Andy Serkis is one of Hollywood’s finest go-to actors for playing motion-capture roles in films. He played Caesar in the Planet of the Apes trilogy, Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit films, and the titular character in 2005’s King Kong. However, many fans wouldn’t be aware of his role as a Performance Capture Consultant in Gareth Edwards’ 2014 kaiju film, Godzilla. Serkis explained that it was not a full-on acting role like his other monster roles.
Andy Serkis doing the motion capture work for Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Lucasfilm Ltd.
Beyond acting, Serkis has also tried his hands at filmmaking. He served as the director of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle in which he also did mo-cap for the role of Baloo. He is also the director of Tom Hardy’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage. He will soon helm the Lotr film,...
Andy Serkis doing the motion capture work for Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi | Lucasfilm Ltd.
Beyond acting, Serkis has also tried his hands at filmmaking. He served as the director of Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle in which he also did mo-cap for the role of Baloo. He is also the director of Tom Hardy’s Venom: Let There Be Carnage. He will soon helm the Lotr film,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
With the studio set to introduce Marvel’s first family Fantastic Four in the MCU, fans are revisiting the previous adaptations of the superhero team, including Josh Trank’s 2015 reboot boasting a stellar cast including Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, Jamie Bell. There is no denying that the film has not been the best the superhero genre has to offer and fans have now noted one glaring flaw that further compounds its shortcomings.
Fantastic Four | Credit: Marvel
The superhero team has always been defined as Marvel’s first family. However, the 2015 reboot film doesn’t seem too keen to follow the concept as two of the leading characters Susan Storm and The Thing hardly have a conversation in the movie.
The Fantastic Four Reboot Falters in Depicting Ben and Sue Storm’s Relationship
Directed by Josh Trank, the 2015 film Fantastic Four introduced a new cast. The film follows...
Fantastic Four | Credit: Marvel
The superhero team has always been defined as Marvel’s first family. However, the 2015 reboot film doesn’t seem too keen to follow the concept as two of the leading characters Susan Storm and The Thing hardly have a conversation in the movie.
The Fantastic Four Reboot Falters in Depicting Ben and Sue Storm’s Relationship
Directed by Josh Trank, the 2015 film Fantastic Four introduced a new cast. The film follows...
- 5/13/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
The Fantastic Four has found its villain!
Following that earlier casting news, The Hollywood Reporter has now learned that English actor Ralph Ineson has been cast in the highly coveted role of Galactus in Marvel Studios' upcoming The Fantastic Four.
He joins a cast headlined by 3x Primetime Emmy-nominee Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Primetime Emmy-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing).
Rounding out the cast are 3x Primetime Emmy-winner Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer), Primetime Emmy-winner Paul Walter Hauser, and 2x Academy Award-nominee John Malkovich.
Plot details are currently be kept under lock-and-key at the Baxter Building, but we do know that the film will be set in the 1960s, during the same time period the super team was originally conceived. However, whether or not the new film takes place within the same...
Following that earlier casting news, The Hollywood Reporter has now learned that English actor Ralph Ineson has been cast in the highly coveted role of Galactus in Marvel Studios' upcoming The Fantastic Four.
He joins a cast headlined by 3x Primetime Emmy-nominee Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Primetime Emmy-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing).
Rounding out the cast are 3x Primetime Emmy-winner Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer), Primetime Emmy-winner Paul Walter Hauser, and 2x Academy Award-nominee John Malkovich.
Plot details are currently be kept under lock-and-key at the Baxter Building, but we do know that the film will be set in the 1960s, during the same time period the super team was originally conceived. However, whether or not the new film takes place within the same...
- 5/9/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
The Fantastic Four has found its villain!
Following that earlier casting news, The Hollywood Reporter has now learned that English actor Ralph Ineson has been cast in the highly coveted role of Galactus in Marvel Studios' upcoming The Fantastic Four.
He joins a cast headlined by 3x Primetime Emmy-nominee Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Primetime Emmy-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing).
Rounding out the cast are 3x Primetime Emmy-winner Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer), Primetime Emmy-winner Paul Walter Hauser, and 2x Academy Award-nominee John Malkovich.
Plot details are currently be kept under lock-and-key at the Baxter Building, but we do know that the film will be set in the 1960s, during the same time period the super team was originally conceived. However, whether or not the new film takes place within the same...
Following that earlier casting news, The Hollywood Reporter has now learned that English actor Ralph Ineson has been cast in the highly coveted role of Galactus in Marvel Studios' upcoming The Fantastic Four.
He joins a cast headlined by 3x Primetime Emmy-nominee Pedro Pascal (Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic), Academy Award-nominee Vanessa Kirby (Sue Storm/Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (Johnny Storm/Human Torch), and Primetime Emmy-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Ben Grimm/The Thing).
Rounding out the cast are 3x Primetime Emmy-winner Julia Garner (Shalla-Bal/Silver Surfer), Primetime Emmy-winner Paul Walter Hauser, and 2x Academy Award-nominee John Malkovich.
Plot details are currently be kept under lock-and-key at the Baxter Building, but we do know that the film will be set in the 1960s, during the same time period the super team was originally conceived. However, whether or not the new film takes place within the same...
- 5/9/2024
- ComicBookMovie.com
It’s already been a busy week for the upcoming Cannes film market, with new films from Julia Ducournau, Romain Gavras, and Panos Cosmatos entering the fray. But what about something lighter than those three, which, considering their directors, will all be audacious in their own ways? “Takes One To Know One” may fit the bill there, as Deadline reports that CAA Media Finance and Cornerstone have the upcoming romance ready for sales on the Croisette once the Cannes Film Festival gets underway in eleven days.
Continue reading ‘Takes One To Know One’: Olivia Cooke & Jamie Bell To Star In Upcoming Italy-Set Romance at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Takes One To Know One’: Olivia Cooke & Jamie Bell To Star In Upcoming Italy-Set Romance at The Playlist.
- 5/3/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Olivia Cooke and Jamie Bell are set to appear in Nathalie Biancheri’s unconventional romance Takes One To Know One, with Cornerstone handling international sales and CAA Media Finance co-repping the US.
When Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell) meet in Rome, the chemistry is electric, and looks like the start of something life-changing, apart from a key stumbling block: they are both in relationships with other people.
Producers are Gail Egan, Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady and Cooke. Production companies are Potboiler Productions, the UK outfit behind The Last King of Scotland and The Constant Gardener; Bcdf Pictures, the...
When Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell) meet in Rome, the chemistry is electric, and looks like the start of something life-changing, apart from a key stumbling block: they are both in relationships with other people.
Producers are Gail Egan, Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady and Cooke. Production companies are Potboiler Productions, the UK outfit behind The Last King of Scotland and The Constant Gardener; Bcdf Pictures, the...
- 5/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
Olivia Cooke, Jamie Bell to Lead Italy-Set Romance ‘Takes One To Know One’ from ‘Pam & Tommy’ Writer
“Sound of Metal” star Olivia Cooke, soon to be returning to “House of the Dragon” for its second season, and BAFTA winner Jamie Bell, recently seen in “All of Us Strangers,” are set to star in “Takes One to Know One.” The film is billed as an “unconventional and contemporary take on romance.”
The feature comes from Italian director Nathalie Biancheri, working from a 2022 Black List screenplay by WGA-nominated writer Brooke Baker. Production is due to commence in Italy later this year, with Cornerstone handling international sales and distribution and and launching sales at Cannes and co-repping the U.S. with CAA Media Finance.
“Takes One to Know One” follows Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell). When the two meet in Rome, their chemistry is electric. With a shared passion for art, Italy and each other, it looks like the start of something life-changing. The biggest stumbling block: they are both in relationships with other people.
The feature comes from Italian director Nathalie Biancheri, working from a 2022 Black List screenplay by WGA-nominated writer Brooke Baker. Production is due to commence in Italy later this year, with Cornerstone handling international sales and distribution and and launching sales at Cannes and co-repping the U.S. with CAA Media Finance.
“Takes One to Know One” follows Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell). When the two meet in Rome, their chemistry is electric. With a shared passion for art, Italy and each other, it looks like the start of something life-changing. The biggest stumbling block: they are both in relationships with other people.
- 5/3/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Olivia Cooke and Jamie Bell have signed on to star in Takes One To Know One, a contemporary romance from Italian director Nathalie Biancheri (Nocturnal) based on Brooke Baker’s 2022 Black List script.
The Ready Player One and House of the Dragon actress and the All of Us Strangers and Rocketman actor will play Eleanor and Lucas, two people, who meet in Rome and immediately feel a spark, connecting over their shared passion for Italy and art, despite both already being in relationships.
“I’m so excited to work with Olivia and Jamie on this project,” said Biancheri. “The script is such a great combination of sexy, fun but also quite moving and I feel like it really hits a spot people are hungry for in cinema today.”
Potboiler Productions (The Constant Gardener, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind) are producing, together with Bcdf Pictures, and Chippy Tea Productions. Gail Egan,...
The Ready Player One and House of the Dragon actress and the All of Us Strangers and Rocketman actor will play Eleanor and Lucas, two people, who meet in Rome and immediately feel a spark, connecting over their shared passion for Italy and art, despite both already being in relationships.
“I’m so excited to work with Olivia and Jamie on this project,” said Biancheri. “The script is such a great combination of sexy, fun but also quite moving and I feel like it really hits a spot people are hungry for in cinema today.”
Potboiler Productions (The Constant Gardener, The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind) are producing, together with Bcdf Pictures, and Chippy Tea Productions. Gail Egan,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Olivia Cooke (Sound of Metal) and BAFTA Award winner Jamie Bell (All of Us Strangers) have signed on to lead Italian filmmaker Nathalie Biancheri’s latest pic Takes One To Know One.
Cornerstone has international rights to the pic and will co-rep the US with CAA Media Finance. The pair will launch sales at Cannes.
Billed as an “unconventional and contemporary take on romance,” the film was penned by writer Brooke Baker. The screenplay was featured on the 2022 Black List. Cameras are set to roll in Italy in late 2024.
The film’s synopsis reads: When Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell) meet in Rome, the chemistry is electric. With a shared passion for art, Italy, and each other, it looks like the start of something life-changing. The biggest stumbling block: They are both in relationships with other people.
Takes One To Know One is a Potboiler, Bcdf Pictures,...
Cornerstone has international rights to the pic and will co-rep the US with CAA Media Finance. The pair will launch sales at Cannes.
Billed as an “unconventional and contemporary take on romance,” the film was penned by writer Brooke Baker. The screenplay was featured on the 2022 Black List. Cameras are set to roll in Italy in late 2024.
The film’s synopsis reads: When Eleanor (Cooke) and Lucas (Bell) meet in Rome, the chemistry is electric. With a shared passion for art, Italy, and each other, it looks like the start of something life-changing. The biggest stumbling block: They are both in relationships with other people.
Takes One To Know One is a Potboiler, Bcdf Pictures,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Marvel’s Fantastic Four has lived through several iterations. In 1994, the first ambitious Fantastic Four life-action was made starring Alex Hyde-White, Rebecca Staab, and Jay Underwood, with Joseph Culp playing Doctor Doom. However, the movie was never released. While the Chris Evans-starrer Fantastic Four movie series was popular among fans, there was an attempt from Fox to reboot the franchise in 2015 with a roster of a talented cast.
Fantastic Four 2015 cast
Michael B. Jordan, who starred in 2015’s Fantastic Four, recently teased that he might appear in Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Certainly, the movie has stacked an astonishing amount of surprises. Despite the release of a teaser and a trailer, the movie has managed to keep fans at bay with rumors and speculations.
Michael B. Jordan Teased His Human Torch Return
Michael B. Jordan in Fantastic Four
Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four had a talented cast,...
Fantastic Four 2015 cast
Michael B. Jordan, who starred in 2015’s Fantastic Four, recently teased that he might appear in Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman’s Deadpool & Wolverine. Certainly, the movie has stacked an astonishing amount of surprises. Despite the release of a teaser and a trailer, the movie has managed to keep fans at bay with rumors and speculations.
Michael B. Jordan Teased His Human Torch Return
Michael B. Jordan in Fantastic Four
Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four had a talented cast,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Lachit Roy
- FandomWire
The 2024 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) will take place on December 8 at the Roundhouse in Camden. The ceremony will mark a return for the BIFAs, which were last held at the storied London venue in 2007.
“We’re delighted to be returning to Roundhouse this year. The opportunity to work with our production partners and the brilliant team at the venue to do something different and really special in the space is incredibly exciting for us, and we hope for the industry we celebrate too,” said BIFA directors Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace.
The BIFAs have been staged at Old Billingsgate in the City of London for the last 14 years. The awards body’s last outing in Camden was hosted by James Nesbitt. Guests and honorees included Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Ray Winstone, Jamie Bell, Sam Riley, Carey Mulligan, and Tilda Swinton. Film winners on the night included Control, Notes on a Scandal,...
“We’re delighted to be returning to Roundhouse this year. The opportunity to work with our production partners and the brilliant team at the venue to do something different and really special in the space is incredibly exciting for us, and we hope for the industry we celebrate too,” said BIFA directors Amy Gustin and Deena Wallace.
The BIFAs have been staged at Old Billingsgate in the City of London for the last 14 years. The awards body’s last outing in Camden was hosted by James Nesbitt. Guests and honorees included Judi Dench, Daniel Craig, Ray Winstone, Jamie Bell, Sam Riley, Carey Mulligan, and Tilda Swinton. Film winners on the night included Control, Notes on a Scandal,...
- 3/26/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sundance documentary Never Look Away, the directorial debut of actress Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess), has been sold by XYZ to Greenwich Entertainment for all rights in North America, and to Kaleidoscope for all rights in UK.
Both distributors have committed to theatrical releases in the territories. Kaleidoscope will also take over rest of world sales. The film is set to have additional screenings at SXSW this weekend.
The film puts a spotlight on the late, swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, Margaret Moth, who risked it all to put the viewer inside the conflict. When a fateful injury got in the way of her appetite for danger and adrenaline, she had a decision to make about her career and survival.
Pic was produced by Matthew Metcalfe of Gfc Films, Tom Blackwell and Lawless, and was written by Metcalfe, Blackwell, Lawless and Whetham Allpress. XYZ Films is executive-producing.
The deals for...
Both distributors have committed to theatrical releases in the territories. Kaleidoscope will also take over rest of world sales. The film is set to have additional screenings at SXSW this weekend.
The film puts a spotlight on the late, swashbuckling CNN combat camerawoman, Margaret Moth, who risked it all to put the viewer inside the conflict. When a fateful injury got in the way of her appetite for danger and adrenaline, she had a decision to make about her career and survival.
Pic was produced by Matthew Metcalfe of Gfc Films, Tom Blackwell and Lawless, and was written by Metcalfe, Blackwell, Lawless and Whetham Allpress. XYZ Films is executive-producing.
The deals for...
- 3/8/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Louis McCartney describes himself as “a West End baby” because before he was cast to play boyish-looking monster Henry Creel in the Stranger Things stage show The First Shadow, he’d never performed on stage in his life.
“They were coaching me how to speak properly, how to project my voice,” McCartney says of the countless recalls he endured during the auditioning process.
The key was: Could McCartney play “the sweet little by whose mum loved him” who also happens to be “a killer” who’s “psychiatric at heart.”
McCartney nails it all with one of the most breathtaking debut performances in the West End.
The show’s director, Stephen Daldry, remembers seeing McCartney out of the corner of his eye during an open casting call. The lad from Belfast was sitting quietly in a corner when Daldry remarked to casting director Jessica Ronane and dialect coach William Conacher,...
“They were coaching me how to speak properly, how to project my voice,” McCartney says of the countless recalls he endured during the auditioning process.
The key was: Could McCartney play “the sweet little by whose mum loved him” who also happens to be “a killer” who’s “psychiatric at heart.”
McCartney nails it all with one of the most breathtaking debut performances in the West End.
The show’s director, Stephen Daldry, remembers seeing McCartney out of the corner of his eye during an open casting call. The lad from Belfast was sitting quietly in a corner when Daldry remarked to casting director Jessica Ronane and dialect coach William Conacher,...
- 3/6/2024
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Marvel has found its new ‘Fantastic Four’ in the form of Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinna and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.
The quartet will be played by Pedro Pascal who takes on the character of Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
Plot details of the latest version of the story created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel comics are practically non-existence.
Also in news – Ewan McGregor set for David Robert Mitchell’s mystery dinosaur movie
It was previously known that the Fantastic Four were not a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the movie rights were owned by 20th Century Fox. Three films were produced with the characters, namely ‘Fantastic Four’ and ‘Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer,’ which were released in 2005 and 2007 respectively.
The quartet will be played by Pedro Pascal who takes on the character of Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
Plot details of the latest version of the story created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for Marvel comics are practically non-existence.
Also in news – Ewan McGregor set for David Robert Mitchell’s mystery dinosaur movie
It was previously known that the Fantastic Four were not a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the movie rights were owned by 20th Century Fox. Three films were produced with the characters, namely ‘Fantastic Four’ and ‘Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer,’ which were released in 2005 and 2007 respectively.
- 2/15/2024
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ebon Moss-Bachrach is cast as Marvel’s new Ben Grimm / The Thing in the upcoming film, The Fantastic Four. Before The Bear actor was tasked with the role in the MCU, Michael Bailey Smith, Carl Ciarfalio, Michael Chiklis, and Jamie Bell played the role in earlier live-action movies. However, Marvel did one thing right with Moss-Bachrach’s casting from the earlier iterations, as they appropriately cast a Jewish actor in the role.
The Bear actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach is cast as Ben Grimm / The Thing in the MCU’s The Fantastic Four
In Marvel Comics, Benjamin Grimm is Jewish and first revealed his identity in an emotional moment. Jack Kirby, who created the character, modeled Ben after himself and named him after his father Benjamin Kurtzberg.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Casting Preserves The Identity Of Ben Grimm Ben Grimm reveals his Jewish identity in Marvel Comics
On Valentine’s Day, Marvel Studios...
The Bear actor Ebon Moss-Bachrach is cast as Ben Grimm / The Thing in the MCU’s The Fantastic Four
In Marvel Comics, Benjamin Grimm is Jewish and first revealed his identity in an emotional moment. Jack Kirby, who created the character, modeled Ben after himself and named him after his father Benjamin Kurtzberg.
Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Casting Preserves The Identity Of Ben Grimm Ben Grimm reveals his Jewish identity in Marvel Comics
On Valentine’s Day, Marvel Studios...
- 2/15/2024
- by Hashim Asraff
- FandomWire
Víctor Erice’s “Close Your Eyes,” Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” and Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” dominated this year’s 21st Ics Awards, winning the top prizes.
“Close Your Eyes,” which picked up best picture and best director, revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a Spanish actor during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police concludes that he has suffered an accident on the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the cold case resurfaces.
Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” won three awards, including best actress for Sandra Hüller, original screenplay for Triet and Arthur Harari, and editing for Laurent Sénéchal. The movie is nominated for five Oscars, seven BAFTA’s and 11 Cesar Awards.
The romantic fantasy “All of Us Strangers,” meanwhile, won four prizes, including best actor for Andrew Scott, supporting actor for Jamie Bell, adapted screenplay for Haigh,...
“Close Your Eyes,” which picked up best picture and best director, revolves around the mysterious disappearance of a Spanish actor during the filming of a movie. Although his body is never found, the police concludes that he has suffered an accident on the edge of a cliff. Many years later, the cold case resurfaces.
Justine Triet’s “Anatomy of a Fall” won three awards, including best actress for Sandra Hüller, original screenplay for Triet and Arthur Harari, and editing for Laurent Sénéchal. The movie is nominated for five Oscars, seven BAFTA’s and 11 Cesar Awards.
The romantic fantasy “All of Us Strangers,” meanwhile, won four prizes, including best actor for Andrew Scott, supporting actor for Jamie Bell, adapted screenplay for Haigh,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Marvel’s Fantastic Four has been assembled. In a sweet treat to fans, the entertainment studio announced the official casting for the long-awaited film set for release on July 25, 2025. “Happy Valentine’s Day from Marvel’s First Family,” the social media post teased. “Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn are The Fantastic Four.”
Pascal was reported to have been close to closing the deal to play Mr. Fantastic in November 2023, but nearly every detail about the film was up in the air and being kept under wraps at the time.
Pascal was reported to have been close to closing the deal to play Mr. Fantastic in November 2023, but nearly every detail about the film was up in the air and being kept under wraps at the time.
- 2/14/2024
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
It’s castin’ time.
On Valentine’s Day, Marvel Studios finally confirmed months of speculation and rumors by revealing the cast of the brand’s upcoming reboot of “The Fantastic Four.” Officially aboard the future superhero blockbuster as Marvel’s first family is Pedro Pascal (playing Reed Richards a.k.a Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (as Sue Storm a.k.a. Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (as Johnny Storm a.k.a Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (as Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing). Those four actors have been connected to the project by informed online speculation since last summer.
To announce its cast, Marvel posted a retro poster that calls back to the Fantastic Four’s comic origins in 1961. Whether the film itself will serve as a period piece, which would make it an outlier in the official Marvel Cinematic Universe, is unknown at present time.
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On Valentine’s Day, Marvel Studios finally confirmed months of speculation and rumors by revealing the cast of the brand’s upcoming reboot of “The Fantastic Four.” Officially aboard the future superhero blockbuster as Marvel’s first family is Pedro Pascal (playing Reed Richards a.k.a Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby (as Sue Storm a.k.a. Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn (as Johnny Storm a.k.a Human Torch), and Ebon Moss-Bachrach (as Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing). Those four actors have been connected to the project by informed online speculation since last summer.
To announce its cast, Marvel posted a retro poster that calls back to the Fantastic Four’s comic origins in 1961. Whether the film itself will serve as a period piece, which would make it an outlier in the official Marvel Cinematic Universe, is unknown at present time.
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- 2/14/2024
- by Christopher Rosen
- Gold Derby
Marvel has decided to celebrate Valentine’s Day by revealing the official cast for The Fantastic Four: Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/Invisible Woman, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing, and Stranger Things 4 breakout Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/Human Torch. The studio also announced a new July 25th, 2025 release date for the film.
The new film, officially titled The Fantastic Four, will be Marvel Studio’s first crack at their famed First Family after regaining the character rights in Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox. In the comics, Richards embarks on a scientific space mission with his girlfriend, Sue; her brother, Johnny; and his best friend/pilot, Ben. When the mission goes awry, they’re bombarded with cosmic rays, granting them each unique abilities: Richards’ body is able to stretch and transform, Sue can turn invisible and create invisible forcefields,...
The new film, officially titled The Fantastic Four, will be Marvel Studio’s first crack at their famed First Family after regaining the character rights in Disney’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox. In the comics, Richards embarks on a scientific space mission with his girlfriend, Sue; her brother, Johnny; and his best friend/pilot, Ben. When the mission goes awry, they’re bombarded with cosmic rays, granting them each unique abilities: Richards’ body is able to stretch and transform, Sue can turn invisible and create invisible forcefields,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Ben Kaye
- Consequence - Film News
Marvel Studios has its “Fantastic Four.”
The superhero quartet — the first characters created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — will be played by Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
As part of the casting announcement, Disney has swapped the release dates of “The Fantastic Four” and “Thunderbolts”. Those are two of four Marvel tentpoles currently set to open in 2025, along with “Captain America: Brave New World” in February and “Blade” in November. Four Marvel films are also scheduled for 2026, including “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.” That’s a ramp up from 2024: Marvel only has “Deadpool & Wolverine” for theaters, on July 26.
Per usual with Marvel, story details remain scant. But in the comics, the Fantastic Four are astronauts...
The superhero quartet — the first characters created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby — will be played by Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm (aka the Invisible Woman), Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm (aka the Human Torch) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm (aka the Thing).
As part of the casting announcement, Disney has swapped the release dates of “The Fantastic Four” and “Thunderbolts”. Those are two of four Marvel tentpoles currently set to open in 2025, along with “Captain America: Brave New World” in February and “Blade” in November. Four Marvel films are also scheduled for 2026, including “Avengers: The Kang Dynasty.” That’s a ramp up from 2024: Marvel only has “Deadpool & Wolverine” for theaters, on July 26.
Per usual with Marvel, story details remain scant. But in the comics, the Fantastic Four are astronauts...
- 2/14/2024
- by Adam B. Vary
- Variety Film + TV
The first "Fantastic Four" comic book was published in November 1961, although it wasn't until issue #3 that the comics regularly came emblazoned with the superlative declaration "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine!" No one protested. The goal of the Fantastic Four was to tap into the natural enormity of comic book superhero stories: These were larger-than-life characters going on cosmic adventures and doing battle with planet-eating alien demigods. The very bodies of the titular Four were reminiscent of the four elements: One was made of stone, one was made of fire, one had a liquid-like body, and one was invisible like air.
And yet, through the melodramatic opera of their adventures, the Fantastic Four had appealingly banal personal lives. Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman struggled to make their marriage work. The Human Torch and the Thing bickered constantly. The fact that the Human Torch was the Invisible Woman's brother only complicated matters.
And yet, through the melodramatic opera of their adventures, the Fantastic Four had appealingly banal personal lives. Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman struggled to make their marriage work. The Human Torch and the Thing bickered constantly. The fact that the Human Torch was the Invisible Woman's brother only complicated matters.
- 2/10/2024
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Nine months ago, it was announced that Elisabeth Moss (The Invisible Man), Kate Hudson (Almost Famous), and Kaia Gerber (Babylon) had signed on to star in the “sexy psychological thriller” Shell, with Teen Spirit‘s Max Minghella directing from a screenplay written by Jack Stanley (Lou). Now production on Shell has just wrapped in Los Angeles, and along with the end of filming comes to the reveal that Moss, Hudson, and Gerber are joined in the cast by Arian Moayed (Succession), musician and composer Este Haim (Licorice Pizza), Lionel Boyce (The Bear), author/comedian Ziwe (Ziwe), Amy Landecker (Transparent), Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal), Blake Lee (Cruel Summer), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24).
Shell is “set in a near future, when humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes“. Here’s the synopsis: Struggling actress Samantha (Elisabeth Moss...
Shell is “set in a near future, when humanity’s cultural obsession with youth and beauty has been taken to new extremes“. Here’s the synopsis: Struggling actress Samantha (Elisabeth Moss...
- 2/6/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: SAG and Tony Award nominee Arian Moayed (Succession), Grammy-nominated musician and composer Este Haim (Licorice Pizza), actor-writer Lionel Boyce (The Bear), and actor-comedian Ziwe (Ziwe) are among cast to have joined Elisabeth Moss, Kate Hudson, and Kaia Gerber in psychological thriller Shell.
Filming recently wrapped in Los Angeles on the movie which marks the sophomore directorial effort from The Handmaid’s Tale and The Social Network star Max Minghella.
Cast is rounded out by SAG-award nominee Amy Landecker (Transparent), Emmy winner Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal), Blake Lee (Cruel Summer), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24).
In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO,...
Filming recently wrapped in Los Angeles on the movie which marks the sophomore directorial effort from The Handmaid’s Tale and The Social Network star Max Minghella.
Cast is rounded out by SAG-award nominee Amy Landecker (Transparent), Emmy winner Peter MacNicol (Ally McBeal), Blake Lee (Cruel Summer), Dustin Milligan (Schitt’s Creek), Peri Gilpin (Frasier), and Mary Lynn Rajskub (24).
In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO,...
- 2/5/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam (Andrew Scott) has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry (Paul Mescal), which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell), appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before. A compelling exploration of love, family and grief, this unique film from English ... Read more...
- 2/5/2024
- by Thomas Miller
- Seat42F
Stars: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy, Jamie Bell | Written and Directed by Andrew Haigh
There are few, maybe even only a handful of actors that can truly look into your souls and crush you. A look across their face is all it takes to devastate you. Andrew Scott is one of them. He can portray a quiet loneliness like no other, and through the lens of All of Us Strangers you’ll struggle to find a better performance all year.
We first see Andrew Scott as Adam, through a lonely reflection, gazing out of his London apartment. An apartment block that seems to only house two tenants: Adam and one other young man, Harry (Paul Mescal). The two share a brief encounter while Adam struggles to write a new screenplay, one focusing on his past. He finds himself sifting through old 80s records and photos of his parents who...
There are few, maybe even only a handful of actors that can truly look into your souls and crush you. A look across their face is all it takes to devastate you. Andrew Scott is one of them. He can portray a quiet loneliness like no other, and through the lens of All of Us Strangers you’ll struggle to find a better performance all year.
We first see Andrew Scott as Adam, through a lonely reflection, gazing out of his London apartment. An apartment block that seems to only house two tenants: Adam and one other young man, Harry (Paul Mescal). The two share a brief encounter while Adam struggles to write a new screenplay, one focusing on his past. He finds himself sifting through old 80s records and photos of his parents who...
- 2/5/2024
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
One of 2023's most acclaimed films will soon be available from the comfort of home. Searchlight Pictures has announced the Digital and streaming release date for director Andrew Haigh's "All of Us Strangers." The film, which stars Andrew Scott ("Fleabag") and Paul Mescal ("Aftersun"), is going to be available through digital retailers and will also be streaming on Hulu beginning Thursday, February 22, 2024. Mark your calendars and plan accordingly.
If you don't subscribe to Hulu, you'll be able to rent the film through your digital retailer of choice, such as Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV, or Google Play, starting that same day. For those who are already subscribed to Hulu, the movie will be available to stream at no additional cost. Disney uses Hulu as its primary destination for Searchlight Pictures releases these days, adding value to the service for subscribers. The official synopsis for the film reads as follows:...
If you don't subscribe to Hulu, you'll be able to rent the film through your digital retailer of choice, such as Vudu, Prime Video, Apple TV, or Google Play, starting that same day. For those who are already subscribed to Hulu, the movie will be available to stream at no additional cost. Disney uses Hulu as its primary destination for Searchlight Pictures releases these days, adding value to the service for subscribers. The official synopsis for the film reads as follows:...
- 2/5/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Warning: this piece contains spoilers for All Of Us Strangers.
If you're reading this through a haze of tears, you're not alone. Even mentioning All of Us Strangers is enough to make a person sob as if they’re watching Andrew Haigh's masterpiece again for the very first time. And that's rather fitting given the curious way this film plays with chronology. Whether it's the grief or queer trauma or a heady mix of the two that resonates with you most, All of Us Strangers is a story that will always be on your mind in some way, the kind that shifts how you perceive the world. But how you even perceive the film itself can also shift depending on different factors.
One thing that can be agreed on is that this loose yet touching adaptation of Strangers, a Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada, is essentially two love stories in one.
If you're reading this through a haze of tears, you're not alone. Even mentioning All of Us Strangers is enough to make a person sob as if they’re watching Andrew Haigh's masterpiece again for the very first time. And that's rather fitting given the curious way this film plays with chronology. Whether it's the grief or queer trauma or a heady mix of the two that resonates with you most, All of Us Strangers is a story that will always be on your mind in some way, the kind that shifts how you perceive the world. But how you even perceive the film itself can also shift depending on different factors.
One thing that can be agreed on is that this loose yet touching adaptation of Strangers, a Japanese novel by Taichi Yamada, is essentially two love stories in one.
- 2/5/2024
- by David Opie
- Empire - Movies
Clockwise from top left: This Is Me... Now: A Love Story (Prime Video), Red Rocket (A24), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount)Image: The A.V. Club
Amazon’s Prime Video kicks off February with a summer blockbuster, a new “narrative-driven cinematic odyssey” from Jennifer Lopez, and a bunch of...
Amazon’s Prime Video kicks off February with a summer blockbuster, a new “narrative-driven cinematic odyssey” from Jennifer Lopez, and a bunch of...
- 2/3/2024
- by Robert DeSalvo
- avclub.com
February is here, and the countdown has begun at Netflix as many major titles are on their way out the proverbial door. With “Dune: Part Two” finally heading to theaters at the start of March, the streamer is giving subscribers one more month to rewatch (or catch up on) 2021’s “Dune,” starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, and more. Plus, dive into other unfamiliar worlds with “Dredd,” “Snowpiercer,” and Prometheus.
Watch now before they’re gone: see The Streamable’s top picks for what’s leaving Netflix this month, and check out all the shows and movies leaving the streamer this February!
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More than 23 years after its release, 2000’s “Chicken Run” still holds the record as the highest-grossing stop motion animated film of all time, beating all “Wallace and Gromit” features to top the list.
Watch now before they’re gone: see The Streamable’s top picks for what’s leaving Netflix this month, and check out all the shows and movies leaving the streamer this February!
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More than 23 years after its release, 2000’s “Chicken Run” still holds the record as the highest-grossing stop motion animated film of all time, beating all “Wallace and Gromit” features to top the list.
- 2/2/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
There’s something inherently a little unsettling about a tower block. And that’s particularly true of the glistening edifices of modern London, with enormous windows, uninspired furnishing, and even less personality than a geography teacher convention. In Andrew Haigh‘s new drama All of Us Strangers, one of these tower blocks becomes pure purgatory – a cavernous liminal space in which two lonely men are trapped, at least until they can find each other.
Haigh simply doesn’t make noisy films. With the likes of Weekend and 45 Years, he has proven adept at telling smart, human stories about relationships at very different stages. In some ways, his work lives in those liminal, uncertain spaces. All of Us Strangers, which combines Haigh’s trademark thoughtful humanity with lashings of ghost story, is no different and is as fascinating as it is desperately painful.
The story begins with Adam (Andrew Scott), who...
Haigh simply doesn’t make noisy films. With the likes of Weekend and 45 Years, he has proven adept at telling smart, human stories about relationships at very different stages. In some ways, his work lives in those liminal, uncertain spaces. All of Us Strangers, which combines Haigh’s trademark thoughtful humanity with lashings of ghost story, is no different and is as fascinating as it is desperately painful.
The story begins with Adam (Andrew Scott), who...
- 1/26/2024
- by Tom Beasley
- Talking Films
Event cinema title Dear England is the widest new release at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, playing in 716 UK venues through National Theatre Live.
The play first screened in 694 venues yesterday (Thursday 25), grossing £541,000 with several venues still to report. As well as cinemas, it is screening in many non-cinema venues such as community centres and village halls.
Dear England is a recording of James Graham’s play, following the fortunes of the England men’s football team across three tournaments: the 2018 World Cup, the 2020 European Championships, and the 2022 World Cup.
Directed by Rupert Goold and starring Joseph Fiennes as England manager Gareth Southgate,...
The play first screened in 694 venues yesterday (Thursday 25), grossing £541,000 with several venues still to report. As well as cinemas, it is screening in many non-cinema venues such as community centres and village halls.
Dear England is a recording of James Graham’s play, following the fortunes of the England men’s football team across three tournaments: the 2018 World Cup, the 2020 European Championships, and the 2022 World Cup.
Directed by Rupert Goold and starring Joseph Fiennes as England manager Gareth Southgate,...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
Event cinema title Dear England is the widest new release at this weekend’s UK-Ireland box office, playing in around 800 UK cinemas through National Theatre Live.
The play first screened in 694 cinemas yesterday (Thursday 25), grossing £541,000 with several venues still to report. The exact weekend location number is to be confirmed; should it be above the 777 sites of James Bond film No Time To Die from 2021, it would be the widest opening ever in UK-Ireland cinemas.
Dear England is a recording of James Graham’s play, following the fortunes of the England men’s football team across three tournaments: the 2018 World Cup,...
The play first screened in 694 cinemas yesterday (Thursday 25), grossing £541,000 with several venues still to report. The exact weekend location number is to be confirmed; should it be above the 777 sites of James Bond film No Time To Die from 2021, it would be the widest opening ever in UK-Ireland cinemas.
Dear England is a recording of James Graham’s play, following the fortunes of the England men’s football team across three tournaments: the 2018 World Cup,...
- 1/26/2024
- ScreenDaily
The cast of All of Us Strangers ideally would have been celebrating their Oscar nominations at the UK red carpet premiere, but the Academy snubbed the film.
Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, and Claire Foy were back together for a gala screening at BFI Southbank on Tuesday (January 23) in London, England.
The co-stars, who were missing Jamie Bell, were joined by writer and director Andrew Haigh.
The movie was considered a contender in categories like Best Picture, Best Actor for Andrew, Best Supporting Actress for Claire, Best Adapted Screenplay, and more. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any of those noms.
Make sure to check out the full list of Oscar nominations and see 13 other acclaimed movies that received zero noms.
Andrew has a new series heading to Netflix and the trailer premiered this week!
Fyi: Andrew is wearing Vince pants. Paul is wearing Gucci.
Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, and Claire Foy were back together for a gala screening at BFI Southbank on Tuesday (January 23) in London, England.
The co-stars, who were missing Jamie Bell, were joined by writer and director Andrew Haigh.
The movie was considered a contender in categories like Best Picture, Best Actor for Andrew, Best Supporting Actress for Claire, Best Adapted Screenplay, and more. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any of those noms.
Make sure to check out the full list of Oscar nominations and see 13 other acclaimed movies that received zero noms.
Andrew has a new series heading to Netflix and the trailer premiered this week!
Fyi: Andrew is wearing Vince pants. Paul is wearing Gucci.
- 1/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The cast of All of Us Strangers ideally would have been celebrating their Oscar nominations at the UK red carpet premiere, but the Academy snubbed the film.
Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, and Claire Foy were back together for a gala screening at BFI Southbank on Tuesday (January 23) in London, England.
The co-stars, who were missing Jamie Bell, were joined by writer and director Andrew Haigh.
The movie was considered a contender in categories like Best Picture, Best Actor for Andrew, Best Supporting Actress for Claire, Best Adapted Screenplay, and more. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any of those noms.
Make sure to check out the full list of Oscar nominations and see 13 other acclaimed movies that received zero noms.
Andrew has a new series heading to Netflix and the trailer premiered this week!
Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, and Claire Foy were back together for a gala screening at BFI Southbank on Tuesday (January 23) in London, England.
The co-stars, who were missing Jamie Bell, were joined by writer and director Andrew Haigh.
The movie was considered a contender in categories like Best Picture, Best Actor for Andrew, Best Supporting Actress for Claire, Best Adapted Screenplay, and more. Unfortunately, it didn’t get any of those noms.
Make sure to check out the full list of Oscar nominations and see 13 other acclaimed movies that received zero noms.
Andrew has a new series heading to Netflix and the trailer premiered this week!
- 1/23/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
When the 2024 Oscars nominations were announced on January 23, 10 movies were sitting pretty in the Best Picture line-up: “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “Barbie,” “The Holdovers,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” “Maestro,” “Oppenheimer,” “Past Lives,” “Poor Things” and “The Zone of Interest.” Of this year’s notable also-rans (and there were many), which one just missed receiving an Oscar Best Picture nomination for 2024? Vote in our poll below to let us know which one You think was #11 on voters’ ballots.
SEE2024 Oscar nominations: Full list of contenders in all 23 categories
Based on Gold Derby’s racetrack odds, the snubbed film with the best chance of reaping a Best Picture bid was “The Color Purple” in 11th place. Directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Hollywood bigwigs like Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, this Warner Bros. crowd-pleaser is based on the popular stage musical version of “The Color Purple,” which in...
SEE2024 Oscar nominations: Full list of contenders in all 23 categories
Based on Gold Derby’s racetrack odds, the snubbed film with the best chance of reaping a Best Picture bid was “The Color Purple” in 11th place. Directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Hollywood bigwigs like Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, this Warner Bros. crowd-pleaser is based on the popular stage musical version of “The Color Purple,” which in...
- 1/23/2024
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Charles Melton hasn’t had a great week. First, he missed out on the BAFTA longlist for Best Supporting Actor. Then, he was snubbed by the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards in their list of official nominees. The two notable omissions have damaged Melton’s chances of an Oscar nomination for his breakout role in Todd Haynes‘ exquisite “May December.”
The Netflix movie follows Natalie Portman as an actress who visits a couple (Julianne Moore and Melton) to do research on them for a film based on the couple’s past scandal. The scandal in question revolves around the couple’s initial affair, which began when the woman was in her 30s and the boy was only 13. As the man — Joe — Melton delivers one of the most heartbreaking performances of the year. Robert Downey Jr. delivers a drama acting masterclass in “Oppenheimer,” Ryan Gosling delivers a comedy masterclass in “Barbie,” and...
The Netflix movie follows Natalie Portman as an actress who visits a couple (Julianne Moore and Melton) to do research on them for a film based on the couple’s past scandal. The scandal in question revolves around the couple’s initial affair, which began when the woman was in her 30s and the boy was only 13. As the man — Joe — Melton delivers one of the most heartbreaking performances of the year. Robert Downey Jr. delivers a drama acting masterclass in “Oppenheimer,” Ryan Gosling delivers a comedy masterclass in “Barbie,” and...
- 1/19/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Though January is notorious as a movie “dumping ground” with several forgettable big studio releases (often a mediocre horror flick), it’s also when many of the “indie” studios give a wide release to some of their “award hopefuls”, after getting a quickie end-of-the-year Oscar-qualifying “run’ on both of the coasts. And that’s surely the case with this thought-provoking and conversation-starting motion picture. All Of US Strangers (the title is appropriately vague) takes us into a dreamy “netherworld’ for 105 minutes, before sending us back into the jolting harsh reality. The focus of the film is an aspiring writer named Adam (Andrew Scott) who is nearly numb from the routine of “cocooning” in his comfy condo (or it may be an apartment) in a brand-new high-rise on the outskirts of London. Ah, but he’s been noticed by a neighbor, a friendly fellow named Harry (Paul Mescal) who knocks on Adam’s door,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Our predictions for the 2024 BAFTA nominations were thrown for a loop by the new jury system that determined the final contenders in many of the key categories. We feel bad that we encouraged some famous folk to set their alarms early on Thursday morning, only to find out that they did not number among the nominees despite appearing on the BAFTA longlists.
Scroll down for our list of the top 16 biggest BAFTA Awards snubs in the four acting races, and check out the BAFTA nominations list and the top 16 biggest BAFTA Awards snubs in movies, directing and screenwriting.
Not Best Actor
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
George MacKay, “Femme”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Killers of The Flower Moon”
Not Best Actress
Annette Bening, “Nyad”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of The Flower Moon”
Mia McKenna-Bruce, “How to Have Sex”
Not Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Hopkins,...
Scroll down for our list of the top 16 biggest BAFTA Awards snubs in the four acting races, and check out the BAFTA nominations list and the top 16 biggest BAFTA Awards snubs in movies, directing and screenwriting.
Not Best Actor
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
George MacKay, “Femme”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Killers of The Flower Moon”
Not Best Actress
Annette Bening, “Nyad”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Lily Gladstone, “Killers of The Flower Moon”
Mia McKenna-Bruce, “How to Have Sex”
Not Best Supporting Actor
Anthony Hopkins,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Paul Sheehan and Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Nominations for the Ee British Academy Film Awards will be unveiled Thursday in London via a livestream that begins at 12 pm GMT/4 Am Pst.
The livestream will be available to view on the video link embedded above alongside the organization’s X (Twitter) and YouTube pages.
Actors and former Ee Rising Star nominees Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir will reveal nominations from BAFTA headquarters at 195 Piccadilly.
Leading the pack from BAFTA’s longlist announcement are Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon. The heavyweight trio tied with 15 longlist nods apiece. All three films pop up in best film, director, and the respective screenplay categories: Killers and Oppenheimer in adapted screenplay, while Barbie sits in original screenplay. The haul of 15 longlist mentions equaled last year’s record showing from Edward Berger’s war feature All Quiet on the Western Front.
Chasing...
The livestream will be available to view on the video link embedded above alongside the organization’s X (Twitter) and YouTube pages.
Actors and former Ee Rising Star nominees Naomi Ackie and Kingsley Ben-Adir will reveal nominations from BAFTA headquarters at 195 Piccadilly.
Leading the pack from BAFTA’s longlist announcement are Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon. The heavyweight trio tied with 15 longlist nods apiece. All three films pop up in best film, director, and the respective screenplay categories: Killers and Oppenheimer in adapted screenplay, while Barbie sits in original screenplay. The haul of 15 longlist mentions equaled last year’s record showing from Edward Berger’s war feature All Quiet on the Western Front.
Chasing...
- 1/18/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Few Marvel characters are more qualified to traverse the space-time continuum — and tell a few meta jokes at its expense — than Deadpool. The Merc with a Mouth is notoriously averse to the constraints of reality, and that's just one of the many reasons why his big-screen adventures have been so much fun. Fox's "Deadpool" films have toyed with the anti-hero's wanton fourth wall breaking, nonlinear storytelling style, and affinity for time travel in delightfully irreverent fashion. It's allowed star and producer Ryan Reynolds the opportunity to poke fun at aspects of his career that fans have tried to forget, but it also gives audiences the chance to laugh at some of the silliest parts of the superhero industrial complex.
With the advent of Marvel's multiverse, Deadpool's exploits have only gotten more ambitious. Still, there are some choices too weird to make it to the final cut. The team behind the...
With the advent of Marvel's multiverse, Deadpool's exploits have only gotten more ambitious. Still, there are some choices too weird to make it to the final cut. The team behind the...
- 1/17/2024
- by Lyvie Scott
- Slash Film
“All of Us Strangers” is praised for its wistful same-sex romance, but writer/director Andrew Haigh also credits Frankie Goes to Hollywood and the Pet Shop Boys. In fact, he wouldn’t start production until he knew the film had the music rights.
“I think almost every single song that comes out was scripted,” he told IndieWire. “I knew what that music was before I even started, and I made sure we got the rights to it before we started. Everything was sort of designed with that in mind. [The movie] is about the power of music, weirdly, to drag us back into the past.”
For Adam (Andrew Scott), the songs he chooses to play are as telling as the eerie silence that fills his apartment building, empty save for his neighbor and soon-to-be lover, Harry (Paul Mescal). Their relationship ends with a gut punch, but the final, devastating moment finds them...
“I think almost every single song that comes out was scripted,” he told IndieWire. “I knew what that music was before I even started, and I made sure we got the rights to it before we started. Everything was sort of designed with that in mind. [The movie] is about the power of music, weirdly, to drag us back into the past.”
For Adam (Andrew Scott), the songs he chooses to play are as telling as the eerie silence that fills his apartment building, empty save for his neighbor and soon-to-be lover, Harry (Paul Mescal). Their relationship ends with a gut punch, but the final, devastating moment finds them...
- 1/13/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Please Note: This forecast, assembled by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these projections by drawing upon conversations with voters and other industry insiders, analysis of marketing and awards campaigns, results of awards ceremonies that precede the Oscars, and the history of the Oscars itself. There will be regular updates to reflect new developments.
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Best Picture
Frontrunners
1. Oppenheimer (Universal)
2. Barbie (Warner Bros.)
3. Poor Things (Searchlight)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple)
5. American Fiction (Amazon/MGM)
6. The Holdovers (Focus)
7. Past Lives (A24)
8. Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
9. Maestro (Netflix)
10. The Zone of Interest (A24)
Major Threats
11. Society of the Snow (Netflix)
12. The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
13. May December (Netflix)
14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)
15. Rustin (Netflix)
Possibilities
16. Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)
17. Air...
* * *
Best Picture
Frontrunners
1. Oppenheimer (Universal)
2. Barbie (Warner Bros.)
3. Poor Things (Searchlight)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple)
5. American Fiction (Amazon/MGM)
6. The Holdovers (Focus)
7. Past Lives (A24)
8. Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
9. Maestro (Netflix)
10. The Zone of Interest (A24)
Major Threats
11. Society of the Snow (Netflix)
12. The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
13. May December (Netflix)
14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)
15. Rustin (Netflix)
Possibilities
16. Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)
17. Air...
- 1/11/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
American Fiction outperformed expectations by landing three nominations, including best ensemble, while the edgy May December and Saltburn and a trio of non-English-language contenders — Past Lives, Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest — were completely shut out, and Killers of the Flower Moon’s Leonardo DiCaprio was passed over, when SAG-AFTRA announced the nominees for its 2024 SAG Awards on Wednesday morning.
Does any of this matter for those with Oscar nominations on their mind?
SAG Awards film nominations are determined by the vote of a nominating committee comprising 2,500 randomly selected members of the roughly 160,000-member guild. As a result, SAG Award nominees tend to be more populist but less international than the eventual selections of the actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (whose own nomination voting will begin Thursday and runs through next Tuesday).
The SAG Awards’ highest-profile category, best ensemble, ostensibly recognizes the...
Does any of this matter for those with Oscar nominations on their mind?
SAG Awards film nominations are determined by the vote of a nominating committee comprising 2,500 randomly selected members of the roughly 160,000-member guild. As a result, SAG Award nominees tend to be more populist but less international than the eventual selections of the actors branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (whose own nomination voting will begin Thursday and runs through next Tuesday).
The SAG Awards’ highest-profile category, best ensemble, ostensibly recognizes the...
- 1/10/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Elisabeth Moss is hard at work on her upcoming movie Shell and she’s reuniting with The Handmaid’s Tale co-star Max Minghella for the new project!
The Emmy-winning actress was spotted alongside Haim‘s Este Haim while walking around set on Monday (January 8) in Los Angeles.
It’s unclear if Este has joined the project or if she is just visiting set.
In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO, the ultra-glamorous Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson). When a string of former Shell patients go missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber), Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.
The Emmy-winning actress was spotted alongside Haim‘s Este Haim while walking around set on Monday (January 8) in Los Angeles.
It’s unclear if Este has joined the project or if she is just visiting set.
In Shell, struggling actress Samantha (Moss) is given an opportunity to get a free trial at Shell, a pioneering health and beauty company which promises to keep its clients looking young forever. Samantha’s life and career is transformed by the treatment, and she develops a burgeoning friendship with Shell’s CEO, the ultra-glamorous Zoe Shannon (Kate Hudson). When a string of former Shell patients go missing under mysterious circumstances, including popular social media star Chloe Benson (Kaia Gerber), Samantha starts to fear she may be in danger herself.
- 1/10/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
The powerful emotions of loneliness, loss and the spirit of memory that run through “All of Us Strangers” spoke volumes to cinematographer Jamie Ramsay.
Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, the movie stars Andrew Scott as Adam, a gay screenwriter who lives alone. A chance encounter with Harry (Paul Mescal) leads to a relationship and triggers memories for Adam, who finds himself in a fantastical world when he visits his childhood home and sees his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) 30 years after they died in a car accident.
Ramsay needed to represent the concept of isolation and loneliness of Adam’s character, while maintaining warmth.
Ramsay lit Adam’s day-to-day world in a straightforward manner.
“But when he goes back to his parents, that’s when the lighting starts to develop this ethereal sense, and the ghost of the past starts to affect his real life.”
In scenes with Adam’s parents,...
Written and directed by Andrew Haigh, the movie stars Andrew Scott as Adam, a gay screenwriter who lives alone. A chance encounter with Harry (Paul Mescal) leads to a relationship and triggers memories for Adam, who finds himself in a fantastical world when he visits his childhood home and sees his parents (Claire Foy and Jamie Bell) 30 years after they died in a car accident.
Ramsay needed to represent the concept of isolation and loneliness of Adam’s character, while maintaining warmth.
Ramsay lit Adam’s day-to-day world in a straightforward manner.
“But when he goes back to his parents, that’s when the lighting starts to develop this ethereal sense, and the ghost of the past starts to affect his real life.”
In scenes with Adam’s parents,...
- 1/9/2024
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Academy Award-winning filmmaker Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, his producing partner at HyperObject Industries, have come aboard the Oscar-shortlisted animated short Wild Summon as executive producers. Joining them are Guy Nattiv and Jaime Ray Newman of New Native Pictures, who won an Oscar for their 2019 live-action short Skin and went on to adapt it into a feature starring Jamie Bell.
An eco-film also recently longlisted for the BAFTA Film Awards, Wild Summon hails from filmmakers Karni Arieli and Saul Freed and their independent animation studio Sulkybunny. The film narrated by Marianne Faithful blends elements of natural history and fantasy to follow the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. It world premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and was produced with support from the British Film Institute, which awarded National Lottery funding.
When Messick, McKay and the HyperObject Industries team caught Wild Summon at Cannes,...
An eco-film also recently longlisted for the BAFTA Film Awards, Wild Summon hails from filmmakers Karni Arieli and Saul Freed and their independent animation studio Sulkybunny. The film narrated by Marianne Faithful blends elements of natural history and fantasy to follow the dramatic life cycle of the wild salmon in human form. It world premiered at last year’s Cannes Film Festival and was produced with support from the British Film Institute, which awarded National Lottery funding.
When Messick, McKay and the HyperObject Industries team caught Wild Summon at Cannes,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
"It feels that we're given an opportunity to kind of fully immerse into Andrew's old life, and get to play these parts that he's written so beautifully for us." Searchlight Pictures has debuted an extensive behind-the-scenes promo video for All of Us Strangers, the new film by acclaimed British filmmaker Andrew Haigh. The film has already opened in theaters and can be seen nationwide now - check your local listings to find where it's playing near you. This romantic fantasy is the story of a screenwriter in London who, after an encounter with his neighbor, is pulled back to his own childhood home where he discovers that his late parents are somehow living and look the same age as the day that they died. This full making of featurette includes conversations with the entire cast: Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Jamie Bell and Claire Foy. Along with director Andrew Haigh and his crew,...
- 1/8/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The BAFTA Film Awards have unveiled this year’s longlists for 24 categories, and in the lead are Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers Of The Flower Moon. Scroll down for the lists in full.
The heavyweight trio is tied with 15 longlist nods apiece. All three films pop up in best film, director, and the respective screenplay categories: Killers and Oppenheimer in adapted screenplay, while Barbie sits in original screenplay. The haul of 15 longlist mentions equals last year’s record showing from Edward Berger’s war feature All Quiet on the Western Front.
Chasing the leading pack are Yorgos Lanthimos’s Golden Lion winner Poor Things with 14 and Bradley Cooper’s musical biopic Maestro with 12. Both films netted longlist mentions in best film, cinematography, director, and respective screenplay categories.
Other strong showings on the list are Emerald Fennell’s contentious high society drama Saltburn,...
The heavyweight trio is tied with 15 longlist nods apiece. All three films pop up in best film, director, and the respective screenplay categories: Killers and Oppenheimer in adapted screenplay, while Barbie sits in original screenplay. The haul of 15 longlist mentions equals last year’s record showing from Edward Berger’s war feature All Quiet on the Western Front.
Chasing the leading pack are Yorgos Lanthimos’s Golden Lion winner Poor Things with 14 and Bradley Cooper’s musical biopic Maestro with 12. Both films netted longlist mentions in best film, cinematography, director, and respective screenplay categories.
Other strong showings on the list are Emerald Fennell’s contentious high society drama Saltburn,...
- 1/5/2024
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Please Note: This forecast, assembled by Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter’s executive editor of awards coverage, reflects Scott’s best attempt to predict the behavior of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, not his personal preferences. He arrives at these projections by drawing upon conversations with voters and other industry insiders, analysis of marketing and awards campaigns, results of awards ceremonies that precede the Oscars, and the history of the Oscars itself. There will be regular updates to reflect new developments.
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Best Picture
Frontrunners
1. Barbie (Warner Bros.)
2. Oppenheimer (Universal)
3. Past Lives (A24)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple)
5. Poor Things (Searchlight)
6. The Holdovers (Focus)
7. American Fiction (Amazon/MGM)
8. The Zone of Interest (A24)
9. Maestro (Netflix)
10. Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Major Threats
11. Society of the Snow (Netflix)
12. May December (Netflix)
13. The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)
Possibilities
15. Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)
16. Air (Amazon/MGM...
* * *
Best Picture
Frontrunners
1. Barbie (Warner Bros.)
2. Oppenheimer (Universal)
3. Past Lives (A24)
4. Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple)
5. Poor Things (Searchlight)
6. The Holdovers (Focus)
7. American Fiction (Amazon/MGM)
8. The Zone of Interest (A24)
9. Maestro (Netflix)
10. Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Major Threats
11. Society of the Snow (Netflix)
12. May December (Netflix)
13. The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)
14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony)
Possibilities
15. Saltburn (Amazon/MGM)
16. Air (Amazon/MGM...
- 1/4/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If there’s one takeaway from the LGBTQ narrative films that came into the world and across our screens this year, it’s the sheer variety of the stories there are to tell.
From real-world historical biopics and inspirational sports dramas, to tender love stories and raunchy comedies, there really was something for everyone this year. Captivating characters, fearless performances and narrative tapestries that defy convention and troublesome tropes all reigned supreme. As such, here are some of the best we got.
All of Us Strangers “All of Us Strangers” (Credit: Searchlight Pictures)
A new movie from the director of “Weekend” starring the Hot Priest from “Fleabag” and everyone’s favorite internet boyfriend should be enough to catch the interest of anyone listening — and “All of Us Strangers” lives up to that potential and then some. This equal parts sexy and emotionally devastating romance stars Andrew Scott as an isolated writer who,...
From real-world historical biopics and inspirational sports dramas, to tender love stories and raunchy comedies, there really was something for everyone this year. Captivating characters, fearless performances and narrative tapestries that defy convention and troublesome tropes all reigned supreme. As such, here are some of the best we got.
All of Us Strangers “All of Us Strangers” (Credit: Searchlight Pictures)
A new movie from the director of “Weekend” starring the Hot Priest from “Fleabag” and everyone’s favorite internet boyfriend should be enough to catch the interest of anyone listening — and “All of Us Strangers” lives up to that potential and then some. This equal parts sexy and emotionally devastating romance stars Andrew Scott as an isolated writer who,...
- 12/29/2023
- by Benjamin Lindsay
- The Wrap
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