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The nation's fourth-largest cinema chain is testing a new subscription program called MovieFlex+ that includes a curated set of small and mid-sized films each week for no extra charge. "We can't live off just blockbusters," chairman and CEO Greg Marcus tells Deadline. "We cannot just live off dinner. We need breakfast…

Moviegoing is definitely back with viewers flocking to franchise films that 1) continue to roll out in the first sustained barrage of big new titles since Covid, and 2) continue to do huge business as they stick around in theaters. They’re sucking up screens and exacerbating a release-pattern quandary for independent…

The Forgiven with Jessica Chastain opens in 122 theaters this weekend as the flow of indie films continues to build with well-reviewed, festival-pedigreed product including Mr. Malcolm's List and Clara Sola. Meanwhile, producers and most other U.S. businesses are hoping economic storm clouds won’t ding their…

Vertical Entertainment and Roadside Attractions today unveiled the trailer for their thriller The Forgiven, starring Jessica Chastain (Armageddon Time) and Ralph Fiennes (The Menu), which is slated for release in theaters on July 1st. The film written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Calvary) is based on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment have co-acquired North American rights to The Forgiven, a starry thriller written and directed by John Michael McDonagh (The Guard, Calvary), which premiered at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival. Roadside will release the film in theaters next spring, with…

For John Michael McDonagh's film adaption of The Forgiven, it was important to highlight the main themes of the Lawrence Osborne novel. "It's about the blindness, and the privilege, and the things you're not seeing," he says. Jessica Chastain and Ralph Fiennes star as Jo and David, a wealthy couple on the verge of…

Watching the intriguing and unpredictable adult drama The Forgiven, which takes place right in the heart of the High Atlas mountains in Morocco, I couldn’t help but think that if the 2012 book on which it is based were around a few decades earlier this would be the kind of movie Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has pre-bought worldwide rights excluding North America to Ralph Fiennes-Jessica Chastain starrer The Forgiven, which has finally wrapped shoot. Joining the previously announced Fiennes, Chastain, Said Taghmaoui (La Haine) and Caleb Landry Jones (X-Men: First Class) in the drama are Matt…

EXCLUSIVE: London-based financier Head Gear Films, which recently backed John Michael McDonagh's upcoming The Forgiven and Halle Berry's Bruised, is setting up a $25M credit facility to fund productions shooting in Serbia. The facility will be operated in partnership with Belgrade-based production outfit Balkanic Media…

EXCLUSIVE: UK outfit Bad Penny Productions has optioned Brit writer Lawrence Osborne’s well-reviewed Cambodia-set thriller Hunters In The Dark. Osborne and Ben Cookson (Waiting For Anya) will adapt the novel for screen. Producers on the feature will be Bad Penny's Phin Glynn (Mad To Be Normal) and Daz Spencer Lovesey…

EXCLUSIVE: Gersh has signed award-winning director Roland Joffé, who recently co-wrote and directed the South African drama, The Forgiven, starring Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. Based on the Michael Ashton play The Archbishop and The Antichrist, the story follows Archbishop Desmond Tutu's (Whitaker) work as President…

UPDATED with release date: Saban Films has acquired North American distribution rights to Roland Joffé's dramatic film The Forgiven which is based on the Michael Asthon play The Archbishop and The Antichrist and stars Forest Whitaker and Eric Bana. The film will hit theaters on March 9, followed by a VOD and digital…