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Focus Features has released the trailer for The Northman, the latest from The Witch and The Lighthouse writer-director Robert Eggers. The film, a period revenge thriller, is scheduled to hit theaters on April 22, 2022. Far from the quieter, more intimate plots of his previous works, the trailer shows off an…

Illumination and Nintendo have put together a powerhouse voiceover cast for their upcoming Super Mario Bros. animated movie which will hit cinemas on Dec. 21, 2022; that date also being news today. Playing the fraternal, mushroom digesting plumbers and squashers of turtles are Chris Pratt as Mario and Charlie Day as…

Even with an Emmy win for Best Limited/Anthology series and a tie with The Crown for the most Emmys this season at 11, don’t count on a second season, or even sequel movie, for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit.  73rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards: Deadline's Full Coverage “I feel like we told the story we wanted to tell…

For anyone questioning the viability of original content on the big screen, there’s a moment in Edgar Wright’s 1960s fantasy-horror feature Last Night in Soho which could reduce the most stone-cold hearted streaming proponent to water. Anya Taylor-Joy, playing the aspiring singer, Sandy, (who Thomasin McKenzie’s…

Leave it to Edgar Wright to play with genre expectations and deliver yet another delightfully off-kilter thriller that also thrills with its undeniably trippy atmosphere and blast to the past of swinging 60’s London. The director of films like Baby Driver, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, The World’s End, and of course…

When Last Night In Soho director Edgar Wright submitted his latest film to the Venice Film Festival, he called it "a dark Valentine to Soho." Elaborating on that, Wright told the Lido press corps this afternoon, "I love London, but there's a lot to fear about it as well, so you have a conflicted relationship with the…

For Netflix's limited series, The Queen's Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy felt compelled to tell the story of Beth Harmon, a young chess prodigy with a sheltered past who struggles with an addiction problem. While dealing with her addictions and navigating a new world, outside of the orphanage she grew up in, Harmon finds her…

Anya Taylor-Joy has been having quite a season. She virtually swept the early television awards season for her role as Beth Harmon in the widely acclaimed The Queen’s Gambit, grabbing Lead Actress awards from the Golden Globes, SAG, and Critics Choice among others. Now she course nominated, and a leading contender…

Nicholas Hoult is set to join Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes in Searchlight’s dark comedy The Menu. Hong Chau is also on board. Mark Mylod, who has played a major part in the success of HBO's Succession, will direct. Adam McKay will produce through his Hyperobject Industries banner along with Betsy Koch. The film…

EXCLUSIVE: Hong Chau is set to join Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes in Searchlight’s dark comedy The Menu. Mark Mylod, who has played a major part in the success of HBO's Succession, will direct. Adam McKay will produce through his Hyperobject Industries banner along with Betsy Koch. The film is a darkly comedic…

After a mysterious opening scene that tracks the fallout of a decadent Paris night and an almost neglected chess match, the first episode of The Queen's Gambit masterfully explores the forlorn early life of the orphaned Elizabeth Harmon and her rise to international fame. And there are a lot of those green pills in…

EXCLUSIVE: Following her acclaimed role in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy looks to have found her next feature film. She is in negotiations to star in Searchlight’s dark comedy The Menu, with Ralph Fiennes recently closing a deal to also star. Mark Mylod, who has played a major part in the success of…