Category: New Releases
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Before Tennis’ current legends, CITIZEN ASHE recalls humanitarian Arthur Ashe
Magnolia Pictures has boarded CITIZEN ASHE, the Rex Miller/Sam Pollard-directed documentary feature produced by Dogwoof for CNN Films and HBO Max. The film explores the legacy of three-time Grand Slam, barrier-breaking tennis legend and humanitarian, Arthur Ashe, and has generated early awards buzz. CITIZEN ASHE premiered to critical acclaim at Telluride Film Festival last month,…
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We GOT a look inside House Targaryen’s HOUSE OF THE DRAGON
by Screenmancer Staff All HBO will tell anyone is the tagline “Gods. Kings. Fire. Blood.” And of course the eponymous hashtag #HouseoftheDragon for series “House of The Dragon,” the “Game of Thrones” prequel for Daenerys and her House Targaryen. From GOT Fandom, you’ll recall that Queen Daenerys is the daughter of Rhaegar Targaryen and Viserys…
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The Wright stuff is Peter Dinklage as CYRANO in time for Award Season
by Screenmancer Staff Never has a role been cast so perfectly as “Game of Thrones” Peter Dinklage in CYRANO from Pride & Prejudice Director Joe Wright, and this classic misfit tale opens Dec. 31 in theaters. The much portrayed Cyrano de Bergerac is seen in an entirely new light here with Peter Dinklage, accent-free, as…
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Drac Pack’s back in Hotel Transylvania: Transformania & Prime free goodie?
by Screenmancer Staff CULVER CITY, CA: Prime Video has licensed worldwide streaming rights (excluding China) for Hotel Transylvania: Transformania from Sony Pictures Animation. The fourth installment of the $1.3 billion family film franchise will premiere worldwide in over 240 countries and territories on Prime Video January 14, 2022. Drac and the Pack are back, like you’ve never seen them…
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Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds fresh from TIFF now Canada’s 2022 Oscar bid
by Screenmancer Staff Ivan Grbovic’s Drunken Birds (Les oiseaux ivres) fresh from a run at TIFF is now Canada’s official Oscar entry for 2022. Drunken Birds (2021) is his newest film, and since Grbovic had his first short at TIFF, a decade later the director’s work comes to rave reviews at the festival. Debut full-length feature,…
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NEON grabs THE END, Tilda Swinton, cast, hold up theirs for Joshua Oppenheimer
NEW YORK, NY: NEON today announced that Academy Award® Winner Tilda Swinton, George Mackay (1917, Captain Fantastic), and Stephen Graham (Venom: Let There Be Carnage, The Irishman, Boardwalk Empire) will star in Academy Award® Nominated Director Joshua Oppenheimer’s (The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence) golden-age musical about the last human family, The End. NEON has acquired the North American rights…
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First-timer Rebeca “Beba” Huntt’s BEBA wowed at TIFF, now from NEON
New York, NY: NEON announced today it has acquired Worldwide rights to Beba, the debut film by New York Afro-Latina artist, Rebeca Huntt. The film received rave reviews at its World Premiere at the 2021 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), being praised for its originality, inventiveness, and the urgency of Huntt’s voice. NEON will release the film,…
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GIDDY STRATOSPHERES a Day on the Set from Director Laura Jean Marsh
by Laura Jean Marsh, Filmmaker Screenmancer Exclusive: We queried GIDDY STRATOSPHERES director Laura Jean Marsh about doing a behind-the-scenes look at the making of her new film, that opened Sept. 14 from Gravitas Ventures. To set up Marsh’s reveal on how she wrote GIDDY STRATOSPHERES during the first lockdown in the UK, here’s some official…
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BRITNEY VS SPEARS from Netflix rips down the Conservatorship Curtain
by Screenmancer When the Oops, I Did It Again Popstar Britney Spears found herself the subject of CBS News “Timeline: Britney’s Meltdown” her fate from the then-temporary conservatorship on Feb. 1, 2008 was litigated in the media. It became a permanent humiliation for the next 13 years. Now there is a new release to lift…
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Bradley Cooper is a vintage carny with Cate Blanchett in del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY
by Screenmancer Staff Here’s a deliciously strange first look at fantasy Director Guillermo del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY from Searchlight Pictures, to be released wide Dec. 17 in theaters. Is uncanny carny Bradley Cooper a con man who can bend minds? Or will his cat-like co-star Cate Blanchett, a wily shrink, be the first to punch…
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Mr. Anderson in LanaLand: THE MATRIX RESURRECTIONS
by Screenmancer Staff When THE MATRIX came out in 1999 from the then-Brothers Wachowski, collective have minds were blown away by main character Neo’s (Keanu Reeves) bullet-dodge body language that has become a movie cliche. Ditto with the “redpill’ lingo of various pundits and political hacks, which once meant something mysterious from the MATRIX, but…
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Box office gold for Simu Liu in Marvel’s SHANG-CHI, plus that back flip
by Screenmancer Staff Simu Liu’s astounding back flip after his opening pitch at a recent Giants game is a perfect response for the big bang box office totals rung up by sudden breakout hit SHANG-CHI AND THE LEGEND OF THE TEN RINGS from Marvel. The movie opened Sept. 3, and the ripple effect went from…
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MOONFALL: out of orbit, then headed for Halle Berry on Earth
by Screenmancer Staff As if there aren’t enough planet-sized problems on Terra Firma, Roland Emmerich adds a new anxiety item to the checklist with MOONFALL from Lionsgate. In this wild ride of a movie, Earth’s tide-governing satellite a/k/a The Moon hurtles toward the Blue Planet in a shocking orbit loss. Is it international sabotage, or…
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NatGeo Docs brings Liz Garbus’ sparkling BECOMING COUSTEAU
WASHINGTON, DC: National Geographic Documentary Films, Story Syndicate and Picturehouse announced today that they will release BECOMING COUSTEAU, the latest film from two-time Oscar® nominee and two-time Emmy® winning director Liz Garbus (“The Farm: Angola, USA,” “What Happened, Miss Simone?”) exclusively in theaters on Friday, Oct. 22. Garbus also produced the film — which will have its world premiere…
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Ultimate Bond song for Daniel Craig in NO TIME TO DIE trailer drop
NO TIME TO DIE has dropped a final trailer. See it here. Daniel Craig’s swan song vs Rami Malek. OFFICIAL from MGM: In No Time To Die, Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking…
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