Sitting dead-center in Brad Pitt’s fan-favorite WWII comfort zone, this new teaser trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ Allied should put plenty of folks in mind of Pitt’s hits. The Paramount Pictures release pairs Pitt with Marion Cotillard as two very stylish WWII spies, lending the clip a decided Inglourious Basterds meets…

It was just about 18 months ago at the Toronto Film Festival that a new full-service production company called Cinelou made its mark, with co-CEO Mark Canton telling me at the time they planned to release 10 movies a year. They were just forming Cinelou Releasing, the distribution arm of the company, and a small…

Entertainment One's boutique division Seville International has racked up strong sales to Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only The End Of The World ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival.

It’s Only The End of the World is an adaptation of the play by Jean-Luc Lagarce, and tells of the afternoon of…

EXCLUSIVE: Masters Of Sex star Lizzy Caplan is joining the cast of the untitled film that Robert Zemeckis will direct with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard from a script by Steven Knight. The film is backed by Paramount Pictures, GK Films and New Regency.

The title and plot are shrouded in secrecy, but I’ve heard that Ca
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Robert Zemeckis’ next movie, a sweeping romantic thriller starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, will be released on November 23, 2016, Paramount Pictures said today. The epic project scripted by Steven Knight and produced by Graham King and his GK Films banner is also being produced by Zemeckis and Steve Starkey…

Witch please! The latest trailer release for Justin Kurzel’s rough and tumble Shakespearean adaptation of Macbeth highlights once again just how much this is not your father’s Scottish play. Featuring a typically committed performance from Michael Fassbender as the doomed warrior-turned-king, Macbeth is filled with…

EXCLUSIVE: Ariane Labed, the Greek-born French actress who made such a stirring impression in Yorgos Lanthimos’ Cannes fave The Lobster, has boarded the cast of Assassin’s Creed. The Justin Kurzel-directed New Regency live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft video game stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. This…

As I have slowly emerged during the past week from my French fog into the harsher realities of Hollywood, the likely effect of the 68th Cannes Film Festival on this year’s Oscar race has come more into focus. I consider Cannes a “soft start” to the awards season, not as key obviously as the fall <img class="alignleft …

Tonight’s screening of Macbeth winds up the presentation of movies in competition for Cannes‘ top prize, the Palme d’Or, which will be announced Sunday. Directed by Justin Kurzel and starring Michael Fassbender in the title role and Marion Cotillard as Lady Macbeth, the film has been rapturously received by many…

Entertainment One’s boutique sales arm Seville International has kicked off its Cannes with strong pre-sales on Xavier Dolan’s It’s Only The End Of The World. The film, starring Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night), Léa Seydoux (Spectre) Vincent Cassel (Child 44), Nathalie Baye (Catch Me If You Can) and Gaspard…

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UPDATE, 4:50 PM PT: At nearly four hours, tonight's César Awards ceremony was one of the longest I can remember, but oddly also one of the most entertaining. Host Edouard Baer kept things moving for the Canal Plus broadcast even if he started to sweat as things started to draw out…