President Joe Biden is ready to meet the press following his disastrous debate performance last week. ABC News has scored the first exclusive post-debate sit-down with the president, who is seeking to reassure voters about his health and candidacy. Biden is facing calls to step down in the wake of his faltering live 90-minute performance …
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival’s Eastern Promises industry section and film market, focusing on works in progress or development handed out its awards Tuesday evening. KVIFF Eastern Promises describes its mission as “bridging the gap between talented filmmakers and their potential partners, festivals and audiences.” The awards are open for producers and directors from the countries of …
The latest collaboration between Matt Damon and Ben Affleck is heading to Netflix. The streaming service has acquired the rights to RIP, the thriller feature that Joe Carnahan is directing, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Damon and Affleck’s production company, Artists Equity, is behind the project. Damon and Affleck will co-star in the movie and …
Apple is adding another high-profile actor to The Morning Show. Oscar and Emmy winner Jeremy Irons is joining the show’s cast for its upcoming fourth season. He’ll play Martin Levy, the father of Jennifer Aniston’s Alex Levy. It will be his first TV role since Netflix’s The Pentaverate in 2022. Irons joins Marion Cotillard as …
Michael Rooker is standing up for Kevin Costner‘s Horizon saga following the first film’s extremely modest opening weekend box office performance. Rooker — who plays Sgt. Major Thomas Riordan in the film — was asked about Horizon‘s ticket sales, which tallied only $11 million for the three-hour film. The Guardians of the Galaxy star seemed …
Much has been made about how filmmaker Ti West has reinvented and refreshed the slasher genre by paying homage to the classics in his A24 trilogy X, Pearl and the upcoming MaXXXine. His leading lady, Mia Goth, agrees with the positive praise and adds that the back-to-back-to-back gigs have also reshaped something else — her …
“In a funny way, the strikes had a much more profound effect on changing the business than COVID did.” That was the assessment shared by legendary independent film producer Christine Vachon during a session at the Industry Days program of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on Tuesday. Her comments came during a fireside chat …
Cate Blanchett will be honored at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival with a Tribute Award, while also participating in an In Conversation With… event. The Oscar winner will receive the TIFF Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award in Toronto on Sept. 8. Blanchett most recently starred in Canadian director Guy Maddin’s Rumors, which bowed at the Cannes Film …
Awkwafina and John Cena find that winning the lottery is not all it’s cracked up to be in the trailer for the action-comedy movie Jackpot! The Amazon MGM Studios film from director Paul Feig begins streaming via Prime Video on Aug. 15. Set in Los Angeles in 2030, Jackpot! focuses on Katie (Awkwafina), a struggling …
Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech, Quills, Shine) is back at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) and having a blast. In 2022, the big festival in the scenic Czech spa town honored the Australian star and Oscar winner with its Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, its lifetime achievement award. For this year’s 58th …