The Apprentice, Ali Abbasi’s hot-button film about the young Donald Trump, has been acquired by Tom Ortenberg’s Briarcliff Entertainment for a pre-election U.S. release on Oct. 11, as well as an awards push, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The film was written by Vanity Fair’s longtime Trump chronicler Gabriel Sherman and stars Sebastian Stan as …
The national political conventions may be over, but Hollywood’s version of “the race” is just getting started as the fall festival season begins, and this year’s Telluride has plenty to offer for politicos and cinephiles alike. The 51st annual festival gets underway Friday in Colorado with a slate of world premieres including a Hillary Clinton- …
Barry Keoghan, Nick Cave, and the voices of Sarah Snook and Eric Bana will feature in the competition lineup of the 68th BFI London Film Festival (LFF), held this fall in partnership with American Express. The Extraordinary Miss Flower, the new film from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, known for their Cave movie 20,000 Days on Earth, …
She’s survived xenomorphs, busted ghosts, lived among the gorillas, and co-starred in the top-grossing blockbuster of all time — and soon she’ll have a Golden Lion. Screen icon Sigourney Weaver, whose stately grace and steely will have captivated filmgoers for nearly 50 years, will be awarded the Venice Film Festival‘s top honor for lifetime achievement at the …
The 81st Venice Film Festival has gotten off to a delightfully ghoulish start. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton‘s hotly anticipated horror comedy sequel, received its very first press screening to a packed house Wednesday morning as the glamourous Italian festival’s opening movie. Burton and his starry cast — featuring returning stars Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, along …
Tim Burton is back, baby! The legendary cult filmmaker was in high spirits at the 81st Venice Film Festival for the world premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. The long-awaited and hotly-anticipated sequel to Burton 1988 fantasy-horror-comedy will open the 2024 Venice Film Festival Wednesday night. Burton said the movie felt like a return to his roots, …
Hollywood and other global entertainment stars will return to this year’s Toronto Film Festival in pre-pandemic numbers and glory, says local restaurant and nightclub kingpin Charles Khabouth. “I do feel TIFF is coming back to 100 percent, if not 110 percent. Everybody’s been looking forward to this for so many years,” Khabouth told The Hollywood …
The 81st edition of the Venice Film Festival officially kicks off on Wednesday with the eyes of the film world focused on the Lido. Long-running festival director Alberto Barbera and his team have unveiled a star-studded lineup, including possible awards season contenders. But which premieres can’t be missed amid the busy program? THR‘s chief movie …
Angelina Jolie is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. The Oscar-winning actress will be honored on Sept. 8 at the TIFF fundraiser, while also bringing her latest film, Without Blood, to Toronto for a world premiere. Written, directed and produced by Jolie, Without Blood is …
This year’s Cunard Gala at the 68th BFI London Film Festival will open with the world premiere of Joy starring Bill Nighy, James Norton, and Thomasin McKenzie. The cast of Joy, which tells the true story behind the world’s first “test-tube baby” in 1978, will be in attendance, the LFF also confirmed. Told through the …