War, dragons, camaraderie and romance – it’s too soon for another Game of Thrones trailer, so it’s gotta be Tolkien. Fox Searchlight released a second trailer for the upcoming biopic today, giving even more clues about the approach the film will take in chronicling both the life and the imagination of the…

Fox Searchlight Pictures has acquired Sew Torn, the new short film by 18-year-old writer-director Freddy Macdonald. The short is Macdonald’s fifth, and will be made available on Fox Searchlight social media channels. "Freddy Macdonald is a very promising filmmaker with a fresh and confident storytelling style. We're…

EXCLUSIVE: The Favourite backer Fox Searchlight is lining up a reboot of Julia Roberts’ 1991 hit Sleeping With The Enemy and a feature version of smash James Corden stage play One Man, Two Guvnors as part of a new producing deal with The Iron Lady and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie producer Damian Jones. Prolific UK…

Fox Searchlight has obtained the worldwide rights to Nomadland, the third feature from director Chloé Zhao, who made a splash with her most recent film, the South Dakota-set western drama The Rider. Oscar-winner Frances McDormand stars in the film along with David Strathairn. As she did with her last film, Zhao also…

A new Fox Searchlight trailer might have a familiar ring to it, but this journey to Middle-earth comes via the true story of the magical world’s one-of-a-kind creator. Tolkien, in theaters this May, stars Nicholas Hoult as author J.R.R. Tolkien, born in South Africa, raised in England and elevated to immortality on…

A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit For some, this weekend is the craziest of awards season, as the travel crunch is on from events in L.A. to NYC to London, as nominees have to figure out where to be from the ASC and USC awards to the Grammys to the BAFTAs. The latter two are on…

Fox Searchlight has acquired rights to Lavender, a short film from writer-director Matthew Puccini that just premiered in the Shorts Program at the Sundance Film Festival. The studio plans to make the pic available on its social media channels. Lavender stars Michael Urie, Michael Hsu Rosen and Ken Barnett and tells…

Fox Searchlight’s Tolkien about the legendary Lord of the Rings author will open in theaters on May 10. The movie, directed by Dome Karukoski, and starring Nicholas Hoult as J.R.R. Tolkien and Lily Collins as his muse and wife Edith Bratt, explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Searchlight has set Sacha Gervasi to write Terrified, a remake of the 2017 Argentinian genre film Aterrados. Demián Rugna, who wrote and directed the original, will helm the English-language remake. The film will be produced by Guillermo del Toro, extending his relationship with Searchlight that was…

EXCLUSIVE: Miranda Otto, who stars as Aunt Zelda in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Zoë Chao from Strangers on Facebook Watch, and Silicon Valley‘s Zach Woods are set for supporting roles in Downhill. The trio joins previously announced stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell in Fox Searchlight’s Nat Faxon…

Fox Searchlight, Warner Bros and A Star Is Born led all film noms at the 25th annual SAG Awards nominations announced this morning at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. Fox Searchlight, which also topped the studio list last year, and Warner Bros led with five nominations each, and A Star Is Born with four. T…

UPDATED with more info, full list of nominees: Warner Bros’ A Star Is Born solidified its status this awards season this morning at the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations, where it collected a film-side-leading four nominations including in the marquee ensemble category. Meanwhile on the TV side…