has entered into a multi-year overall deal for feature films and television with producers Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn of Mockingbird Pictures.

The company has several projects in development with Curtis (pictured) and Lynn, including the upcoming AMC television series Dietland.

Curtis and Lynn first partnered at Mockingbird Pictures after producing Albert Nobbs in 2012. The pair have produced seven films together, including Arie Posin’s The Face Of Love, Victor Levin’s 5 To 7, and Rodrigo Garcia’s Last Days In The Desert.

This year the duo has released Life, The Sweet Life, and Wakefield. Next on their slate is Marti Noxon’s To The Bone, which will premiere on Netflix in July.

Curtis’ industry start was as Steven Spielberg’s assistant; the beginning of a 15-year professional relationship with the director. After working on Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List, Curtis transitioned...

While presenting Emmanuel Lubezki with the Best Cinematography prize at the 2014 Lafca Awards, Kirk Honeycutt referred to the celebrated Dp as an auteur. That designation is usually reserved for directors, but in “Chivo’s” case it fits — few artists’ or technicians’ work is so immediately recognizable. James Hayes would likely agree, as he’s put together a new video essay called “Emmanuel Lubezki: Making Beautiful Movies.” Watch it below.

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The video includes clips from Lubezki’s best-known work, including “The Revenant,” “Children of Men,” “Gravity” and “The Tree of Life.” Hayes draws attention to Lubezki’s use of lighting to create a sense of realism as well as his affinity for low angles, narrating as he goes: “What Chivo does is something different,” he says of those low angles. “It’s a...

Most showrunners have their own particular ways of coming up with storylines or charting full seasons for returning series. For Noah Hawley, the process usually starts with taking a nap. "It's kind of always been like this," he says sheepishly, calling in from a chilly set in Calgary, Alberta. "I mean, what became Fargo started when I lied down one afternoon while I was writing and dreamed about two men, one civilized and one not, meeting in an emergency room. For the second season, same thing – only it was a...

While “Fargo” Chapter 3 will blow “kisses” to past installments, expect a totally new story when Noah Hawley’s Coen-inspired series returns in April.

Stars Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, David Thewlis and Michael Stuhlbarg have only been shooting the third installment of FX’s Emmy-winning limited series for a week, but they, along with executive producer Warren Littlefield, still took the time to come by the TCA Winter Press Tour and reveal a little bit of information about what we can expect from this newest iteration.

Set in 2010, the show promises to take on issues like social media in the modern world, as Littlefield explained. (Hawley was scheduled to appear on the panel, but bowed out due to illness.) “Carrie has a scene where she’s on a plane and she looks around and everyone has their heads down,” he said. “No one’s talking, no one’s communicating.

As Martin Scorsese once said, “Music and cinema fit together naturally. Because there’s a kind of intrinsic musicality to the way moving images work when they’re put together. It’s been said that cinema and music are very close as art forms, and I think that’s true.” Indeed, the right piece of music — whether it’s an original score or a carefully selected song — can do wonders for a sequence, and today we’re looking at the 35 films that best expressed this notion this year.

From seasoned composers (e.g. Carter Burwell, Clint Mansell, Cliff Martinez, and the Kluges) to accomplished musicians (e.g. Mica Levi and Scott Walker), as well as a smattering of soundtracks (e.g. 20th Century Women and American Honey), each musical example perfectly transported us to the world of the film.

Check out our rundown of the top 35, which includes streams to...

Months before they'd get to see Rogue One, the first of the Star Wars Story spinoffs, fans were more than ready for the other offshoots to follow. One posted a tantalizing video online that, using footage from the franchise and 2015's Last Days in the Desert, imagines a movie tracing Obi-Wan Kenobi's long years of exile on Tatooine. Elsewhere, we lapped up every bit of gossip about 2018's untitled young Han Solo project.

Longtime Jedi-lovers still go to bed dreaming of the best Christmas present Santa could give — news that Disney, taking a lead from reboot-happy superhero...

As 2016 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our hands on the titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen. With the proliferation of streaming options, it’s thankfully easier than ever to play catch-up, and to assist with the process, we’re bringing you a rundown of the best titles of the year available to watch.

Curated from the Best Films of 2016 So Far list we published for the first half of the year, it also includes films we’ve enjoyed the past few months and some we’ve recently caught up on. This is far from a be-all, end-all year-end feature (that will come at the end of the year), but rather something that will hopefully be a helpful tool for readers to have a chance to seek out notable, perhaps underseen, titles from the year.

Note that we’re going by U.

Following the likes of “Last Days in the Desert,” “Risen” and “Ben-Hur,” 2016 is about to see another film about Jesus — albeit of a different kind. “Jesus Vr: The Story of Christ,” a feature-length 360-degree movie, is set to screen in an abbreviated form at the Venice Film Festival.

Read More: Mel Gibson Says ‘Passion of the Christ’ Follow-Up ‘The Resurrection’ Will Be ‘A Huge Undertaking’

“We are particularly pleased about the opportunity to present the first feature film in the world made entirely for virtual reality,” said festival director Alberto Barbera. “‘Jesus Vr’ will serve to demonstrate the narrative and dramatic potential of the new technology, which has since been limited to short movies.” The news comes just days after “Passion of the Christ” director Mel Gibson confirmed that he and screenwriter Randall Wallace are working on “The Resurrection,” a follow-up to their massively successful 2004 film. Continued Barbera, “The fact is of particular value,...

Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:   Fake Movie of the Day: Obi-Wan Kenobi gets his own solo Star Wars spinoff movie in this fan-made trailer featuring a lot of footage of Ewan McGregor as Jesus in Last Days in the Desert (via /Film):    Movie Parody of the Day: "Goodplumbas" mashes Goodfellas with Super Mario Bros. in this short comedy film by Nick Gregorio (via Geek Tyrant):   Vintage Image of the Day:  Robert Redford, who turns 80 today, with Paul Newman and an unidentified ping pong player on the set of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1968:   Goofs of the Day: Stranger Things is a TV show, but this College Humor parody of...

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With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story fast approaching, people are starting to think of the other possible spin-offs for the Star Wars universe. There’s the young Han Solo movie and the proposed Boba Fett film, but what of that gallant and regal space monk Obi-Wan? When is he going to get his due? Thanks to this trailer, fans can envision what an Obi-Wan Kenobi solo film would look like.

Filmmaker Rich Williamson made this trailer using footage from Last Days In The Desert and Revenge Of The Sith. It shows a contemplative Kenobi in exile, struggling with the sins of the past while dutifully watching over Luke Skywalker (from a distance).

Kenobi: A Star Wars Story Teaser from Rich Williamson on Vimeo.

Yes, the Qui-Gon Jinn Force ghost is a bit wonky. But everything else about this is incredibly appealing. The idea of a quiet, thoughtful character study...

Kayti Burt Aug 19, 2016

One fan has taken the idea of an Obi-Wan Kenobi spin-off Star Wars movie into their own hands...

It's been a good week for fan-made trailers for movies and TV shows we'd be interested to see spring out of existing canon. Earlier this week, artist Stephen Byrne graced us with a fan-made trailer for an imagined series called The Animated Adventures Of Firefly. Now, we're getting a fan-made teaser for the Star Wars prequel movie lots of people want: Kenobi: A Star Wars Story. 

The teaser heavily borrows footage from Ewan McGregor's Jesus-y Last Days In The Desert to imagine what Obi-Wan Kenobi's life might have been like in the period between Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sith and Star Wars: A New Hope. Spoiler for a non-existent movie that only has a fan-made teaser trailer? It involves a lot of angsty wandering through the desert.

"I'll stay as long as it takes. Forever. To witness the end.”

There have been a lot of rumors surrounding Lucasfilm and Disney wanting to make a standalone Star Wars trilogy based on Obi-Wan Kenobi and his time between Star Wars Episode III and Episode IV. Those rumors included the possible return of Ewan McGregor in the role, which would be awesome! The fans would love to see these movies happen, and I hope that the executives at Lucasfilm are smart enough to eventually do it.

While we wait to see what happens, a fan by the name of Rich Williamson has edited together a great little fan trailer for a film giving us a glimpse at what Kenobi’s life might have been like after the events of Revenge of the Sith. The Jedi master is living in exile on Tatooine and is tortured by what he went through...

Ewan McGregor stars as both Jesus and the devil in Rodrigo Garcia’s seventh narrative feature, Last Days in the Desert, which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and received a limited theatrical released in May of 2016 from BroadGreen Pictures (shortly after the distributor released another phenomenal title lensed by Emmanuel Lubezki, Terrence Malick’s Knight of Cups).

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With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.

Cloverfield (Matt Reeves)

Science-fiction films don’t get much more immersive than Cloverfield, Matt Reeves‘ thrilling feature debut, putting us directly into the shoes of an alien invasion. One of the rare cases in which intriguing, tight-lipped marketing actually delivered on its promise, this sci-fi found-footage thriller has memorable setpieces at every turn, complete with a sense of genuine panic, a feeling that other post-9/11 films often render as exploitative.

Last Days in the Desert follows Jesus (Ewan McGregor) in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, he struggles with the Devil, also played by McGregor, over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts.

The critics love Last Days In The Desert:

“A warm, generous, and unexpected story” — Christianity Today

“ … inviting, beautiful, frustrating, amusing, affecting, and challenging” – Cinemayward

“… forces us to consider the humanity of Jesus” – PluggedIn.com

“Mesmerizing cinematography of Emmanuel Lubezki” – Spirituality & Practice

“Last Days in the Desert achieves greatness” – Crave Online

“Gorgeous and mysterious” – Village Voice

“… most intelligent, engaging film about Jesus since The Last Temptation of Christ.” – NPR

Last Days In The Desert also stars Tye Sheridan Ciaran Hinds and Ayelet Zurer

Now you can win the DVD of Last Days In The Desert.

Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.

April and the Extraordinary World (Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci)

Most writing on Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci‘s April and the Extraordinary World speaks as though they’ve adapted one of revered Frenchman Jacques Tardi‘s graphic novels. This isn’t quite the case. What they’ve actually done is bring his unique “universe” to life with help from previous collaborator Benjamin Legrand (writer of Tardi’s Tueur de cafards) instead. Legrand and Ekinci crafted this alternate...

The first feature-length movie released on Snapchat was just the tip of the iceberg for Indigenous Media, which is following up “Sickhouse” — which it produced on the social media platform — by turning to documentaries. The aptly named “60 Second Docs” is a new web series profiling eccentric real-life characters in just one minute. Its tagline: “Life. One minute at a time.”

The first installment, which premiered on June 1, is available on Facebook, YouTube and VidMe. The latest episode was released today. Already, the series has gained significant momentum, with over two million views to date.

Read More: Sundance Review: Rodrigo Garcia’s ‘Last Days In The Desert’ With Ewan McGregor As Both Jesus & The Devil

The company has developed the idea out of its recent experiences with short-form content. “Since they’re so easy to consume, we found that people go down the rabbit hole,” said Indigenous COO Jake Avnet by phone.

It’s been two months since the first teaser for “Trainspotting 2” hit the web, so naturally it was time for an update on Danny Boyle’s first ever sequel. The Guardian posted the exclusive footage of the film’s latest teaser Monday, showing the original cast of Renton (Ewan McGregor), Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) in their familiar spots on the same train platform where they stood 20 years ago.

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“It’s like 20 years later, and it’s the same actors,” Boyle told press at the New York Film Festival last year. “It’s 20 years later in a friendship. Irvine Welsh is involved as one of the partners on the film. We’ve set up a partnership amongst us all and he’s one of the partners.

When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 37, and his brother, Daniel, 33, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures two summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical about its prospects. In a time when even the Weinsteins are struggling to survive, it was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.

Now Broad Green is laying off around 6 percent of its staff, all of whom work in the publicity department, the company confirmed to IndieWire. Broad Green’s publicity head Adam Keen, a former Warner Bros. publicity exec, has resigned. Marketing and communications personnel are traditionally the first casualties of cutbacks in Hollywood.

The layoffs were unsurprising. Ken Kwapis’s Sundance comedy “A Walk in the Woods” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte managed $30 million, but that couldn’t counterbalance films like Ramin Bahrani’s well-reviewed real estate thriller “99 Homes” ($1.7 million domestic) and Sarah Silverman’s depressive drama “I Smile Back” ($58K). Now, the...

When Wall Street billionaires Gabriel Hammond, 37, and his brother, Daniel, 33, launched independent producer-distributor Broad Green Pictures two summers ago, Hollywood was skeptical about its prospects. In a time when even the Weinsteins are struggling to survive, it was a strange time to reinvent a dying economic model.

Now Broad Green is laying off around 6 percent of its staff, all of whom work in the publicity department, the company confirmed to IndieWire. Broad Green’s publicity head Adam Keen, a former Warner Bros. publicity exec, has resigned. Marketing and communications personnel are traditionally the first casualties of cutbacks in Hollywood.

The layoffs were unsurprising. Ken Kwapis’s Sundance comedy “A Walk in the Woods” starring Robert Redford and Nick Nolte managed $30 million, but that couldn’t counterbalance films like Ramin Bahrani’s well-reviewed real estate thriller “99 Homes” ($1.7 million domestic) and Sarah Silverman’s depressive drama “I Smile Back” ($58K). Now, the...

Exclusive: Distributor Arthouse acquires quartet including Karlovy Vary winner.

Russian distributor Arthouse, which specialises in independent and foreign language films, has picked up Ivan Tverdovsky’s Karlovy Vary special jury prize-winner Zoology for theatrical release in Russia and Cis in November, 2016.

The second feature from the Russian director, following Class Corrections in 2014, tells a story of a disillusioned middle-aged zoo worker who grows a tail and embarks upon an exciting new romance before reality catches up with her.

New Europe Film Sales handles international sales.

Arthouse’s managing director Evgeby Pivovarov said: “We’ve been following Ivan for several years and think he is one of the most outstanding and promising directors in modern Russia. Zoology is a very original piece of art—deep, touching and tough all at the same time—we’re very proud to be bringing the film to Russian audiences this fall.”

The company has also recently acquired polish thriller 11 Minutes, Danish football...

Every once in a while we bear witness to the cinematic resurrection of the messiah. He is absent from the silver screen for a period of years, and then, all at once, it’s as if Hollywood suddenly remembers that there is a market for film adaptations of Bible stories. We find ourselves on the cusp of one such movie wave, as last year saw the release of Last Days In The Desert, February gave us Risen by Kevin Reynolds, news has broken of a Mary Magdalene biopic in development, and now, Oscar nominated screenwriter Randall Wallace has confirmed plans for a sequel to 2004’s The Passion Of The Christ.

Directed by Academy Award winner Mel Gibson, and co-written by Gibson and Benedict Fitzgerald, The Passion Of The Christ is a brutal, graphic depiction of the final 12 hours of the life of Jesus Of Nazareth – featuring torture and crucifixion – adapted...

Nearing the halfway mark of the movie year and teetering, as we all are, on the edge of another summer movie abyss which holds only the thinnest promise of providing strong reason to tread amongst the mall-igentsia in search of air-conditioned escape, I find myself feeling far less regret than usual over the movies I’ve missed so far in 2016. Usually by this point I’m bemoaning having had to sideline 20 or 30 interesting pictures because I couldn’t get out to a theater. This year I’ve whiffed on about the same number of movies of interest, but only nine or 10 of those misses have anything like real regret attached to them. It does actively annoy me that I will have to catch up with the likes of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Cemetery of Splendor, the foodie doc City of Gold, Jeff Nichols’ Midnight Special, Ethan Hawke as Chet Baker in Born to Be Blue,...

Back in December, Fargo series creator Noah Hawley confirmed that Season 3 of his hit FX series will be set in 2010, four years after the events of Season 1, which took place in the year 2006. Season 2 took the action back to 1979, but the series creator/producer teased that some characters from the first season may surface in Season 3. Today we have word that the series has added its first new cast member, Ewan McGregor, who will be pulling double-duty by taking on dual roles.

Entertainment Weekly reports that Ewan McGregor will portray Emmit Stussy and his younger brother Ray Stussy in the series. No other cast members have been confirmed for Season 3 quite yet, and it still isn't clear what other characters from Season 1 may be back. Take a look at the official description of the Stussy brothers below.

"Emmit Stussy is the Parking Lot King of Minnesota. A handsome, self-made, real estate mogul and family man,...

Just a day after production got underway on “T2: Trainspotting,” Sony has shared the film’s North American release dates. The sequel to the 1996 original will open in select theaters in the U.S. on Feb. 3, 2017 and expand wide domestically on Feb. 10, 2017. It opens in the U.K. on Jan. 27, 2017. Also Read: Ewan McGregor's Jesus Movie 'Last Days in the Desert' Sells to Broad Green Danny Boyle, who also directed the first installment, was spotted on set on Monday with original “Trainspotting” actor Jonny Lee Miller. The sequel, which will shoot on location in Edinburgh, Scotland,...

Leave it to Ewan McGregor to use the Force after being cut off in traffic.  The Star Wars alum, 45, spoke to People about One Last Thing and recalled being recognized in L.A. gridlock. "A kid cut me off the other day," McGregor tells People in this week's issue. "I was taking my little girl (Anouk, 5) to school. I've got an old Beetle that I drive around in and this kid was in a convertible Mustang and really almost hit me." For more of McGregor's One Last Thing interview, pick up this week's issue of People on newsstands nowThe near...

Leave it to Ewan McGregor to use the Force after being cut off in traffic.  The Star Wars alum, 45, spoke to People about One Last Thing and recalled being recognized in L.A. gridlock. "A kid cut me off the other day," McGregor tells People in this week's issue. "I was taking my little girl (Anouk, 5) to school. I've got an old Beetle that I drive around in and this kid was in a convertible Mustang and really almost hit me." For more of McGregor's One Last Thing interview, pick up this week's issue of People on newsstands nowThe near...

Wwan McGregor digs deep for his dual performance as both Jesus and the Devil in Last Days in the Desert. The lush film from director Rodrigo García, who is the son of acclaimed Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, takes an imagined look at the last days Jesus spent in the desert after fasting and praying there for 40 days.

On his way to Jerusalem, to begin the last chapter of his life, Jesus wrestles with his doubts – and lack of communication from his Father – while also dealing with Lucifer and his temptations. Jesus then encounters a family – a man, wife and their son – living on the desert’s outskirts and who are in crisis.

The wife (Ayelet Zurer) is dying, but the man (Ciarán Hinds) insists she’ll live and is building them a home. The teenage son (Tye Sheridan) wants to honor his father and mother but yearns to go live his life in Jerusalem.

  This was previously reviewed as part of our Sundance 2015 coverage.   Plot: Towards the end of his forty-day exile in the desert, Jesus Christ (Ewan McGregor) finds himself locked in a battle of wits over the souls of a family of desert dwellers with the devil (also McGregor). Review: A film like Last Days In The Desert is a curious thing. Walking out of it, I had the impression that the film's... Read More...

Sparse and austere, Rodrigo Garcia’s “Last Days In The Desert” is a meditative and moody look at fathers and sons through the eyes of Jesus as he vision quests through the desert seeking guidance from his own savior. While quiet and gorgeous to look at thanks to the stunning photography of Emmanuel Lubezki (“Birdman,” “The […]

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Much like the deaths of Bruce and Martha Wayne, Jesus’ crucifixion will forever be recreated throughout the history of cinema. It was only a few months ago that I wrote about Risen, Kevin Reynolds’ retelling of Jesus’ resurrection, and now here comes Rodrigo García’s Last Days In The Desert, ready to open those same stigmata wounds. But García smartly strays away from familiar passages from notable apostles. Instead, he captures the essence of Jesus through a fictitious lesson, which challenges God’s son before ever reaching the holy land. Rewriting the Bible – now you’re just asking to be smitten.

Ewan McGregor stars as the Christian savior, Jesus Christ aka Yeshua. As he traverses a vast desert landscape, traveling toward Jerusalem, he encounters a man (Ciarán Hinds), a wife (Ayelet Zurer), and their son (Tye Sheridan), living alone. The father wants his son to stay around and tend to his sick mother,...

In the latest from filmmaker Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days In The Desert, Ewan McGregor plays opposite himself. Playing Jesus Christ and Satan as well, the film finds Jesus on a spiritual mission. One where he meets a family who he attempts to help as they face their own demons. It is a strong performance from Ewan, as well as Tye Sheridan who portrays a frustrated son... Read More...

What do Denis Villeneuve‘s “Enemy,” the HBO hit documentary “The Jinx,” Sean Durkin‘s “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” and Antonio Campos‘ “Simon Killer” all share in common? A score by composing duo Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans. And that’s just a slim slice of the pair’s extensive filmography, which has firmly established their reputation as two of the […]

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A few weeks ago, before Captain America: Civil War hits theaters this weekend, box office prognosticators estimated that the movie would open up between $175 million to $200 million. When the reviews started to come out, with an incredibly strong reception, some thought the movie could make more than $200 million this weekend, but it turns out that those initial predictions were on point. Captain America: Civil War opened this weekend with an estimated take of $181.7 million, falling short of the debuts of Avengers: Age of Ultron ($191.2 million) and The Avengers ($207.4 million) for the third best debut in the McU.

According to Box Office Mojo, Captain America: Civil War debuted in 4,226 theaters, posting a monster $43,017 per-screen average. The movie is already a hit with critics, posting an impressive 91% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, down slightly from the 94% rating posted earlier this week. The movie was the only new release to hit theaters this weekend,...

In today’s Horror Highlights, we have release details for Sugar Skull Girls, The Binding, and Sickhouse, as well as a Mother’s Day card from Bates Motel and a new Blade-inspired music video.

Sugar Skull Girls 2017 Release Details and Trailer: Press Release: “Sgl Entertainment is pleased to announce that they will be releasing “Sugar Skull Girls” the Teenage Comedy Adventure Movie and TV Series on Blu-ray, DVD, Cable TV and VOD in early 2017. The film is Written and Directed by Christian Grillo, Produced by Christian Grillo, John Kent, David Gechman, and Carmela Hayslett.

And Stars: Addy Miller, Carmela Hayslett, Cece Hagen, Anika Buchanan, Isabella Sobejano, Michael Berryman (The Hills Have Eyes), John Amplas (Day of the Dead) and Leslie Easterbrook (The Devil’s Rejects).

Synopsis: Three demonic sisters who resemble neo-goth voodoo dolls are accidentally conjured from the other side during a failed attempt to raise a little girl from the dead.

Representing both the start of the summer movie season and Marvel Phase 3, Captain America: Civil War hits theaters this weekend, in what's expected to be a massive debut. The superhero adventure has already gotten off to a great start overseas, taking in $200.2 million while opening in 37 international market, although many key territories are yet to come like China, Russia, Italy and Argentina. Box office prognosticators have been predicting a debut in the range of $175 million to $200 million for Captain America: Civil War, but it may just open higher than that.

According to Box Office Mojo, Captain America: Civil War is expected to debut in over 4,000 theaters, although a specific theater count has not been given yet. The movie is already a hit with critics, posting an impressive 94% Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with 103 positive reviews out of 110. Based on the positive word of mouth, and the large theater count, we're...

The star has joined Lily Collins on Marti Noxon’s feature directorial debut as shooting is scheduled to get underway this week in Los Angeles.

Mockingbird Pictures and Sparkhouse Media produce To The Bone, which Noxon wrote based on personal experience of anorexia.

Reeves will play an unorthodox doctor who pushes a woman with anorexia to commit to getting better.

Julie Lynn and Bonnie Curtis of Mockingbird Pictures will produce with Karina Miller, who is also financing through her Sparkhouse Media, the company she heads with husband and financier Talal AlAbbar. To The Bone is the first project on their slate.

Mockingbird’s films include Albert Nobbs, Last Days In The Desert, and 9 To 5.

“Keanu has such generosity and intelligence, not to mention a warmth that I’m eager to tap into,” said Noxon. “We’re all incredibly excited that he’s agreed to help us bring To The Bone to life.”

Reeves recently...

Offering an intimate glimpse at a pivotal moment in the life of one of world religion’s most significant figures, Last Days In The Desert sees Ewan McGregor as Jesus just before the start of his ministry, at the end of his 40 days of fasting and praying in the desert. As he leaves the wasteland, he struggles with the Devil, also played by McGregor, over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts. Get a…...

Setting aside, for a moment, the fact that Rodrigo Garcia’s upcoming Last Days In The Desert gives us – once again – a very white Jesus, the new trailer for the film showcases what could well prove to be a fascinating narrative. Written and directed by the filmmaker, the movie takes the Messiah’s oft-told 40-day journey of self-discovery through the desert, and imagines the internal battle that might have defined its end.

“Last Days In The Desert follows Jesus (Ewan McGregor) in an imagined chapter from his forty days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, he struggles with the Devil, also played by McGregor, over the fate of an ordinary family in crisis, setting for himself a dramatic test with distinctly human conflicts.”

Wherever you stand on Jesus, and The Bible, this looks to be a compelling exploration of the psychology of Christianity as a religious doctrine.

Written and directed by Rodrigo Garcia, Last Days in the Desert premiered way back at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and it’s finally getting its first trailer. The film in which Ewan McGregor plays both Jesus and the Devil is an imagined episode from his 40 days of fasting and praying in the desert. On his way out of the wilderness, Jesus (McGregor) struggles with the Devil (also McGregor) over the fate of a family in crisis. Ciarán Hinds, Ayelet Zurer and Tye Sheridan co-star, but the big draw is the cinematography by two-time Academy Award-winning Dp Emmanuel Lubezki. Could his work […]...