The feature film adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer-winning play “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” has been acquired by Quiver Distribution, starring Jessica Lange and Ed Harris. Lange will reprise her Tony-winning role as Mary Tyrone, starring alongside Harris as her husband, James. Releasing in select theaters Sept. 25, the film will also be screened at […]
Variety•Tanya Fedak11 Sept
Four Robert Pattinsons are better than one, and that makes his upcoming Oscar run a bit more complicated. In “Primetime,” Pattinson sits alone in a dim Florida room, reading a stranger’s chat logs aloud: “I will undress you as you undress me.” He’s playing Chris Hansen, host of the hidden-camera series “To Catch a Predator,” […]
Variety•Clayton Davis11 Sept
Sifting through Gael García Bernal’s recent roles — from the namesake conquistador of Lav Diaz’s “Magellan,” the grieving wife-guy in Piero Messina’s droopy sci-fi “Another End,” and the fast-aging family man of M. Night Shyamalan’s “Old” — won’t give you much insight on “Hombre al Agua,” which translates as “man overboard.” Except that unlike those international […]
Variety•Guy Lodge11 Sept
Paris-based Italian director Tommaso Usberti’s romance “Before the War,” a reflection on racism and toxic masculinity set in the Northern Italian plains, is the big winner of the Venice Critics’ Week where it scooped the grand prize and the award for best producer. “Before the War” — which is the only Italian entry in the […]
Variety•Nvivarelli11 Sept
Chanel brought springtime bloom to New York Fashion Week. The luxury fashion house celebrated the launch of their new Coco Mademoiselle Crush Absolu fragrance on Thursday night, where everyone from “Sterling Point” stars Ella Rubin and Keen Ruffalo to “SNL” cast members Sarah Sherman and Marcello Hernandez rocked out to the indie band Balu Brigada […]
Variety•Atingley411 Sept
With so much of the frenzied James Bond interest centered on who might be taking over from Daniel Craig as 007, something many believe is going to be announced imminently, the matter of the all-important script has largely been ignored. Well, according to Steven Knight, that key element is now complete. Speaking to Zoe Ball […]
Variety•Alex Ritman11 Sept
Scott Waugh thinks about big set pieces differently than other filmmakers. Waugh began his career as a stunt performer at 12 years old, following in the footsteps of his father, career Hollywood stuntman Fred Waugh. Gaining enough prestige and respect in the industry himself to become the president of the elite organization Stunts Unlimited, Scott […]
Variety•William Earl11 Sept
As we head into Emmy week and celebrate this season’s bounty of top-notch televised entertainment, can we put to bed the fallacy that Hollywood has somehow run out of ideas? Even a cursory glance at the comedy, drama and limited/anthology series races proves that it’s just not true. The lion’s share of every category features […]
Variety•Varietyschneider11 Sept
Nicolas Pariser makes solid, philosophically absorbed films — like “The Great Game” and “Alice and the Mayor” — that make no apologies for engaging with social and political trends. Classically directed and always well-cast, they appeal to audiences, specifically French and Francophile ones, who like listening to conversations that many will characterize as intellectual tennis […]
Variety•Guy Lodge11 Sept
Alexandra Pechman dipped into her own story for “Magazine,” a coming-of-age tale set in the early 2010s in a New York City print scene on the verge of change from forces it can’t imagine. That could also describe Nora (Lily McInerny, who made waves two years ago at TIFF in “Bonjour Tristesse”), a recent college […]
Variety•Carolehorst11 Sept
“SNL U.K.” returns to screens on Sep 12 for season 2, Sky’s high-profile U.S. import splashing down into Britain’s nascent live TV sketch show waters for a second time. But while the first season of the show was largely pre-empted by cock-eyed curiosity, not to mention a large dose of classic British skepticism, season two […]
Variety•Alex Ritman11 Sept
Argentinian director Maria Aparicio’s drama “Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion” — which mixes personal and political elements — has scored the Venice Days director’s award, the section’s top prize. “Sometimes Sadness, Sometimes Rebellion,” which marks Aparicio’s fourth feature, follows a woman named Eva who is passing through Madrid. “She spends her days there alone: she doesn’t know anyone […]
Variety•Nvivarelli11 Sept
On Sept. 11, 2001, after the deadliest terrorist attack on the U.S. in history, Variety reporters and editors swung into action to put out the daily paper. This was the lede on the multi-bylined top story in the Sept. 12 edition of Daily Variety: “It was the day the world stopped. The real world and […]
Variety•Todd Spangler11 Sept
Although its story unspools on the precipice of the U.S.-Iran war, Ali Asgari’s gentle family drama “A Bit of Light” was filmed in the conflict’s wake, under shellfire in Tehran. The production was eventually forced to relocate to Turkey, where Asgari and his team staged the numerous interior spaces that would serve as points of […]
Variety•Siddhant Adlakha11 Sept
J.Crew is heading downtown. The American retailer has teamed up with New York label Eckhaus Latta on a limited-edition collection that puts a downtown spin on some of its most recognizable prep-school staples — barn jackets, chinos, rugby shirts and Rollneck sweaters included. Launching Sept. 15, the 27-piece collection was designed by Eckhaus Latta founders […]
Variety•Atingley411 Sept
After a record-breaking run at the box office, it turns out “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” is no match for the witchy powers of “Practical Magic 2” stars Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock. The Warner Bros. fantasy sequel has made $4.7 million in Thursday previews at the box office, and it’s expected to end “Spider-Man’s” six-week […]
Variety•Jordan Moreau11 Sept
With TIFF premiere “Ancestors,” Irish filmmaker David Turpin creates a story about the simple acts of human connection, love and how our dreams and fantasies can boost our spirits when everything else fails. Set in the late 1980s in London, when the HIV-AIDS crisis was killing off generations of primarily gay men, “Ancestors” asks the […]
Variety•Carolehorst11 Sept
Filmax has taken international rights to “This Solitude,” the feature debut of “I, Addict” creator Javier Giner. The Spanish sales company will introduce the drama to buyers at TIFF before its premiere in San Sebastián’s New Directors section. The pickup gives Filmax the first feature from a filmmaker whose profile rose with 2024 Disney+ series […]
Variety•Emiliano de Pablos11 Sept
Cartoon Saloon animator Louise Bagnall makes her feature directorial debut with “Julián,” based on the children’s book “Julián Is a Mermaid” by Jessica Love. It tells the story of a 7-year-old boy who spends the summer with his abuela in Brooklyn. He digs into her colorful past in the Dominican Republic and follows his dream […]
Variety•Carolehorst11 Sept
“Every Living Thing,” a Canada-India-U.A.E. documentary feature about the global water crisis, is making its international market debut at the Toronto Film Festival market, with VIBE (Visually Innovative Bold Entertainment) joining as strategic partner to the production. Directed by Uzair Merchant, the film is produced by BKreativ Prods. in Canada and Kleos Entertainment Group in […]
Variety•Naman Ramachandran11 Sept