Some of the most boldly assured first features by women in the past 20 years have been horror. Think Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook, Julia Ducournau’s Raw or Rose Glass’ Saint Maud. On the strength of The Watchers, Ishana Night Shyamalan, the 23-year-old daughter of You Know Who, fails to make that list, despite having what appear to be considerable resources thrown at her. While Dakota Fanning does yeoman’s work in the central role, this is basically the usual Irish hooey about faeries and changelings and other pesky entities dressed up in ponderous Jungian doubles theory.
Produced by dad M. Night Shyamalan and adapted from the novel by West Irish author A.M. Shine (apparently a real name), the movie charges right into its souped-up atmospherics, accompanied by Abel Korzeniowski’s hyperventilating score.
Eli Arenson’s camera tracks a panicked man (Alistair Brammer), hurtling through a dense forest in the...
Produced by dad M. Night Shyamalan and adapted from the novel by West Irish author A.M. Shine (apparently a real name), the movie charges right into its souped-up atmospherics, accompanied by Abel Korzeniowski’s hyperventilating score.
Eli Arenson’s camera tracks a panicked man (Alistair Brammer), hurtling through a dense forest in the...
- 6/6/2024
- by David Rooney
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to this week’s review of Nxt, right here on Nerdly. Let’s get straight into it and see what went down in this episode…
Match #1: Jordynne Grace def. Stevie Turner The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The Tna Knockouts Champion lived up to the hype and more as Jordynne Grace demolished Stevie Turner before her matchup with Nxt Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez at Battleground. Grace knocked Turner all around the ring and the British Superstar could sustain any offense as one Juggernaut Driver secured the victory. After the match, Perez got into the ring, shoved Grace, and nearly was slammed to the mat before she got out of dodge.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Jazmyn Nyx def. Thea Hail The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The turmoil surrounding Chase U spelled bad news for Thea Hail Jazmyn Nyx picked up a huge win.
Match #1: Jordynne Grace def. Stevie Turner The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The Tna Knockouts Champion lived up to the hype and more as Jordynne Grace demolished Stevie Turner before her matchup with Nxt Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez at Battleground. Grace knocked Turner all around the ring and the British Superstar could sustain any offense as one Juggernaut Driver secured the victory. After the match, Perez got into the ring, shoved Grace, and nearly was slammed to the mat before she got out of dodge.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Jazmyn Nyx def. Thea Hail The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The turmoil surrounding Chase U spelled bad news for Thea Hail Jazmyn Nyx picked up a huge win.
- 6/6/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show!
Match #1: Ludwig Kaiser def. Sheamus The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Ludwig Kaiser entered this match with bad intentions and carried them out during his battle with Sheamus. Despite the continued targeting of his injured knee, The Celtic Warrior persevered until his legs gave out during a White Noise attempt. Kaiser rolled up the former WWE Champion and clinched one of the biggest wins of his career.
My Score: 4 out of 5 Match #2: Finn Bálor def. Dragon Lee The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The Judgment Day set out to settle some scores on Monday Night Raw, and Dragon Lee was the first one on their list. The luchador was dropping jaws with his a breathtaking dive, but there...
Match #1: Ludwig Kaiser def. Sheamus The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Ludwig Kaiser entered this match with bad intentions and carried them out during his battle with Sheamus. Despite the continued targeting of his injured knee, The Celtic Warrior persevered until his legs gave out during a White Noise attempt. Kaiser rolled up the former WWE Champion and clinched one of the biggest wins of his career.
My Score: 4 out of 5 Match #2: Finn Bálor def. Dragon Lee The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
The Judgment Day set out to settle some scores on Monday Night Raw, and Dragon Lee was the first one on their list. The luchador was dropping jaws with his a breathtaking dive, but there...
- 6/5/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Pat McAfee used some choice language to describe Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark in Monday’s installment of The Pat McAfee Show, referring to her as “one white bitch for the Indiana team who is a superstar.”
Coming off of a weekend that saw Chicago Sky veteran Chennedy Carter hip-check Clark to the ground, McAfee began his show by discussing in-game rivalries before segueing to the “evolution of success and popularity in the WNBA” thanks to a rookie class bolstered by Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, Kamilla Cardoso and, of course, Clark.
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Coming off of a weekend that saw Chicago Sky veteran Chennedy Carter hip-check Clark to the ground, McAfee began his show by discussing in-game rivalries before segueing to the “evolution of success and popularity in the WNBA” thanks to a rookie class bolstered by Angel Reese, Cameron Brink, Kamilla Cardoso and, of course, Clark.
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- 6/3/2024
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Get ready for an explosive night of wrestling action with Season 32, Episode 24 of “WWE Monday Night Raw,” airing at 8:00 Pm on Monday, June 10, 2024, on USA Network. As the longest-running weekly episodic television show in history, “Raw” continues its tradition of delivering hard-hitting matches, intense rivalries, and unforgettable moments.
In this episode, viewers can expect to see the Superstars of the WWE go head-to-head in the ring, showcasing their athleticism, skill, and determination to come out on top. From high-flying maneuvers to bone-crunching slams, the action never stops as these athletes give it their all to entertain the fans.
But “Raw” isn’t just about what happens inside the ring; it’s also about the drama and intrigue that unfolds behind the scenes. With backstage interviews, confrontations, and surprises aplenty, viewers get an exclusive glimpse into the world of professional wrestling and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit it.
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In this episode, viewers can expect to see the Superstars of the WWE go head-to-head in the ring, showcasing their athleticism, skill, and determination to come out on top. From high-flying maneuvers to bone-crunching slams, the action never stops as these athletes give it their all to entertain the fans.
But “Raw” isn’t just about what happens inside the ring; it’s also about the drama and intrigue that unfolds behind the scenes. With backstage interviews, confrontations, and surprises aplenty, viewers get an exclusive glimpse into the world of professional wrestling and the larger-than-life personalities that inhabit it.
Join the...
- 6/3/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Becky Lynch Might Not Quit WWE Due To These 3 Reasons ( Photo Credit – Instagram )
Right now, Becky Lynch has grabbed the majority of headlines in the pro wrestling world. In the last few weeks, we have heard Lynch’s name in the news in regard to her contract renewal with WWE. Now, in a major development, the superstar might say a temporary goodbye to her pro wrestling career, which has now sparked several speculations. Keep reading to know more!
Update on Becky Lynch’s contract
We have constantly been hearing that Becky’s contract is going to expire soon. Recently, it was learned that The Man’s contract is expiring this weekend, and she is in no mood to sign a new contract with the promotion right now. Becky’s recent comment on Raw also hinted about her break from WWE. She said, “You live and learn till it is time to walk away.
Right now, Becky Lynch has grabbed the majority of headlines in the pro wrestling world. In the last few weeks, we have heard Lynch’s name in the news in regard to her contract renewal with WWE. Now, in a major development, the superstar might say a temporary goodbye to her pro wrestling career, which has now sparked several speculations. Keep reading to know more!
Update on Becky Lynch’s contract
We have constantly been hearing that Becky’s contract is going to expire soon. Recently, it was learned that The Man’s contract is expiring this weekend, and she is in no mood to sign a new contract with the promotion right now. Becky’s recent comment on Raw also hinted about her break from WWE. She said, “You live and learn till it is time to walk away.
- 5/29/2024
- by Shalmesh More
- KoiMoi
The much-anticipated King & Queen of the Ring came and went in front of another raucous international crowd, giving us an afternoon of solid wrestling and setting some future storylines into motion.
This premium live event had some added weight to it with the King & Queen matches, which we found out recently would give the winners a title shot at Summerslam
Crowing a King, and more recently a Queen, had been a staple of the WWE, with some of the most famous moments in the company's history coming during the event.
Think 'Austin 3:16 said I just whopped your ass' for starters.
But the matches that supplied their winners with crowns were just two on a heavy card that saw multiple titles up for grabs and ended up being a damn good time.
We're not here to break down the ins and outs of the matches. But we are here to...
This premium live event had some added weight to it with the King & Queen matches, which we found out recently would give the winners a title shot at Summerslam
Crowing a King, and more recently a Queen, had been a staple of the WWE, with some of the most famous moments in the company's history coming during the event.
Think 'Austin 3:16 said I just whopped your ass' for starters.
But the matches that supplied their winners with crowns were just two on a heavy card that saw multiple titles up for grabs and ended up being a damn good time.
We're not here to break down the ins and outs of the matches. But we are here to...
- 5/25/2024
- by Whitney Evans
- TVfanatic
Tko Holdings has merged the live event groups of its two combat sports leagues into the “Tko Live Events Strategy Team.”
Is the UFC about to follow WWE to a new streaming home? The latest move by the parent company of the two combat sports promotions leaves the door open for that particular question. Tko Holdings, which operates UFC and WWE, has decided to combine the live events groups of both into a single entity, which will be called the “Tko Live Events Strategy Team.” This will allow the company to more closely coordinate events from WWE and UFC, but it could also presage a move to Netflix for UFC events, as the world’s largest streamer recently struck a deal with WWE to air live episodes of “Raw” each week.
Key Details: WWE and UFC events will likely air on the same weekends thanks to the combination of the two live events groups.
Is the UFC about to follow WWE to a new streaming home? The latest move by the parent company of the two combat sports promotions leaves the door open for that particular question. Tko Holdings, which operates UFC and WWE, has decided to combine the live events groups of both into a single entity, which will be called the “Tko Live Events Strategy Team.” This will allow the company to more closely coordinate events from WWE and UFC, but it could also presage a move to Netflix for UFC events, as the world’s largest streamer recently struck a deal with WWE to air live episodes of “Raw” each week.
Key Details: WWE and UFC events will likely air on the same weekends thanks to the combination of the two live events groups.
- 5/24/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Netflix, which for years had claimed that live sports did not factor into its business model, is now a major player in the field, recently snapping up Christmas NFL games. But before committing to established, conventional sports franchises like NFL football games and WWE Raw, the streamer tested the waters with stunt-y, made-for-tv sport events, starting with The Netflix Cup on Nov. 14, 2023.
According to Netflix’s second expansive viewership report released today, The Netflix Cup, a golf match featuring drivers and golfers from its docu series Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Full Swing, logged paltry 700,000 views in the second half of 2023.
Related: How German Miniseries ‘Dear Child’ Became Netflix’s Second Biggest Series Of Second Half Of 2023
Compare that to Netflix’s foray into live comedy, which was off to a hot start with the Match 2023 Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage special. It logged 36.2M hours in the first...
According to Netflix’s second expansive viewership report released today, The Netflix Cup, a golf match featuring drivers and golfers from its docu series Formula 1: Drive to Survive and Full Swing, logged paltry 700,000 views in the second half of 2023.
Related: How German Miniseries ‘Dear Child’ Became Netflix’s Second Biggest Series Of Second Half Of 2023
Compare that to Netflix’s foray into live comedy, which was off to a hot start with the Match 2023 Chris Rock’s Selective Outrage special. It logged 36.2M hours in the first...
- 5/23/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
From Jekyll and Hyde to the Wolfman, to much more recent twists on atavistic transformations, the concept of shape-shifting has always been a popular one in fiction — with storytellers turning the dial up or down on the potential social commentary therein, according to taste and preference. In “Animale,” the closing film of this year’s Cannes Critics’ Week section, director Emma Benestan is rather more interested in the interpersonal dynamics navigated by 22-year-old female bull-runner Nejma (Oulaya Amamra) than in really savouring some promising horror implications. She gives Dr. Jekyll center stage, as it were, rather than getting too involved with Mr. Hyde.
Nejma works at a ranch in Camargue, France, where bulls are raised to compete in the arena for baying crowds of exhilarated spectators. It is a traditionally masculine environment: From the bulls to the men who wrangle them, the emphasis is on displays of physical strength and ferocity.
Nejma works at a ranch in Camargue, France, where bulls are raised to compete in the arena for baying crowds of exhilarated spectators. It is a traditionally masculine environment: From the bulls to the men who wrangle them, the emphasis is on displays of physical strength and ferocity.
- 5/23/2024
- by Catherine Bray
- Variety Film + TV
Toro Toro Toro: Amamra Grabs the Bull By the Horns in Transformative Role
For those who champion the bull in Spain’s electrifying yet antiquated tradition of the running of the bulls, there’s a fresh perspective awaiting in a genre-blending narrative that redefines and realigns the boundaries between genders and species. Departing from her beginnings in young adult romantic comedy with Fragile (2021), French-Algerian filmmaker Emma Benestan reunites with Oulaya Amamra for their third collaboration—a sophomore film that exudes a Cocteau-esque spirit with hints of whac-a-mole horror genre elements. An exploration of crossed boundaries and crossing over, Animale is reminiscent of last year’s Le Règne animal and especially Julia Ducournau’s Raw, despite embracing what is a familiar, well-trodden path, we find a fresh take on violence as redemption and salvation.…...
For those who champion the bull in Spain’s electrifying yet antiquated tradition of the running of the bulls, there’s a fresh perspective awaiting in a genre-blending narrative that redefines and realigns the boundaries between genders and species. Departing from her beginnings in young adult romantic comedy with Fragile (2021), French-Algerian filmmaker Emma Benestan reunites with Oulaya Amamra for their third collaboration—a sophomore film that exudes a Cocteau-esque spirit with hints of whac-a-mole horror genre elements. An exploration of crossed boundaries and crossing over, Animale is reminiscent of last year’s Le Règne animal and especially Julia Ducournau’s Raw, despite embracing what is a familiar, well-trodden path, we find a fresh take on violence as redemption and salvation.…...
- 5/22/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Academy Award-winner Cate Blanchett, Emmy-nominated producer Coco Francini of Dirty Films, and Dr. Stacy L. Smith, founder of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, announced the 11 recipients of their Proof of Concept Accelerator program, supported by the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity.
“We have been astonished by the artistry of all 1,200 filmmakers who applied to Proof of Concept, which proves that there are so many voices out there who deserve to find their audience. Our final selection represents filmmakers who we felt had the experience and vision to take their careers to the next level and make creative and compelling film and television that may transform the landscape of storytelling. We are grateful to the applicants, our incredible selection committee, and the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity for their unwavering support and guidance as we take another step towards creating an ecosystem that supports inclusion of gender marginalized directors at the highest levels of the entertainment business,...
“We have been astonished by the artistry of all 1,200 filmmakers who applied to Proof of Concept, which proves that there are so many voices out there who deserve to find their audience. Our final selection represents filmmakers who we felt had the experience and vision to take their careers to the next level and make creative and compelling film and television that may transform the landscape of storytelling. We are grateful to the applicants, our incredible selection committee, and the Netflix Fund for Creative Equity for their unwavering support and guidance as we take another step towards creating an ecosystem that supports inclusion of gender marginalized directors at the highest levels of the entertainment business,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
A+E Media Group is teaming with The Tinder Swindler producer Raw on a thriller series about a “Dadfluencer.”
Influence comes from Ripper Street scribe Thomas Martin, who has penned Cannes competition series The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage.
The show follows Andrew Cosgrove, a Don Draper-like figure who has constructed the seemingly perfect life — and in the process, made his family an international brand. But when his youngest daughter Sophie is kidnapped, Andrew must reckon with his past or the decisions he’s made will come back to hurt those he loves.
A+E has been ramping up spend on international co-pros and is also backing The Kollective thriller with the European Alliance and a returnable series adaptation of Tony Parsons’ novel Your Neighbour’s Wife. All3Media-backed Raw, meanwhile, mainly makes premium docs including The Tinder Swindler, Don’t F**k with Cats and a new social media series, all for Netflix,...
Influence comes from Ripper Street scribe Thomas Martin, who has penned Cannes competition series The Surfer starring Nicolas Cage.
The show follows Andrew Cosgrove, a Don Draper-like figure who has constructed the seemingly perfect life — and in the process, made his family an international brand. But when his youngest daughter Sophie is kidnapped, Andrew must reckon with his past or the decisions he’s made will come back to hurt those he loves.
A+E has been ramping up spend on international co-pros and is also backing The Kollective thriller with the European Alliance and a returnable series adaptation of Tony Parsons’ novel Your Neighbour’s Wife. All3Media-backed Raw, meanwhile, mainly makes premium docs including The Tinder Swindler, Don’t F**k with Cats and a new social media series, all for Netflix,...
- 5/21/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” is a body horror film with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. It smashes you over the head with its ideas and imagery, making even the fleeting moments of supposed beauty its characters are desperately chasing into something gloriously gruesome. It’s also great fun, pushing itself to greater heights and increasingly ludicrous lows at every turn as it riffs on the perils of youth and aging. It’s a lurid, loud and lewd film that comes at you.
The garishness of it all is Fargeat’s way of taking society’s often painfully narrow beauty standards and turning them all inside out. The filmmaker does so literally and figuratively, making it one of the most utterly ridiculous and unrestrained films to show at a festival this year. Few come even close.
While not as sensational as body horror films of festivals past, namely “Raw” and “Titane,...
The garishness of it all is Fargeat’s way of taking society’s often painfully narrow beauty standards and turning them all inside out. The filmmaker does so literally and figuratively, making it one of the most utterly ridiculous and unrestrained films to show at a festival this year. Few come even close.
While not as sensational as body horror films of festivals past, namely “Raw” and “Titane,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Chase Hutchinson
- The Wrap
The anarchic spirit of Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner Titane lives on in Emma Benestan’s Critics’ Week closer Animale, the genre-busting debut of a director who cites Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Kathryn Bigelow’s Near Dark, and the naturalist films of Chloé Zhao as influences. More surprisingly, she also credits Abdellatif Kechiche, since her first break was as assistant editor on his 2013 Palme d’Or winner Blue Is the Warmest Color.
Emma Benestan
Benestan — who would later take a full-blown editor credit on Kechiche’s 2017 feature Mektoub, My Love — was then finishing her studies at France’s prestigious La Fémis film school, but observing Kechiche’s directorial style, and witnessing his penchant for mixing professional and amateur actors, was an education in itself. “It’s the way he marries professionals and amateurs that gives his films a certain spontaneity,” she explains. “I’d been taught the director had to control everything,...
Emma Benestan
Benestan — who would later take a full-blown editor credit on Kechiche’s 2017 feature Mektoub, My Love — was then finishing her studies at France’s prestigious La Fémis film school, but observing Kechiche’s directorial style, and witnessing his penchant for mixing professional and amateur actors, was an education in itself. “It’s the way he marries professionals and amateurs that gives his films a certain spontaneity,” she explains. “I’d been taught the director had to control everything,...
- 5/18/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been less than two years since the close of Nexstar’s acquisition of The CW and the network’s primetime slate could not look more different.
In addition to the broadcaster’s shifted focus to sports, unscripted fare and foreign imports/co-productions, The CW will soon be getting into the original TV movie business. In an interview with Variety, network president Dennis Miller and president of entertainment Brad Schwartz revealed that The CW is planning to air its own slate of films (in addition to acquired features) on Sunday nights beginning later this year.
The network already has a Sunday night movie block, which will continue in the fall according to the network’s newly-released fall 2024 schedule. But in addition to airing well-known studio movies, they will be producing movies of their own — as many as ten. The network is prepping a deal with an unnamed TV movie...
In addition to the broadcaster’s shifted focus to sports, unscripted fare and foreign imports/co-productions, The CW will soon be getting into the original TV movie business. In an interview with Variety, network president Dennis Miller and president of entertainment Brad Schwartz revealed that The CW is planning to air its own slate of films (in addition to acquired features) on Sunday nights beginning later this year.
The network already has a Sunday night movie block, which will continue in the fall according to the network’s newly-released fall 2024 schedule. But in addition to airing well-known studio movies, they will be producing movies of their own — as many as ten. The network is prepping a deal with an unnamed TV movie...
- 5/16/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Jeff Zucker and Gerry Cardinale’s RedBird Imi on Thursday closed its £1.15 billion ($1.45 billion) acquisition of TV and film production powerhouse All3Media, the largest TV producer in the U.K., from Warner Bros. Discovery and Liberty Global. The company is behind such shows as the reality/competition series The Traitors and Squid Game: The Challenge, drama series The Tourist, and such films as World War I epic 1917.
Regulators in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany approved the deal.
Early this year, RedBird Imi acquired a stake in Media Res, the studio behind the Apple TV+ shows The Morning Show and Pachinko, founded by former HBO executive Michael Ellenberg. The addition of All3Media gives RedBird Imi an expanded production business. It also owns the unscripted production company EverWonder Studios, the children’s entertainment company Hidden Pigeon Company, and the digital news outlet Front Office Sports.
Last week, RedBird...
Regulators in the U.S., the U.K. and Germany approved the deal.
Early this year, RedBird Imi acquired a stake in Media Res, the studio behind the Apple TV+ shows The Morning Show and Pachinko, founded by former HBO executive Michael Ellenberg. The addition of All3Media gives RedBird Imi an expanded production business. It also owns the unscripted production company EverWonder Studios, the children’s entertainment company Hidden Pigeon Company, and the digital news outlet Front Office Sports.
Last week, RedBird...
- 5/16/2024
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Beta Cinema has arrived in Cannes with a slew of sales on its resistance epic William Tell.
Currently in post-production, screenwriter Nick Hamm’s adaptation for the big screen of Friedrich Schiller’s play stars Danish actor Claes Bang (The Square), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz) and Oscar winner Ben Kingsley (Schindler’s List, Iron Man).
The story takes place in the 14th century, “amidst the waning days of the Holy Roman Empire where Europe’s nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians, desiring more land, encroach upon Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation.” William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian king and his ruthless warlords.
The film’s ensemble cast also includes Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi,...
Currently in post-production, screenwriter Nick Hamm’s adaptation for the big screen of Friedrich Schiller’s play stars Danish actor Claes Bang (The Square), Golshifteh Farahani (Paterson), Connor Swindells (Barbie, Sex Education), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid, The Tattooist of Auschwitz) and Oscar winner Ben Kingsley (Schindler’s List, Iron Man).
The story takes place in the 14th century, “amidst the waning days of the Holy Roman Empire where Europe’s nations fiercely vie for supremacy and the ambitious Austrians, desiring more land, encroach upon Switzerland, a serene and pastoral nation.” William Tell, a formerly peaceful hunter, finds himself forced to take action as his family and homeland come under threat from the oppressive Austrian king and his ruthless warlords.
The film’s ensemble cast also includes Ellie Bamber (Moss & Freud, Nocturnal Animals), Rafe Spall (Life of Pi,...
- 5/16/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After years of resisting any shift into live sports, Netflix has finally punted and will now stream two NFL games on Christmas Day beginning this year.
It’s a major coup for Netflix, even if the games are on a Wednesday — so get ready for Tbd announcers to read a lot of “Wednesday” promos. Netflix will also get at least one game around the holidays for both 2025 and 2026. There’s no way around it now: Netflix has live sports.
Netflix would never put it this way, but the money the streamer is spending on these games is something it would’ve previously spent elsewhere, perhaps on say…a movie?
Spencer Wang, Netflix’s VP of finance, investor relations, and corporate development, said at the Moffett Nathanson conference this morning that Netflix is spending on the NFL package about what it costs the streamer to make a mid-budget movie. Wang added...
It’s a major coup for Netflix, even if the games are on a Wednesday — so get ready for Tbd announcers to read a lot of “Wednesday” promos. Netflix will also get at least one game around the holidays for both 2025 and 2026. There’s no way around it now: Netflix has live sports.
Netflix would never put it this way, but the money the streamer is spending on these games is something it would’ve previously spent elsewhere, perhaps on say…a movie?
Spencer Wang, Netflix’s VP of finance, investor relations, and corporate development, said at the Moffett Nathanson conference this morning that Netflix is spending on the NFL package about what it costs the streamer to make a mid-budget movie. Wang added...
- 5/15/2024
- by Brian Welk
- Indiewire
After she won the 2021 Palme d’Or for Titane, in a which a sociopathic stripper becomes a serial killer and has sex with muscle cars, Julia Ducournau was effusive in her gratitude to the Cannes Film Festival. “Thank you for calling for more diversity in our experiences of film and our lives,” she said. “Thank you for letting in the monsters.”
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
Titane was only her second movie; the first, Raw, made its humble debut in Critics’ Week, but it was recognizably the work of the same artist, being a tender coming of age story about a veterinary student who discovers that she comes from a long line of cannibals.
Although Cannes has a long way to go in terms of gender parity, the festival has been quick to tap into the new wave of female-directed horror that has sprung up in the wake of Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook 10 years ago.
- 5/15/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix will stream live NFL games, beginning this season.
In a deal that changes the sports media landscape, the streaming giant has inked a deal to stream the NFL’s two new Christmas Day games, which it decided to carve out from its schedule earlier this year. Netflix will stream the games this year, instantly giving it access to the biggest live sports rights in the U.S.
The two games on tap will be the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Ravens vs. the Houston Texans.
And the streaming giant will also get games in 2025 and 2026, with “at least one game” on tap for each year. The NFL and Netflix say the deal runs for three years.
“Last year, we decided to take a big bet on live — tapping into massive fandoms across comedy, reality TV, sports and more,” said Bela Bajaria, Netflix chief content officer,...
In a deal that changes the sports media landscape, the streaming giant has inked a deal to stream the NFL’s two new Christmas Day games, which it decided to carve out from its schedule earlier this year. Netflix will stream the games this year, instantly giving it access to the biggest live sports rights in the U.S.
The two games on tap will be the Kansas City Chiefs vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the Baltimore Ravens vs. the Houston Texans.
And the streaming giant will also get games in 2025 and 2026, with “at least one game” on tap for each year. The NFL and Netflix say the deal runs for three years.
“Last year, we decided to take a big bet on live — tapping into massive fandoms across comedy, reality TV, sports and more,” said Bela Bajaria, Netflix chief content officer,...
- 5/15/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly. Let’s see what went down on this week’s show!
Match #1: Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal Match – Iyo Sky def. Shayna Baszler The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
A renewal of an epic rivalry highlighted this Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal clash between Shayna Baszler and former WWE Women’s Champion Iyo Sky. Sky took out Baszler’s knee before hitting a superb moonsault from the the top rope onto Baszler outside the ring. Baszler looked to have Sky fading in the Kirifuda Clutch, but Sky booked her ticket to the semifinals after hitting the Over the Moonsault, somehow surviving the punishment of Baszler.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5 Match #2: King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match – Gunther def. Kofi Kingston The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Kofi Kingston exploded...
Match #1: Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal Match – Iyo Sky def. Shayna Baszler The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
A renewal of an epic rivalry highlighted this Queen of the Ring Quarterfinal clash between Shayna Baszler and former WWE Women’s Champion Iyo Sky. Sky took out Baszler’s knee before hitting a superb moonsault from the the top rope onto Baszler outside the ring. Baszler looked to have Sky fading in the Kirifuda Clutch, but Sky booked her ticket to the semifinals after hitting the Over the Moonsault, somehow surviving the punishment of Baszler.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5 Match #2: King of the Ring Quarterfinal Match – Gunther def. Kofi Kingston The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Kofi Kingston exploded...
- 5/15/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Neon has acquired the North American rights to award-winning filmmaker Julia Ducournau’s (Titane, Raw) genre-defying film Alpha.
Leading the cast are Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone, Paterson) and Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian, A Prophet), with principal photography on the film commencing next fall.
Producers are Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film and Eric & Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie, with Frakas Productions co-producing.
Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are handling sales in the rest of the world during the Cannes Film Festival and market.
The deal was negotiated by Neon’s president of acquisitions & production Jeff Deutchman with Charades’ Carole Baraton and FilmNation Entertainment’s CEO Glen Basner on behalf of the filmmakers.
The deal marks Neon’s second collaboration with Ducournau following Titane, which the studio picked up ahead of its premiere in Cannes in 2021 and went on to win the Palme d’Or.
Neon also...
Leading the cast are Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone, Paterson) and Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian, A Prophet), with principal photography on the film commencing next fall.
Producers are Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film and Eric & Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie, with Frakas Productions co-producing.
Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are handling sales in the rest of the world during the Cannes Film Festival and market.
The deal was negotiated by Neon’s president of acquisitions & production Jeff Deutchman with Charades’ Carole Baraton and FilmNation Entertainment’s CEO Glen Basner on behalf of the filmmakers.
The deal marks Neon’s second collaboration with Ducournau following Titane, which the studio picked up ahead of its premiere in Cannes in 2021 and went on to win the Palme d’Or.
Neon also...
- 5/15/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Body horror fans, get ready for a new trip into shock cinema as Julia Ducournau, who directed the visceral horror films Raw and Titane, saddles up to release her third film, Alpha. Titane was a milestone for the filmmaker as she became the second woman director to win the Palme d’Or at Cannes. FilmNation and Charades presented Alpha to potential buyers at the Cannes market, and Deadline is reporting that the indie studio Neon would come out with distributing rights to the film. It was recently reported that Golshifteh Farahani of the Extraction films and Tahar Rahim of Madame Web have signed on to star in Alpha.
Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film will be on board as producers of Alpha. Joining them will be Eric & Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie and Frakas Productions will be co-producing. Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are also handling sales...
Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film will be on board as producers of Alpha. Joining them will be Eric & Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie and Frakas Productions will be co-producing. Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are also handling sales...
- 5/14/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
French filmmaker Julia Ducournau has established herself as a true genre visionary with her first two movies, first the cannibal film Raw (2016) and then the wild Titane in 2021.
Up next from Ducournau is a mysterious movie titled Alpha, and Variety reports this afternoon that Neon has picked up the North American rights to the upcoming movie.
Neon previously released Julia Ducournau’s Titane.
Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone) and Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”) will star.
“Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did,” FilmNation Entertainment and Charades said in a statement. “We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way.”
“Alpha is a new page in Julia Ducournau’s corpus that is both...
Up next from Ducournau is a mysterious movie titled Alpha, and Variety reports this afternoon that Neon has picked up the North American rights to the upcoming movie.
Neon previously released Julia Ducournau’s Titane.
Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone) and Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”) will star.
“Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did,” FilmNation Entertainment and Charades said in a statement. “We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way.”
“Alpha is a new page in Julia Ducournau’s corpus that is both...
- 5/14/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Neon has pre-bought North American rights from Charades and FilmNation to Julia Ducournau’s Alpha, reuniting with the 2021 Palme d’Or-winning director of Titane.
Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim will star in Alpha, which is scheduled to begin production in autumn. Ducournau is writing the screenplay and the plot remains under wraps.
Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film are producing with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie, with Frakas Productions co-producing.
Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are collaborating for the first time and continue sales for the rest of the world in Cannes.
Ducournau’s previous films include Raw.
Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim will star in Alpha, which is scheduled to begin production in autumn. Ducournau is writing the screenplay and the plot remains under wraps.
Jean des Forêts and Amelie Jacquis of Petit Film are producing with Eric and Nicolas Altmayer of Mandarin & Compagnie, with Frakas Productions co-producing.
Charades and FilmNation Entertainment are collaborating for the first time and continue sales for the rest of the world in Cannes.
Ducournau’s previous films include Raw.
- 5/14/2024
- ScreenDaily
Not too long ago, there was a brief window during which raw vegan food looked like it could become a legitimate cuisine, a natural evolution of vegan dining focused on scientifically dubious claims about enzymes and energy levels. In 1995, a man who went by Juliano (one name) opened the restaurant Raw Experience, which received a positive review in the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999, he put out The UNcook Book: New Vegetarian Food for Life. Also in the Bay Area, Roxanne Klein’s restaurant Roxanne’s was even more well received, perhaps because Klein had already attained a mainstream cooking pedigree and published a fully raw cookbook with Chicago’s famed restaurateur Charlie Trotter, titled Raw.
Neither of these restaurants achieved longevity, though, not even in a part of the US that has famously accommodated each new phase of meatless eating over the past few decades. Instead, against all probability, culturally...
Neither of these restaurants achieved longevity, though, not even in a part of the US that has famously accommodated each new phase of meatless eating over the past few decades. Instead, against all probability, culturally...
- 5/13/2024
- by Alicia Kennedy
- Tudum - Netflix
Get ready for an electrifying night of action-packed entertainment as WWE Monday Night Raw returns with Season 32 Episode 21, airing on USA at 8:00 Pm on Monday, May 20th, 2024. Fans can expect nothing short of adrenaline-pumping excitement as the Superstars of the WWE step into the ring to showcase their skills and athleticism.
With over 30 years of history and more than 1,500 episodes under its belt, WWE Monday Night Raw continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its thrilling matches and compelling storylines. From intense rivalries to jaw-dropping feats of athleticism, Raw delivers non-stop thrills from start to finish.
Behind the scenes, tensions simmer as Superstars vie for championship titles and supremacy in the ring. Viewers will get an exclusive glimpse into the backstage drama and rivalries that drive the competitive spirit of the WWE.
Join millions of fans tuning in as WWE’s greatest Superstars go head-to-head inside the squared circle on Monday Night Raw.
With over 30 years of history and more than 1,500 episodes under its belt, WWE Monday Night Raw continues to captivate audiences worldwide with its thrilling matches and compelling storylines. From intense rivalries to jaw-dropping feats of athleticism, Raw delivers non-stop thrills from start to finish.
Behind the scenes, tensions simmer as Superstars vie for championship titles and supremacy in the ring. Viewers will get an exclusive glimpse into the backstage drama and rivalries that drive the competitive spirit of the WWE.
Join millions of fans tuning in as WWE’s greatest Superstars go head-to-head inside the squared circle on Monday Night Raw.
- 5/13/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
The shake-ups should allow fans to continue watching both ‘SmackDown’ and ‘Raw’ until they move to new homes.
The WWE is playing a game of programming musical chairs. The wrestling promotion will see some big changes to its broadcasting arrangements in the next seven months; “WWE SmackDown” is due to shift away from Fox and move back to its old home of USA Network this fall, and in January, episodes of the WWE’s flagship program “WWE Raw” will move off USA Network and to its new home on Netflix, where it will be found for the next 10 years. Originally, USA was set to lose “Raw” in September, and import “SmackDown” in October, but the plans have changed thanks to a new announcement from WWE’s parent company Tko Group Holdings.
Key Details: “SmackDown” will now move from Fox to USA Network in September. A mini-extension will allow USA to...
The WWE is playing a game of programming musical chairs. The wrestling promotion will see some big changes to its broadcasting arrangements in the next seven months; “WWE SmackDown” is due to shift away from Fox and move back to its old home of USA Network this fall, and in January, episodes of the WWE’s flagship program “WWE Raw” will move off USA Network and to its new home on Netflix, where it will be found for the next 10 years. Originally, USA was set to lose “Raw” in September, and import “SmackDown” in October, but the plans have changed thanks to a new announcement from WWE’s parent company Tko Group Holdings.
Key Details: “SmackDown” will now move from Fox to USA Network in September. A mini-extension will allow USA to...
- 5/10/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Fubo is all in on efforts to bring down the Jv streamer from Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery. But its existential problems are already much larger.
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Fubo is a sports-centric live TV streamer on a mission these days and that mission is to try to prevent the unnamed joint venture sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery from launching this fall. Fubo is convinced that if the streamer makes it to consumers, it will sap so many viewers from virtual multi-channel video programming distributors (vMVPDS), another term for live TV streamers, that they’ll eventually be forced out of the marketplace. To prevent that from happening, Fubo has filed a lawsuit alleging the platform violates antitrust laws, and its CEO David Gandler has not missed an opportunity to condemn the practices of the companies involved in the Jv, colloquially nicknamed “Spulu.
The gauntlet has been thrown down. Fubo is a sports-centric live TV streamer on a mission these days and that mission is to try to prevent the unnamed joint venture sports streaming service from Disney, Fox, and Warner Bros. Discovery from launching this fall. Fubo is convinced that if the streamer makes it to consumers, it will sap so many viewers from virtual multi-channel video programming distributors (vMVPDS), another term for live TV streamers, that they’ll eventually be forced out of the marketplace. To prevent that from happening, Fubo has filed a lawsuit alleging the platform violates antitrust laws, and its CEO David Gandler has not missed an opportunity to condemn the practices of the companies involved in the Jv, colloquially nicknamed “Spulu.
- 5/10/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
A new multi-year partnership will see the WWE SmackDown return to USA Network on Sept 13. The show was originally slated to move back to USA in October, but the date has been bumped up.
WWE, part of the newly created Tko Group, and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year domestic media rights deal that will bring Friday Night SmackDown to USA Network, exiting its current home on Fox.
WWE will also produce four specials a year for NBC primetime.
WWE‘s Monday Night Raw franchise will stay on USA Network through the end of 2024 under an extended rights agreement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal.
Tko Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million for the additional months of rights, according to Tko.
The milestone Netflix deal, announced earlier this year, is slated to start in January 2025. but the prior Raw...
WWE, part of the newly created Tko Group, and NBCUniversal have agreed to a five-year domestic media rights deal that will bring Friday Night SmackDown to USA Network, exiting its current home on Fox.
WWE will also produce four specials a year for NBC primetime.
WWE‘s Monday Night Raw franchise will stay on USA Network through the end of 2024 under an extended rights agreement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal.
Tko Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million for the additional months of rights, according to Tko.
The milestone Netflix deal, announced earlier this year, is slated to start in January 2025. but the prior Raw...
- 5/9/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
WWE’s Monday Night Raw franchise will stay on USA Network through the end of 2024 under an extended rights agreement between the wrestling circuit and NBCUniversal.
Tko Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million for the additional months of rights, according to Tko.
The milestone Netflix deal, announced earlier this year, is slated to start in January 2025. but the prior Raw agreement went only through September of this year. There had been questions lingering among Wall Streeters, viewers and fans about who would air those intervening months of action for the 52-week-a-year entertainment draw.
For USA, which has been weathering major volatility in the programming and viewing environment in recent years, the short extension will give it a bit more time to explore its options. Sources told Deadline last December that the meteoric success of former USA series Suits on...
Tko Group Holdings, which owns WWE, announced the mini-extension Wednesday along with its first-quarter results. NBCU paid $25 million for the additional months of rights, according to Tko.
The milestone Netflix deal, announced earlier this year, is slated to start in January 2025. but the prior Raw agreement went only through September of this year. There had been questions lingering among Wall Streeters, viewers and fans about who would air those intervening months of action for the 52-week-a-year entertainment draw.
For USA, which has been weathering major volatility in the programming and viewing environment in recent years, the short extension will give it a bit more time to explore its options. Sources told Deadline last December that the meteoric success of former USA series Suits on...
- 5/8/2024
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Tko Group Holdings beat Wall Street revenue expectations to a pulp in its first quarter 2024 earnings report Wednesday, though a $335 million UFC fighter pay settlement pushed the company from a profit to a loss in the quarter.
The company also cut a new WWE distribution deal, albeit a relatively minor one: Raw, which will move to Netflix in January 2025, will continue to run on USA Network through the end of this year. USA’s current deal for Raw was set to expire at the end of September. Tko says it is receiving $25 million for the program during the three month window.
The Endeavor-controlled company, which owns the UFC and WWE, reported revenue of $629.7 million, with a net loss of $249.5 million and adjusted Ebitda of $282.2 million. The company also raised its guidance for the year of up to $2.685 billion in revenue, and adjusted Ebitda of up to $1.205 billion
The loss is...
The company also cut a new WWE distribution deal, albeit a relatively minor one: Raw, which will move to Netflix in January 2025, will continue to run on USA Network through the end of this year. USA’s current deal for Raw was set to expire at the end of September. Tko says it is receiving $25 million for the program during the three month window.
The Endeavor-controlled company, which owns the UFC and WWE, reported revenue of $629.7 million, with a net loss of $249.5 million and adjusted Ebitda of $282.2 million. The company also raised its guidance for the year of up to $2.685 billion in revenue, and adjusted Ebitda of up to $1.205 billion
The loss is...
- 5/8/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Tko, the parent company of UFC and WWE, is on the upswing, delivering solid Q1 results and enough momentum for both franchises that the company opted to boost its full-year revenue and earnings guidance for Wall Street.
Tko disclosed that it has reached a $25 million deal with NBCUniversal to allow WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” wrestling franchise to remain on USA Network through the end of this year. In January, Tko struck a massive 10-year deal with Netflix to bring “Raw” and other WWE content to the streamer’s platform as of next year.
At the time, WWE’s pact with NBCU for “Raw” ran through the end of the third quarter. That forced Tko leaders to acknowledge on the company’s Q4 earnings call in February that “Raw” might not have a TV home for the last three months of this year and with that, no revenue coming in.
Tko disclosed that it has reached a $25 million deal with NBCUniversal to allow WWE’s “Monday Night Raw” wrestling franchise to remain on USA Network through the end of this year. In January, Tko struck a massive 10-year deal with Netflix to bring “Raw” and other WWE content to the streamer’s platform as of next year.
At the time, WWE’s pact with NBCU for “Raw” ran through the end of the third quarter. That forced Tko leaders to acknowledge on the company’s Q4 earnings call in February that “Raw” might not have a TV home for the last three months of this year and with that, no revenue coming in.
- 5/8/2024
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly. We’ve got the first episode of Raw post-draft, so let’s get straight to it and see what went down on this week’s show!
Match #1: King of the Ring Tournament Match – Jey Uso def. Finn Bálor The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
After replacing an injured Drew McIntyre against Finn Bálor in the first round of the King of the Ring Tournament, “Main Event” Jey Uso refused to let the sudden emergence of The Scottish Superstar distract him as he overcame The Prince with the Spear to advance to the semifinals.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5 Match #2: Queen of the Ring Tournament Match – Iyo Sky def. Natalya The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
On the wings of a Damage Ctrl distraction, Iyo Sky hit the Moonsault on Natalya...
Match #1: King of the Ring Tournament Match – Jey Uso def. Finn Bálor The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
After replacing an injured Drew McIntyre against Finn Bálor in the first round of the King of the Ring Tournament, “Main Event” Jey Uso refused to let the sudden emergence of The Scottish Superstar distract him as he overcame The Prince with the Spear to advance to the semifinals.
My Score: 3.5 out of 5 Match #2: Queen of the Ring Tournament Match – Iyo Sky def. Natalya The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
On the wings of a Damage Ctrl distraction, Iyo Sky hit the Moonsault on Natalya...
- 5/8/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
It was an emotional scene at the WWE Performance Center during the April 29 episode of Raw when Lyra Valkyria was drafted from Nxt. This came just a few weeks ago when the Irish warrior lost the women’s championship to Roxanne Perez. The 27-year-old has known the rollercoaster ride pro wrestling can take you for the last decade. She has endured the Covid era and the uncertainty that came along with the Nxt UK brand. Valkyria not only survived but thrived in coming to the United States. The emerging talent had a career-defining moment defeating fellow Lasskicker Becky Lynch to win Nxt gold. Now she finds herself on the same brand as the current WWE women’s champion. Just last month we caught up with Valkyria on what Lynch has meant to her. WWE What was it like being part of WrestleMania 40 weekend with Nxt’s Stand & Deliver? Lyra Valkyria:...
- 5/6/2024
- TV Insider
Alpha: Golshifteh Farahani, Tahar Rahim to star in Raw, Titane director Julia Ducournau’s third film
Golshifteh Farahani of the Extraction films and Tahar Rahim of Madame Web have signed on to star in Alpha, the third film from Raw and Titane director Julia Ducournau, Variety reports. FilmNation and Charades will be presenting the project to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival – which is a good place for a Ducournau project to get rolling, since her film Titane won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top award, a few years ago.
FilmNation Entertainment and Charades provided the following statement: “Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did. We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way.“
That’s all they would say about Alpha, as the plot...
FilmNation Entertainment and Charades provided the following statement: “Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did. We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way.“
That’s all they would say about Alpha, as the plot...
- 5/3/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Charades and FilmNation will present Alpha, the latest film from Titane director Julia Ducournau, to buyers at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Tahar Rahim and Golshifteh Farahani lead the cast, with Ducournau also writing the script. The plot is still under wraps.
It is the first partnership for Paris-based Charades and New York-based FilmNation Entertainment.
Producers are Mandarin & compagnie (Eric Altmayer and Nicola Altmayer) and Petit Film (Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacqu). Frakas Productions (Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts) are co-producing.
Ducournau’s previous films include Raw and Palme d’Or winner Titane.
The producers said in...
Tahar Rahim and Golshifteh Farahani lead the cast, with Ducournau also writing the script. The plot is still under wraps.
It is the first partnership for Paris-based Charades and New York-based FilmNation Entertainment.
Producers are Mandarin & compagnie (Eric Altmayer and Nicola Altmayer) and Petit Film (Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacqu). Frakas Productions (Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts) are co-producing.
Ducournau’s previous films include Raw and Palme d’Or winner Titane.
The producers said in...
- 5/3/2024
- ScreenDaily
French filmmaker Julia Ducournau has established herself as a true genre visionary with her first two movies, first the cannibal film Raw (2016) and then the wild Titane in 2021.
Up next from Ducournau is a mysterious movie titled Alpha, and though we don’t have any plot details at this time, we’re at least *hoping* it’s something of a genre picture.
“FilmNation and Charades are presenting the project in Cannes,” Variety reports.
Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone) and Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”) will star.
“Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did,” FilmNation Entertainment and Charades said in a statement. “We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way.”
“Alpha is a...
Up next from Ducournau is a mysterious movie titled Alpha, and though we don’t have any plot details at this time, we’re at least *hoping* it’s something of a genre picture.
“FilmNation and Charades are presenting the project in Cannes,” Variety reports.
Golshifteh Farahani (The Patience Stone) and Tahar Rahim (“The Serpent”) will star.
“Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did,” FilmNation Entertainment and Charades said in a statement. “We can’t wait to bring the film to market in Cannes and to launch sales together for the first time and collaborate in this way.”
“Alpha is a...
- 5/3/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Alpha, the new, still-top-secret film from Titane director Julia Ducournau will be one of the hot projects being shopped to buyers at this year’s Cannes film market.
About Elly and Paterson actress Golshifteh Farahani and French star Tahar Rahim (A Prophet, The Mauritanian) are set to star in the feature, the plot details of which are still under wraps. Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer are producing for Mandarin & Compagnie, with Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacquis for Petit Film, in co-production with Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts of Frakas Productions. Delivery is planned for later this year.
Alpha will be Ducournau’s third feature after the one-two punch of her 2016 breakout debut Raw, which won the international film critics’ Fipresci Prize in its Cannes Critics’ Week debut; and Titane, the surprise Palme d’Or winner of 2021, which became France’s official Oscar contender that year.
Both combined elements...
About Elly and Paterson actress Golshifteh Farahani and French star Tahar Rahim (A Prophet, The Mauritanian) are set to star in the feature, the plot details of which are still under wraps. Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer are producing for Mandarin & Compagnie, with Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacquis for Petit Film, in co-production with Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts of Frakas Productions. Delivery is planned for later this year.
Alpha will be Ducournau’s third feature after the one-two punch of her 2016 breakout debut Raw, which won the international film critics’ Fipresci Prize in its Cannes Critics’ Week debut; and Titane, the surprise Palme d’Or winner of 2021, which became France’s official Oscar contender that year.
Both combined elements...
- 5/3/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Following Raw and Titane, Julia Ducournau has set her third feature with Alpha. Though no plot details have been unveiled this far, Golshifteh Farahani and Tahar Rahim (A Prophet) will lead the film, Deadline reports. “Alpha is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global audience discovering the story with as much excitement as we did,” said Filmnation and Charades, while the producers added, “Alpha is a new page in Julia Ducournau’s corpus that is both very consistent with the previous ones and entirely new in its tone.”
Following All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh is stepping up to a major studio project with a Leonardo da Vinci film set up at Universal Pictures. The film is based on Walter Isaacson‘s 2017 biography, which showed “how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity,...
Following All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh is stepping up to a major studio project with a Leonardo da Vinci film set up at Universal Pictures. The film is based on Walter Isaacson‘s 2017 biography, which showed “how Leonardo’s genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
FilmNation and Charades are teaming up to present “Alpha,” the new film from Julia Ducournau, to buyers at Cannes.
It’s the same place where Ducournau caused a sensation with 2021’s “Titane,” her subversive and divisive body horror film, which won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top award. Ducournau became the second female director to win the award, following Jane Campion (“The Piano”). “Anatomy of a Fall” director Justine Triet would become the third female winner in 2023. Ducournau’s other films include 2016’s “Raw,” a coming-of-age film about a young vegetarian who develops a taste for cannibalism.
“Alpha’s” cast includes Golshifteh Farahani, who appeared in “The Patience Stone” and “Paterson,” as well as César award-winning Tahar Rahim, best known for his work in “The Mauritanian,” “A Prophet” and “The Serpent.”
“‘Alpha’ is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global...
It’s the same place where Ducournau caused a sensation with 2021’s “Titane,” her subversive and divisive body horror film, which won the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top award. Ducournau became the second female director to win the award, following Jane Campion (“The Piano”). “Anatomy of a Fall” director Justine Triet would become the third female winner in 2023. Ducournau’s other films include 2016’s “Raw,” a coming-of-age film about a young vegetarian who develops a taste for cannibalism.
“Alpha’s” cast includes Golshifteh Farahani, who appeared in “The Patience Stone” and “Paterson,” as well as César award-winning Tahar Rahim, best known for his work in “The Mauritanian,” “A Prophet” and “The Serpent.”
“‘Alpha’ is Julia’s most personal, profound work yet, and we are looking forward to a global...
- 5/3/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani and French actor Tahar Rahim are set to star in Julia Ducournau’s new film Alpha, her third feature after Cannes Palme d’Or winner Titane and breakout debut Raw.
Filmnation and Charades, which announced the project on Friday, are co-selling and will launch sales in Cannes.
The project is produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin & compagnie, Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacquis at Petit Film, in co-production with Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts at Frakas Productions.
It has been five years since Ducournau became the then second woman to win the Cannes Palme d’Or, for Titane in 2021, and her third feature is highly anticipated.
She was tied up for much of 2021 and part of 2022 with the film’s festivals run. Since then, she directed two episodes of the Apple TV+ series The New Look, starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior...
Filmnation and Charades, which announced the project on Friday, are co-selling and will launch sales in Cannes.
The project is produced by Eric Altmayer and Nicolas Altmayer at Mandarin & compagnie, Jean des Forêts and Amélie Jacquis at Petit Film, in co-production with Jean-Yves Roubin and Cassandre Warnauts at Frakas Productions.
It has been five years since Ducournau became the then second woman to win the Cannes Palme d’Or, for Titane in 2021, and her third feature is highly anticipated.
She was tied up for much of 2021 and part of 2022 with the film’s festivals run. Since then, she directed two episodes of the Apple TV+ series The New Look, starring Ben Mendelsohn as Christian Dior...
- 5/3/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings.
Roxy Cinema
Our House of Tolerance 35mm presentation returns Friday; prints of Night Tide and Eddie Murphy: Raw show Saturday; The Last of the Mohicans and Thief play on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of Modern Art
A massive overview of Bulle Ogier has begun, this weekend bringing Fassbinder, Rivette, Buñuel, Duras, and more.
Museum of the Moving Image
America’s largest-ever Hiroshi Shimizu retrospective begins (watch our exclusive trailer debut); The Abyss screens on Sunday.
Anthology Film Archives
A new Marguerite Duras retrospective begins, while “Cinema of Palestinian Return” continues.
Bam
“Uncharted Territories” highlights Black British cinema from 1963 to 1986.
Film at Lincoln Center
“Seeing the City” presents an avant-garde vision of New York.
Metrograph
“’90s Noir” brings Bound and Deep Cover, while Euro-Heists, a Jane Schoenbrun curation, Dream with Your Eyes Open, Ethics of Care, and Animal Farm all start; meanwhile,...
Roxy Cinema
Our House of Tolerance 35mm presentation returns Friday; prints of Night Tide and Eddie Murphy: Raw show Saturday; The Last of the Mohicans and Thief play on 35mm this Sunday.
Museum of Modern Art
A massive overview of Bulle Ogier has begun, this weekend bringing Fassbinder, Rivette, Buñuel, Duras, and more.
Museum of the Moving Image
America’s largest-ever Hiroshi Shimizu retrospective begins (watch our exclusive trailer debut); The Abyss screens on Sunday.
Anthology Film Archives
A new Marguerite Duras retrospective begins, while “Cinema of Palestinian Return” continues.
Bam
“Uncharted Territories” highlights Black British cinema from 1963 to 1986.
Film at Lincoln Center
“Seeing the City” presents an avant-garde vision of New York.
Metrograph
“’90s Noir” brings Bound and Deep Cover, while Euro-Heists, a Jane Schoenbrun curation, Dream with Your Eyes Open, Ethics of Care, and Animal Farm all start; meanwhile,...
- 5/3/2024
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Victoria Justice, best known for her starring role on Nickelodeon’s “Victorious,” recently said on SiriusXM’s “Hits 1 LA with Tony Fly and Symon” while promoting her new single “Raw” that her upcoming role in the movie “Depravity” required her to film her first sex scene. The experience was “uncomfortable” but the crew pulled it off with “taste.”
“My first day on set I had my first ever sex scene. I’m like, ‘Really, guys? We’re gonna schedule this for the first day? Cool. Thanks for that,'” Justice said. “It is uncomfortable. I was actually very nervous about it and totally anxious about the entire situation, and I was like, ‘Did I make the wrong choice? I don’t know if I should do this.'”
Justice stressed that she “had a lot of faith and trust in our director,” adding: “He made me feel very comfortable about it and said,...
“My first day on set I had my first ever sex scene. I’m like, ‘Really, guys? We’re gonna schedule this for the first day? Cool. Thanks for that,'” Justice said. “It is uncomfortable. I was actually very nervous about it and totally anxious about the entire situation, and I was like, ‘Did I make the wrong choice? I don’t know if I should do this.'”
Justice stressed that she “had a lot of faith and trust in our director,” adding: “He made me feel very comfortable about it and said,...
- 5/1/2024
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
Former Dazn social media rep Steven Muehlhausen revealed that Dazn exercised an option to drop Aew content in January.
For several months, fans of the All Elite Wrestling combat sports entertainment promotion in Europe and Asia were left in the dark as to why its content disappeared from the Dazn streaming platform. Dazn is a beloved sports streamer in international markets, carrying the rights to NFL football, NBA basketball and many other events, and until January 2024 it also offered Aew pay-per-views as well as weekly shows like Aew: Dynamite,” “Aew: Collision” and “Aew: Rampage.” Now, reporting from former Dazn social media head Steven Muehlhausen is sharing details on why Aew content was dropped from the streamer, and The Streamable’s experts will take the opportunity to refresh the memory of anyone who’s wondering how to stream the wrestling promotion in the United States.
Key Facts: Dazn signed a three-year...
For several months, fans of the All Elite Wrestling combat sports entertainment promotion in Europe and Asia were left in the dark as to why its content disappeared from the Dazn streaming platform. Dazn is a beloved sports streamer in international markets, carrying the rights to NFL football, NBA basketball and many other events, and until January 2024 it also offered Aew pay-per-views as well as weekly shows like Aew: Dynamite,” “Aew: Collision” and “Aew: Rampage.” Now, reporting from former Dazn social media head Steven Muehlhausen is sharing details on why Aew content was dropped from the streamer, and The Streamable’s experts will take the opportunity to refresh the memory of anyone who’s wondering how to stream the wrestling promotion in the United States.
Key Facts: Dazn signed a three-year...
- 5/1/2024
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
Welcome to this review of this past Monday’s episode of WWE Raw, right here on Nerdly. We’ve got part two of the WWE Draft, so let’s get straight to it and see what went down on this week’s show!
Match #1: Gunther def. Xavier Woods The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Despite an extremely valiant effort, Xavier Woods was injured so badly by Gunther that he was left with no choice but to tap out.
My Score: 3 out of 5 Match #2: Intercontinental Championship Match – Sami Zayn def. “Big” Bronson Reed (Dq) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Just when it appeared as if Sami Zayn may overcome “Big” Bronson Reed in a title showdown, Chad Gable launched a sneak attack on the Intercontinental Champion. Reed joined the post-match onslaught, only to drop Master Gable as well..
My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #3: Candice LeRae def.
Match #1: Gunther def. Xavier Woods The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Despite an extremely valiant effort, Xavier Woods was injured so badly by Gunther that he was left with no choice but to tap out.
My Score: 3 out of 5 Match #2: Intercontinental Championship Match – Sami Zayn def. “Big” Bronson Reed (Dq) The following is courtesy of wwe.com:
Just when it appeared as if Sami Zayn may overcome “Big” Bronson Reed in a title showdown, Chad Gable launched a sneak attack on the Intercontinental Champion. Reed joined the post-match onslaught, only to drop Master Gable as well..
My Score: 2 out of 5 Match #3: Candice LeRae def.
- 5/1/2024
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Over the past couple of decades, the Rolling Stones have looked for any reason to hit the road besides the release of a new album of original songs. They’ve launched tours celebrating their 50th anniversary, reissues of select archival records, the 2016 covers LP Blue & Lonesome, and their 60th anniversary. Some years they headed out on the stadium circuit for no particular reason whatsoever, knowing a Stones tour is a major event in and of itself.
But after a nearly two-year break from touring, the Stones emerged last year with the shockingly great Hackney Diamonds.
But after a nearly two-year break from touring, the Stones emerged last year with the shockingly great Hackney Diamonds.
- 4/29/2024
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Get ready for an action-packed night of wrestling entertainment with “WWE Monday Night Raw”! Tune in on Monday, May 6th, 2024, at 8:00 Pm on USA Network for Season 32 Episode 19 of this long-running sports entertainment extravaganza.
In this episode, fans can expect to witness the thrilling showdowns and intense rivalries that have made “WWE Monday Night Raw” a must-watch for over 30 years. From jaw-dropping in-ring battles to dramatic backstage confrontations, the Superstars of the WWE will leave it all on the mat as they vie for victory and supremacy.
With more than 1,500 episodes under its belt, “WWE Monday Night Raw” continues to deliver pulse-pounding action and adrenaline-fueled excitement week after week. Whether you’re a die-hard wrestling fan or just tuning in for the first time, there’s something for everyone to enjoy on Raw.
Don’t miss out on the thrills and spills of Season 32 Episode 19 airing at 8:00 Pm on Monday,...
In this episode, fans can expect to witness the thrilling showdowns and intense rivalries that have made “WWE Monday Night Raw” a must-watch for over 30 years. From jaw-dropping in-ring battles to dramatic backstage confrontations, the Superstars of the WWE will leave it all on the mat as they vie for victory and supremacy.
With more than 1,500 episodes under its belt, “WWE Monday Night Raw” continues to deliver pulse-pounding action and adrenaline-fueled excitement week after week. Whether you’re a die-hard wrestling fan or just tuning in for the first time, there’s something for everyone to enjoy on Raw.
Don’t miss out on the thrills and spills of Season 32 Episode 19 airing at 8:00 Pm on Monday,...
- 4/29/2024
- by Jules Byrd
- TV Everyday
Welcome to our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Normani cuts right to the chase with the first single from her highly anticipated debut album, Myke Towers and Bad Bunny link up, and Anitta brings the funk on a super-charged dance hit. Plus, new music from Cash Cobain and Ice Spice, Tems, St. Vincent, and more.
Normani feat. Gunna, “1:59” (YouTube)
Myke Towers feat. Bad Bunny, “Adivino” (YouTube)
Anitta, “Grip” (YouTube)
Cash Cobain, Bay Swag...
Normani feat. Gunna, “1:59” (YouTube)
Myke Towers feat. Bad Bunny, “Adivino” (YouTube)
Anitta, “Grip” (YouTube)
Cash Cobain, Bay Swag...
- 4/26/2024
- by Rolling Stone
- Rollingstone.com
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