Ian McKellen says he’s open to returning as Gandalf in the upcoming new Lord of the Rings films. In an interview with British magazine the Big Issue, the actor discussed returning to his iconic role as the grey pilgrim. “I’ve just been told there are going to be more films and Gandalf will be involved and they …
The Substance, a feminist horror pic where Demi Moore plays an aging Hollywood star who embraces a secret cloning procedure to save her career will open the Midnight Madness sidebar at the Toronto Film Festival with a North American premiere, organizers said Thursday. The Cannes award winner from director Coralie Fargeat also stars Margaret Qualley …
The 81st Venice International Film Festival has announced the opening night films for its Horizons and Horizons Extra competition sections. Nonostante, the second feature from Italian director Valerio Mastandrea (2018’s Ride) will open the Horizons competition section on August 28. The Horizons Extra competition section will kick off on August 29 with September 5, Tim …
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences‘ website for submissions to be considered for the 2025 Oscars is now open, the Academy announced Friday. The Academy is currently accepting general entries (best picture and other categories), animated features, animated shorts, documentary features, documentary shorts, international features, live action shorts, original scores and original songs. …
Colman Domingo‘s prison drama Sing Sing is set to open the 22nd Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF). This year’s lineup also includes Christine Swanson’s road drama Albany Road, starring Renée Elise Goldsberry and Lynn Whitfield; Dawn Porter’s Luther Vandross documentary Luther: Never too Much; the doc short The Rebel Girls; and Harvard historian …
Say his name. The 81st Venice International Film Festival will kick off this year with the world premiere of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Tim Burton‘s hotly-anticipated sequel to his 1988 comedy-horror hit. The film will have its world premiere in Venice on August 28, screening out of competition. Beetlejuice alums Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, and Catherine O’Hara …
Viggo Mortenson, jury member Geoffrey Rush and jury president and independent film veteran Christine Vachon were among the big names strutting down the red carpet on Friday evening for the gala opening ceremony of the 58th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) in the Czech Republic. The black-tie opening event saw Mortensen collect the KVIFF …