“I have no illusions,” Oscar winning-director Damien Chazelle said on a podcast in March. “I won’t get a budget of Babylon size any time soon, or at least not on this next one.”
Chazelle was reflective about his 2022 Paramount Pictures epic that starred Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, received mixed reviews and grossed $63 million globally against a reported budget of $80 million. “Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” Chazelle said. “Maybe I won’t be able to get [the next] one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.”
That ambivalent sentiment isn’t an outlier. Directors — from Oscar winners like Chazelle to up-and-comers — are in a precarious position when it comes to major studio projects. Not that this is new. Stripped of nuance, the definition of movie jail has always been: Lose the studio a lot of money and you don’t get...
Chazelle was reflective about his 2022 Paramount Pictures epic that starred Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, received mixed reviews and grossed $63 million globally against a reported budget of $80 million. “Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” Chazelle said. “Maybe I won’t be able to get [the next] one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.”
That ambivalent sentiment isn’t an outlier. Directors — from Oscar winners like Chazelle to up-and-comers — are in a precarious position when it comes to major studio projects. Not that this is new. Stripped of nuance, the definition of movie jail has always been: Lose the studio a lot of money and you don’t get...
- 4/24/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Netflix’s first original medical procedural Pulse has added Néstor Carbonell, Santiago Segura, Ash Santos (Mayor of Kingstown), Jessica Rothe and Arturo Del Puerto to its growing cast. The drama series hails from first-time creator Zoe Robyn and veteran Carlton Cuse.
Pulse follows the staff of Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center as navigate medical emergencies centering on young ER doc Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) who is unexpectedly promoted to Chief Resident amidst the fallout of her own provocative romantic relationship.
In addition to Fitzgerald, Justina Machado, Colin Woodell, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Chelsea Muirhead, Daniela Nieves and Jessy Yates also star.
Carbonell will play Dr. Ruben Soriano, a respected and sometimes feared senior surgeon. His commitment and passion have led him to prioritize his job above all else and he...
Pulse follows the staff of Miami’s busiest Level 1 Trauma Center as navigate medical emergencies centering on young ER doc Danny Simms (Willa Fitzgerald) who is unexpectedly promoted to Chief Resident amidst the fallout of her own provocative romantic relationship.
In addition to Fitzgerald, Justina Machado, Colin Woodell, Jack Bannon, Jessie T. Usher, Chelsea Muirhead, Daniela Nieves and Jessy Yates also star.
Carbonell will play Dr. Ruben Soriano, a respected and sometimes feared senior surgeon. His commitment and passion have led him to prioritize his job above all else and he...
- 4/24/2024
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
So Help Me Todd had a short but bright life – the story of a talented detective and his lawyer mother won the hearts of millions of viewers, but that did not stop CBS from canceling the show before Season 3.
However, fans should not be discouraged – if you like lighthearted comedies with a dash of drama, we have just the perfect replacement for you. And yes, Skylar Astin, our beloved Todd, plays one of his best roles there.
Against the backdrop of the growing popularity of musicals and romcoms, original projects have begun to appear, such as Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, released in 2020, which, despite its rather strange premise, impresses with its spontaneity and sincere charm.
What is Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist About?
The main character is an ambitious programmer, Zoey, who begins to see the hidden desires of other people in the form of colorful musical numbers.
The touching storyline is...
However, fans should not be discouraged – if you like lighthearted comedies with a dash of drama, we have just the perfect replacement for you. And yes, Skylar Astin, our beloved Todd, plays one of his best roles there.
Against the backdrop of the growing popularity of musicals and romcoms, original projects have begun to appear, such as Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist, released in 2020, which, despite its rather strange premise, impresses with its spontaneity and sincere charm.
What is Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist About?
The main character is an ambitious programmer, Zoey, who begins to see the hidden desires of other people in the form of colorful musical numbers.
The touching storyline is...
- 4/24/2024
- by zoe-wallace@startefacts.com (Zoe Wallace)
- STartefacts.com
Exclusive: Li Jun Li (Babylon) is the newest addition to the cast of Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan, for Warner Bros.
Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, as does her role in it. But as previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku and Hailee Steinfeld will also star.
Coogler is directing from his own script and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III...
Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, as does her role in it. But as previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku and Hailee Steinfeld will also star.
Coogler is directing from his own script and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III...
- 4/22/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“You look like Clara Bow in this light,” Taylor Swift sings on the final track of “The Tortured Poets Department,” titled after the 1920s sex symbol. She goes on to name-check two more immediately recognizable women — Stevie Nicks and one Taylor Swift — but what attracted Swift to reference a silent movie star on an album that also includes a throwaway Charlie Puth reference?
A movie star by the age of 20, Bow’s career was over at 28. Now Swift might have positioned her to win over a new generation of fans.
Known as the “It Girl” for both her starring role in the silent comedy “It” and her place as one of the pre-eminent sex symbols of ’20s Hollywood, Bow wasn’t washed up because her box office slipped. She was washed up because her scandal-plagued life made her a liability, both for the studios and for her own mental health.
A movie star by the age of 20, Bow’s career was over at 28. Now Swift might have positioned her to win over a new generation of fans.
Known as the “It Girl” for both her starring role in the silent comedy “It” and her place as one of the pre-eminent sex symbols of ’20s Hollywood, Bow wasn’t washed up because her box office slipped. She was washed up because her scandal-plagued life made her a liability, both for the studios and for her own mental health.
- 4/19/2024
- by Mark Peikert
- Indiewire
Kicking off this news round-up is a small but notable update that Quentin Tarantino plans to launch production on his final feature The Movie Critic this fall in Los Angeles, according to Production Weekly. With Brad Pitt currently the only confirmed cast member, it’ll follow a movie critic in 1977 wherein Tararantino will reimagine the production of a number of films.
Lynne Ramsay has been developing a handful of projects following 2017’s You Were Never Really Here, and we now finally have an update on which one is likely to shoot first. As reported by Variety out of Reykjavik’s Stockfish Film & Industry Festival, Ramsay confirmed she’s prepping to shoot the Jennifer Lawrence-led Die, My Love, based on Ariana Harwicz’s novel “about a woman living in isolation in rural France who loses her mind amid marriage and motherhood.”
Walter Hill isn’t hanging up his directing hat,...
Lynne Ramsay has been developing a handful of projects following 2017’s You Were Never Really Here, and we now finally have an update on which one is likely to shoot first. As reported by Variety out of Reykjavik’s Stockfish Film & Industry Festival, Ramsay confirmed she’s prepping to shoot the Jennifer Lawrence-led Die, My Love, based on Ariana Harwicz’s novel “about a woman living in isolation in rural France who loses her mind amid marriage and motherhood.”
Walter Hill isn’t hanging up his directing hat,...
- 4/15/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The Breakthrough Prize Ceremony, also known as “the Oscars of Science,” is an awards show unlike any other.
Founded and funded by Silicon Valley titan Yuri Milner and his artist wife Julia Milner, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative co-founder Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prize recognizes “scientists changing the world” with award statuettes and sizable cash prizes. And on Saturday night, at the ceremony’s 10th edition — the second in a row held on the roof of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the Hollywood Hills glistening in the background — presenters, performers and audience members included a collection of A-listers that could give the Oscars a run for their money.
One could turn left and spot Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. sitting at the same table, or right and find tablemates Bradley Cooper and Rupert Murdoch schmoozing.
Founded and funded by Silicon Valley titan Yuri Milner and his artist wife Julia Milner, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative co-founder Priscilla Chan, the Breakthrough Prize recognizes “scientists changing the world” with award statuettes and sizable cash prizes. And on Saturday night, at the ceremony’s 10th edition — the second in a row held on the roof of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, with the Hollywood Hills glistening in the background — presenters, performers and audience members included a collection of A-listers that could give the Oscars a run for their money.
One could turn left and spot Bill Gates and Robert Downey Jr. sitting at the same table, or right and find tablemates Bradley Cooper and Rupert Murdoch schmoozing.
- 4/14/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Pill Pounder, one of the key titles in the CV of the iconic flapper, has enjoyed a belated revival at the San Francisco Silent film festival
A century after she first began to turn heads, Clara Bow is “It” once more. The iconic flapper of the silent film era inspired Margot Robbie’s character Nellie in Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood epic Babylon, is namechecked on Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, and yesterday at the San Francisco Silent film festival, one of her earliest films was shown for the first time since the days of bathtub gin.
The story of the film’s discovery has already caused excitement online. Film-maker Gary Huggins inadvertently snapped up a slice of lost silent film history at an auction in a car park in Omaha, Nebraska, that was selling old stock from a distribution company called Modern Sound Pictures. Hoping...
A century after she first began to turn heads, Clara Bow is “It” once more. The iconic flapper of the silent film era inspired Margot Robbie’s character Nellie in Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood epic Babylon, is namechecked on Taylor Swift’s forthcoming album The Tortured Poets Department, and yesterday at the San Francisco Silent film festival, one of her earliest films was shown for the first time since the days of bathtub gin.
The story of the film’s discovery has already caused excitement online. Film-maker Gary Huggins inadvertently snapped up a slice of lost silent film history at an auction in a car park in Omaha, Nebraska, that was selling old stock from a distribution company called Modern Sound Pictures. Hoping...
- 4/12/2024
- by Pamela Hutchinson
- The Guardian - Film News
Damien Chazelle is to direct a new movie for Paramount Pictures.The Oscar-winning filmmaker will helm his first film since signing an overall deal with the studio.Plot details are yet to be disclosed but sources say that Chazelle will direct the untitled picture based on an original script he has written. It is thought that the story will be set in a prison.The 'La La Land' director will produce along with his partner Olivia Hamilton for their Wild Chickens banner.It is not clear when the project will head into production as no cast members are currently attached but sources have stated that Chazelle and Paramount bosses are expected to hold meetings with A-list talent for a flick that is likely to attract a long list of famous faces.Damien, 39, signed a deal with Paramount at the end of 2022 after working with the studio on his...
- 4/12/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
An untitled project is set to be fast-tracked by Paramount and marks Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to 2022’s Babylon.
The last we heard from Damien Chazelle, he was expressing a degree of uncertainty about his future as a director.
While there’s surely be no shortage of studios happy to back the La La Land director given the past successes he’s enjoyed, Chazelle is coming off the first real flop of his career, that being 2022’s Babylon. Despite possessing plenty to commend itself, Chazelle’s ode to the excesses of the early days of Hollywood didn’t land with audiences and reportedly lost Paramount somewhere in the vicinity of $90m.
While Babylon may find itself being reappraised somewhere down the line, that doesn’t help Chazelle in the short term and he admitted as much recently, expressing fears that his next project might struggle to get off the ground,...
The last we heard from Damien Chazelle, he was expressing a degree of uncertainty about his future as a director.
While there’s surely be no shortage of studios happy to back the La La Land director given the past successes he’s enjoyed, Chazelle is coming off the first real flop of his career, that being 2022’s Babylon. Despite possessing plenty to commend itself, Chazelle’s ode to the excesses of the early days of Hollywood didn’t land with audiences and reportedly lost Paramount somewhere in the vicinity of $90m.
While Babylon may find itself being reappraised somewhere down the line, that doesn’t help Chazelle in the short term and he admitted as much recently, expressing fears that his next project might struggle to get off the ground,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Paramount scored a solid hit last year with the stylish and witty Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and the studio already has a sequel to that one bubbling away in a cauldron of ooze, scheduled to land in 2026. Yet it clearly feels there is room to also revisit the characters in live-action form, and to take the concept in a darker, grittier and altogether more violent direction, setting up an adaptation of popular Idw comics title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin.
Turtles comic co-creator Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz wrote the book based on an older story by Eastman and his co-creator Peter Laird, while the art came courtesy of Esau and Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop and Eastman.
A pitch-black tale of dystopia, murder and vengeance – so you know, not for kids — The Last Ronin is set in a totalitarian future New York where Shredder's grandson...
Turtles comic co-creator Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz wrote the book based on an older story by Eastman and his co-creator Peter Laird, while the art came courtesy of Esau and Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop and Eastman.
A pitch-black tale of dystopia, murder and vengeance – so you know, not for kids — The Last Ronin is set in a totalitarian future New York where Shredder's grandson...
- 4/11/2024
- by James White
- Empire - Movies
Paramount wasn’t messing around during their CinemaCon panel today, giving attendees previews of movies like Smile 2, Gladiator II, A Quiet Place: Day One, Transformers One, and If, revealing The Running Man casting news, and announcing several movies, including a live-action comedy from Trey Parker and Matt Stone, Scary Movie 6, a Transformers / G.I. Joe crossover, and a live-action, R-rated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. They also unveiled several titles on their 2024 – 2026 slate, and we can’t possibly cover them all… so we have gone ahead and dropped the full list into this article. Scroll down to see what Paramount has in store for us over the next couple years.
If
Release Date: May 17, 2024
Written and Directed by: John Krasinski
Producers: Allyson Seeger, p.g.a., John Krasinski, p.g.a., Andrew Form, p.g.a., Ryan Reynolds
Executive Producers: John J. Kelly, George Dewey, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio
Cast: Cailey Fleming,...
If
Release Date: May 17, 2024
Written and Directed by: John Krasinski
Producers: Allyson Seeger, p.g.a., John Krasinski, p.g.a., Andrew Form, p.g.a., Ryan Reynolds
Executive Producers: John J. Kelly, George Dewey, Kimberly Nelson LoCascio
Cast: Cailey Fleming,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
After “Babylon” bombed in theaters in late 2022, many wondered what the future would hold for director Damien Chazelle, if he had any future in Hollywood left. Well, sorry to disappoint, Chazelle haters: his “poison pen letter” to Tinsel Town didn’t oust him from the industry after all, and he’s ready to make his sixth feature over at Paramount.
Read More: Damien Chazelle Says After ‘Babylon’ Flop, He Won’t Get That “Kind Of Budget Anytime Soon”
News of Chazelle’s next project comes out of CinemaCon courtesy of The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood.
Continue reading Damien Chazelle Has His Sixth Film Set Up At Paramount at The Playlist.
Read More: Damien Chazelle Says After ‘Babylon’ Flop, He Won’t Get That “Kind Of Budget Anytime Soon”
News of Chazelle’s next project comes out of CinemaCon courtesy of The Playlist’s Gregory Ellwood.
Continue reading Damien Chazelle Has His Sixth Film Set Up At Paramount at The Playlist.
- 4/11/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
A lively CinemaCon presentation closed out with spectacular first footage from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II as studio top brass mostly put speculation of mergers and acquisitions behind them to focus on a rich upcoming slate.
Yet there was scarcely a mention of Mission: Impossible 8, the next instalment in the spy action franchise from Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie due out on May 23, 2025. There was no recorded segment of Cruise dangling from the International Space Station announcing the new title, and no sneak peaks.
Paramount Pictures president and CEO Brian Robbins did however introduce a recorded piece from director Ridley Scott and stars Paul Mescal,...
Yet there was scarcely a mention of Mission: Impossible 8, the next instalment in the spy action franchise from Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie due out on May 23, 2025. There was no recorded segment of Cruise dangling from the International Space Station announcing the new title, and no sneak peaks.
Paramount Pictures president and CEO Brian Robbins did however introduce a recorded piece from director Ridley Scott and stars Paul Mescal,...
- 4/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
A lively CinemaCon presentation closed out with spectacular first footage from Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II as studio top brass mostly put speculation of mergers and acquisitions behind them to focus on a rich upcoming slate.
Yet there was scarcely a mention of Mission: Impossible 8, the next instalment in the spy action franchise from Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie due out on May 23, 2025.
Paramount Pictures president and CEO Brian Robbins introduced a recorded piece from director Ridley Scott and stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington. Ahead of the November 22 release later this year, the...
Yet there was scarcely a mention of Mission: Impossible 8, the next instalment in the spy action franchise from Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie due out on May 23, 2025.
Paramount Pictures president and CEO Brian Robbins introduced a recorded piece from director Ridley Scott and stars Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington. Ahead of the November 22 release later this year, the...
- 4/11/2024
- ScreenDaily
CinemaCon on Thursday morning got a first look at the extended trailer for and a 3D scene from Paramount’s animated Transformers One. The origins story movie is due for release on September 13. From Paramount Animation and Hasbro in association with New Republic Pictures, it’s directed by Josh Cooley.
Transformers One is the long-awaited origin tale of how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to becoming sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron. This is the first animated Transformers movie in nearly 40 years.
Chris Hemsworth stars as Orion Pax alongside Brian Tyree Henry as D-16 and Scarlett Johansson as Elita-1. Also starring are Keegan-Michael Key (B-127), Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm.
Related: New Live-Action ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie In Works At Paramount – CinemaCon
Chris Hemsworth onstage Thursday at CinemaCon
Via video message, Johansson introduced Hemsworth to the Colosseum stage.
Transformers One is the long-awaited origin tale of how the most iconic characters in the Transformers universe, Orion Pax and D-16, went from brothers-in-arms to becoming sworn enemies, Optimus Prime and Megatron. This is the first animated Transformers movie in nearly 40 years.
Chris Hemsworth stars as Orion Pax alongside Brian Tyree Henry as D-16 and Scarlett Johansson as Elita-1. Also starring are Keegan-Michael Key (B-127), Steve Buscemi, Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm.
Related: New Live-Action ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Movie In Works At Paramount – CinemaCon
Chris Hemsworth onstage Thursday at CinemaCon
Via video message, Johansson introduced Hemsworth to the Colosseum stage.
- 4/11/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Paramount’s A Quiet Place: Day One is getting ready to bring chills to audiences.
Stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn on Thursday introduced extended footage of the prequel to movie theater owners gathered in Las Vegas this week for CinemaCon, where they are being briefed by Hollywood studios on their upcoming slates (the footage won’t be shared outside the room, since the movie is close to opening and there have been numerous trailers already).
The event spinoff pic is a cornerstone of Paramount’s slate, and hopes to be another win for the innovative horror franchise created by John Krasinski that turned into a major hit after successfully proving that original stories can work on a large, commercial scale.
Krasinksi is a key member of Paramount’s inner circle of filmmakers, along with Neal H. Moritz, Ryan Reynolds and Damien Chazelle. During his time onstage Thursday, Paramount film...
Stars Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn on Thursday introduced extended footage of the prequel to movie theater owners gathered in Las Vegas this week for CinemaCon, where they are being briefed by Hollywood studios on their upcoming slates (the footage won’t be shared outside the room, since the movie is close to opening and there have been numerous trailers already).
The event spinoff pic is a cornerstone of Paramount’s slate, and hopes to be another win for the innovative horror franchise created by John Krasinski that turned into a major hit after successfully proving that original stories can work on a large, commercial scale.
Krasinksi is a key member of Paramount’s inner circle of filmmakers, along with Neal H. Moritz, Ryan Reynolds and Damien Chazelle. During his time onstage Thursday, Paramount film...
- 4/11/2024
- by Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount Pictures CEO Brian Robbins got cheeky about the sales talks surrounding his corporate parent Paramount Global.
In a presentation to worldwide theater owners at the annual Las Vegas convention CinemaCon, Robbins got right to the point in his opening remarks about what’s next for his team. The actor-turned-executive asked the crowd at Caesars Palace if they’d heard about recent speculation over the sale before announcing that “my colleague Chris Aronson is also raising money to make a bid for the studio; he has a Kickstarter.”
The joke was accompanied by a mock news report featuring Paramount film distribution president Aronson, who was pictured holding a cardboard sign soliciting donations. “Anything helps,” it read.
Aronson is known for his deep ties to the theater owners and for splashy CinemaCon entrances. It may be super inside baseball, but the crowd ate it up. Though Robbins ultimately avoided any material...
In a presentation to worldwide theater owners at the annual Las Vegas convention CinemaCon, Robbins got right to the point in his opening remarks about what’s next for his team. The actor-turned-executive asked the crowd at Caesars Palace if they’d heard about recent speculation over the sale before announcing that “my colleague Chris Aronson is also raising money to make a bid for the studio; he has a Kickstarter.”
The joke was accompanied by a mock news report featuring Paramount film distribution president Aronson, who was pictured holding a cardboard sign soliciting donations. “Anything helps,” it read.
Aronson is known for his deep ties to the theater owners and for splashy CinemaCon entrances. It may be super inside baseball, but the crowd ate it up. Though Robbins ultimately avoided any material...
- 4/11/2024
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar winner Damien Chazelle has set his next feature with Paramount.
The La La Land filmmaker wrote and will direct the feature, with plot details being kept under wraps. The movie is being produced under Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton’s Wild Chickens Productions banner, as part of their first look deal with the studio that was signed in 2022. Plot details are not yet known and talent has yet to be attached but the project is a priority for the studio.
Chazelle is acting as a producer on another Paramount feature: the David Ayer directed Heart of the Beast. Heart of the Beast also falls under his first-look pact with Paramount.
The director and the studio last worked together on Babylon, the Hollywood epic that starred Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. That film, which was released as theaters were recovering from the pandemic, grossed $63 million at the global box office with...
The La La Land filmmaker wrote and will direct the feature, with plot details being kept under wraps. The movie is being produced under Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton’s Wild Chickens Productions banner, as part of their first look deal with the studio that was signed in 2022. Plot details are not yet known and talent has yet to be attached but the project is a priority for the studio.
Chazelle is acting as a producer on another Paramount feature: the David Ayer directed Heart of the Beast. Heart of the Beast also falls under his first-look pact with Paramount.
The director and the studio last worked together on Babylon, the Hollywood epic that starred Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. That film, which was released as theaters were recovering from the pandemic, grossed $63 million at the global box office with...
- 4/11/2024
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A new film from Damien Chazelle is officially in the works as his follow-up to the ambitious and costly Old Hollywood epic “Babylon.”
Chazelle will make his follow-up to “Babylon” with the same studio that released that film, Paramount Pictures. Chazelle will direct, write, and produce the for-now-untitled film that was announced at CinemaCon on Thursday morning. The untitled film will be his sixth feature.
No plot details or cast were revealed, but the “La La Land” filmmaker’s film is expected to hit theaters next year, and he will produce alongside Olivia Hamilton under their Wild Chickens Productions banner as part of their first look deal with Paramount, which was announced back in 2022 after the release of “Babylon.”
Chazelle recently admitted that, financially at least, “Babylon” “didn’t work at all” and he worried he wouldn’t get his next film made.
“You try to not have that effect what you’re doing creatively,...
Chazelle will make his follow-up to “Babylon” with the same studio that released that film, Paramount Pictures. Chazelle will direct, write, and produce the for-now-untitled film that was announced at CinemaCon on Thursday morning. The untitled film will be his sixth feature.
No plot details or cast were revealed, but the “La La Land” filmmaker’s film is expected to hit theaters next year, and he will produce alongside Olivia Hamilton under their Wild Chickens Productions banner as part of their first look deal with Paramount, which was announced back in 2022 after the release of “Babylon.”
Chazelle recently admitted that, financially at least, “Babylon” “didn’t work at all” and he worried he wouldn’t get his next film made.
“You try to not have that effect what you’re doing creatively,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
Paramount Pictures will back Damien Chazelle’s next feature film.
The collaboration reunites the director with the studio behind his most recent movie, 2022’s “Babylon,” a debauched and drug-fueled ode to the golden age of showbiz. Despite its grand ambitions and starry cast of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, “Babylon” became an epic box office disaster with just $63 million worldwide against its $80 million budget (not including the pricey marketing campaign).
Paramount announced Chazelle’s new movie as part of its presentation at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners that’s currently taking place in Las Vegas. The studio didn’t share a single detail — not the genre, cast, plot or release timeline — about Chazelle’s new film. Of course, Paramount didn’t reveal the budget either, although Chazelle presumably won’t get the same blank check to fund the upcoming movie.
Chazelle, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of “La La Land,...
The collaboration reunites the director with the studio behind his most recent movie, 2022’s “Babylon,” a debauched and drug-fueled ode to the golden age of showbiz. Despite its grand ambitions and starry cast of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, “Babylon” became an epic box office disaster with just $63 million worldwide against its $80 million budget (not including the pricey marketing campaign).
Paramount announced Chazelle’s new movie as part of its presentation at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners that’s currently taking place in Las Vegas. The studio didn’t share a single detail — not the genre, cast, plot or release timeline — about Chazelle’s new film. Of course, Paramount didn’t reveal the budget either, although Chazelle presumably won’t get the same blank check to fund the upcoming movie.
Chazelle, the Oscar-winning filmmaker of “La La Land,...
- 4/11/2024
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Update: Paramount just announced during its Cinemacon presentation that the film will open in 2025.
Exclusive: After signing an overall deal with Paramount Pictures, Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle has now found his first film he will direct for the studio since signing the deal. While plot details are still vague about the film is about sources tell Deadline Chazelle is set to direct a new untitled film for Paramount based off an original script he wrote. He will produce along with his partner Olivia Hamilton through their Wild Chickens banner and while unconfirmed, insiders say the film will be set in a prison.
It is unknown when the film will go into production since no other talent is attached but sources say Chazelle and Paramount execs are expected to get busy real soon in meeting with A-list talent for a project that is sure to attract a long list of suitors. Chazelle...
Exclusive: After signing an overall deal with Paramount Pictures, Oscar-winner Damien Chazelle has now found his first film he will direct for the studio since signing the deal. While plot details are still vague about the film is about sources tell Deadline Chazelle is set to direct a new untitled film for Paramount based off an original script he wrote. He will produce along with his partner Olivia Hamilton through their Wild Chickens banner and while unconfirmed, insiders say the film will be set in a prison.
It is unknown when the film will go into production since no other talent is attached but sources say Chazelle and Paramount execs are expected to get busy real soon in meeting with A-list talent for a project that is sure to attract a long list of suitors. Chazelle...
- 4/11/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
A quarter of a century after Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez's The Blair Witch Project shocked moviegoers with its immersive found footage style and shook the internet to its cyberspace core with innovative marketing campaigns, Lionsgate and Blumhouse have announced at CinemaCon that they are teaming up for a reimagining of The Blair Witch Project:
Press Release: Santa Monica, Calif., April 10, 2024 – On the heels of their collaboration on the horror film Imaginary, Lionsgate and Blumhouse today announced that they will partner on the development and production of a new The Blair Witch Project as the first film in a multi-picture pact with Blumhouse reimagining horror classics from the Lionsgate library. The announcement was made today by Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, and Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse.
Based at Universal Pictures, where it has a first look deal, Blumhouse is the gold standard in the horror space,...
Press Release: Santa Monica, Calif., April 10, 2024 – On the heels of their collaboration on the horror film Imaginary, Lionsgate and Blumhouse today announced that they will partner on the development and production of a new The Blair Witch Project as the first film in a multi-picture pact with Blumhouse reimagining horror classics from the Lionsgate library. The announcement was made today by Adam Fogelson, chair, Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, and Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse.
Based at Universal Pictures, where it has a first look deal, Blumhouse is the gold standard in the horror space,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Exclusive: Daniella Pineda, Allison Robertson, Robert Morgan and Grant Harvey have joined the upcoming Amazon MGM Studios and Artists Equity feature The Accountant 2, the sequel to the 2016 thriller. Ben Affleck, Jon Bernthal, J.K. Simmons and Cynthia Addai-Robinson are reprising their roles, with Gavin O’Connor returning as director. Bill Dubuque penned the script.
The film follows Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson), who after her boss is murdered by unknown assassins is forced to contact Christian Wolff (Affleck) to solve the murder. With the help of his estranged but lethal brother Brax (Bernthal), Chris applies his brilliant mind and less-than-legal methods to piece together the unsolved puzzle.
As they get closer to the truth, the trio draws the attention of some of the most ruthless killers alive — all intent on putting a stop to their search.
Artists Equity, which serves as the studio on The Accountant 2, acquired sequel rights from...
The film follows Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Addai-Robinson), who after her boss is murdered by unknown assassins is forced to contact Christian Wolff (Affleck) to solve the murder. With the help of his estranged but lethal brother Brax (Bernthal), Chris applies his brilliant mind and less-than-legal methods to piece together the unsolved puzzle.
As they get closer to the truth, the trio draws the attention of some of the most ruthless killers alive — all intent on putting a stop to their search.
Artists Equity, which serves as the studio on The Accountant 2, acquired sequel rights from...
- 4/10/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
After serving the entertainment industry for more than a decade, Margot Robbie finally found astronomical success in Hollywood, following her appearances in The Wolf of Wall Street and Barbie. While the two iconic movies helped her land a spot among the highest-paid actresses, Robbie gained this phenomenal success after weathering a fair share of box office flops.
Margot Robbie in a still from Barbie
Navigating through brutal box office collections and starring in a string of flops, Margot Robbie experienced a few devastating career blows, despite having a stellar cast and acclaimed filmmaker associated with her projects. Therefore, today we’re taking a look at three of her most unsuccessful films — Amsterdam, Babylon, and The Suicide Squad.
1. Amsterdam (2022)
Although we have always witnessed star power ruling over Hollywood and determining the success of any film, Margot Robbie’s 2022 movie Amsterdam stood as an exception to that concept. Despite the film...
Margot Robbie in a still from Barbie
Navigating through brutal box office collections and starring in a string of flops, Margot Robbie experienced a few devastating career blows, despite having a stellar cast and acclaimed filmmaker associated with her projects. Therefore, today we’re taking a look at three of her most unsuccessful films — Amsterdam, Babylon, and The Suicide Squad.
1. Amsterdam (2022)
Although we have always witnessed star power ruling over Hollywood and determining the success of any film, Margot Robbie’s 2022 movie Amsterdam stood as an exception to that concept. Despite the film...
- 4/10/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
“TV doesn’t do it any justice.”
That’s what ABC News Live anchor Linsey Davis said, standing alongside “World News Tonight” host David Muir on the edge of Lake Champlain as the 2024 solar eclipse was just emerging from totality.
She’s right of course — as odd as it is to hear a TV anchor downplay the experience of watching TV. But with its two-hour live afternoon broadcast April 8, ABC News and National Geographic captured a sense of beauty almost completely foreign to the TV news landscape today, and found a way to preserve this moment of time with a pristine clarity and brilliance that technology’s made possible only recently.
Other networks devoted their airtime to the eclipse. CBS cut in, as well, and spent considerable time on a mass wedding being staged when the total eclipse came to Russellville, Arkansas; CNN had a reporter at a zoo in...
That’s what ABC News Live anchor Linsey Davis said, standing alongside “World News Tonight” host David Muir on the edge of Lake Champlain as the 2024 solar eclipse was just emerging from totality.
She’s right of course — as odd as it is to hear a TV anchor downplay the experience of watching TV. But with its two-hour live afternoon broadcast April 8, ABC News and National Geographic captured a sense of beauty almost completely foreign to the TV news landscape today, and found a way to preserve this moment of time with a pristine clarity and brilliance that technology’s made possible only recently.
Other networks devoted their airtime to the eclipse. CBS cut in, as well, and spent considerable time on a mass wedding being staged when the total eclipse came to Russellville, Arkansas; CNN had a reporter at a zoo in...
- 4/9/2024
- by Christian Blauvelt
- Indiewire
Deadline reports that principal photography has kicked off on Levon’s Trade, an action thriller starring Jason Statham. The project has also added a few new members to the cast, with David Harbour (Stranger Things), Michael Peña (Narcos: Mexico), Jason Flemyng (Boiling Point) and Arianna Rivas (The Harvest) signing on to appear in Levon’s Trade.
David Ayer is directing Levon’s Trade from a screenplay by none other than Sylvester Stallone, with revisions by Ayer. The project is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Chuck Dixon. The book is the first installment of the Levon Cade series, which consists of eleven novels. With so much material, this could easily be another franchise starter for Statham.
Related Heart of the Beast: David Ayer is set to direct Navy Seal film that will be produced by Damien Chazelle
“Levon Cade (Statham) left his ‘profession’ behind him to go straight and work in construction,...
David Ayer is directing Levon’s Trade from a screenplay by none other than Sylvester Stallone, with revisions by Ayer. The project is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Chuck Dixon. The book is the first installment of the Levon Cade series, which consists of eleven novels. With so much material, this could easily be another franchise starter for Statham.
Related Heart of the Beast: David Ayer is set to direct Navy Seal film that will be produced by Damien Chazelle
“Levon Cade (Statham) left his ‘profession’ behind him to go straight and work in construction,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Cinereach has announced a new direction for the organization under the leadership of new CEO Jennifer Strachan.
Cinereach will primarily operate as a media incubator focused on narrative research and strategy development, with the goal of advancing stories that spark greater curiosity, understanding, empathy, and agency. Cinereach’s production work will also expand beyond film, to new and emerging media platforms.
Under Strachan’s leadership, Cinereach has developed a proprietary research method, produced in collaboration with community partners and issue experts. Cinereach’s researchers and partners will deconstruct social issues, map out their ecosystems, and ultimately identify highly entertaining narrative opportunities for film, television and emerging media. They’re currently incubating topics with partners including: climate visibility in partnership with Good Energy, civic leadership with Partnership for Public Service, and Black female identifying creators in partnership with Soul Center.
“Cinereach has and always will be committed to telling powerful stories in collaboration with great storytellers,...
Cinereach will primarily operate as a media incubator focused on narrative research and strategy development, with the goal of advancing stories that spark greater curiosity, understanding, empathy, and agency. Cinereach’s production work will also expand beyond film, to new and emerging media platforms.
Under Strachan’s leadership, Cinereach has developed a proprietary research method, produced in collaboration with community partners and issue experts. Cinereach’s researchers and partners will deconstruct social issues, map out their ecosystems, and ultimately identify highly entertaining narrative opportunities for film, television and emerging media. They’re currently incubating topics with partners including: climate visibility in partnership with Good Energy, civic leadership with Partnership for Public Service, and Black female identifying creators in partnership with Soul Center.
“Cinereach has and always will be committed to telling powerful stories in collaboration with great storytellers,...
- 4/3/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Ryan Gosling has been one of the most popular actors in Hollywood for decades. He began acting as a young kid and rose to prominence by 13. He has appeared in some of the best independent films and major studio features in his career, spanning nearly three decades.
Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049
For someone as charismatic and talented as Gosling, one would assume he has had it easy since the start. However, that is not the case in reality. The actor has had his fair share of struggles when he was growing up. That, however, did not interfere with his journey of becoming one of the best actors or earning 3 Oscar nominations.
Ryan Gosling Had Trouble With Learning When He Was in School
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La Land
The Blade Runner 2049 star once admitted that he had a learning disability, which made it hard...
Ryan Gosling in Blade Runner 2049
For someone as charismatic and talented as Gosling, one would assume he has had it easy since the start. However, that is not the case in reality. The actor has had his fair share of struggles when he was growing up. That, however, did not interfere with his journey of becoming one of the best actors or earning 3 Oscar nominations.
Ryan Gosling Had Trouble With Learning When He Was in School
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone in La La Land
The Blade Runner 2049 star once admitted that he had a learning disability, which made it hard...
- 3/28/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
Earlier this week, we all experienced the first day of spring 2024. We're now fully in the season of rejuvenation, of tossing out the old and bringing in the new, and literally nothing -- not the most intense spring cleaning session, or even the most spectacular miracles of nature itself -- better represents that than the churn of films and TV shows leaving the Netflix streaming service as its rotating library is partially shaken out and replenished with a fresh round of titles.
We know what movies and shows are arriving in April, but what about the projects that are getting the boot and being scattered into the digital ether, potentially disappearing for a while or perhaps popping up on some other streaming service altogether? Thankfully, we have that information at our fingertips as well. And with just a few days left in the month, consider this a ticking clock reminder...
We know what movies and shows are arriving in April, but what about the projects that are getting the boot and being scattered into the digital ether, potentially disappearing for a while or perhaps popping up on some other streaming service altogether? Thankfully, we have that information at our fingertips as well. And with just a few days left in the month, consider this a ticking clock reminder...
- 3/23/2024
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
David Ayer is following up the success of The Beekeeper with a new dramatic thriller from producer Damien Chazelle.
Ayer is set to direct Paramount Pictures’ Heart of the Beast from a script by Cameron Alexander. The feature, which has been in development since 2017, follows a former Navy Seal and his combat dog amid their attempt to find civilization after getting stranded deep in the Alaskan terrain.
Producers include Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton of Wild Chickens Productions, in addition to Ayer and Chris Long of Cedar Park Entertainment.
Ayer most recently helmed Amazon MGM Studios’ The Beekeeper, the Jason Statham-led thriller that surpassed $150 million at the global box office. The filmmaker, who wrote Training Day and worked on the script for The Fast and the Furious, has previously directed Fury, Suicide Squad and Bright.
Chazelle’s directing credits include Whiplash, La La Land, First Man and Babylon. During a...
Ayer is set to direct Paramount Pictures’ Heart of the Beast from a script by Cameron Alexander. The feature, which has been in development since 2017, follows a former Navy Seal and his combat dog amid their attempt to find civilization after getting stranded deep in the Alaskan terrain.
Producers include Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton of Wild Chickens Productions, in addition to Ayer and Chris Long of Cedar Park Entertainment.
Ayer most recently helmed Amazon MGM Studios’ The Beekeeper, the Jason Statham-led thriller that surpassed $150 million at the global box office. The filmmaker, who wrote Training Day and worked on the script for The Fast and the Furious, has previously directed Fury, Suicide Squad and Bright.
Chazelle’s directing credits include Whiplash, La La Land, First Man and Babylon. During a...
- 3/22/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
David Ayer recently turned heads with The Beekeeper, a seemingly run-of-the-mill Jason Statham action film that turned out to be a strange mish-mash of ideas and bold choices that still feels like a fever dream. Ayer has had some hits under his belt, but as a whole, the filmmaker’s resume has some divisive receptions among them. This brings us to the interesting partnering with the Whiplash, La La Land and Babylon director Damien Chazelle. As Chazelle attempts to recover from Babylon‘s flopping, the First Man director will only be producing the new film that Ayer will helm.
Deadline reports that Ayer will be directing Heart of the Beast. The film will come from Chazelle and spouse Olivia Hamilton’s company, Wild Chicken Productions, as part of their first look deal with Paramount. Ayer and Chris Long will also produce alongside under their Cedar Park Entertainment banner. The screenplay comes from scribe Cameron Alexander,...
Deadline reports that Ayer will be directing Heart of the Beast. The film will come from Chazelle and spouse Olivia Hamilton’s company, Wild Chicken Productions, as part of their first look deal with Paramount. Ayer and Chris Long will also produce alongside under their Cedar Park Entertainment banner. The screenplay comes from scribe Cameron Alexander,...
- 3/22/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
David Ayer may never get to release his director’s cut of “Suicide Squad,” but he’s maintaining relevancy thanks to the success of “The Beekeeper.” Ayer’s latest made $152.6 million at the global box office off a $40 million budget: a big enough success to guarantee that he’ll at least make mid-budget movies for the foreseeable future.
Read More: ‘The Beekeeper’ Red Band Trailer: Jason Statham Is Out For Revenge In David Ayer’s New Action Film
And that’s precisely what Ayer has up next.
Continue reading ‘Heart Of The Beast’: David Ayer To Helm Survival Drama At Paramount, Damien Chazelle Producing at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘The Beekeeper’ Red Band Trailer: Jason Statham Is Out For Revenge In David Ayer’s New Action Film
And that’s precisely what Ayer has up next.
Continue reading ‘Heart Of The Beast’: David Ayer To Helm Survival Drama At Paramount, Damien Chazelle Producing at The Playlist.
- 3/22/2024
- by Ned Booth
- The Playlist
Exclusive: Fresh off the success of his action pic The Beekeeper, David Ayer is continuing to stay busy as the director has signed on to helm Paramount Pictures’ Heart of the Beast. Damien Chazelle and Olivia Hamilton are producing under their Wild Chickens Productions banner as part of their first-look deal with the studio. Ayer and Chris Long will produce alongside under their Cedar Park Entertainment banner.
Cameron Alexander, who penned the script, will executive produce.Richard Raymond is co-producing.
The story follows a former Navy Seal and his retired combat dog who attempt to return to civilization after a catastrophic accident deep in the Alaskan wilderness.
Ayer is not shy of showing his appreciation of the military whether by some of the films he has directed like World War II pic Fury or his social media, which is filled with posts that properly honor those who have served and...
Cameron Alexander, who penned the script, will executive produce.Richard Raymond is co-producing.
The story follows a former Navy Seal and his retired combat dog who attempt to return to civilization after a catastrophic accident deep in the Alaskan wilderness.
Ayer is not shy of showing his appreciation of the military whether by some of the films he has directed like World War II pic Fury or his social media, which is filled with posts that properly honor those who have served and...
- 3/22/2024
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Ethan Embry (Blindspotting) and Li Jun Li (Babylon) have signed on to star in Alma and the Wolf, a new feature from director Michael Patrick Jann (Drop Dead Gorgeous) and writer Abigail Miller.
In the psychological horror-mystery, set on the wild Oregon coast, Embry plays Ren Accord, a troubled police officer who must pull himself together when, while investigating a mysterious wolf attack, his estranged son goes missing.
Others set to star in the pic include Jeremie Harris (Legion), Lukas Jann (Organ Trail), Kevin Allison (The State), Mather Zickel (Organ Trail), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Alexandra Doke (City on Fire), and Dana Millican (Soft & Quiet).
Jann and David Codron are producing following their collaboration on the cult favorite Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards and Ellen Barkin, and the horror Western Organ Trail. Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron, and Viviana Zarragoitia are exec producing through Tpc (formerly...
In the psychological horror-mystery, set on the wild Oregon coast, Embry plays Ren Accord, a troubled police officer who must pull himself together when, while investigating a mysterious wolf attack, his estranged son goes missing.
Others set to star in the pic include Jeremie Harris (Legion), Lukas Jann (Organ Trail), Kevin Allison (The State), Mather Zickel (Organ Trail), Beth Malone (Fun Home), Alexandra Doke (City on Fire), and Dana Millican (Soft & Quiet).
Jann and David Codron are producing following their collaboration on the cult favorite Drop Dead Gorgeous, starring Kirsten Dunst, Denise Richards and Ellen Barkin, and the horror Western Organ Trail. Ali Jazayeri, David Gendron, and Viviana Zarragoitia are exec producing through Tpc (formerly...
- 3/20/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Through 96 years of auspicious Oscar ceremonies, the event has often witnessed one major contender becoming the punching bag for critical backlash on social media. In 2017, that dubious honor fell to La La Land, after the shocking moment where presenters Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty mixed up the musical with Moonlight, and announced it as Best Picture winner.
Christopher Nolan on Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Eventually, La La Land not only lost the Oscar for Best Picture but also witnessed a segment of moviegoers shifting from swooning over the film to loathing it. But one person who was unfazed by the Oscars’ mix-up and public comments, was legendary filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Making an exception of watching Damien Chazelle’s Best Picture nominee, three or four times in cinemas, Nolan expressed his love for the film.
Christopher Nolan’s Undying Appreciation for La La Land
Breaking free of Hollywood’s penchant...
Christopher Nolan on Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Eventually, La La Land not only lost the Oscar for Best Picture but also witnessed a segment of moviegoers shifting from swooning over the film to loathing it. But one person who was unfazed by the Oscars’ mix-up and public comments, was legendary filmmaker Christopher Nolan. Making an exception of watching Damien Chazelle’s Best Picture nominee, three or four times in cinemas, Nolan expressed his love for the film.
Christopher Nolan’s Undying Appreciation for La La Land
Breaking free of Hollywood’s penchant...
- 3/17/2024
- by Krittika Mukherjee
- FandomWire
They were the box-office titans behind sumptuous period masterpieces. Yet underneath, reveals a new warts-and-all film, they were skint, stressed, prone to blood-curdling bust-ups – and ping-ponging between lovers
If you were asked to guess which prestigious film-making duo had spent their career scratching around desperately for cash, trying to wriggle out of paying their cast and crew, ping-ponging between lovers, and having such blood-curdling bust-ups that their neighbours called the police, it might be some time before “Merchant Ivory” sprang to mind. But a new warts-and-all documentary about the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the US director James Ivory makes it clear that the simmering passions in their films, such as the Em Forster trilogy of A Room With a View, Maurice and Howards End, were nothing compared to the scalding, volatile ones behind the camera.
From their initial meeting in New York in 1961 to Merchant’s death during surgery...
If you were asked to guess which prestigious film-making duo had spent their career scratching around desperately for cash, trying to wriggle out of paying their cast and crew, ping-ponging between lovers, and having such blood-curdling bust-ups that their neighbours called the police, it might be some time before “Merchant Ivory” sprang to mind. But a new warts-and-all documentary about the Indian producer Ismail Merchant and the US director James Ivory makes it clear that the simmering passions in their films, such as the Em Forster trilogy of A Room With a View, Maurice and Howards End, were nothing compared to the scalding, volatile ones behind the camera.
From their initial meeting in New York in 1961 to Merchant’s death during surgery...
- 3/12/2024
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Emma Stone is now a two-time Oscar winner.
The “Poor Things” actress took home the top title for her latest collaboration with auteur Yorgos Lanthimos. Stone previously won Best Actress in 2017 for Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land.” Stone was formerly nominated for Oscars for “Birdman” and Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”
“Poor Things” marks Stone’s third collaboration with Lanthimos. The duo are set to work together on upcoming films “Kinds of Kindness” and “Save the Green Planet,” a remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2005 sci-fi satire.
Stone plays Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.” Bella is a reanimated (and renamed) woman who, after committing suicide while pregnant, is brought back to life with the brain of her unborn child. Bella explores her turn-of-the-century world and voyages across 1800s Europe. The film is inspired by Scottish author Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel about a woman who drowns herself to escape her abusive husband. The...
The “Poor Things” actress took home the top title for her latest collaboration with auteur Yorgos Lanthimos. Stone previously won Best Actress in 2017 for Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land.” Stone was formerly nominated for Oscars for “Birdman” and Lanthimos’ “The Favourite.”
“Poor Things” marks Stone’s third collaboration with Lanthimos. The duo are set to work together on upcoming films “Kinds of Kindness” and “Save the Green Planet,” a remake of Jang Joon-hwan’s 2005 sci-fi satire.
Stone plays Bella Baxter in “Poor Things.” Bella is a reanimated (and renamed) woman who, after committing suicide while pregnant, is brought back to life with the brain of her unborn child. Bella explores her turn-of-the-century world and voyages across 1800s Europe. The film is inspired by Scottish author Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel about a woman who drowns herself to escape her abusive husband. The...
- 3/11/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Emma Stone is awaiting her second Oscar for Best Actress as she has been nominated for the film Poor Things. The actress had previously won the award for Damien Chazelle’s musical romance La La Land. Stone stars in the film as Bella Baxter, a resurrected woman who sees the world in a new light as she begins to understand it again.
Stone mentioned how she had to prepare extensively for the role as she had to be extremely comfortable with every other co-star in the film. She also mentioned how they had to film the movie in virtual sets during the scene where Bella and Mark Ruffalo’s character Duncan Wederburn go on a steamship journey. Stone mentioned that the moving VFX caused her nausea.
Emma Stone-Starrer Poor Things Was Filmed On Soundstages And LED Screens Emma Stone in Poor Things
The Yorgos Lanthimos directorial Poor Things is a...
Stone mentioned how she had to prepare extensively for the role as she had to be extremely comfortable with every other co-star in the film. She also mentioned how they had to film the movie in virtual sets during the scene where Bella and Mark Ruffalo’s character Duncan Wederburn go on a steamship journey. Stone mentioned that the moving VFX caused her nausea.
Emma Stone-Starrer Poor Things Was Filmed On Soundstages And LED Screens Emma Stone in Poor Things
The Yorgos Lanthimos directorial Poor Things is a...
- 3/10/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
Exclusive: #1 New York Times bestselling author Laura Dave is teaming with her husband Josh Singer, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter currently nominated for Maestro, to adapt her forthcoming novel The Night We Lost Him into a feature for Netflix.
The pair comes to the project following their collaboration on The Last Thing He Told Me, Apple TV+’s hit limited series adaptation of Dave’s same-name novel, starring Jennifer Garner, which they co-developed and executive produced.
Set to hit bookshelves on October 1st, The Night We Lost Him watches as the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances. Thereafter, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was. Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books is handling U.S. publication of the book, with Penguin Random House/Century Books bringing it to the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
The pair comes to the project following their collaboration on The Last Thing He Told Me, Apple TV+’s hit limited series adaptation of Dave’s same-name novel, starring Jennifer Garner, which they co-developed and executive produced.
Set to hit bookshelves on October 1st, The Night We Lost Him watches as the patriarch of a famed hotel empire dies under suspicious circumstances. Thereafter, his daughter and her estranged brother join forces to find out what happened, unraveling a larger mystery about who their father really was. Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books is handling U.S. publication of the book, with Penguin Random House/Century Books bringing it to the UK, Australia and New Zealand.
- 3/7/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Production Design Barbie
Weekly Commentary: If you’re keeping track of the contenders vying for Academy Awards this season, you might have noted Variety’s prediction that Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” could clinch a single award for production design, sparking a flurry of discussions within the punditry community.
Visit the prediction pages for the respective ceremonies via the links below:
Oscars | Emmys | Grammys | Tonys
2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Production Design Barbie
Weekly Commentary: If you’re keeping track of the contenders vying for Academy Awards this season, you might have noted Variety’s prediction that Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” could clinch a single award for production design, sparking a flurry of discussions within the punditry community.
- 3/7/2024
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Following the huge financial disappointment of 2022’s Babylon, Damien Chazelle states that he’s not even sure if his next script will get made.
Damien Chazelle is at an interesting point in his career. Up until 2022’s Babylon, everything the director’s previous three films had earned critical plaudits or made lots of cash. In the case of Whiplash and La La Land, those two films did both and solidified Chazelle’s reputation as one of a handful of directors set to revive Hollywood’s output and lead a new generation of American filmmakers.
However, the last few years have seen something of a bump in the road for Chazelle.
Following his Oscar for Best Director in the wake of La La Land, Chazelle has made 2018’s First Man and then 2022’s Babylon. The former didn’t exactly set the box office on fire but it did enough, and picked up some critical praise.
Damien Chazelle is at an interesting point in his career. Up until 2022’s Babylon, everything the director’s previous three films had earned critical plaudits or made lots of cash. In the case of Whiplash and La La Land, those two films did both and solidified Chazelle’s reputation as one of a handful of directors set to revive Hollywood’s output and lead a new generation of American filmmakers.
However, the last few years have seen something of a bump in the road for Chazelle.
Following his Oscar for Best Director in the wake of La La Land, Chazelle has made 2018’s First Man and then 2022’s Babylon. The former didn’t exactly set the box office on fire but it did enough, and picked up some critical praise.
- 3/4/2024
- by Dan Cooper
- Film Stories
Having delivered acclaimed gems including La La Land, First Man, and Whiplash, Damien Chazelle was given a huge budget and full creative control for Babylon. While the director didn’t compromise his vision for the film and delivered what he set out to make, the underwhelming returns at the box office have now created concerns for his next feature.
Opposed to its budget of $80 million, Babylon only managed to rack in $15 million domestically, becoming a major flop for Paramount. The acclaimed director is now unsure whether his next project will see the end of the tunnel or not, as fans come forward to express their love for Babylon.
Babylon (2022)
Damien Chazelle Is Unsure if His Next Film Will Get Made
While box-office figures don’t dictate the quality of a film, they certainly play a major role in getting certain passion projects of filmmakers greenlit. And with Babylon being a financial flop,...
Opposed to its budget of $80 million, Babylon only managed to rack in $15 million domestically, becoming a major flop for Paramount. The acclaimed director is now unsure whether his next project will see the end of the tunnel or not, as fans come forward to express their love for Babylon.
Babylon (2022)
Damien Chazelle Is Unsure if His Next Film Will Get Made
While box-office figures don’t dictate the quality of a film, they certainly play a major role in getting certain passion projects of filmmakers greenlit. And with Babylon being a financial flop,...
- 3/2/2024
- by Santanu Roy
- FandomWire
David Bordwell, an influential film scholar and longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Feb. 29 after battling a “long illness,” according to the university. He was 76.
Uw-Madison described Bordwell as a prolific researcher, dedicated teacher and passionate cinephile — a man who helped guide “countless colleagues, students, and film lovers to heightened awareness of the medium’s artistic possibilities.”
For more than two decades, Bordwell penned commentaries, produced visual and written essays and interviews for films in the Criterion Collection and was seen and heard on 50 episodes of “Observations on Film Art” on the Criterion Channel, who described him as a “tireless champion of cinema,” in a statement.
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He taught at Uw-Madison from 1973 until his retirement in 2004 and was the university’s Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the time of his death.
Damien Chazelle, Oscar-winning...
Uw-Madison described Bordwell as a prolific researcher, dedicated teacher and passionate cinephile — a man who helped guide “countless colleagues, students, and film lovers to heightened awareness of the medium’s artistic possibilities.”
For more than two decades, Bordwell penned commentaries, produced visual and written essays and interviews for films in the Criterion Collection and was seen and heard on 50 episodes of “Observations on Film Art” on the Criterion Channel, who described him as a “tireless champion of cinema,” in a statement.
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He taught at Uw-Madison from 1973 until his retirement in 2004 and was the university’s Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at the time of his death.
Damien Chazelle, Oscar-winning...
- 3/2/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety Film + TV
Director Damien Chazelle became the youngest recipient of the Oscar for Best Director when he won the coveted award for his musical romance La La Land. He has helmed multiple critical darlings such as Whiplash and First Man, which have given him the status of a modern-day auteur due to certain directorial trademarks that he employs in his films.
While he had an amazing record at the box office and during Awards season with the above-mentioned films, he seemed to have missed the mark with his last film Babylon. Starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, the film was a box office disaster. Chazelle recently mentioned that he might not be able to make his next film due to Babylon’s failure.
Damien Chazelle Is Unsure About His Next Film Brad Pitt in Babylon
Damien Chazelle became a wunderkind of sorts when he broke into the scene with his...
While he had an amazing record at the box office and during Awards season with the above-mentioned films, he seemed to have missed the mark with his last film Babylon. Starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, the film was a box office disaster. Chazelle recently mentioned that he might not be able to make his next film due to Babylon’s failure.
Damien Chazelle Is Unsure About His Next Film Brad Pitt in Babylon
Damien Chazelle became a wunderkind of sorts when he broke into the scene with his...
- 3/2/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
As Damien Chazelle’s follow-up to First Man and short-lived Best Picture winner La La Land, buzz was loud over Babylon. With a cast of Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie, a story centering around the dawn of Hollywood’s sound age and a budget north of $80 million, it had everything going for it. And then it made just over $3.5 million on opening weekend, killing both the movie and showing that its wunderkind director – who was the youngest Best Director winner ever at 32 – was fallible. Now, as he works on his next project, Chazelle has a realistic perspective that it will be a long time before he’s trusted with so much money.
Speaking on TCM’s Talking Pictures podcast, Chazelle said he’s staying active post-Babylon but may have to scale down this production. “I’ve been head in the sand. I’ve been sort of busy writing. So...
Speaking on TCM’s Talking Pictures podcast, Chazelle said he’s staying active post-Babylon but may have to scale down this production. “I’ve been head in the sand. I’ve been sort of busy writing. So...
- 3/2/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
Damien Chazelle is opening up about his career.
The 39-year-old Oscar-winning director released his latest film, Babylon, in 2022. The film, which takes viewers back to 1920s Hollywood, stars Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Olivia Wilde, Jean Smart, and more.
Babylon wasn’t the success story many hoped it would be, as the title holds a 57% critic approval rating and 52% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
At the box office, it earned just $15.3 million domestically and $63.6 million worldwide.
Still, Babylon earned a trio of Oscar nominations, but that didn’t stop the film from being deemed a flop.
Keep reading to find out more…
During an appearance on the Talking Pictures podcast, Damien spoke about his unnamed upcoming movie and how he hopes to bounce back from Babylon.
“I’ve been head in the sand. I’ve been sort of busy writing. So I’ll get a real taste of how it’s...
The 39-year-old Oscar-winning director released his latest film, Babylon, in 2022. The film, which takes viewers back to 1920s Hollywood, stars Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Olivia Wilde, Jean Smart, and more.
Babylon wasn’t the success story many hoped it would be, as the title holds a 57% critic approval rating and 52% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
At the box office, it earned just $15.3 million domestically and $63.6 million worldwide.
Still, Babylon earned a trio of Oscar nominations, but that didn’t stop the film from being deemed a flop.
Keep reading to find out more…
During an appearance on the Talking Pictures podcast, Damien spoke about his unnamed upcoming movie and how he hopes to bounce back from Babylon.
“I’ve been head in the sand. I’ve been sort of busy writing. So I’ll get a real taste of how it’s...
- 3/2/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Any movie starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie is expected to be a box-office hit considering their reputation in the Hollywood entertainment industry. Pitt might have started his acting career much before Robbie, but the actress has proved her proficiency as a performer time and time again.
Despite the power-packed performances of the ensemble cast featuring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie among others, Damien Chazelle’s black comedy drama – Babylon tanked at the box office. This has cast doubt on the director’s future as he recently admitted that he might not get a budget as big as Babylon for his next project.
Brad Pitt in a still from Babylon Margot Robbie-Starrer Babylon Tanking May Have Reduced Damien Chazelle’s Chances of Getting a Big Budget
Damien Chazelle is not the kind of director who makes stereotypical movies. His vision has always been one-of-a-kind. To put it simply, he is...
Despite the power-packed performances of the ensemble cast featuring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie among others, Damien Chazelle’s black comedy drama – Babylon tanked at the box office. This has cast doubt on the director’s future as he recently admitted that he might not get a budget as big as Babylon for his next project.
Brad Pitt in a still from Babylon Margot Robbie-Starrer Babylon Tanking May Have Reduced Damien Chazelle’s Chances of Getting a Big Budget
Damien Chazelle is not the kind of director who makes stereotypical movies. His vision has always been one-of-a-kind. To put it simply, he is...
- 3/2/2024
- by Ankita
- FandomWire
As they say in Hollywood quite often, “Who knew?”
Take the 2022 film Babylon. It had Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt starring, and Oscar-winning La La Land writer/director Damien Chazelle handling that end.
Then it went out and did just $15 million domestically against an $80 million budget. Reviews were mixed. No awards were given.
Chazelle knows that having Babylon on his resume isn’t going to help funding for future projects, as he noted during TCM’s Talking Pictures podcast.
“Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” Chazelle said. “You try to not have that effect what you’re doing creatively, but, at some level, it can’t help but affect it. But maybe that’s Ok? I have a very mixed mind about it. Who knows. Maybe I won’t be able to get this one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.
Take the 2022 film Babylon. It had Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt starring, and Oscar-winning La La Land writer/director Damien Chazelle handling that end.
Then it went out and did just $15 million domestically against an $80 million budget. Reviews were mixed. No awards were given.
Chazelle knows that having Babylon on his resume isn’t going to help funding for future projects, as he noted during TCM’s Talking Pictures podcast.
“Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” Chazelle said. “You try to not have that effect what you’re doing creatively, but, at some level, it can’t help but affect it. But maybe that’s Ok? I have a very mixed mind about it. Who knows. Maybe I won’t be able to get this one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.
- 3/2/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
In Hollywood, they say you’re only as good as your last credit.
Damien Chazelle is weighing what that means for him following the box office failure of his big-budget film Babylon starring Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Diego Calva. Made for a reported $80 million before marketing costs, the Paramount Pictures release opened to a disastrous $3.6 million before topping out at $15.3 million domestic. With international grosses, it finished at $63.4 million worldwide.
“Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker told Ben Mankiewicz during an interview on his podcast, Talking Pictures. “You try to not have that affect what you’re doing creatively, but, at some level, it can’t help but affect it. But maybe that’s Ok? I have [a] very mixed mind about it. Who knows? Maybe I won’t be able to get this one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.
Damien Chazelle is weighing what that means for him following the box office failure of his big-budget film Babylon starring Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and Diego Calva. Made for a reported $80 million before marketing costs, the Paramount Pictures release opened to a disastrous $3.6 million before topping out at $15.3 million domestic. With international grosses, it finished at $63.4 million worldwide.
“Certainly, in financial terms, Babylon didn’t work at all,” the Oscar-winning filmmaker told Ben Mankiewicz during an interview on his podcast, Talking Pictures. “You try to not have that affect what you’re doing creatively, but, at some level, it can’t help but affect it. But maybe that’s Ok? I have [a] very mixed mind about it. Who knows? Maybe I won’t be able to get this one made. I have no idea. We’ll have to wait and see.
- 3/1/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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