Brian Kavanaugh-Jones Joins Backrooms Producer Oddfellows
Former CAA agent Brian Kavanaugh-Jones has left Range Media Partners to join Backrooms producer Oddfellows as partner and co-president, alongside the studio’s founder Chris Ferguson. The duo have produced 24 film and TV projects together since 2013, including The Monkey, Longlegs and the upcoming The Young People from Osgood Perkins. Kavanaugh-Jones joining Oddfellows follows Ferguson […]
Saoirse Ronan Is “Dead Serious” About Playing a James Bond Villain
Saoirse Ronan is “dead serious” about playing a James Bond villain. As the race to play 007 amps up — and Ronan’s husband and father of her child, Jack Lowden, among the rumored contenders — the Oscar-nominated actress talked to Empire about one day playing an antagonist in the franchise. Denis Villeneuve is set to direct […]
‘Mutiny’ Review: Jason Statham in a Boilerplate Maritime Action Flick
It takes nearly the entire movie for the denim jacket worn by Jason Statham in Mutiny to get messed up, and this after his character has killed nearly two dozen bad guys using a variety of automatic weapons, at least two knives, his own fists and, in one gross-out moment, a padlock he employs to […]
Brad Pitt to Return to San Sebastian With ‘Heart of the Beast’
Brad Pitt and director David Ayer will hit this year’s San Sebastian Film Festival with their latest film, Heart of the Beast. From Paramount Pictures, the movie will screen out of competition at the Spanish festival. Both Pitt and Ayer are expected to attend the event, as the Oscar-winning star plays a former Special Forces […]
‘I Plant My Hand in the Garden’ Film Trailer: 2026 Venice Days
Hoda and Boris are in love and are expecting a child. So, they decide to marry and officially form a family together. But as the wedding draws nearer, it starts to dawn on them that becoming a family may require them to reinvent what it means to be a couple. After all, Hoda is an […]
Busan Sets 23 Titles for Vision Korea, Vision Asia Sections
The Busan International Film Festival has unveiled 23 features for its Vision Korea and Vision Asia sections, filling out its showcase for Korean and Asian independent cinema ahead of the reveal of this year’s main competition slate. BIFF selected 12 films for Vision Korea and 11 for Vision Asia. The two strands were introduced last […]
Anna Paquin, Melissa Gilbert Call for Protection of Child Actors
Anna Paquin, Christy Carlson Romano and Melissa Gilbert are calling on Hollywood to protect child actors following the deaths of Hayden Panettiere, Michelle Trachtenberg and Daveigh Chase. Panettiere’s death at age 36 last Sunday prompted the three actresses, who were child stars themselves, to take their concerns public. Trachtenberg died at 39 in February 2025, […]
Why the Emmys Overlook Fresh Animated Shows for Legacy Favorites
One of the great creative innovations America has given the world in the past 30 years is TV animation. That sounds like hyperbole, but it’s true. The Simpsons changed how we look at the American family (and current events). Rick and Morty changed how we looked at comedy and the tragedy behind it. (“Wubba lubba […]
Leslie Parrish Dead: ‘Li’l Abner,’ ‘Manchurian Candidate’ Star Was 90
Leslie Parrish, who starred as the hopelessly in love Daisy Mae in the Paramount Pictures musical Li’l Abner and sported a Queen of Diamonds costume for The Manchurian Candidate, has died. She was 90. Parrish lived in Washington state and died late last year, Erica Berdan, a daughter of the actress’ second husband, Jonathan Livingston Seagull […]
‘National Treasure 3’ in the Works and Has a Script, Director Says
Get ready for another treasure hunt: A third National Treasure movie is happening, according to director Jon Turteltaub. Speaking at a live taping of the National Treasure Hunt podcast Friday night in Philadelphia, Turteltaub said, “It’s happening. You’re the first people I’ve said this out loud to. I have not said anything before this, but […]