X-Men '97: What Does the "Magneto Was Right" Phrase Mean in Episode 8? This Means War - Main Image
Magneto had always been against helping humans, the very perpetrators behind the near extinction of his mutant kind. So what does the phrase, "Magneto was right", mean in X-Men '97 episode 8? Learn more about it here.
Content Spoilers: This article contains spoilers for X-Men '97, so proceed with caution.
What Does "Magneto Was Right" Phrase Mean in X-Men '97?
By the end of X-Men '97 episode 7, Magneto was revealed as still alive and kicking, just under Mister Sinister and Bastion's clutches to use for their own gain.
Episode 8 titled Tolerance is Extinction Part 1 brings back Val Cooper, who tells Magneto the truth: the Un has been working beside Bastion and the Sentinel Empire.
Considering that they initially thought the X-Men supposedly lied to the human race about Professor X's whereabouts and status,...
Magneto had always been against helping humans, the very perpetrators behind the near extinction of his mutant kind. So what does the phrase, "Magneto was right", mean in X-Men '97 episode 8? Learn more about it here.
Content Spoilers: This article contains spoilers for X-Men '97, so proceed with caution.
What Does "Magneto Was Right" Phrase Mean in X-Men '97?
By the end of X-Men '97 episode 7, Magneto was revealed as still alive and kicking, just under Mister Sinister and Bastion's clutches to use for their own gain.
Episode 8 titled Tolerance is Extinction Part 1 brings back Val Cooper, who tells Magneto the truth: the Un has been working beside Bastion and the Sentinel Empire.
Considering that they initially thought the X-Men supposedly lied to the human race about Professor X's whereabouts and status,...
- 5/1/2024
- EpicStream
Xbox Game Pass recently posted a tweet highlighting upcoming games coming to their subscription service. Although no official release date has been revealed yet, the various games announced show a lot of love to the indie gaming scene and the majority of fans seem enthused about the chance to play.
Offered by Microsoft Gaming, the Xbox Game Pass grants users access to a library of video games for download and play on Xbox consoles, PC, and mobile.
Xbox Game Pass Ignites Indie Excitement
Though some gamers are skeptical of the reveal, most are thankful for the opportunity. And the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account offers a hand at pitching the indie title to gamers.
so much heat in here and we're not even a kitchen
— Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) April 29, 2024
One of the standout titles is 33 Immortals, an upcoming co-op action-roguelike. 33 Immortals is developed by Thunder Lotus Games, the developers...
Offered by Microsoft Gaming, the Xbox Game Pass grants users access to a library of video games for download and play on Xbox consoles, PC, and mobile.
Xbox Game Pass Ignites Indie Excitement
Though some gamers are skeptical of the reveal, most are thankful for the opportunity. And the Xbox Game Pass Twitter account offers a hand at pitching the indie title to gamers.
so much heat in here and we're not even a kitchen
— Xbox Game Pass (@XboxGamePass) April 29, 2024
One of the standout titles is 33 Immortals, an upcoming co-op action-roguelike. 33 Immortals is developed by Thunder Lotus Games, the developers...
- 4/30/2024
- by Chad Glapion
- FandomWire
With Sony’s confirmation that there would not be any Aaa-budget exclusive games launched this year, PlayStation fans deviated their attention to a new title, Stellar Blade. The South Korean studio Shift-Up Corporation is developing this action RPG.
Despite the controversy surrounding the appearance of the main female protagonist, the title has piqued the interest of many players. Thanks to a discussion on Reddit, players really want the game to perform well, so the studio will eventually add more customization features.
Stellar Blade is one of the most anticipated games of the year Stellar Blade will be released on April 26 exclusively for PS5.
After 2023 filled with great exclusive games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 16, Humanity, and many others, this year will not be that active. With average to great reviews, Rise of the Ronin has already launched, and Stellar Blade is the only remaining exclusive game. Fans are very...
Despite the controversy surrounding the appearance of the main female protagonist, the title has piqued the interest of many players. Thanks to a discussion on Reddit, players really want the game to perform well, so the studio will eventually add more customization features.
Stellar Blade is one of the most anticipated games of the year Stellar Blade will be released on April 26 exclusively for PS5.
After 2023 filled with great exclusive games like Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, Final Fantasy 16, Humanity, and many others, this year will not be that active. With average to great reviews, Rise of the Ronin has already launched, and Stellar Blade is the only remaining exclusive game. Fans are very...
- 4/22/2024
- by Lucas Lapetina
- FandomWire
Artificial intelligence tech has infiltrated every industry, and health care is no exception. We now have Together by Renee, an app that tracks your medical history, aims to gauge your blood pressure with a selfie, and detect depression or anxiety symptoms by the sound of your voice. DrugGPT, developed at Oxford University, is a tool designed to help doctors prescribe medications and keep patients informed about what they’re taking. You can download Humanity, a generative AI “health coach” that promises to “reduce biological age,” and Google is working on...
- 4/18/2024
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
Conversations about the future of artificial intelligence can be found all over SXSW this year — and not all of the festival’s attendees are thrilled with the idea. Specifically, the film and TV fans catching screenings of world premieres including “The Fall Guy” and “Immaculate” made their AI displeasure loud and clear on Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. (Scroll down to see for yourself.)
The quick-turnaround video editors at SXSW cut a daily sizzle reel highlighting previous panels, premieres and other events, which then runs before festival screenings. On Tuesday, the fourth edition of that daily video focused on the wide variety of keynotes and panelists in town to discuss AI. Those folks sure seem bullish on artificial intelligence, and the audiences at the Paramount — many of whom are likely writers and actors who just spent much of 2023 on the picket line trying to reign in the potentially...
The quick-turnaround video editors at SXSW cut a daily sizzle reel highlighting previous panels, premieres and other events, which then runs before festival screenings. On Tuesday, the fourth edition of that daily video focused on the wide variety of keynotes and panelists in town to discuss AI. Those folks sure seem bullish on artificial intelligence, and the audiences at the Paramount — many of whom are likely writers and actors who just spent much of 2023 on the picket line trying to reign in the potentially...
- 3/13/2024
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Johnny Depp’s Tattoos For Pirates Of The Caribbean! ( Photo Credit – IMDb )
Johnny Depp has played some really versatile characters, but our favorite will always be Captain Jack Sparrow. He delivered a $4.5 billion franchise for Disney but was abandoned the minute he was accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife, Amber Heard. But do you know the superstar has five tattoos dedicated to his iconic role? Scroll below for all the details!
Many wouldn’t know, but Disney wasn’t convinced with Johnny’s portrayal as Jack Sparrow. They believed he was ruining the character and even ended up speculating if he was gay. While the studios were scared that the film would tank at the box office, it received massive praise upon release.
Johnny Depp’s homage to Pirates Of The Caribbean
Johnny Depp may have disassociated himself from Pirates Of The Caribbean, but his love for Captain Jack Sparrow will live forever.
Johnny Depp has played some really versatile characters, but our favorite will always be Captain Jack Sparrow. He delivered a $4.5 billion franchise for Disney but was abandoned the minute he was accused of domestic violence by his ex-wife, Amber Heard. But do you know the superstar has five tattoos dedicated to his iconic role? Scroll below for all the details!
Many wouldn’t know, but Disney wasn’t convinced with Johnny’s portrayal as Jack Sparrow. They believed he was ruining the character and even ended up speculating if he was gay. While the studios were scared that the film would tank at the box office, it received massive praise upon release.
Johnny Depp’s homage to Pirates Of The Caribbean
Johnny Depp may have disassociated himself from Pirates Of The Caribbean, but his love for Captain Jack Sparrow will live forever.
- 3/7/2024
- by Jishika Madaan
- KoiMoi
Out of the many movies you could imagine emerging from the mind of French auteur Bruno Dumont, a Star Wars parody was probably somewhere at the bottom of the list.
And yet it’s been some time since the Cannes Grand Jury Prize laureate, who broke out in the late 90s with viscerally stylized, hard-hitting works of Gallic realism like The Life of Jesus and Humanity, has strayed far from his gritty roots towards a brand of accentuated arthouse satire.
His latest effort, the sci-fi farce The Empire (L’Empire), definitely fits the latter mold, although it’s loaded with enough VFX, light saber battles, spacecrafts and prophecies to give George Lucas a run for his money. That is, if Lucas decided to set the next Star Wars in a sleepy northern French city, used a local mechanic to play one of the leads and tossed in a few flagrant sex scenes,...
And yet it’s been some time since the Cannes Grand Jury Prize laureate, who broke out in the late 90s with viscerally stylized, hard-hitting works of Gallic realism like The Life of Jesus and Humanity, has strayed far from his gritty roots towards a brand of accentuated arthouse satire.
His latest effort, the sci-fi farce The Empire (L’Empire), definitely fits the latter mold, although it’s loaded with enough VFX, light saber battles, spacecrafts and prophecies to give George Lucas a run for his money. That is, if Lucas decided to set the next Star Wars in a sleepy northern French city, used a local mechanic to play one of the leads and tossed in a few flagrant sex scenes,...
- 2/18/2024
- by Jordan Mintzer
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The folks over at The Asylum are back at it again with brand new action-horror movie Planetquake, and much like Sharktopus, well, the title for this one kind of speaks for itself.
Watch the official trailer for director Monroe Robertson’s Planetquake below.
In the low-budget disaster movie, “A tectonic shift deep below the Mariana Trench causes a series of ever escalating earthquakes. If a team of leading seismologists fails to stop the disaster, the events will break apart the Earth, resulting in billions of casualties.”
Michael Paré, Erica Duke, and Anthony Jensen star.
Planetquake will be playing in select theaters from January 26 – February 1, with locations including Laemmle Monica (LA), Hickory Ridge Cinemas, Trylon Cinema, O Cinema South Beach, and Aurora Complex.
The film also comes home to Digital platforms on January 26.
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Watch the official trailer for director Monroe Robertson’s Planetquake below.
In the low-budget disaster movie, “A tectonic shift deep below the Mariana Trench causes a series of ever escalating earthquakes. If a team of leading seismologists fails to stop the disaster, the events will break apart the Earth, resulting in billions of casualties.”
Michael Paré, Erica Duke, and Anthony Jensen star.
Planetquake will be playing in select theaters from January 26 – February 1, with locations including Laemmle Monica (LA), Hickory Ridge Cinemas, Trylon Cinema, O Cinema South Beach, and Aurora Complex.
The film also comes home to Digital platforms on January 26.
The post ‘Planetquake’ Trailer – The Planet Has Had Enough of Humanity in Latest Disaster Movie from The Asylum appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!
- 1/24/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
In early January, comedian Katt Williams went on Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay podcast and took aim at Cedric the Entertainer for stealing “my very best joke.” The bit in question — which involved a pantomime of driving with music blasting — was first performed by Katt in a 1998 appearance on ComicView, then reproduced by Cedric (according to Katt) for his set in Spike Lee’s The Original Kings of Comedy. Cedric called the accusations “revisionist history” on Instagram.
We’ve been down this road many times before. For much of the 20th century, joke stealing was an open secret. “All comedians steal from all comedians,” the legend Stan Laurel once mused. Some of the biggest names in comedy did it. Milton Berle was so blatant in his joke stealing that he earned the nickname “The Thief of Bad Gags.” Richard Pryor admitted on The Tonight Show that he ripped off his comedy idols,...
We’ve been down this road many times before. For much of the 20th century, joke stealing was an open secret. “All comedians steal from all comedians,” the legend Stan Laurel once mused. Some of the biggest names in comedy did it. Milton Berle was so blatant in his joke stealing that he earned the nickname “The Thief of Bad Gags.” Richard Pryor admitted on The Tonight Show that he ripped off his comedy idols,...
- 1/11/2024
- by Eric Spitznagel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ricky Gervais (Photo Credit: Netflix / Matt Crockett)
Netflix has set a December 25, 2023 premiere date for Ricky Gervais’ new stand-up special Armageddon. Commenting on the Christmas debut, Gervais joked, “For the next 2000 years people will remember the 25th December as the day Armageddon was released on Netflix.”
Armageddon marks Gervais’ third special to air on Netflix, with Humanity premiering on the streaming service on March 13, 2018 followed by SuperNature on May 24, 2022. Gervais’ critically acclaimed After Life ran for three seasons, debuting in March 2019 and wrapping up in January 2022.
Armageddon was shot at the London Palladium and was directed by John L. Spencer. The special’s produced by Derek Productions. Netflix offers this synopsis of the stand-up special:
“The BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning mind behind The Office, Extras and After Life takes the stage for a provocative new stand-up special, riffing on the end of humanity, political correctness, family weddings, funerals, and Artificial Intelligence.
Netflix has set a December 25, 2023 premiere date for Ricky Gervais’ new stand-up special Armageddon. Commenting on the Christmas debut, Gervais joked, “For the next 2000 years people will remember the 25th December as the day Armageddon was released on Netflix.”
Armageddon marks Gervais’ third special to air on Netflix, with Humanity premiering on the streaming service on March 13, 2018 followed by SuperNature on May 24, 2022. Gervais’ critically acclaimed After Life ran for three seasons, debuting in March 2019 and wrapping up in January 2022.
Armageddon was shot at the London Palladium and was directed by John L. Spencer. The special’s produced by Derek Productions. Netflix offers this synopsis of the stand-up special:
“The BAFTA and Golden Globe-winning mind behind The Office, Extras and After Life takes the stage for a provocative new stand-up special, riffing on the end of humanity, political correctness, family weddings, funerals, and Artificial Intelligence.
- 11/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The Game Awards 2023 nominees have finally been revealed, and they are…pretty standard, honestly. Obviously, people had personal Game of the Year favorites that didn’t get a nod, but most of the major games of 2023 are represented in the places you’d expect to see them represented.
Of course, this is an awards show, and it’s not an awards show without some nominee controversies. These are a few of the more notable snubs and surprises from this year’s Game Awards nominees:
Hogwarts Legacy Doesn’t Get Any Nominations
Despite receiving (mostly) strong reviews and setting some sales records, Hogwarts Legacy did not receive a single Game Awards 2023 nomination.
For me, that falls somewhere between a snub and a surprise. Given the numerous controversies surrounding Hogwarts Legacy’s release and general existence, it was fairly easy to predict that the game wouldn’t be a widespread hit with the nominating committee.
Of course, this is an awards show, and it’s not an awards show without some nominee controversies. These are a few of the more notable snubs and surprises from this year’s Game Awards nominees:
Hogwarts Legacy Doesn’t Get Any Nominations
Despite receiving (mostly) strong reviews and setting some sales records, Hogwarts Legacy did not receive a single Game Awards 2023 nomination.
For me, that falls somewhere between a snub and a surprise. Given the numerous controversies surrounding Hogwarts Legacy’s release and general existence, it was fairly easy to predict that the game wouldn’t be a widespread hit with the nominating committee.
- 11/13/2023
- by Matthew Byrd
- Den of Geek
MK2 Films has acquired a collection of films and TV series directed by Bruno Dumont, the award-winning French director behind “Life of Jesus” and “Humanity.”
The acquisition, unveiled during Mipcom Cannes, covers the bulk of the director’s work, spanning eight films and TV series including “Li’l Quinquin,” which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. MK2 Films will represent rights to some of these titles, in France and/or international markets, apart from a few titles like “Slack Bay” whose global rights are still handled by Memento International.
“Bruno Dumont is, of course, a major figure of contemporary cinema,” said Nathanaël Karmitz, MK2’s chairman of the executive board. Karmitz praised Dumont for the “originality of his unusual, unpredictable [films], veering from gravitas to some unnerving, comedic tangents.” He continued, “Iconoclastic and consistently courageous in its form, his work perfectly represents the free and ambitious cinema that we are proud to promote.
The acquisition, unveiled during Mipcom Cannes, covers the bulk of the director’s work, spanning eight films and TV series including “Li’l Quinquin,” which premiered at Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight. MK2 Films will represent rights to some of these titles, in France and/or international markets, apart from a few titles like “Slack Bay” whose global rights are still handled by Memento International.
“Bruno Dumont is, of course, a major figure of contemporary cinema,” said Nathanaël Karmitz, MK2’s chairman of the executive board. Karmitz praised Dumont for the “originality of his unusual, unpredictable [films], veering from gravitas to some unnerving, comedic tangents.” He continued, “Iconoclastic and consistently courageous in its form, his work perfectly represents the free and ambitious cinema that we are proud to promote.
- 10/16/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The Society of Voice Arts and Sciences will present Viola Davis with the Muhammad Ali Voice of Humanity Honor at the Voice Arts Awards 10th Anniversary Gala. The honor recognizes Davis’ talent, passion for social justice and willingness to tackle social problems through her commitment to the truth.
“This honor was created in furtherance of The Champ’s legacy of embodying resilience and courage in the face of social injustice and adversity. Viola Davis shares those traits,” said Joan Baker, founder and vice President of Sovas, in a statement.
The Voice Arts Awards is an annual celebration for nominees and winners in the world of voice acting and associated craft professionals.
“Her journey from humble beginnings to achieving the highly vaunted Egot status, showcases her unwavering pursuit of excellence,” Baker continued. “And for Sovas, it is especially heartwarming that Viola is also an exceptional voice actor in animation, TV commercials and,...
“This honor was created in furtherance of The Champ’s legacy of embodying resilience and courage in the face of social injustice and adversity. Viola Davis shares those traits,” said Joan Baker, founder and vice President of Sovas, in a statement.
The Voice Arts Awards is an annual celebration for nominees and winners in the world of voice acting and associated craft professionals.
“Her journey from humble beginnings to achieving the highly vaunted Egot status, showcases her unwavering pursuit of excellence,” Baker continued. “And for Sovas, it is especially heartwarming that Viola is also an exceptional voice actor in animation, TV commercials and,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay, Caroline Brew, Jaden Thompson and Valerie Wu
- Variety Film + TV
Tim Allen has generously donated funds and volunteered his time to thousands of charitable organizations.
He is actively involved in the national Ymca and played a key role in refurbishing the Ymca facility in Hollywood.
He has participated in many programs including Nickelodeon’s “Big Help-a-thon”, Habitat For Humanity, and most recently auctioned off his prized 1955 Chevy Nomad (featured on “Home Improvement”) on Ebay for The September 11th/Twin Towers Fund.
Charities & foundations supported
Tim Allen has supported the following charities:
Big Brothers Big SistersElton John AIDS FoundationFamily Equality CouncilHabitat For HumanityHillsidesMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationNeurofibromatosis, Inc.Red CrossScreen Actors Guild FoundationSpecial OlympicsSt. Jude Children's Research HospitalSt. Vincent's HealthCareToys for TotsWheels for HumanityYMCA Read more about Tim Allen's charity work and events. Related articles Elton John Hosts An Enduring Vision Gala In New YorkJames Caan Joins Stars At Callaway Charity Golf EventStars Help The Ticci Man Project Raise Awareness...
He is actively involved in the national Ymca and played a key role in refurbishing the Ymca facility in Hollywood.
He has participated in many programs including Nickelodeon’s “Big Help-a-thon”, Habitat For Humanity, and most recently auctioned off his prized 1955 Chevy Nomad (featured on “Home Improvement”) on Ebay for The September 11th/Twin Towers Fund.
Charities & foundations supported
Tim Allen has supported the following charities:
Big Brothers Big SistersElton John AIDS FoundationFamily Equality CouncilHabitat For HumanityHillsidesMotion Picture and Television Fund FoundationNeurofibromatosis, Inc.Red CrossScreen Actors Guild FoundationSpecial OlympicsSt. Jude Children's Research HospitalSt. Vincent's HealthCareToys for TotsWheels for HumanityYMCA Read more about Tim Allen's charity work and events. Related articles Elton John Hosts An Enduring Vision Gala In New YorkJames Caan Joins Stars At Callaway Charity Golf EventStars Help The Ticci Man Project Raise Awareness...
- 8/8/2023
- Look to the Stars
Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne passed through the Toronto Film Festival Monday morning where they discussed their true-crime thriller The Good Nurse.
The film centers on Amy Loughren (Chastain), a nurse who starts to believe that her colleague Charlie Cullen (Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths and risks her own life to uncover the truth.
“The thing I liked so much about the film is that we see so often films about a serial killer or a story and its fetishized,” Chastain said while discussing why she joined the project. “You’d see him injecting the bags and I’ve always felt a little dirty watching that stuff. I don’t wanna celebrate or have the media glorify what happened to another human being. I wanna celebrate humanity, which is why I was excited about this.”
Discussing her collaboration with Redmayne, she added: “I’ve always...
The film centers on Amy Loughren (Chastain), a nurse who starts to believe that her colleague Charlie Cullen (Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths and risks her own life to uncover the truth.
“The thing I liked so much about the film is that we see so often films about a serial killer or a story and its fetishized,” Chastain said while discussing why she joined the project. “You’d see him injecting the bags and I’ve always felt a little dirty watching that stuff. I don’t wanna celebrate or have the media glorify what happened to another human being. I wanna celebrate humanity, which is why I was excited about this.”
Discussing her collaboration with Redmayne, she added: “I’ve always...
- 9/12/2022
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Kim Kardashian shares slimmed-down figure in a sheer dress and Skims. Pic credit: @kimkardashian/Instagram
Kim Kardashian is going sheer as she wears a curve-hugging black gown that reveals her SKIMs shapewear.
While her sister Kourtney Kardashian reminisced about a trip to Italy with Travis Barker and Khloe Kardashian promoted Good American in a bikini, and Khloe enjoyed a charitable night in a sultry ensemble, Kim was on hand for the Tiah 4th Annual Fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Paparazzi caught Kim wearing her shades at night as she entered the private residence, a fashion choice she, Khloe, and Kylie Jenner have done often.
Kim rocked her favorite designer, Balenciaga, in a skintight maxi dress with long sleeves and a turtle neck. The sheer ensemble hugged Kim K’s curves and showed her SKIMs shapewear underneath.
The dress fit like a glove and highlighted Kim’s 21-pound weight loss, a physical...
Kim Kardashian is going sheer as she wears a curve-hugging black gown that reveals her SKIMs shapewear.
While her sister Kourtney Kardashian reminisced about a trip to Italy with Travis Barker and Khloe Kardashian promoted Good American in a bikini, and Khloe enjoyed a charitable night in a sultry ensemble, Kim was on hand for the Tiah 4th Annual Fundraiser in Los Angeles.
Paparazzi caught Kim wearing her shades at night as she entered the private residence, a fashion choice she, Khloe, and Kylie Jenner have done often.
Kim rocked her favorite designer, Balenciaga, in a skintight maxi dress with long sleeves and a turtle neck. The sheer ensemble hugged Kim K’s curves and showed her SKIMs shapewear underneath.
The dress fit like a glove and highlighted Kim’s 21-pound weight loss, a physical...
- 8/30/2022
- by Shannon Sullivan
- Monsters and Critics
The return of “Yo! MTV Raps” now has a premiere date.
The reimagined global iteration of the MTV hip-hop series will premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, May 24, the streamer announced Monday. In addition, Paramount+ released the official trailer, key art and lineup of featured guests.
Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, “Yo! MTV Raps” is a comprehensive deep dive into the current state of hip hop. “Yo! MTV Raps” was created by Peter Dougherty and Ted Demme, and launched in 1988 — originally hosted by Fab 5 Freddy, and later by Doctor Dre and Ed Lover. The series ran until 1995.
The new iteration of the show will feature hosted segments from Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts, live performances, cyphers and lifestyle content. Featured guests include Freddie Gibbs on May 24, Latto on May 31, Saba on June 7, Jid on June 14, Shenseea on June 21, Tee Grizzley on June 28, Idk on July 5 and Trina on July 12.
Fans will...
The reimagined global iteration of the MTV hip-hop series will premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, May 24, the streamer announced Monday. In addition, Paramount+ released the official trailer, key art and lineup of featured guests.
Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, “Yo! MTV Raps” is a comprehensive deep dive into the current state of hip hop. “Yo! MTV Raps” was created by Peter Dougherty and Ted Demme, and launched in 1988 — originally hosted by Fab 5 Freddy, and later by Doctor Dre and Ed Lover. The series ran until 1995.
The new iteration of the show will feature hosted segments from Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts, live performances, cyphers and lifestyle content. Featured guests include Freddie Gibbs on May 24, Latto on May 31, Saba on June 7, Jid on June 14, Shenseea on June 21, Tee Grizzley on June 28, Idk on July 5 and Trina on July 12.
Fans will...
- 5/3/2022
- by Wilson Chapman and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has set May 24 for the premiere of Supernature, Emmy winner Ricky Gervais’ second stand-up special for the streamer.
In Supernature, Gervais gives his take on the rules of comedy, spoiling his cat and debunks the supernatural, concluding that actual nature is super enough.
Gervais had performed half of his Supernature tour before being shut down by the pandemic in 2020, resuming 18 months later. In an interview earlier this year with Deadline, speaking about the tour, Gervais said, “I’m actually putting more in to the show to keep it fresh and this spate of gigs are the best gigs I’ve ever done. I don’t know whether that’s because I’ve been doing the same stand-up for longer than I ever have before and I keep rewriting it and keep folding the samurai sword. If you do the same gig 50 times, it’s better than if you did...
In Supernature, Gervais gives his take on the rules of comedy, spoiling his cat and debunks the supernatural, concluding that actual nature is super enough.
Gervais had performed half of his Supernature tour before being shut down by the pandemic in 2020, resuming 18 months later. In an interview earlier this year with Deadline, speaking about the tour, Gervais said, “I’m actually putting more in to the show to keep it fresh and this spate of gigs are the best gigs I’ve ever done. I don’t know whether that’s because I’ve been doing the same stand-up for longer than I ever have before and I keep rewriting it and keep folding the samurai sword. If you do the same gig 50 times, it’s better than if you did...
- 5/2/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Ricky Gervais‘ hit series After Life may have come to an end with Season 3, but the comedian isn’t cutting ties with Netflix anytime soon as he sets his latest stand-up special, Supernature, with the streamer. Supernature is the Emmy-winning performer’s second Netflix stand-up special which is officially set to launch on Tuesday, May 24. Gervais’ previous stand-up special with the platform was titled Humanity and launched in 2018. (Credit: Netflix) In Supernature, Gervais offers his take on the rules of comedy, spoiling his cat, and debunks the supernatural, coming to the conclusion that nature is super enough. The actor, writer, and comedian recently wrapped his final season of After Life which debuted for the first time in 2019. Gervais served as writer, creator, and director on all 18 installments of the drama which centered around his character Tony, who is struggling to maintain a personable demeanor following the death of his wife.
- 5/2/2022
- TV Insider
Ricky Gervais’ second Netflix stand-up special is coming later this month.
On Monday, the streamer announced that “Supernature” will premiere globally on May 24.
“Supernature” will find Gervais giving his take on the rules of comedy, spoiling his cat and debunking “the supernatural, concluding that actual nature is super enough,” per a logline from Netflix.
Gervais’ first stand-up special, “Humanity” made its debut in 2018.
#SuperNature Coming soon to Netflix...
On Monday, the streamer announced that “Supernature” will premiere globally on May 24.
“Supernature” will find Gervais giving his take on the rules of comedy, spoiling his cat and debunking “the supernatural, concluding that actual nature is super enough,” per a logline from Netflix.
Gervais’ first stand-up special, “Humanity” made its debut in 2018.
#SuperNature Coming soon to Netflix...
- 5/2/2022
- by Jolie Lash
- The Wrap
After being cancelled in 2020 and then delayed in 2021, the Cannes Film Festival is finally back on track for May 2022 on the French Riviera. The 75th installment of the international cinema showcase will take place from May 17 to May 28, and there will be 18 films competing for the coveted Palme d’Or, the festival’s top prize. Last year that honor went to the French thriller “Titane,” directed by Julia Ducournau. As of this writing several details are still to be announced including who will be on this year’s jury and who will be serving as jury president after Spike Lee presided over last year’s program.
A filmmaker’s previous track record at Cannes can sometimes give us an idea of who’s in a good position to claim the Palme. For instance, seven of this year’s entries in the official competition come from directors who have previously won...
A filmmaker’s previous track record at Cannes can sometimes give us an idea of who’s in a good position to claim the Palme. For instance, seven of this year’s entries in the official competition come from directors who have previously won...
- 4/25/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Comic and graphic novel publisher Ablaze takes readers on an amazing galactic journey deep into a word of myth and folklore, transformed into a captivating space opera… Filipino style, as it announces the acquisition of Mythspace: Ignition and the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its publication.
Comic and graphic novel publisher Ablaze takes readers on an amazing galactic journey deep into a world of myth and folklore, transformed into a captivating space opera… Filipino style, as it announces the acquisition of Mythspace: Ignition and the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its publication.
The Kickstarter pre-launch page may be found at:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/223713900/mythspace-ignition; the campaign launches on March 22nd. Fans are invited to subscribe to the Team Mythspace mailing list at http://eepurl.com/hRvSjL to be notified of any updates regarding the campaign.
Mythspace: Ignition is a graphic novel collection of 6 stories exploring a...
Comic and graphic novel publisher Ablaze takes readers on an amazing galactic journey deep into a world of myth and folklore, transformed into a captivating space opera… Filipino style, as it announces the acquisition of Mythspace: Ignition and the launch of a Kickstarter campaign for its publication.
The Kickstarter pre-launch page may be found at:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/223713900/mythspace-ignition; the campaign launches on March 22nd. Fans are invited to subscribe to the Team Mythspace mailing list at http://eepurl.com/hRvSjL to be notified of any updates regarding the campaign.
Mythspace: Ignition is a graphic novel collection of 6 stories exploring a...
- 3/16/2022
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Who doesn’t love a good ol’ dungeon crawler now and then? Ars Goetia’s upcoming title Hellslave looks to scratch that itch, and has a new story trailer for you to devour while we wait for the game’s release later this year on Steam. Sharing a similar art style with Red Hook Studios’ Darkest Dungeon, the […]
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- 3/9/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
In Macedonia, there’s a legend about a bitter, lonely crone named “Old Maid Maria.” She wanders the woods in search of vulnerable newborn babies ripe with blood to feed on, allowing her to remain alive. In the opening of Goran Stolevski’s gruesome fairytale horror story, “You Won’t Be Alone,” Old Maid Maria (Anamaria Marinca), a menacing body of scar tissue and wispy gray hair, comes upon baby Nevena. To spare the child’s life, her anguished mother makes a vow to Maria: If she allows Nevena to live, when the girl turns 16, she can have her as a surrogate daughter.
Continue reading ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Review: Folklore Fairytale Horror Mixes With Terrence Malick Poetics About Humanity [Sundance] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘You Won’t Be Alone’ Review: Folklore Fairytale Horror Mixes With Terrence Malick Poetics About Humanity [Sundance] at The Playlist.
- 1/23/2022
- by Robert Daniels
- The Playlist
“17 Khz,” (Mediacrest)
Cut off in a border region, five people from different generations and countries confront Tiamat, a conspiracy of young teens who have ermined that the inly way to stop climate change is to eliminate all adults. That, for Tiamat, however, is not the end of their plan, just a beginning. A three-season fantasy thriller from Mediacrest, a fast-growing production-distribution outfit, multi-prized at September’s Conecta Fiction, partnered in Spain by A Contracorriente Films. ID: Mediacrest.
“The Age of Anger,” (“La edad de la ira,” Atresmedia Televisión, Big Bang Media, Masficción)
Penned by renowned young Spanish playwright Lucía Carballal, a writer on “Locked Up,” a high-school thriller plumbing the social angst assailing today’s youth. Produced by Atresmedia TV and The Mediapro Studio – a fertile production axis – through Tms’s Big Bang Media (“Caronte”) as well as by Masficción (“Hospital Central”). ID: Atresmedia TV International Sales, The Mediapro Studio Distribution
“Cardo,...
Cut off in a border region, five people from different generations and countries confront Tiamat, a conspiracy of young teens who have ermined that the inly way to stop climate change is to eliminate all adults. That, for Tiamat, however, is not the end of their plan, just a beginning. A three-season fantasy thriller from Mediacrest, a fast-growing production-distribution outfit, multi-prized at September’s Conecta Fiction, partnered in Spain by A Contracorriente Films. ID: Mediacrest.
“The Age of Anger,” (“La edad de la ira,” Atresmedia Televisión, Big Bang Media, Masficción)
Penned by renowned young Spanish playwright Lucía Carballal, a writer on “Locked Up,” a high-school thriller plumbing the social angst assailing today’s youth. Produced by Atresmedia TV and The Mediapro Studio – a fertile production axis – through Tms’s Big Bang Media (“Caronte”) as well as by Masficción (“Hospital Central”). ID: Atresmedia TV International Sales, The Mediapro Studio Distribution
“Cardo,...
- 1/19/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
In the wake of playing the wise and balanced god of the universe, Doctor Manhattan, in HBO’s Watchmen, a role which earned Yahya Abdul-Mateen II a Primetime Emmy for supporting actor in a limited series, the actor has accumulated a resume of socially philosophical protagonists including Bobby Seale in The Trial of the Chicago 7, Anthony McCoy in Candyman and now Morpheus in Warner Bros/Village Roadshow’s Matrix Resurrections.
Commenting on that momentum, Abdul-Mateen II tells us on the Hero Nation podcast, “Each of those (roles) did have a perspective to have something to say about humanity, have something to say about magic and what it is to be human or standing up for human rights, or finding the other side of this existence, and fighting for it as well.”
You can listen to our intriguing conversation with the Matrix Resurrections star here:
Abdul-Mateen II is taking his...
Commenting on that momentum, Abdul-Mateen II tells us on the Hero Nation podcast, “Each of those (roles) did have a perspective to have something to say about humanity, have something to say about magic and what it is to be human or standing up for human rights, or finding the other side of this existence, and fighting for it as well.”
You can listen to our intriguing conversation with the Matrix Resurrections star here:
Abdul-Mateen II is taking his...
- 12/18/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
In a bid to up their game in the Spanish and international arena, Barcelona-based companies Mediacrest and A Contracorriente Films have forged a strategic alliance that will have the latter distribute Mediacrest films and series as well as co-produce a selection of titles with the fast-growing producer.
Said Adolfo Blanco, CEO of A Contracorriente Films: “For A Contracorriente, the deal is an opportunity to collaborate with a first-rate team and to be able to offer its clients and partners a number of films and series designed to reach the general public.”
“By participating in the genesis of the projects, we will be better able to tailor the right model for each of them,” he added.
First out the gate is the adaptation of the 1945 Premio Nadal award-winning novel “Nada” by Carmen Laforet. The literary sensation is narrated by a young orphaned woman who leaves her small town to attend university in post-civil war Barcelona.
Said Adolfo Blanco, CEO of A Contracorriente Films: “For A Contracorriente, the deal is an opportunity to collaborate with a first-rate team and to be able to offer its clients and partners a number of films and series designed to reach the general public.”
“By participating in the genesis of the projects, we will be better able to tailor the right model for each of them,” he added.
First out the gate is the adaptation of the 1945 Premio Nadal award-winning novel “Nada” by Carmen Laforet. The literary sensation is narrated by a young orphaned woman who leaves her small town to attend university in post-civil war Barcelona.
- 10/20/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Spain’s fast-growing TV production company Mediacrest is joining forces with Wanda Vision, one of the country’s top arthouse distributors-producers, on docu-filmmaker Gerardo Olivares’ project “Lonely Man.”
The Mediacrest-Wanda deal will see Wanda Vision’s partners José María and Miguel Morales assuming co-producers roles, handling an undisclosed part of project distribution rights.
“Lonely Man” represents Olivares’ return to the docu-fiction genre, a territory he already visited in two previous Wanda-produced projects, international sales hit “La Gran Final” and multi-prized feature “14 kilómetros.”
Both titles allowed Olivares to introduce fictional elements that helped the stories to progress within a real environment and characters.
In the case of “Lonely Man,” located in the Río Negro province in Argentina’s Patagonia, Olivares tells the story of Cándido Sandoval, a 70-year-old gaucho who lives alone in a cabin isolated from the world.
“This is a very personal project that arose after my travels...
The Mediacrest-Wanda deal will see Wanda Vision’s partners José María and Miguel Morales assuming co-producers roles, handling an undisclosed part of project distribution rights.
“Lonely Man” represents Olivares’ return to the docu-fiction genre, a territory he already visited in two previous Wanda-produced projects, international sales hit “La Gran Final” and multi-prized feature “14 kilómetros.”
Both titles allowed Olivares to introduce fictional elements that helped the stories to progress within a real environment and characters.
In the case of “Lonely Man,” located in the Río Negro province in Argentina’s Patagonia, Olivares tells the story of Cándido Sandoval, a 70-year-old gaucho who lives alone in a cabin isolated from the world.
“This is a very personal project that arose after my travels...
- 10/12/2021
- by Emiliano De Pablos
- Variety Film + TV
In its continued bid to explore new fiction content, Spain’s Mediacrest has joined forces with Chilean shingle Maria Wood Prods. to co-produce sci-fi series, “Humanity.”
This is the fledgling three-year-old company’s first collaboration with a Chilean producer and also its first with a Latin American company.
To be presented at Series Mania, the Mars-based series could not be more timely given the growing interest in the Red Planet by space exploration companies led by NASA and billionaires Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.
In July, Branson and Bezos flew to the edge of space nine days apart to much fanfare – and some trepidation – as part of their ambition to ferry passengers to space.
Created by Paula Sánchez, Jorge Hernández and Sergio Cámara from Mediacrest’s fiction department, led by Alberto Macías, “Humanity” is set in the not-so-distant future following the explosion of planet Earth – an apocalyptic scenario...
This is the fledgling three-year-old company’s first collaboration with a Chilean producer and also its first with a Latin American company.
To be presented at Series Mania, the Mars-based series could not be more timely given the growing interest in the Red Planet by space exploration companies led by NASA and billionaires Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos.
In July, Branson and Bezos flew to the edge of space nine days apart to much fanfare – and some trepidation – as part of their ambition to ferry passengers to space.
Created by Paula Sánchez, Jorge Hernández and Sergio Cámara from Mediacrest’s fiction department, led by Alberto Macías, “Humanity” is set in the not-so-distant future following the explosion of planet Earth – an apocalyptic scenario...
- 8/29/2021
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching, why it’s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.) The Series: Future Man Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: Josh Futturman (Josh Hutcherson) is a janitor for a bioengineering lab. He doesn’t really have any goals in […]
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- 7/22/2021
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
“My work is all about transfiguration… I’m not a naturalistic filmmaker at all.” So goes one of the most widely quoted statements by French auteur Bruno Dumont, now as noted for his bold stylistic experimentation across different genres as he is the dour, powerful slabs of “transcendental” cinema with which he first made his name at the turn of the millennium. Here lies a blindspot of director-focused appreciation: his latest film France has the appearance of a glossy, luxe piece of entertainment––almost a French Succession––that could appeal to a wide, even non-cinephilic audience across its home country. But those familiar with his output can’t help scan the precis of this film and perceive a likely Trojan Horse, or a piece of subversion at cross-purposes with its exterior sense. Is this the regressive underside of auteurism, that secretly wants our favorites to make a recognizably similar film each time out the block?...
- 7/20/2021
- by David Katz
- The Film Stage
A Cannes Film Festival staple, Bruno Dumont returns to the competition for a fourth time with a media satire that was clearly for acquired tastes. Slack Bay (Ma Loute) was his last time in comp, and excluding his mini-series P’tit Quinquin which shored up at the Directors’ Fortnight in 2014, he is best known for Camera d’Or winning La vie de Jésus (Directors’ Fortnight) 1999’s L’humanité (Grand Prix and a double Best Performance prize for his non-professional actors) and 2006’s Flandres.
Another film that is yay or nay on our panel, we’ve found high scores of 4 from several critics and complete dismal from the rest.…...
Another film that is yay or nay on our panel, we’ve found high scores of 4 from several critics and complete dismal from the rest.…...
- 7/16/2021
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Photo: ‘Security’/Netflix My Obsession With International Films Over the years, I have realized that I have become more and more interested in film from other countries. It’s possible that I have become so used to seeing the same faces in Hollywood, and felt that the unfamiliarity in foreign history, and the talent from other countries, would provide more entertainment and diversity for me. Italian psychological thriller, and crime film, ‘Security’ has appeared on the ever-growing ‘Netflix’ roster, earlier this week. I could not have been more excited to watch it, considering I have yet to be disappointed with any international film I have seen so far. Related article: A Tribute to Cannes Film Festival: A Celebration of Cinema, Glamour, and Humanity | Statement From Hollywood Insider’s CEO Pritan Ambroase Related article: Five Forgotten Superhero Performances That Were Actually Great Initially, I had thought that ‘Security’ must have been an older film,...
- 6/17/2021
- by Danessa Naj'e Lopez
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Lionsgate and director Chad Stahelski are putting together a mix of known and somewhat unknown actors for the next installment of the “John Wick” franchise as Collider reports that Swedish actor Bill Skarsgård is in talks to an undisclosed part in the action pic alongside newcomer Shamier Anderson (“Stowaway,” “Invasion”) taking a “major role” as well.
Read More: ‘Invasion’ Trailer: Hold On To Your Humanity In A New AppleTV+ Sci-Fi Drama Starring Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani & Sam Neill
Skarsgård is, of course, familiar to audiences thanks to his role as Pennywise in New Line Cinema‘s “It” and “It: Chapter Two,” directed by Andy Muschietti.
Continue reading ‘John Wick 4’: Bill Skarsgård & Shamier Anderson Join Keanu Reeves In The Globetrotting High-Octane Action Sequel at The Playlist.
Read More: ‘Invasion’ Trailer: Hold On To Your Humanity In A New AppleTV+ Sci-Fi Drama Starring Shamier Anderson, Golshifteh Farahani & Sam Neill
Skarsgård is, of course, familiar to audiences thanks to his role as Pennywise in New Line Cinema‘s “It” and “It: Chapter Two,” directed by Andy Muschietti.
Continue reading ‘John Wick 4’: Bill Skarsgård & Shamier Anderson Join Keanu Reeves In The Globetrotting High-Octane Action Sequel at The Playlist.
- 6/9/2021
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
It’s the Journey, Not the Destination: Burger Hurtles into Space for Humanity’s Last Stand
Perhaps it’s not what Emerson envisioned, but the sentiment remains the same in the latest offering from Neil Burger with Voyagers—it really is all about the journey. In space, no one can hear teen screams in this simple but surprisingly adept formula of humans being bred solely for the continuation of the species whilst sacrificing what it is to truly feel alive.
A handsome young cast led by Colin Farrell (whose placement in the credits predicts his fate perhaps a bit too clearly) journey to the sole inhabitable planet as Earth becomes a wasteland.…...
Perhaps it’s not what Emerson envisioned, but the sentiment remains the same in the latest offering from Neil Burger with Voyagers—it really is all about the journey. In space, no one can hear teen screams in this simple but surprisingly adept formula of humans being bred solely for the continuation of the species whilst sacrificing what it is to truly feel alive.
A handsome young cast led by Colin Farrell (whose placement in the credits predicts his fate perhaps a bit too clearly) journey to the sole inhabitable planet as Earth becomes a wasteland.…...
- 4/11/2021
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Welcome to entertainment’s Golden Age of Combustible Humanity.
Nearly 40 years after the rudimentary head-popping pleasures of David Cronenberg’s Scanners, technology has finally made it possible to depict the explosion of the human body in a variety of visceral forms and artists are taking advantage — from HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves to the upcoming Katherine Langford feature Spontaneous, a dark comedy that appears to be entirely based on teens going kablooey.
And then there’s Amazon’s The Boys. Seriously, if the team behind The Boys put half the time and thought into plot, characterization and action that they put into finding ...
Nearly 40 years after the rudimentary head-popping pleasures of David Cronenberg’s Scanners, technology has finally made it possible to depict the explosion of the human body in a variety of visceral forms and artists are taking advantage — from HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves to the upcoming Katherine Langford feature Spontaneous, a dark comedy that appears to be entirely based on teens going kablooey.
And then there’s Amazon’s The Boys. Seriously, if the team behind The Boys put half the time and thought into plot, characterization and action that they put into finding ...
Welcome to entertainment’s Golden Age of Combustible Humanity.
Nearly 40 years after the rudimentary head-popping pleasures of David Cronenberg’s Scanners, technology has finally made it possible to depict the explosion of the human body in a variety of visceral forms and artists are taking advantage — from HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves to the upcoming Katherine Langford feature Spontaneous, a dark comedy that appears to be entirely based on teens going kablooey.
And then there’s Amazon’s The Boys. Seriously, if the team behind The Boys put half the time and thought into plot, characterization and action that they put into finding ...
Nearly 40 years after the rudimentary head-popping pleasures of David Cronenberg’s Scanners, technology has finally made it possible to depict the explosion of the human body in a variety of visceral forms and artists are taking advantage — from HBO Max’s Raised by Wolves to the upcoming Katherine Langford feature Spontaneous, a dark comedy that appears to be entirely based on teens going kablooey.
And then there’s Amazon’s The Boys. Seriously, if the team behind The Boys put half the time and thought into plot, characterization and action that they put into finding ...
Right up until the end, Andrew Yang held out hope that New Hampshire would give his underdog campaign the jolt it needed. Voters there would propel him to a third- or fourth-place finish, the result he needed to continue on to Nevada, South Carolina, and beyond.
Instead, Yang’s campaign ended more or less where it began, in frigid New Hampshire, the state where he held more events than any other, where he’d become a fixture on the campaign over the last year and a half.
Not long after polls closed,...
Instead, Yang’s campaign ended more or less where it began, in frigid New Hampshire, the state where he held more events than any other, where he’d become a fixture on the campaign over the last year and a half.
Not long after polls closed,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
One of the first things I learned upon arriving at the CannesFilm Festival for the first time is this: Many of the people who come to Cannes year after year aren’t actually there to watch movies.
It’s a lamentable truth that for literally thousands of film industry professionals, Cannes serves more as a trade show than a celebration of cinema. For these individuals, more important than seeing the movies screening in competition is the opportunity to strike a deal with a financier or distributor at the festival’s marketplace, aka the Marché du Film. As one distributor I met with remarked, the irony of the experience can be maddening. After pursuing a career in film because of your love of movies, you arrive at the granddaddy of film festivals only to spend all your time chasing money.
While the mood at the Marché is all business all the time,...
It’s a lamentable truth that for literally thousands of film industry professionals, Cannes serves more as a trade show than a celebration of cinema. For these individuals, more important than seeing the movies screening in competition is the opportunity to strike a deal with a financier or distributor at the festival’s marketplace, aka the Marché du Film. As one distributor I met with remarked, the irony of the experience can be maddening. After pursuing a career in film because of your love of movies, you arrive at the granddaddy of film festivals only to spend all your time chasing money.
While the mood at the Marché is all business all the time,...
- 5/25/2016
- by Graham Winfrey
- Indiewire
Film-making must be local, says French director, after his new Juliette Binoche-starring cannibal comedy premieres at Cannes film festival
There is, according to one its most heralded practitioners, no such thing as a good “European film”.
Speaking at the Cannes film festival, Bruno Dumont, the French director of L’Humanité, Flandres and Hors Satan, refuted the idea that one could or should set out to make films that could be termed “European”.
Continue reading...
There is, according to one its most heralded practitioners, no such thing as a good “European film”.
Speaking at the Cannes film festival, Bruno Dumont, the French director of L’Humanité, Flandres and Hors Satan, refuted the idea that one could or should set out to make films that could be termed “European”.
Continue reading...
- 5/13/2016
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Slate includes films starring Louis Garrel, Marion Cotillard,
Wild Bunch will kick-off pre-sales at Cannes on Oscar-winner Michel Hazanavicius’s [pictured] new project Redoubtable revolving around the relationship between Jean-Luc Godard and actress Anne Wiazemsky in the late 1960s.
Based on Wiazemsky’s autobiographical account Un An Après, the production will star Louis Garrel as Jean-Luc Godard and Stacy Martin, last seen in High-Rise, as the director’s young muse.
The script kicks off with the 1967 shoot of La Chinoise – about a group of students who try to live by Maoists principles - and follows the couple through the late 1960s when Godard went through his so-called “revolutionary period”.
Wiazemsky – who met Godard when she was just 17-years-old and he was on the rebound from Anna Karina – was married to the filmmaker for more than a decade.
Like Hazanavicius’s Oscar-winning The Artist, the aesthetics and style of Redoubtable will take inspiration from the films around which the...
Wild Bunch will kick-off pre-sales at Cannes on Oscar-winner Michel Hazanavicius’s [pictured] new project Redoubtable revolving around the relationship between Jean-Luc Godard and actress Anne Wiazemsky in the late 1960s.
Based on Wiazemsky’s autobiographical account Un An Après, the production will star Louis Garrel as Jean-Luc Godard and Stacy Martin, last seen in High-Rise, as the director’s young muse.
The script kicks off with the 1967 shoot of La Chinoise – about a group of students who try to live by Maoists principles - and follows the couple through the late 1960s when Godard went through his so-called “revolutionary period”.
Wiazemsky – who met Godard when she was just 17-years-old and he was on the rebound from Anna Karina – was married to the filmmaker for more than a decade.
Like Hazanavicius’s Oscar-winning The Artist, the aesthetics and style of Redoubtable will take inspiration from the films around which the...
- 5/3/2016
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has pounced on all North American rights to Bruno Dumont’s Cannes competition selection and upcoming world premiere.
Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi star in the drama produced by 3B Productions and co-produced by Arte French Cinema, Pictanovo, Twenty Twenty Vision in association with Cnc, Canal +, Arte/Wdr and Region Nord Pas de Calais.
Slack Bay takes place in summer 1910 as a pair of inspectors investigate a case of missing tourists on the Channel coast, near a community of fishermen and oyster farmers where a love story plays out between two notorious families.
The film will mark Dumont’s third to premiere in competition on the Croisette. He has previously won grand prix for Humanité and Flanders.
CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner, head of sales at worldwide sales agent Memento Films International.
Kino Lorber has collaborated with Dumont on the release of Humanité and Flanders, as well as...
Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi star in the drama produced by 3B Productions and co-produced by Arte French Cinema, Pictanovo, Twenty Twenty Vision in association with Cnc, Canal +, Arte/Wdr and Region Nord Pas de Calais.
Slack Bay takes place in summer 1910 as a pair of inspectors investigate a case of missing tourists on the Channel coast, near a community of fishermen and oyster farmers where a love story plays out between two notorious families.
The film will mark Dumont’s third to premiere in competition on the Croisette. He has previously won grand prix for Humanité and Flanders.
CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner, head of sales at worldwide sales agent Memento Films International.
Kino Lorber has collaborated with Dumont on the release of Humanité and Flanders, as well as...
- 4/19/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The distributor has pounced on all North American rights to Bruno Dumont’s Cannes competition selection and upcoming world premiere.
Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi star in the drama produced by 3B Productions and co-produced by Arte French Cinema, Pictanovo, Twenty Twenty Vision in association with Cnc, Canal +, Arte/Wdr and Region Nord Pas de Calais.
Slack Bay takes place in summer 1910 as a pair of inspectors investigate a case of missing tourists on the Channel coast, near a community of fishermen and oyster farmers where a love story plays out between two notorious families.
The film will mark Dumont’s third to premiere in competition on the Croisette. He has previously won grand prix for Humanité and Flanders.
CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner, head of sales at worldwide sales agent Memento Films International.
Kino Lorber has collaborated with Dumont on the release of Humanité and Flanders, as well as...
Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi star in the drama produced by 3B Productions and co-produced by Arte French Cinema, Pictanovo, Twenty Twenty Vision in association with Cnc, Canal +, Arte/Wdr and Region Nord Pas de Calais.
Slack Bay takes place in summer 1910 as a pair of inspectors investigate a case of missing tourists on the Channel coast, near a community of fishermen and oyster farmers where a love story plays out between two notorious families.
The film will mark Dumont’s third to premiere in competition on the Croisette. He has previously won grand prix for Humanité and Flanders.
CEO Richard Lorber negotiated the deal with Tanja Meissner, head of sales at worldwide sales agent Memento Films International.
Kino Lorber has collaborated with Dumont on the release of Humanité and Flanders, as well as...
- 4/19/2016
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Getting in an early swing at a Cannes Competition title, Kino Lorber has acquired Bruno Dumont’s comedy Slack Bay. The company has taken all North American rights to the film, which stars Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi. This is Dumont’s third film (see trailer above) to premiere in Competition at Cannes after twice winning the Grand Prix with Humanité and Flanders. World sales are handled by Memento Films International. Kino Lorber has had a…...
- 4/19/2016
- Deadline
Competition titles include Nicolas Windng Refn’s The Neon Demon [pictured], Jeff Nichols’ Loving and Xavier Dolan It’s Only The End Of The World.
The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Selection for its 69th edition today at a packed press conference in Paris.
European heavyweights Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne brothers and Ken Loach are among 20 filmmakers set to compete for the Palme d’Or.
There were few surprises in Competition – aside from the inclusion of Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, the first German film in Competition since Wim Wenders’s Palermo Shooting in 2008 – and the news that this year’s Palme d’Or winner will be the closing film.
The more exploratory Un Certain Regard section, however, welcomed a number of newcomers including Romanian director Bogdan Mirica’s Dogs, Us filmmaker Michael O’Shea’s The Transfiguration, and Personal Affairs (Omor Shakhsiya) by Maha Haj, a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
Cannes Film Festival general...
The Cannes Film Festival unveiled the Official Selection for its 69th edition today at a packed press conference in Paris.
European heavyweights Pedro Almodovar, the Dardenne brothers and Ken Loach are among 20 filmmakers set to compete for the Palme d’Or.
There were few surprises in Competition – aside from the inclusion of Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann, the first German film in Competition since Wim Wenders’s Palermo Shooting in 2008 – and the news that this year’s Palme d’Or winner will be the closing film.
The more exploratory Un Certain Regard section, however, welcomed a number of newcomers including Romanian director Bogdan Mirica’s Dogs, Us filmmaker Michael O’Shea’s The Transfiguration, and Personal Affairs (Omor Shakhsiya) by Maha Haj, a Palestinian citizen of Israel.
Cannes Film Festival general...
- 4/14/2016
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Ensemble cast features Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi; sales to launch at Cannes Marché.
Memento Films International (Mfi) has secured sales rights to Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay (Ma Loute), co-starring Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.
The quirky, dark comedy revolving around an investigation into a series of mysterious disappearances on the beaches of northern France.
The film follows Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin, the four-part TV series that premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight last year to rave reviews and marked a change in genre for the director of Cannes Grand Prix winners Humanité and Flanders. Some 1.4 million viewers watched the series when it was broadcast in France in September 2014.
“Bruno Dumont’s brilliant and hilarious script is a breath of fresh air,” said Mfi sales chief Tanja Meissner.
“We’ve always loved Bruno’s cinema but Li’l Quinquin truly surprised us, becoming a cult...
Memento Films International (Mfi) has secured sales rights to Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay (Ma Loute), co-starring Juliette Binoche, Fabrice Luchini and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi.
The quirky, dark comedy revolving around an investigation into a series of mysterious disappearances on the beaches of northern France.
The film follows Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin, the four-part TV series that premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight last year to rave reviews and marked a change in genre for the director of Cannes Grand Prix winners Humanité and Flanders. Some 1.4 million viewers watched the series when it was broadcast in France in September 2014.
“Bruno Dumont’s brilliant and hilarious script is a breath of fresh air,” said Mfi sales chief Tanja Meissner.
“We’ve always loved Bruno’s cinema but Li’l Quinquin truly surprised us, becoming a cult...
- 4/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
Exclusive: Paris-based sales company, which recently handled Still Alice and Winter Sleep, set to launch sales at Cannes.
Memento Films International (Mfi) has secured sales rights to Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay (Ma Loute), a quirky, dark comedy revolving around an investigation into a series of mysterious disappearances on the beaches of northern France.
The film follows Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin, the four-part TV series that premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight last year to rave reviews and marked a change in genre for the director of Cannes Grand Prix winners Humanité and Flanders. Some 1.4 million viewers watched the series when it was broadcast in France in September 2014.
“Bruno Dumont’s brilliant and hilarious script is a breath of fresh air,” said Mfi sales chief Tanja Meissner.
“We’ve always loved Bruno’s cinema but Li’l Quinquin truly surprised us, becoming a cult item at once. We’re very excited to work on this project...
Memento Films International (Mfi) has secured sales rights to Bruno Dumont’s Slack Bay (Ma Loute), a quirky, dark comedy revolving around an investigation into a series of mysterious disappearances on the beaches of northern France.
The film follows Dumont’s Li’l Quinquin, the four-part TV series that premiered at Cannes in Directors’ Fortnight last year to rave reviews and marked a change in genre for the director of Cannes Grand Prix winners Humanité and Flanders. Some 1.4 million viewers watched the series when it was broadcast in France in September 2014.
“Bruno Dumont’s brilliant and hilarious script is a breath of fresh air,” said Mfi sales chief Tanja Meissner.
“We’ve always loved Bruno’s cinema but Li’l Quinquin truly surprised us, becoming a cult item at once. We’re very excited to work on this project...
- 4/7/2015
- ScreenDaily
Who would have guessed that Bruno Dumont, the divisive French filmmaker best known for oblique, rurally set dramas (including 1999's Humanité and 2006's Flanders, both Grand Prix winners at Cannes), would draw renewed vigor from the loose aesthetic of serial television? Li'l Quinquin, which aired in France as a four-part miniseries, exploits the average TV viewer's familiarity with one-off jokes and untied loose ends, and turns out something rare and rewarding: a Dumont film that paints its small-town milieu with as much humor as violence (though there's a fair dose of that, too) and finds some tenderness in life's absurdities. Li'l Quinquin follows two cartoonish detectives, the wiry, efficient Lieutenant Carpentier (Philippe Jore) a...
- 12/31/2014
- Village Voice
The year was 1999, and the competition at the Cannes Film Festival was pretty fierce. Takashi Kitano was in the mix with "Kikujiro," Jim Jarmusch was walking the red carpet with "Ghost Dog: The Way Of The Samurai," and David Lynch arrived with "The Straight Story," but the two movies causing the most buzz on the Croisette were Bruno Dumont's "L'humanité" and Pedro Almodovar's "All About My Mother." Those films were widely seen to be battling for the coveted Palme d'Or but that year, the prize somewhat controversially went to Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes' "Rosetta." It was their first Palme, followed by another in 2005 for "L'Enfant," and for David Cronenberg, who was jury president at the time, history has vindicated what was seen as a shocker fifteen years ago. "I think about [Fidel] Castro’s words. He said, 'history will absolve me.' I don’t know if that’ll work for Castro,...
- 10/7/2014
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
The following exchange took place between critics Michael Pattison and Neil Young over email between 4 and 8 August, not long after Li’l Quinquin screened at Wrocław’s New Horizons International Film Festival—following its world-premiere at Cannes earlier this year, and now playing at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Set in a village in northern France and originally made in four parts for transmission on French television, Bruno Dumont’s latest work is 200 minutes in length and chronicles an unorthodox murder investigation conducted by Capt Van der Weyden (Bernard Pruvost) under the watchful eyes of a rambunctious kid known only by his nickname, Li'l Quinquin (Alane Delhaye).
Spoiler Warning: this exchange reveals and discusses significant plot details of Li’l Quinquin
Michael Pattison: You remarked on Twitter earlier that you were still thinking about Li’l Quinquin a day after seeing it—that, having slept on it, the film...
Set in a village in northern France and originally made in four parts for transmission on French television, Bruno Dumont’s latest work is 200 minutes in length and chronicles an unorthodox murder investigation conducted by Capt Van der Weyden (Bernard Pruvost) under the watchful eyes of a rambunctious kid known only by his nickname, Li'l Quinquin (Alane Delhaye).
Spoiler Warning: this exchange reveals and discusses significant plot details of Li’l Quinquin
Michael Pattison: You remarked on Twitter earlier that you were still thinking about Li’l Quinquin a day after seeing it—that, having slept on it, the film...
- 9/10/2014
- by Neil Young
- MUBI
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