Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for “The Garfield Movie,” an animated film based on the popular comic strip by Jim Davis, and featuring the Monday-hating, lasagna-loving Orange Tabby cat (voice of Chris Pratt) and his friends. In theaters on May 24th.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Garfield is introduced to his new generation audience as the fat cat owned by Jon (Nicholas Hoult) and lives with his “intern dog” Odie. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), Garfield and Odie find themselves part of a dairy farm heist involving Otto the Bull (Ving Rhames), Jinx the Persian Cat (Hannah Waddingham) and a security guard name Marge (Cecily Strong).
“The Garfield Movie” is in theaters on May 24th. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicolas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Bowen Yang and Snoop Dogg. Screenplay adapted by Paul A. Kaplan,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Garfield is introduced to his new generation audience as the fat cat owned by Jon (Nicholas Hoult) and lives with his “intern dog” Odie. After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), Garfield and Odie find themselves part of a dairy farm heist involving Otto the Bull (Ving Rhames), Jinx the Persian Cat (Hannah Waddingham) and a security guard name Marge (Cecily Strong).
“The Garfield Movie” is in theaters on May 24th. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicolas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Bowen Yang and Snoop Dogg. Screenplay adapted by Paul A. Kaplan,...
- 5/24/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Stars: Chris Pratt, Nicholas Hoult, Hannah Waddingham, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Guillén | Written by Paul A. Kaplan, Mark Torgove, David Reynolds | Directed by Mark Dindal
Garfield (Chris Pratt), as we all know, is a cat who loves lasagne but hates Mondays. Abandoned by his dad in an alleyway in the rain, Garfield teams up in life with Jon (Nicholas Hoult), and Odie (Harvey Guillén), who become his new best friends. Garfield has an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), who draws him into a high-stakes heist.
If you Google it, there have probably been more Garfield movies than you have ever realized. The Garfield movie from 2004 is the one that made the most waves, with follow-ups such as Garfield’s Pet Force understandably flying under the radar. Somehow, the lazy orange cat has been on everyone’s radar 20 years later with The Garfield Movie, and after seeing it,...
Garfield (Chris Pratt), as we all know, is a cat who loves lasagne but hates Mondays. Abandoned by his dad in an alleyway in the rain, Garfield teams up in life with Jon (Nicholas Hoult), and Odie (Harvey Guillén), who become his new best friends. Garfield has an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), who draws him into a high-stakes heist.
If you Google it, there have probably been more Garfield movies than you have ever realized. The Garfield movie from 2004 is the one that made the most waves, with follow-ups such as Garfield’s Pet Force understandably flying under the radar. Somehow, the lazy orange cat has been on everyone’s radar 20 years later with The Garfield Movie, and after seeing it,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Jasmine Valentine
- Nerdly
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga faces up against The Garfield Movie at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend.
Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).
The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...
Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).
The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
Plot: After Garfield’s unexpected reunion with his long-lost father, ragged alley cat Vic, he and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered lives to join Vic on a risky heist.
Review: Hollywood has been in this phase for a while now where they’re afraid of new IP. So they’re scouring past properties to see if they can breathe new life into them. Attach a popular actor and just see what happens. But after the controversy surrounding Chris Pratt‘s casting in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, I don’t think any of us expected him to take the voice role for another famous character. But here we are in 2024 and Chris Pratt is voicing Garfield and it’s every bit of the mess that you would think.
The Garfield Movie is part origin story, part heist film, and part family comedy. But it hardly...
Review: Hollywood has been in this phase for a while now where they’re afraid of new IP. So they’re scouring past properties to see if they can breathe new life into them. Attach a popular actor and just see what happens. But after the controversy surrounding Chris Pratt‘s casting in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, I don’t think any of us expected him to take the voice role for another famous character. But here we are in 2024 and Chris Pratt is voicing Garfield and it’s every bit of the mess that you would think.
The Garfield Movie is part origin story, part heist film, and part family comedy. But it hardly...
- 5/24/2024
- by Tyler Nichols
- JoBlo.com
Imagine a constellation of stars—not in the sky but arrayed across the shimmering surface of a Vanity Fair cover. Who could outshine the radiant glamour of Matt Damon and Tom Hanks when gathered with their companions in this vintage picture of 13 iconic Hollywood A-listers in 2003?
2003’s Vanity Fair special on the ‘Kings of Hollywood’ showcased some of the most prominent faces in the industry, including Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, and Brad Pitt. However, it was not until you delved further into the magazine that you discovered the other eight actors in the picture.
A still from Ocean’s Eleven | Warner Bros.
That being said, the star-studded lineup featuring Cruise, Nicholson, Ford, and Pitt has left some aficionados pondering: How does one truly measure the magnitude of stardom in the glittering hierarchy of Tinseltown?
Iconic Hollywood Throwback: A-Listers Who (Still) Ruled the Silver Screen
Our dream came...
2003’s Vanity Fair special on the ‘Kings of Hollywood’ showcased some of the most prominent faces in the industry, including Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, and Brad Pitt. However, it was not until you delved further into the magazine that you discovered the other eight actors in the picture.
A still from Ocean’s Eleven | Warner Bros.
That being said, the star-studded lineup featuring Cruise, Nicholson, Ford, and Pitt has left some aficionados pondering: How does one truly measure the magnitude of stardom in the glittering hierarchy of Tinseltown?
Iconic Hollywood Throwback: A-Listers Who (Still) Ruled the Silver Screen
Our dream came...
- 5/24/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
"Let it roll!!" Sony Pictures has debuted a final official trailer for the funny Garfield movie, which is playing in theaters today. They're really hoping this will be a hit with a final marketing push! The Garfield Movie is directed by Mark Dindal, the animation filmmaker also behind The Emperor's New Groove and Chicken Little. The amusing plot has Garfield reuniting with his long-lost father, a scruffy street cat, then ending up involved in a high-stakes heist with him. Starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the sarcastic, lasagna-loving tabby, alongside the voices of Samuel L. Jackson as his father Vic, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Hannah Waddingham, Brett Goldstein, Bowen Yang, and Ving Rhames. This new trailer doesn't feature much footage - it's only a clip playing over and over of Garfield with Odie on a robot vacuum going back and forth. That's it. With the "Let It Roll...
- 5/24/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
An orange cat with a hunger for lasagna and a hatred of Mondays made a big impression with his first primetime special, Here Comes Garfield, more than four decades ago.
The lovably sarcastic feline, who returns to the big screen May 24 in Sony’s The Garfield Movie, was created by cartoonist Jim Davis.
Garfield’s self-titled comic strip — featuring the cat giving guff to owner Jon Arbuckle and blissfully oblivious canine nemesis Odie — landed national syndication in 1978, followed by his first book, 1980’s Garfield at Large, topping the New York Times best-seller list.
While working on Here Comes Garfield, Davis struggled to make the cat stand up and dance, but got some assistance from his hero, Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, who happened to be working in the same studio. “He started drawing over my drawing, saying, ‘The problem is, you’ve made Garfield’s feet too small,’ ” Davis once said in an interview.
The lovably sarcastic feline, who returns to the big screen May 24 in Sony’s The Garfield Movie, was created by cartoonist Jim Davis.
Garfield’s self-titled comic strip — featuring the cat giving guff to owner Jon Arbuckle and blissfully oblivious canine nemesis Odie — landed national syndication in 1978, followed by his first book, 1980’s Garfield at Large, topping the New York Times best-seller list.
While working on Here Comes Garfield, Davis struggled to make the cat stand up and dance, but got some assistance from his hero, Peanuts creator Charles M. Schulz, who happened to be working in the same studio. “He started drawing over my drawing, saying, ‘The problem is, you’ve made Garfield’s feet too small,’ ” Davis once said in an interview.
- 5/23/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“The Garfield Movie” is an upcoming animated feature, directed by Mark Dindal, starring Chris Pratt as ‘Garfield the cat’, with Samuel L. Jackson, Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstein, and Bowen Yang, releasing May 24, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat…
“…is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion…
“…with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life…
“…into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
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“…’Garfield’, the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat…
“…is about to have a wild outdoor adventure.
“After an unexpected reunion…
“…with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat ‘Vic’…
“…Garfield and his canine friend ‘Odie’ are forced from their perfectly pampered life…
“…into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist…”
Click the images to enlarge…...
- 5/23/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Garfield — the lasagne-loving, Monday-hating, greedy, grumpy cat originating in Jim Davis’ long-running comic strip — is an awkward fit for a kids’ film. He’s a cynic forced to be a family-friendly goofball, a sarcastic hero being sold to an audience of under-tens with an undeveloped sense of sarcasm, a square pessimist peg in a round optimistic hole. It has been tried unsuccessfully before, in 2004’s Garfield: The Movie and its sequel — those films most notable for the fact that Bill Murray signed on to voice Garfield because he mistakenly (he claimed) thought one of the Coen brothers was behind it.
This latest attempt details how Garfield first met his human ‘pet’, Jon (Nicholas Hoult), and became estranged from his father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), before the stubborn housecat finds himself on a madcap heist adventure. Whether or not you think this is an origin story that needs to be told...
This latest attempt details how Garfield first met his human ‘pet’, Jon (Nicholas Hoult), and became estranged from his father Vic (Samuel L. Jackson), before the stubborn housecat finds himself on a madcap heist adventure. Whether or not you think this is an origin story that needs to be told...
- 5/23/2024
- by John Nugent
- Empire - Movies
Renny Harlin's "The Strangers: Chapter 1" is the third film in the "Strangers" series, but is intended to be the first film in a new rebooted trilogy sporting a unique continuity. Not that "The Strangers" possessed a complicated mythology; each movie follows a trio of mute, masked killers -- perhaps a family -- who have made a sport of breaking into people's houses and torturing them for kicks. In the credits of "Chapter 1," the killers are credited only as Dollface, Pin-Up Girl, and Scarecrow (previously called The Man in the Mask). This time around, they are played by Olivia Kreutzova, Letizia Fabbri, and Matúš Lajčák, respectively.
The plot of "Chapter 1" is as simple as can be: A young city couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) is driving to Portland, Oregon when they get waylaid in a small town called Venus. Naturally, their car breaks down and they have to...
The plot of "Chapter 1" is as simple as can be: A young city couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) is driving to Portland, Oregon when they get waylaid in a small town called Venus. Naturally, their car breaks down and they have to...
- 5/22/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
In “I Am Not Your Negro” (2016), his profound and lacerating portrait of James Baldwin, the director Raoul Peck traced the haunted connection between two things: Baldwin’s staggering perception of what it was to be Black in America, and the depth of Baldwin’s struggle with melancholy, self-doubt, and his merciless ability to see truth. For Baldwin, the personal and political came together in uniquely despairing and revealing ways.
Peck’s new documentary, “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” could be considered a companion piece to that earlier monumental film. No, it isn’t as powerful. But it, too, is the penetrating portrait of a Black artist — the photographer Ernest Cole, who was born in 1940 in Eersterust, South Africa, and who beginning in the late ’50s took his camera into the streets to chronicle the evils and everyday experience of life under apartheid. He escaped the regime and came to New...
Peck’s new documentary, “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found,” could be considered a companion piece to that earlier monumental film. No, it isn’t as powerful. But it, too, is the penetrating portrait of a Black artist — the photographer Ernest Cole, who was born in 1940 in Eersterust, South Africa, and who beginning in the late ’50s took his camera into the streets to chronicle the evils and everyday experience of life under apartheid. He escaped the regime and came to New...
- 5/22/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
For decades, Memorial Day weekend has traditionally been a hugely busy weekend at the box office, often offering the biggest of franchise sequels — or in this case, two potential franchise prequels? Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.
The Memorial Day bump that has helped so many franchise installments before will certainly be in play for George Miller‘s return to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” a prequel that tells the earlier story of Charlize Theron‘s character from “Mad Max: Fury Road.” This one stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character, joined by Chris Hemsworth as a new antagonist called Dementus, as well a mix of new characters and ones that appeared in “Fury Road.”
Miller’s career as a filmmaker pretty much began back in 1980 with “Mad Max,” a cult action movie that introduced Mel Gibson to the world,...
The Memorial Day bump that has helped so many franchise installments before will certainly be in play for George Miller‘s return to the post-apocalyptic world of Mad Max with “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,” a prequel that tells the earlier story of Charlize Theron‘s character from “Mad Max: Fury Road.” This one stars Anya Taylor-Joy as the title character, joined by Chris Hemsworth as a new antagonist called Dementus, as well a mix of new characters and ones that appeared in “Fury Road.”
Miller’s career as a filmmaker pretty much began back in 1980 with “Mad Max,” a cult action movie that introduced Mel Gibson to the world,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Edward Douglas
- Gold Derby
Chris Pratt voices the famous tabby cat Garfield, in a brand new animation. Here’s our The Garfield Movie review.
The 24th of May in the year of 2024 will be a lovely day. If 2023 was all about Barbenheimer – the weird, but wonderful combination of Barbie and Oppenheimer – 2024 is the year of… Garfuriosa.
We’ll work on the title, but The Garfield Movie and Furiosa, two very different films, are arriving in cinemas on the same day. The Garfield Movie, Mark Dindal’s family-friendly animated adventure may have fewer cars, less action and no fake noses, but there’s much to enjoy here, especially for the kiddos.
Naturally, the film follows the titular tabby (and a little tubby) cat, Garfield, talking in the voice of Chris Pratt here. He is abandoned by his father Vic (Samuel L Jackson) as a kitten, but he spies a lonely human, Jon (Nicholas Hoult) across the street,...
The 24th of May in the year of 2024 will be a lovely day. If 2023 was all about Barbenheimer – the weird, but wonderful combination of Barbie and Oppenheimer – 2024 is the year of… Garfuriosa.
We’ll work on the title, but The Garfield Movie and Furiosa, two very different films, are arriving in cinemas on the same day. The Garfield Movie, Mark Dindal’s family-friendly animated adventure may have fewer cars, less action and no fake noses, but there’s much to enjoy here, especially for the kiddos.
Naturally, the film follows the titular tabby (and a little tubby) cat, Garfield, talking in the voice of Chris Pratt here. He is abandoned by his father Vic (Samuel L Jackson) as a kitten, but he spies a lonely human, Jon (Nicholas Hoult) across the street,...
- 5/22/2024
- by Maria Lattila
- Film Stories
“Garfiosa”? “Furiofield”?
Whatever the portmanteau for this Memorial Day weekend’s dual release of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie,” the two newcomers are aiming to jolt the sluggish summer season.
“Furiosa,” the fifth entry in director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” series, looks to lead the way with $40 million to $45 million from 3,750 venues over the four-day holiday weekend. Sony’s animated “The Garfield Movie” should trail in second with $30 million to $35 million from 4,000 venues between Friday and Monday. Box office comparisons to the same holiday weekend in 2023 will be tough given that Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” remake took the crown with $118 million.
Warner Bros. spent $168 million on “Furiosa,” not including the many millions to market the movie. It’s not expected to live up to the debut of its predecessor, 2015’s “Max Max: Fury Road,” which captured $45 million over three days. That film, led...
Whatever the portmanteau for this Memorial Day weekend’s dual release of “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “The Garfield Movie,” the two newcomers are aiming to jolt the sluggish summer season.
“Furiosa,” the fifth entry in director George Miller’s post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” series, looks to lead the way with $40 million to $45 million from 3,750 venues over the four-day holiday weekend. Sony’s animated “The Garfield Movie” should trail in second with $30 million to $35 million from 4,000 venues between Friday and Monday. Box office comparisons to the same holiday weekend in 2023 will be tough given that Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” remake took the crown with $118 million.
Warner Bros. spent $168 million on “Furiosa,” not including the many millions to market the movie. It’s not expected to live up to the debut of its predecessor, 2015’s “Max Max: Fury Road,” which captured $45 million over three days. That film, led...
- 5/21/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
There will be moviegoers at the Memorial Day weekend box office; the industry can be thankful for that. Just not as many as the previous two years when the entire 4-day frame exceeded $200M+.
With Warner Bros’ prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Alcon/Sony’s The Garfield Movie hitting marquees, the volume of event product increases, which is good thing. More big movies give people more reasons to attend. Unfortunately, both titles are not Top Gun: Maverick ($160.5M all-time Memorial Day opening record) nor is it last year’s The Little Mermaid stateside start ($118.8M) in their mass appeal.
Furiosa is both a reboot of the Mad Max franchise and a prequel as Anya Taylor-Joy steps into the one armed action of Charlize Theron, who fans of the George Miller franchise are still rabid about when its comes to the desert vigilante’s big screen portrayal. After a...
With Warner Bros’ prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Alcon/Sony’s The Garfield Movie hitting marquees, the volume of event product increases, which is good thing. More big movies give people more reasons to attend. Unfortunately, both titles are not Top Gun: Maverick ($160.5M all-time Memorial Day opening record) nor is it last year’s The Little Mermaid stateside start ($118.8M) in their mass appeal.
Furiosa is both a reboot of the Mad Max franchise and a prequel as Anya Taylor-Joy steps into the one armed action of Charlize Theron, who fans of the George Miller franchise are still rabid about when its comes to the desert vigilante’s big screen portrayal. After a...
- 5/21/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
When the news broke that Guardians of the Galaxy star Chris Pratt would lend his voice to the title character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the response was mostly negative.
The actor ultimately proved his detractors wrong and, despite mixed reviews, the 2023 release went on to earn over $1.3 billion for Illumination at the worldwide box office. Can The Garfield Movie find a similar level of success this weekend?
While that remains to be seen, the first wave of reviews isn't particularly kind. In fact, as we write this, The Garfield Movie has a disappointing 52% on Rotten Tomatoes.
That's a "Rotten" score, but The Super Mario Bros. Movie has only 59% and families don't tend to pay as much attention to these scores as regular filmgoers. Looking through the verdicts, however, it seems Pratt may have phoned in his performance here as, unlike his previous animated projects, the actor is taking...
The actor ultimately proved his detractors wrong and, despite mixed reviews, the 2023 release went on to earn over $1.3 billion for Illumination at the worldwide box office. Can The Garfield Movie find a similar level of success this weekend?
While that remains to be seen, the first wave of reviews isn't particularly kind. In fact, as we write this, The Garfield Movie has a disappointing 52% on Rotten Tomatoes.
That's a "Rotten" score, but The Super Mario Bros. Movie has only 59% and families don't tend to pay as much attention to these scores as regular filmgoers. Looking through the verdicts, however, it seems Pratt may have phoned in his performance here as, unlike his previous animated projects, the actor is taking...
- 5/21/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
The Garfield Movie brings the popular Lasagna-loving cat back to the big screen. There were two previous movies about the cartoon cat, with Bill Murray as the voice of the CGI live-action films. However, the new movie is fully animated and is targeted at younger audiences and families.
Here is a look at The Garfield Movie release date, cast listing, and where you can stream it when it arrives.
What Is The Garfield Movie Release Date?
The Garfield Movie hits theaters on May 24, 2024. Directed by Mark Dindal, who also directed Disney’s animated classic The Emperor’s New Groove, this is two months after its initial release date, as Sony and Columbia chose to push it into the summer months to ensure a bigger audience when school lets out.
For those who wait for streaming, the movie won’t likely hit at-home screening until the end of summer, at the earliest.
Here is a look at The Garfield Movie release date, cast listing, and where you can stream it when it arrives.
What Is The Garfield Movie Release Date?
The Garfield Movie hits theaters on May 24, 2024. Directed by Mark Dindal, who also directed Disney’s animated classic The Emperor’s New Groove, this is two months after its initial release date, as Sony and Columbia chose to push it into the summer months to ensure a bigger audience when school lets out.
For those who wait for streaming, the movie won’t likely hit at-home screening until the end of summer, at the earliest.
- 5/21/2024
- by Shawn Lealos
- TV Shows Ace
It was a neck-and-neck battle atop the U.K. and Ireland box office between Paramount’s “If” and Disney’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
While Disney’s simian saga won the three-day weekend, Paramount’s Imaginary Friend tale was the winner including previews. “If” bowed with £2.4 million ($3 million), while in its second weekend, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” grossed £2.1 million ($2.7 million) for a total of £7.6 million ($9.7 million), per numbers from Comscore.
In third place, in its third weekend, Universal’s “The Fall Guy” earned £876,184 for a total of £8.2 million. Lionsgate’s “The Strangers: Chapter 1” debuted in fourth position with £452,507.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Challengers” with £291,416 in its fourth weekend for a total of £5.3 million.
The other debut in the top 10 was Dg Tech’s “Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil,” starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, with £217,528 at No. 6, continuing the impressive showing of India’s Malayalam-language...
While Disney’s simian saga won the three-day weekend, Paramount’s Imaginary Friend tale was the winner including previews. “If” bowed with £2.4 million ($3 million), while in its second weekend, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” grossed £2.1 million ($2.7 million) for a total of £7.6 million ($9.7 million), per numbers from Comscore.
In third place, in its third weekend, Universal’s “The Fall Guy” earned £876,184 for a total of £8.2 million. Lionsgate’s “The Strangers: Chapter 1” debuted in fourth position with £452,507.
Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Challengers” with £291,416 in its fourth weekend for a total of £5.3 million.
The other debut in the top 10 was Dg Tech’s “Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil,” starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, with £217,528 at No. 6, continuing the impressive showing of India’s Malayalam-language...
- 5/21/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
In his critically acclaimed documentary, I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck surveyed James Baldwin’s legacy and its contemporary resonance through the writer’s own words. Working from one of Baldwin’s unfinished manuscripts, Peck wrote a screenplay that Samuel L. Jackson then read over archival images and videos. The Haitian filmmaker returns to this speculative mode in his most recent feature, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found, a propulsive and weighty documentary about the South African photographer who chronicled the inhumanity of apartheid for the world.
Premiering at Cannes as a special screening, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is an introspective memoir punched up with the elements of a thriller. The discovery of a trove of Cole’s photo negatives in a Swedish bank safe inspired Peck to reappraise the photographer’s legacy. This project comes on the heels of a minor renaissance for Cole, whose 1967 book House of...
Premiering at Cannes as a special screening, Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is an introspective memoir punched up with the elements of a thriller. The discovery of a trove of Cole’s photo negatives in a Swedish bank safe inspired Peck to reappraise the photographer’s legacy. This project comes on the heels of a minor renaissance for Cole, whose 1967 book House of...
- 5/21/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Garfield MovieImage: Dneg Animation
In this increasingly cynical age of recycled intellectual property, it’s probably not surprising that we would get a new cinematic adaptation of Garfield, especially given the original comic’s perpetual status as meme fodder for every online generation to rediscover. However, what’s most...
In this increasingly cynical age of recycled intellectual property, it’s probably not surprising that we would get a new cinematic adaptation of Garfield, especially given the original comic’s perpetual status as meme fodder for every online generation to rediscover. However, what’s most...
- 5/21/2024
- by Leigh Monson
- avclub.com
Before becoming one of Hollywood’s most beloved leading men, Chris Pratt lived in an apartment behind the TLC Chinese Theater. Well into the early morning, he would wander on the Walk of Fame and stare at the stars beneath his feet, wondering if his time in the spotlight would ever come.
Pratt returned to the Hollywood landmark on Sunday, not to lament over broken dreams, but to help introduce Garfield creator Jim Davis as he cemented his signature outside the TLC Chinese Theater at “The Garfield Movie” premiere.
“[He] absolutely rocked the part,” said Davis about Pratt’s performance as the lasagna-loving cat. “You laugh just listening to [his] kind of timing. He also has the ability to go over to the softer side and to sound angry and stuff like that. So, it’s not just the humor, but his ability to bring out all sides of the character.”
Starring Pratt,...
Pratt returned to the Hollywood landmark on Sunday, not to lament over broken dreams, but to help introduce Garfield creator Jim Davis as he cemented his signature outside the TLC Chinese Theater at “The Garfield Movie” premiere.
“[He] absolutely rocked the part,” said Davis about Pratt’s performance as the lasagna-loving cat. “You laugh just listening to [his] kind of timing. He also has the ability to go over to the softer side and to sound angry and stuff like that. So, it’s not just the humor, but his ability to bring out all sides of the character.”
Starring Pratt,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Jack Dunn
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Gosling has been making waves since last year, all due to his summer blockbuster, Barbie, creating a global phenomenon. The actor is back with Oppenheimer actress, Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy which will surely make you laugh. But, the movie is miserably failing in one aspect that Chris Pratt’s The Garfield Movie has almost covered way before its release in the United States.
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy
The animated adventure comedy film has managed to bring back nearly 80% of its production budget, whereas The Fall Guy struggles ahead of its digital release.
Chris Pratt’s The Garfield Movie is Making Waves Ahead of Its US Release
Sony’s animated The Garfield Movie stars Chris Pratt as the iconic cynical orange tabby Persian cat’s voice, who reunites with his long-lost father, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Garfield and his canine friend, Odie (voiced...
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy
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Chris Pratt’s The Garfield Movie is Making Waves Ahead of Its US Release
Sony’s animated The Garfield Movie stars Chris Pratt as the iconic cynical orange tabby Persian cat’s voice, who reunites with his long-lost father, Vic (Samuel L. Jackson). Garfield and his canine friend, Odie (voiced...
- 5/20/2024
- by Priya Sharma
- FandomWire
After voicing the leads in The Lego Movie franchise, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and now The Garfield Movie, Chris Pratt has established himself as a go-to voice for iconic animated characters. But after doing these multiple roles, how does he make each voice unique?
At the Los Angeles premiere of Garfield on Sunday, Pratt walked The Hollywood Reporter through each of the different voices, noting that as Emmet in The Lego Movie, he “aimed at something that was different than myself — it was kind of inspired a lot by Bill Hader’s voice and his character in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and for Mario, “you had to find some version that was different than myself but not hardcore Mario from the games because that would grow a little tiresome, I think.”
For The Garfield Movie, director Mark Dindal told Pratt he had always imagined the star’s...
At the Los Angeles premiere of Garfield on Sunday, Pratt walked The Hollywood Reporter through each of the different voices, noting that as Emmet in The Lego Movie, he “aimed at something that was different than myself — it was kind of inspired a lot by Bill Hader’s voice and his character in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” and for Mario, “you had to find some version that was different than myself but not hardcore Mario from the games because that would grow a little tiresome, I think.”
For The Garfield Movie, director Mark Dindal told Pratt he had always imagined the star’s...
- 5/20/2024
- by Kirsten Chuba
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The 2024 Cannes Film Festival set the tone and atmosphere for a slew of awaited movies coming this Summer. Amidst that long line, Megalopolis, from Francis Ford Coppola, has become a major talking point in recent times, especially after its seven-and-a-half-minute-long standing ovation at the fest screening. On the other side of the slate, anticipation runs equally high for The Garfield Movie starring Chris Pratt as the voice of the famed orange cat.
A still from The Garfield Movie trailer (via Sony Entertainment)
In a remarkable coincidence, the world premiere of the sci-fi flick happened in tandem with the early airings of the family comedy, making way for an interesting clash of reviews. Labeled as one of, if not the most ambitious project by the award-winning director, the Adam Driver-led movie faced some tough competition from the animated feature. Furthermore, in one direct aspect of this clash, one of them...
A still from The Garfield Movie trailer (via Sony Entertainment)
In a remarkable coincidence, the world premiere of the sci-fi flick happened in tandem with the early airings of the family comedy, making way for an interesting clash of reviews. Labeled as one of, if not the most ambitious project by the award-winning director, the Adam Driver-led movie faced some tough competition from the animated feature. Furthermore, in one direct aspect of this clash, one of them...
- 5/20/2024
- by Imteshal Karim
- FandomWire
The Garfield Movie. Photo By Dneg Animation. Copyright © 2023 Project G Productions, LLC Considering it’s a Monday, it seems appropriate to be talking about Garfield the Cat. After all, the cartoon character, which started out as a comic strip more than 45 years ago, famously hated Mondays as much as he liked lasagna. Now, Garfield is back on the big screen with his first fully animated movie adventure, The Garfield Movie. (2004’s Garfield: The Movie mixed live action with animation.) In the new movie, Garfield meets his street-smart estranged father, voiced by none other than Samuel L. Jackson, as cool a cat as there is in Hollywood. Jackson is excited about the movie and said the filmmakers put a lot of thought into how his character would have survived on the streets, along with how the dynamic between father and son would play out. (Click on the media bar below to hear Samuel L.
- 5/20/2024
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Consider what we know about Garfield the cat: He’s orange, a little plump, he loves lasagna, he hates Mondays, and — ah, well, that’s about it. Enough information to fill about four comic strip panels, wouldn’t you say? And yet, somehow, this lazy kitty and his very mild exploits have inspired three television series (with one more on the way), a dozen prime-time specials, and three feature-length films.
While previous cinematic iterations of Garfield’s story have stretched his adventures to wacky ends — the 2004 “Garfield: The Movie” essentially acted as an origin story, while its 2006 sequel “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties” put a “Prince and the Pauper”-ish twist on his life — the latest in a long, looooooong line of Garfield adaptations goes in the opposite direction. Mark Dindal’s garishly animated “The Garfield Movie” — not to be confused with “Garfield: The Movie” — inserts a beloved feline...
While previous cinematic iterations of Garfield’s story have stretched his adventures to wacky ends — the 2004 “Garfield: The Movie” essentially acted as an origin story, while its 2006 sequel “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties” put a “Prince and the Pauper”-ish twist on his life — the latest in a long, looooooong line of Garfield adaptations goes in the opposite direction. Mark Dindal’s garishly animated “The Garfield Movie” — not to be confused with “Garfield: The Movie” — inserts a beloved feline...
- 5/20/2024
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
It says a lot about the human condition that we all love “Garfield.” Jim Davis’s nearly 50-year-old comic strip tells the ongoing story of Jon Arbuckle, a lovelorn sad-sack loser, and his snide, pompous, hedonistic cat Garfield. Neither of them are conventional heroes. They rarely even leave their house. Jon symbolizes the misery that stems from seeking external acceptance, while Garfield symbolizes the inner peace that stems from accepting yourself, vices and all. Or maybe it’s just about kicking helpless dogs and eating lasagna. Your mileage might vary.
The point is there’s something about “Garfield” that endures. So they keep cranking him out in every way imaginable and we keep buying it. That comic strip is somehow still running, even though the funny pages are harder and harder to find. The cat’s iconic face has been slapped on clothing, toys, video games, telephones, typing tutorials and...
The point is there’s something about “Garfield” that endures. So they keep cranking him out in every way imaginable and we keep buying it. That comic strip is somehow still running, even though the funny pages are harder and harder to find. The cat’s iconic face has been slapped on clothing, toys, video games, telephones, typing tutorials and...
- 5/20/2024
- by William Bibbiani
- The Wrap
There’s something strange about the franchise reboot of the big orange tabby in The Garfield Movie. For one, the story completely sidelines the relationship between Jon Arbuckle and Garfield. Another issue is that all the characters are cardboard cutouts, and you know virtually nothing about them besides how Garfield came into Jon’s possession.
Perhaps most importantly, the trademark apathetic nature of the main character is non-existent. It’s as if the studios bought the brand name and turned the character into a clone of any fish-out-of-water animation adventure. That’s what’s wrong with The Garfield Movie. What makes the character great is washed away for a run-of-the-mill animated family film that you’ve seen nine lives over.
It’s purr-fectly predictable from start to its stagnant finish.
Harvey Guillén and Chris Pratt voice Odie and Garfield in The Garfield Movie (2024) | Image via Sony Pictures Suggested“Understand that it’s pretty embarrassing.
Perhaps most importantly, the trademark apathetic nature of the main character is non-existent. It’s as if the studios bought the brand name and turned the character into a clone of any fish-out-of-water animation adventure. That’s what’s wrong with The Garfield Movie. What makes the character great is washed away for a run-of-the-mill animated family film that you’ve seen nine lives over.
It’s purr-fectly predictable from start to its stagnant finish.
Harvey Guillén and Chris Pratt voice Odie and Garfield in The Garfield Movie (2024) | Image via Sony Pictures Suggested“Understand that it’s pretty embarrassing.
- 5/20/2024
- by M.N. Miller
- FandomWire
The lasagna-obsessed feline with a near-pathological aversion to Mondays, who first came into popular consciousness in the late ‘70s as a comic strip, is a diluted version of himself in “The Garfield Movie.” Not only is his suave apathy mostly replaced by an excessive excitedness with only sporadic glimpses of his endearingly negative qualities, but this Garfield jumps off trains, stages a heist, and is subjected to trite physical comedy by way of numerous predictable action sequences. The ordeal mimics a rehashed plot from the dull “The Secret Life of Pets” franchise with Garfield forcefully plugged in.
All of these choices amount to a production that fundamentally misunderstands Garfield’s appeal as a lovingly indifferent, self-centered glutton whose greatest aspiration is to do nothing and have all his needs catered to him. It’s a Garfield movie for audiences who have never heard of Garfield, which reads as an attempt...
All of these choices amount to a production that fundamentally misunderstands Garfield’s appeal as a lovingly indifferent, self-centered glutton whose greatest aspiration is to do nothing and have all his needs catered to him. It’s a Garfield movie for audiences who have never heard of Garfield, which reads as an attempt...
- 5/20/2024
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Variety Film + TV
As anyone familiar with cartoonist Jim Davis’ iconic feline character knows, Garfield doesn’t like to move around very much. He likes to eat, particularly pepperoni pizza and lasagna, and he likes to lie around and make sarcastic comments. In other words, he’s not a cat of action. And yet for some reason, the creators of the new animated film revolving around him think that what the audience really wants is to watch Garfield engage in Mission: Impossible-style, stunt-laden violent mayhem. It’s as if Charlie Brown was starring in the new James Bond movie.
And in case you think I’m stretching things to make a point, The Garfield Movie employs the Mi theme during one scene and features that film series’ Ving Rhames as the voice of a bull who orchestrates the derring-do. After one particularly harrowing sequence, Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, comments, “In case you’re wondering,...
And in case you think I’m stretching things to make a point, The Garfield Movie employs the Mi theme during one scene and features that film series’ Ving Rhames as the voice of a bull who orchestrates the derring-do. After one particularly harrowing sequence, Garfield, voiced by Chris Pratt, comments, “In case you’re wondering,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Described as a live-action Pixar film by the director John Krasinski, the fantasy adventure film If is charming audiences worldwide with its wonderful cast, brilliant visuals, and a lot of heart. If follows the story of a young girl named Bea who finds out that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends and with the help of Cal, she goes on a mission to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. If stars Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, Krasinski, Steve Carell, Emily Blunt, Awkwafina, Blake Lively, Matt Damon, Brad Pitt, Louis Gossett Jr., Vincent Vaughn, Fiona Shaw, Sam Rockwell, Bradley Cooper, George Clooney, and many popular actors. So, if you also love the fantastical nature of If here are some similar films you should check out next.
The Bfg (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Disney
The Bfg is a fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.
The Bfg (Disney+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Disney
The Bfg is a fantasy-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Melissa Mathison.
- 5/19/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Get ready for an intimate look into the life of a Hollywood legend in “I Am Steve McQueen,” airing on Pix at 8:00 Pm on Saturday, May 25, 2024. This captivating documentary explores the fascinating journey of Steve McQueen, known affectionately as the “King of Cool,” as he rose to fame as one of the most iconic movie stars of all time.
Through rare footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes glimpses, viewers will discover what made Steve McQueen such a beloved and enigmatic figure. From his electrifying car chases and daring stunts to his memorable performances on the silver screen, the documentary offers a comprehensive look at the man behind the legend.
Audiences will learn about the experiences and influences that shaped McQueen’s career, as well as the challenges he faced along the way. From his early days as a troubled youth to his meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood, “I Am Steve...
Through rare footage, interviews, and behind-the-scenes glimpses, viewers will discover what made Steve McQueen such a beloved and enigmatic figure. From his electrifying car chases and daring stunts to his memorable performances on the silver screen, the documentary offers a comprehensive look at the man behind the legend.
Audiences will learn about the experiences and influences that shaped McQueen’s career, as well as the challenges he faced along the way. From his early days as a troubled youth to his meteoric rise to fame in Hollywood, “I Am Steve...
- 5/18/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
The summer movie season could use some help, and Chris Pratt might just be here to save the day. The "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Jurassic World" actor returns to the silver screen next weekend in "The Garfield Movie," an animated take on Jim Davis' orange, Monday-hating cat. For Sony Pictures, there is one big question; can some of that Pratt magic that made "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" ($1.36 billion worldwide) such a major hit last year rub off on this one? Even a fraction of that magic would be most welcome here.
"The Garfield Movie" is opening directly against George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." While the animated, family-friendly film would typically have the edge, it looks like "Furiosa" is going to win the weekend in the early going, with an opening between $46.5 and $59 million. But that doesn't mean this cat is out of luck, as Sony...
"The Garfield Movie" is opening directly against George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga." While the animated, family-friendly film would typically have the edge, it looks like "Furiosa" is going to win the weekend in the early going, with an opening between $46.5 and $59 million. But that doesn't mean this cat is out of luck, as Sony...
- 5/17/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenacePhoto: Lucasfilm
Regardless of how you feel about the Star Wars prequels—maybe they don’t actually deserve our hate, maybe The Phantom Menace is at least important, if not traditionally good, maybe they’re actually just terrible—there’s no denying that there...
Regardless of how you feel about the Star Wars prequels—maybe they don’t actually deserve our hate, maybe The Phantom Menace is at least important, if not traditionally good, maybe they’re actually just terrible—there’s no denying that there...
- 5/17/2024
- by Jen Lennon, Drew Gillis, Cindy White, Matt Schimkowitz, Matt Mitchell, Jacob Oller, William Hughes
- avclub.com
As buyers touch down at Lax for the annual LA Screenings, it will be a case of a return to the norm following the unusual circumstances of last year. The Hollywood labor strikes not only threw confusion on what would be a realistic purchase, but also stopped acquisitions executives getting face time (and a quick selfie) with acting and writing talent — something many value as part of their buying process.
There will be no such issues this year, and the studio sales bosses are relishing a return to the norm. “We’re really excited, it feels like we’re really back after the strikes and firing on all cylinders,” says David Decker, President of Content Sales for Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd). “We have an abundance of titles that run the gamut of broadcast and streaming in drama and comedy. We’ll be showing the best of what Wbd stands for.
There will be no such issues this year, and the studio sales bosses are relishing a return to the norm. “We’re really excited, it feels like we’re really back after the strikes and firing on all cylinders,” says David Decker, President of Content Sales for Warner Bros. Discovery (Wbd). “We have an abundance of titles that run the gamut of broadcast and streaming in drama and comedy. We’ll be showing the best of what Wbd stands for.
- 5/17/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
‘The Garfield Movie’ marks Garfield’s return to the big screen. It travels to the origins of an endearing character, of the classic cat loved by children and adults alike, with just the right dose of laughter and tears.
In ‘The Garfield Movie’, the origins and family of the famous cat are explored, but in a much more respectful way, with nuances that do justice to the original material. We see how the tiny Garfield finds Jon, his master, how he meets his real father again, and how this leads to an adventure trip. The topic is, in reality, sad – the reconciliation of a son with a father he does not know. At certain moments, this works well and is even moving; in others, the need for the gag dilutes the effect. The strangeness of the film consists of the desire to combine a good story with a certain density.
In ‘The Garfield Movie’, the origins and family of the famous cat are explored, but in a much more respectful way, with nuances that do justice to the original material. We see how the tiny Garfield finds Jon, his master, how he meets his real father again, and how this leads to an adventure trip. The topic is, in reality, sad – the reconciliation of a son with a father he does not know. At certain moments, this works well and is even moving; in others, the need for the gag dilutes the effect. The strangeness of the film consists of the desire to combine a good story with a certain density.
- 5/17/2024
- by Nitin Jain
- GlamSham
What’s your favorite Pulp Fiction scene? There are so, so many to choose from, but did you know the most complicated (and expensive) scene to shoot was one of the movie’s most celebrated, non-violent moments? Indeed, today we break down the iconic Jack Rabbit Slim’s scene from Quentin Tarantino’s smash 1994 hit- Pulp Fiction. The film follows multiple characters that are seemingly unrelated as their paths intertwine in various ways. At the center of the film is Vincent Vega (John Travolta)- a hitman and enforcer for a local crime boss. Vincent is asked by his employer to take his wife out on the town so she doesn’t get lonely while he’s away on business. Enter Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) as the gorgeous and somewhat mysterious wife.
What ensues is a platonic date that feels like a nice break from the film’s otherwise violent and gritty tone.
What ensues is a platonic date that feels like a nice break from the film’s otherwise violent and gritty tone.
- 5/16/2024
- by Kier Gomes
- JoBlo.com
Garfield (voiced by Chris Pratt), the world-famous, Monday-hating, lasagna-loving indoor cat, is about to have a wild outdoor adventure! After an unexpected reunion with his long-lost father – scruffy street cat Vic (voiced by Samuel L. Jackson) – Garfield and his canine friend Odie are forced from their perfectly pampered life into joining Vic in a hilarious, high-stakes heist.
The Garfield Movie will premiere in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 24th.
https://www.thegarfield-movie.com
The special screening is Sunday, May 19th at Marcus Ronnies, starting at 1pm
Please arrive early as seating is not guaranteed.
Five winners will receive 4 passes to the screening.
Get Your Passes Here: https://events.sonypictures.com/screenings/unsecured/main/screeningInfo.jsf?code=1DY33JUIJ7
Garfield – voice by Chris Pratt...
The Garfield Movie will premiere in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 24th.
https://www.thegarfield-movie.com
The special screening is Sunday, May 19th at Marcus Ronnies, starting at 1pm
Please arrive early as seating is not guaranteed.
Five winners will receive 4 passes to the screening.
Get Your Passes Here: https://events.sonypictures.com/screenings/unsecured/main/screeningInfo.jsf?code=1DY33JUIJ7
Garfield – voice by Chris Pratt...
- 5/14/2024
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
When an estimated 1,000 international TV buyers descend on Los Angeles for the annual TV event known as the LA Screenings, they will see a contracted market still recovering from the twin Hollywood strikes of last year and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the pandemic.
It kicks off with the LA Screenings Independents, held May 15-17 for smaller studios and distributors at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, which are then followed by screenings at the major studios’ respective lots across May 18-22 where they present their latest shows. They may also host a variety of events for their clients during those days, which may include cocktail receptions and luncheons or dinners with talent and executives.
While stalled projects ramped up as soon as the strikes ended, some delays were inevitable. “A couple of months ago I was wondering if we were going to be entertaining [buyers],” says Lisa Kramer, president, International Content Licensing,...
It kicks off with the LA Screenings Independents, held May 15-17 for smaller studios and distributors at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, which are then followed by screenings at the major studios’ respective lots across May 18-22 where they present their latest shows. They may also host a variety of events for their clients during those days, which may include cocktail receptions and luncheons or dinners with talent and executives.
While stalled projects ramped up as soon as the strikes ended, some delays were inevitable. “A couple of months ago I was wondering if we were going to be entertaining [buyers],” says Lisa Kramer, president, International Content Licensing,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Paramount Pictures has preemptively purchased Hit the Gas, a spec script from Chris McCoy for Neal Moritz to produce.
Described as a propulsive thriller, the film’s logline is under wraps. Tania Landau will oversee for Moritz’s Original Film, with Vanessa Joyce overseeing for Paramount. We’re told the script when out last week to studio-based producers, with no attachments. Moritz immediately sparked to the material and got the studio to preempt the script in 24 hours.
A celebrated author named to the Black List of the year’s best unproduced screenplays three times, with Get Back, Good Looking and Good Kids, McCoy wound up directing the latter dramedy starring Nicholas Braun and Zoey Deutch. He’s written for Paramount, Marvel, Disney, Amazon, DreamWorks and Fox and seen his work as an author appear in both The Believer and McSweeney’s. Most recently, McCoy wrote Beast Leave for Anonymous Content and Paramount Television,...
Described as a propulsive thriller, the film’s logline is under wraps. Tania Landau will oversee for Moritz’s Original Film, with Vanessa Joyce overseeing for Paramount. We’re told the script when out last week to studio-based producers, with no attachments. Moritz immediately sparked to the material and got the studio to preempt the script in 24 hours.
A celebrated author named to the Black List of the year’s best unproduced screenplays three times, with Get Back, Good Looking and Good Kids, McCoy wound up directing the latter dramedy starring Nicholas Braun and Zoey Deutch. He’s written for Paramount, Marvel, Disney, Amazon, DreamWorks and Fox and seen his work as an author appear in both The Believer and McSweeney’s. Most recently, McCoy wrote Beast Leave for Anonymous Content and Paramount Television,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
If one was to compare two of the greatest cinematic products of the 1990s, it would be amiss not to elevate Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction to the top of the list. But it was also these two cinematic giants that competed for the Oscars in 1995 with one coming out on top and giving rise to a never-ending debate that rages even 30 years later.
Pulp Fiction (1994) [Credit: Miramax]
With Quentin Tarantino’s iconoclastic thriller and Robert Zemeckis’s comedy-drama turning 30 this year, fans look back to an era that produced classics that had no right being so good and established a standard that makes films today feel dim-witted in comparison.
Tom Hanks’ Forrest Gump Literally Rewrites History
Forrest Gump is a historical derivative that uses major moments in the history of American politics and social culture to ground its narrative and elevate the novelty of the protagonist’s arc. Sure, Gump taught Elvis how to dance,...
Pulp Fiction (1994) [Credit: Miramax]
With Quentin Tarantino’s iconoclastic thriller and Robert Zemeckis’s comedy-drama turning 30 this year, fans look back to an era that produced classics that had no right being so good and established a standard that makes films today feel dim-witted in comparison.
Tom Hanks’ Forrest Gump Literally Rewrites History
Forrest Gump is a historical derivative that uses major moments in the history of American politics and social culture to ground its narrative and elevate the novelty of the protagonist’s arc. Sure, Gump taught Elvis how to dance,...
- 5/13/2024
- by Diya Majumdar
- FandomWire
The (Extra Hot) Cannes Hot List: Nic Cage, Kristen Stewart and Paul Rudd Films to Heat up the Market
The Cannes Film Festival is bracing for what could be its most disruptive edition in decades, with freelance festival employees threatening strike action that could derail the opening night ceremony, and the entire French industry on tenterhooks ahead of an expected new wave of #MeToo allegations against some of the country’s biggest stars, including a few with films in competition this year.
Well, at least the market looks promising. Judging by the number and quality of projects pitching at the 2024 Cannes film market (May 14-22), this could be a banner year for the Marché du Film.
“The pre-sales market is back in a big way,” notes Janina Vilsmaier, senior vp of sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, whose Cannes slate includes Simon Curtis’ best-agers comedy Encore starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Henry Winkler, and Don Johnson, and Jimpa, the upcoming feature from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director...
Well, at least the market looks promising. Judging by the number and quality of projects pitching at the 2024 Cannes film market (May 14-22), this could be a banner year for the Marché du Film.
“The pre-sales market is back in a big way,” notes Janina Vilsmaier, senior vp of sales and distribution at Protagonist Pictures, whose Cannes slate includes Simon Curtis’ best-agers comedy Encore starring Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Henry Winkler, and Don Johnson, and Jimpa, the upcoming feature from Good Luck to You, Leo Grande director...
- 5/13/2024
- by Scott Roxborough and Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chris Pratt had a great 2023 with the gargantuan successes of both Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and The Super Mario Bros. Movie. The actor has particularly become very popular in voice acting as his previous animated performances in The Lego Movie, and Onward were also praised. With the Mario movie grossing more than a billion dollars, Pratt is as hot as ever in the industry.
Chris Pratt’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the second highest-grossing film of 2023
Pratt is back in another voice role, voicing the beloved Garfield in The Garfield Movie. While there is decent anticipation for the film, fans are unsure as to how the film will turn out. The first reactions of the film have started pouring out on social media and it looks like another winner for Pratt and the team.
First Reactions of The Garfield Movie Proves It’s an Unmissable Fun...
Chris Pratt’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie was the second highest-grossing film of 2023
Pratt is back in another voice role, voicing the beloved Garfield in The Garfield Movie. While there is decent anticipation for the film, fans are unsure as to how the film will turn out. The first reactions of the film have started pouring out on social media and it looks like another winner for Pratt and the team.
First Reactions of The Garfield Movie Proves It’s an Unmissable Fun...
- 5/13/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Mark Damon, a film producer, sales executive, and spaghetti Western actor, died at 91, representatives for the executive told Deadline on Sunday night.
Damon, born Alan Harris in Chicago, started his career in Hollywood in 1956 after signing a contract with 20th Century Fox. After starring in House of Usher, Damon won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer. The film was directed by Roger Corman, who died on Thursday.
Damon would move to Italy and star in films like The Reluctant Saint (1962), The Young Racers (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), Black Sabbath (1963), 100 Horseman (1964), Secret Agent 777 (1965), Dio, Come Ti Amo! (1966) and Johnny Oro (1966).
he first entered the world of independent sales and production in the 1970s while living and working in Italy where he saw a large market of independent international distributors eager for top American movies. He evolved from acting to film production and, in 1977, founded the Producers Sales Organization to sell American films to international distributors.
Damon, born Alan Harris in Chicago, started his career in Hollywood in 1956 after signing a contract with 20th Century Fox. After starring in House of Usher, Damon won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer. The film was directed by Roger Corman, who died on Thursday.
Damon would move to Italy and star in films like The Reluctant Saint (1962), The Young Racers (1963), The Shortest Day (1963), Black Sabbath (1963), 100 Horseman (1964), Secret Agent 777 (1965), Dio, Come Ti Amo! (1966) and Johnny Oro (1966).
he first entered the world of independent sales and production in the 1970s while living and working in Italy where he saw a large market of independent international distributors eager for top American movies. He evolved from acting to film production and, in 1977, founded the Producers Sales Organization to sell American films to international distributors.
- 5/13/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
“Valar Morghulis”, “Say my name”, and “Zed’s dead baby”, all these dialogues make you think of the particular film or series that they are from. In this case, it was Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, and, Pulp Fiction respectively. The point is, that dialogues are memorable. Be it a one-liner or even some random nonsense (like Samuel L. Jackson’s “This is some serious gourmet sh*t” from Pulp Fiction), dialogues are important.
A great example of a powerful dialogue from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice “Tell me, do you bleed?”
On the contrary, directors like Denis Villeneuve and George Miller seem to state that dialogues only seem to slow the pacing of a movie. Well, they are right but not in a context that people understand. With great dialogues, the films are often slow and they take time to build these lines with character development. Movies like...
A great example of a powerful dialogue from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice “Tell me, do you bleed?”
On the contrary, directors like Denis Villeneuve and George Miller seem to state that dialogues only seem to slow the pacing of a movie. Well, they are right but not in a context that people understand. With great dialogues, the films are often slow and they take time to build these lines with character development. Movies like...
- 5/12/2024
- by Visarg Acharya
- FandomWire
10. Bill Cutting from Gangs of New York (2002)
Authoritarian, ruthless, and cunning, Daniel Day Lewis’ Bill the Butcher stole the screen in Gangs of New York every time he appeared. His presence alone was menacing enough to make people drop on their knees and pray, and his impeccable skills with the knife only added a flair of danger to the man that already embodied it.
9. Nucky Thompson from Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Nucky’s silver tongue and immaculate looks made him into the most charming type of gangster: the one everyone loves. Thanks to his persuasive skills and the ability to seamlessly blend his legal and illegal businesses, Steve Buscemi’s Nucky controlled the entirety of Atlantic City with few who could — or wanted to — oppose him.
8. Frank Costello from The Departed (2006)
Jack Nicholson managed to make his Frank Costello a proper charmer. This Irish crime lord preferred to largely stay behind the scenes,...
Authoritarian, ruthless, and cunning, Daniel Day Lewis’ Bill the Butcher stole the screen in Gangs of New York every time he appeared. His presence alone was menacing enough to make people drop on their knees and pray, and his impeccable skills with the knife only added a flair of danger to the man that already embodied it.
9. Nucky Thompson from Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Nucky’s silver tongue and immaculate looks made him into the most charming type of gangster: the one everyone loves. Thanks to his persuasive skills and the ability to seamlessly blend his legal and illegal businesses, Steve Buscemi’s Nucky controlled the entirety of Atlantic City with few who could — or wanted to — oppose him.
8. Frank Costello from The Departed (2006)
Jack Nicholson managed to make his Frank Costello a proper charmer. This Irish crime lord preferred to largely stay behind the scenes,...
- 5/12/2024
- by dean-black@startefacts.com (Dean Black)
- STartefacts.com
Okay, we all loved the original Star Wars trilogy. George Lucas’ unique vision defined the space opera genre and gave us some epic movies that we will love for years to come. But remember when the Prequel Trilogy came out? Sure, by the time the Revenge of the Sith came out, fans were more satisfied with the story, but do you remember how much hate was directed towards Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace when it first came out? And it wasn’t just Jar-Jar Binks that people hated – it was the whole concept and many parts of the story.
Yours truly personally liked the Prequel Trilogy and we on Fiction Horizon are quite happy with how well the three movies aged, as fans have been starting to appreciate these movies more and more in recent years, especially after Disney’s Sequel Trilogy. In light of that, Variety...
Yours truly personally liked the Prequel Trilogy and we on Fiction Horizon are quite happy with how well the three movies aged, as fans have been starting to appreciate these movies more and more in recent years, especially after Disney’s Sequel Trilogy. In light of that, Variety...
- 5/12/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
When “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” debuted on May 19, 1999, few movies before (or since) were greeted with more fevered anticipation. Not only was the movie the first new “Star Wars” movie in a generation, but it was touted as the first of a prequel trilogy charting the tragedy of Anakin Skywalker, the Jedi Knight fated to turn to the dark side as Darth Vader.
Despite the breathless build up, by the end of that summer, the near-universal consensus was that “The Phantom Menace” was, at best, a colossal disappointment and, at worst, a calamitous embarrassment. Some blamed the decision by George Lucas — directing for the first time since 1977’s “A New Hope” — to start the story with a precocious 9-year-old Anakin (Jake Lloyd). Others railed against the slapstick antics and pidgin English of Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best), hyped as the first-ever CG main character in a live-action movie.
Despite the breathless build up, by the end of that summer, the near-universal consensus was that “The Phantom Menace” was, at best, a colossal disappointment and, at worst, a calamitous embarrassment. Some blamed the decision by George Lucas — directing for the first time since 1977’s “A New Hope” — to start the story with a precocious 9-year-old Anakin (Jake Lloyd). Others railed against the slapstick antics and pidgin English of Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best), hyped as the first-ever CG main character in a live-action movie.
- 5/11/2024
- by Adam B. Vary, Angelique Jackson and Katcy Stephan
- Variety Film + TV
Filming is underway on the action-adventure movie Afterburn, starring Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy and Dune films), Samuel L. Jackson (Marvel Studios franchise), Olga Kurylenko, and Kristofer Hivju (Game of Thrones).
The film is directed by J.J. Perry, who recently helmed Lionsgate’s The Killer’s Game, also with Bautista. Afterburn is adapted for the screen by Matthew Johnson and Nimrod Antal from the Red 5 Comics title of the same name.
The picture is produced by Neal H. Moritz (Fast and Furious franchise) and Toby Jaffe (Total Recall) for Original Film, and Steve Richards for Endurance Media. Bautista will also produce for Dogbone Entertainment, along with Jonathan Meisner (Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy) and Chris Milburn (Strangers).
Black Bear introduced the film to buyers at the EFM earlier in the year and will continue selling it in Cannes. CAA Media Finance represents the US rights.
Ten years after...
The film is directed by J.J. Perry, who recently helmed Lionsgate’s The Killer’s Game, also with Bautista. Afterburn is adapted for the screen by Matthew Johnson and Nimrod Antal from the Red 5 Comics title of the same name.
The picture is produced by Neal H. Moritz (Fast and Furious franchise) and Toby Jaffe (Total Recall) for Original Film, and Steve Richards for Endurance Media. Bautista will also produce for Dogbone Entertainment, along with Jonathan Meisner (Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy) and Chris Milburn (Strangers).
Black Bear introduced the film to buyers at the EFM earlier in the year and will continue selling it in Cannes. CAA Media Finance represents the US rights.
Ten years after...
- 5/10/2024
- by Mirko Parlevliet
- Vital Thrills
When a public figure promises to do something, there’s no way they can let it go and not be reminded of their own words by the crowd. That’s why it’s so hard for the celebrities to lie about their lives: everything is compromised.
But if not talking about some tea, but more of some sort of professional achievements, it can be a lot more difficult. For example, everybody knows Quentin Tarantino, and everybody definitely heard him saying he wants to retire at 60 after creating 10 movies.
However, it seems like he needs a new plan, as the man is now 61 and his latest movie, the one that was supposed to be his finish line, has already been canceled. By him...
The name is The Movie Critic, and it was originally conceived as a completely new thing with an original script, but after a lot of work was put...
But if not talking about some tea, but more of some sort of professional achievements, it can be a lot more difficult. For example, everybody knows Quentin Tarantino, and everybody definitely heard him saying he wants to retire at 60 after creating 10 movies.
However, it seems like he needs a new plan, as the man is now 61 and his latest movie, the one that was supposed to be his finish line, has already been canceled. By him...
The name is The Movie Critic, and it was originally conceived as a completely new thing with an original script, but after a lot of work was put...
- 5/10/2024
- by info@startefacts.com (Rachel Bailey)
- STartefacts.com
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