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Acting is no easy job as often actors have to choose between roles — a decision that can either make or break their careers. The history of Hollywood is also the history of roles that actors famously ended up rejecting. Hugh Jackman famously ended up rejecting the role of James Bond, Clair Danes the role of Rose in Titanic, Harrison Ford the role of Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, and many more.

One actor who is no stranger to rejecting roles is Hollywood heavyweight Matt Damon. A versatile and one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, whose career spans action-packed blockbusters, introspective dramas, and everything in between, Damon has famously rejected roles that could have elevated his already brilliant career to unmatchable heights.

From his Oscar-winning screenplay for Good Will Hunting to his iconic portrayal of Jason Bourne, Damon has cemented himself as a leading man with an uncanny ability to adapt to any role.

Exclusive: Roel Reiné has signed to direct psychological thriller The Rest Room, which is scheduled to shoot in Dubai and the wider UAE in early 2026.

The feature is co-written by Emirati producer and screenwriter Abdulhamid Ali and U.S. writer Donnalyn Vojta.

Ali is also producing under his Dubai-based banner Al Bait Al Aswad Art Production, with casting underway ahead of a sales launch at Cannes.

The contained thriller follows seven strangers trapped overnight in a mall restroom, where hidden agendas collide and a suspicious death forces everyone to confront their darkest secrets, and their own capacity for redemption.

Producers also include Paul Thompstone (The Gates) through Studio Atlantic, Adolf El Assal at Abu Dhabi-based Edgy Media and Stefan Milovic.

“Partnering with Roel Reiné on The Rest Room is a tremendous honor and an exciting creative opportunity,” said Ali, Thompstone and El Assal.

“Roel’s outstanding body of work,...

Exclusive: The Andrea Iervolino Company has launched commercial film label Aventura and unveiled it as a partner on upcoming action thriller Deep Water.

Directed by Renny Harlin, the previously announced production stars Aaron Eckhart, Ben Kingsley, and Nashi, seen recently in Chinese blockbuster Creation of the Gods 2 which grossed $385 millions worldwide.

Aventura will be focused on high-concept, commercial films, blending action, suspense, and mass appeal, and will be positioned alongside The Andrea Iervolino Company’s line-up focused on auteur-driven and biographical titles such as Maserati: The Brothers, Bugatti: The Genius, and Carnival at the End of Days.

“With Aventura, we are expanding our storytelling horizons and aiming to deliver bold, thrilling entertainment to audiences worldwide in 2D and 3D,” said CEO and founder Andrea Iervolino. “This move reflects our dedication to cinematic diversity — from prestige biopics to global action spectacles.”

Deep Water follows a group of international passengers flying from Los Angeles to Shanghai.

The world was left mourning when the news of Heath Ledger’s untimely demise came to light. The news struck many as a thunderbolt. After all, the 10 Things I Hate About You star left us at the young age of 28.

On top of that, his career seemed to hold a lot of promise. The Dark Knight might have established his reputation as one of the greatest of the generation. Alas. If only he had lived to see how the world reacted to his role. Fans around the world lamented the loss of a talent of Ledger’s pedigree. But it seems like that they’ll have another chance to appreciate his work.

Heath Ledger was a star gone too soon Heath Ledger was a different gravy as Joker in The Dark Knight | Credit: Warner Bros. Entertainment

Hollywood has lost many faces courtesy of unnatural deaths. Paul Walker‘s demise has scarred an entire fandom.

Exclusive: Magenta Light Studios has acquired North American rights to Salvadoran Civil War drama Fireflies At El Mozote starring Paz Vega (Spanglish) from Premiere Entertainment Group.

The film was written and directed by Ernesto Melara. The story is set in 1980s El Salvador and recounts the story of a 10-year-old boy (Mateo Honles) who survives the massacre of his village and his quest to bring justice to his dead family in the middle of a bloody civil war.

Juan Pablo Shuk (Narcos), Yancey Arias (Queen of the South), Jeff Fahey (Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1), and Mena Suvari (American Beauty) round out the key cast.

Bob Yari (Yellowstone) produced the film on behalf of Yari Film Group alongside Moctesuma Esparza (Selena) and Elias Axume for Premiere Entertainment Group, which handles sales on the film.

Magenta Light recently announced they will release Simon West’s Bride Hard on June 20. The film stars Rebel Wilson,...

Exclusive: Halo and Classified filmmaker Roel Reiné is set to direct American Smuggler, the upcoming action-drama starring 24, Major League and Far From Heaven actor Dennis Haysbert.

The film will chart the relentless hunt for Craig Petties, an American drug trafficker best known for the criminal empire he led in Memphis while operating in collaboration with Mexico’s infamous drug cartels. Haysbert will play a prominent CIA agent in the film. Filming is due to get underway this summer in New Mexico.

The project will hone in on the efforts of Seal Team Six, Delta Force and the Mexican Marines, who painstakingly dismantled an international drug network that plagued communities across North America for decades. The story also brings to light the lesser-known tragedy of children forced to labor in El Chapo’s infamous tunnels, often losing their lives in collapses. Petties was sentenced to life in prison in 2013 at age...

For years, comic books have been adapted into films or television, some of them more successful than others. However, there are a few titles that are universally praised as impeccable films.

Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan helmed one of the most influential superhero trilogies, The Dark Knight Trilogy. The films started in 2005 with Batman Begins, continued with 2008's The Dark Knight, and 2012's The Dark Knight Rises. Although all three of them received praise for different reasons,The Dark Knight is largely the most haunting of them all, and is often referred to as the best superhero movie of all time. Its influence is undeniable, as The Dark Knight has just become a hit again on Netflix, 17 years after its release, via Tudum.

Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy was released on Apr. 1 in the U.S. in its entirety. However, only one film drew the attention of several subscribers: The Dark Knight.

Watching a Christopher Nolan movie isn’t just a night at the movies, it’s a full-blown mental obstacle course. One minute you’re vibing with epic visuals, and the next you’re questioning the flow of time, the laws of physics, and maybe even your own reality. Did that just happen? Are we dreaming? Do we need to watch it again with subtitles and a notebook?

Nolan’s signature style is cerebral, cool, and confusing in the best (and sometimes most frustrating) ways. Some of his films ease you in with sleek storytelling, while others feel like you need a physics degree and three flowcharts just to keep up. And because we’re all still trying to figure out what the heck a “temporal pincer movement” really is, it’s only fair we rank every Nolan movie by how much they’ve made our brains hurt.

So if you...

Sci-fi disaster films have always been an attraction, although not all of them were a success. The star-studded film The Core was an example of a film that was not as successful as it hoped to be.

The film was released in 2003 and didn't fulfill its mission. The Core had a huge budget, but was critically panned, and didn't end up covering its costs. According to Tudum, The Core has become a hit on Netflix, finding a new chance at redemption on streaming, 22 years after its release.

The Core debuted on Netflix very recently and quickly became a hit between March 31 and April 6. In its first week, the film debuted in sixth place globally and attracted 4.5 million views and 10.1 million hours viewed. The movie is not available on Netflix U.S., but it's available on Paramount+. Following its debut, The Core entered the Top 10 in 58 countries, including Central and South America,...

Viola Davis stars as a tough, actually decent US President foiling a terrorist plot in the forthcoming Prime Video thriller, G20. Here’s the trailer.

A new trailer has emerged for G20, the upcoming film from Amazon Studios. Here’s a quick synopsis that also folds Davis’ turn as an all-action US president into a much wider-legacy of films in the same gung-ho tradition:

US President Danielle Sutton must defend her family, fellow leaders and the world when the G20 summit in Cape Town, South Africa is taken over by terrorists.

‘President vs terrorists’ is by now its own action subgenre. From Harrison Ford’s stoic turn in Wolfgang Petersen’s Air Force One to Gerard Butler protecting Aaron Eckhart in Antoine Fuqua’s ‘Die Hard in the White House’ action film Olympus Has Fallen and, from the same year, Channing Tatum protecting Jamie Foxx in Roland Emmerich’s White House Down.

Netflix has just turned the Bat-signal on to attract all subscribers and it's not a hoax. In order to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Batman Begins, the streamer decided to bring the whole trilogy helmed by Cristopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) into the catalog. With entries still ranked among the best superhero movies ever made, the trilogy still serves as reference for tone and how to create the perfect villain. You can stream all movies as early as today.

It's baffling to realize, but it's been almost 20 years since Nolan decided to bring a different approach to the superhero genre. The British director decided to set Batman Begins in a more grounded version of Gotham City, and made the bold move of only showing the title character one hour into the movie. Before that, Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has a whole arc in which he loses his parents, flees Gotham, spends a...

Exclusive: Magenta Light Studios, the company founded by Yellowstone and Landman executive producer Bob Yari, has struck a first-look deal with producer Yasmine Golchan and has set its first project.

Magenta Light and Golchan are developing a series adaptation of Susan McCauley’s Ghost Hunters novels. The books are a series of paranormal mysteries following teen psychic Alex and his investigator friends. There are four books in the series: Ghost Hunters: Bones in the Wall, Ghost Hunters: Pirates’ Curse, Ghost Hunters: Spirit Fire and Ghost Hunters: Swamp Witch.

Golchan previously worked with Yari, who has produced movies including Crash and The Illusionist, on The Painted Veil, the 2006 feature starring Edward Norton and Naomi Watts. She also is the author of the recent children’s book The Adventures of Yasmine in Hollywood.

It comes as Magenta Light Studios is preparing to release movies including Simon West’s Bride Hard, starring Rebel Wilson,...

Exclusive: Screenwriter J S Mayank has been tapped by producers Kate Cohen, Alexander Vesely and Tony Robbins to join Oscar nominee and Bafta winner Lesley Paterson (All Quiet on the Western Front) in writing the feature adaptation of Viktor Frankl‘s classic treatise, Man’s Search for Meaning.

Paterson had been writing the script with her husband and writing partner Simon Marshall, as was reported in Deadline a year ago. At the time, Marshall had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Marshall died last June.

After taking some time to regroup and grieve, the filmmaking team undertook a search for someone to team up with Paterson.

“Finding a writing partner who could understand and support me on this journey while at the same time servicing this masterpiece felt like an impossible ask,” says Paterson. “J S has stepped into this role seamlessly and I’m so honored and relieved to have teamed up with him.

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The following contains spoilers for Daredevil: Born Again Season 1, Episode 3, "The Hollow of His Hand," now streaming on Disney+.

The events of Daredevil: Born Again is reminding Matt Murdock that actions have consequences. Matt learned that when Bullseye killed Foggy Nelson in the series premiere. The Man Without Fear then dropped Bullseye off a building, retired the Daredevil mask, and is now trying to rebuild.

The theme of repercussions keeps gnawing away at Matt, and it rears its ugly horns once more as Matt tries to prove Hector Ayala innocent after being framed. Matt knows Hector didn't kill corrupt police officers, so he's doing his best to attain justice for his client the right way. It leads to an homage to Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight,...

Netflix viewers are urging science fiction fans to watch one of the streamer’s most underrated shows. The series, which boasts a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes, is titled Pantheon, and tackles issues such as death, the overreach of technology, and what it means to be human. The animated series has tragically flown under the radar since it began back in 2022, but now, fans of the sci-fi drama are pushing to raise the profile of Pantheon, taking to social media to persuade streamers to add the series to their lists.

X/Twitter user @JasonKPargin started the push, saying, “Go watch Pantheon, the best show on streaming that nobody knows about.” Fellow user and fan @Jimbo_Zen was glad to see the show getting some attention, adding, “Yes! Glad some people are beginning to become aware of this show.”

Those who have seen the series had nothing but glowing reactions...

Steven Soderbergh’s true story of a paralegal who takes on corporate villains seems a little old-fashioned 25 years on

Re-released 25 years on, this is the true story of David-and-Goliath underdog heroism that was repurposed for the movies by screenwriter Susannah Grant and director Steven Soderbergh. Brockovich is the gutsy working-class woman, played by the Oscar-winning Julia Roberts, who gets a job as a paralegal and senses that local people are getting exploited – so without any professional training becomes the American Boudicca of class-action lawsuits, leading the charge against a Californian utility company that is poisoning the groundwater and causing hundreds of families to get sick. Her affectionate, exasperated boss Ed Masry is played with vigour by Albert Finney; Aaron Eckhart is her on-off boyfriend George, and Brockovich herself has a cameo as a waitress.

Revisited now, Erin Brockovich looks like an old-fashioned Hollywood A-list vehicle. It is essentially a feelgood,...

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Apart from being a meticulously brilliant filmmaker, and creating thought-provoking films, Christopher Nolan is highly revered in the entertainment industry. His films are often praised for their complex storylines, grand cinematography, and direction. However, the actors’ performances are equally important to a movie’s success. All characters played well are imperative to a film’s success. And the perfectionist he is, Nolan makes just the right choices when it comes to his cast.

Furthermore, the British filmmaker’s ability to elicit great performances from actors has not only his films but also these actors’s careers. Here is a ranking of the top 10 performances from Christopher Nolan movies.

10. Aaron Eckhart as Harvey Dent/Two-Face in The Dark Knight (2008) Harvey Dent/Two-Face | Credits: Warner Bros.

One of the most iconic supervillains, Two-Face is materialised on screen by Aaron Eckhart in The Dark Knight. This...

In Christopher Nolan's "Batman Begins," the defining question of the film is: "Why do we fall?" The answer, which Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) learns again and again, is "So we can learn to pick ourselves back up."

The commonly cited influence on "Batman Begins" is "Batman: Year One" by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli, the definitive origin of Batman. The other two parts of the "Dark Knight" trilogy have been similarly tied to famous Batman stories: "The Dark Knight" is "The Long Halloween" plus "The Killing Joke," featuring a Joker (Heath Ledger) who wants to break Gotham City's soul and succeeds in turning Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) into Two-Face. Then "The Dark Knight Rises" closes out the myth by combining "Knightfall," "The Dark Knight Returns," and "No Man's Land" to bring Batman low so he can climb back up to meet his greatest and last challenge.

But is there...

Quick Links'London Has Fallen' Pits Critics Against AudiencesThe President Even Gets in on the Action in 'London Has Fallen'

Without question, the Has Fallen movie trilogy written by Creighton Rothenberger and Katrin Benedikt is one Hollywood franchise that should be analyzed and studied. Starring Gerard Butler as Secret Service agent Mike Banning and Morgan Freeman (in various roles), each of the three movies barely passed their budget in North American box office totals and didn’t receive the best praise from critics. Albeit, the first and third films — 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen and 2019’s Angel Has Fallen — actually lead when it comes to the two aforementioned categories. On the other hand, 2016’s London Has Fallen, which sees Banning escort president Benjamin Asher out of the vice of Islamic terrorists, seems to have taken an even greater misstep.

The second action flick in the series not only stands out...

2013's White House Down is about to have a brand-new streaming home.

Per Peacock, the slate of films and TV shows being added to the streaming service's ever-expanding library officially includes White House Down starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx. White House Down will be available for streaming on Peacock beginning March 1.

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Directed by Roland Emmerich from a screenplay written by James Vanderbilt, White House Down stars Tatum as John Cale, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan turned Capitol police officer. When Cale's family tour of the White House just so happens to coincide with a brazen attack against the President of the United States, James Sawyer, as portrayed by Jamie Foxx,...

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Happy Friday! Welcome to another rundown of what’s new on Netflix over the past seven days. It’s been a relatively quiet week for new arrivals, but there were definitely a few hidden gems. Plus, Netflix cleared the Original deck for its highly anticipated Robert De Niro limited series, Zero Day. Here’s a look back at everything new and what’s been trending in the Netflix Top 10 this past week.

We should also discuss a couple of re-additions and very quick removals on Netflix this week. Interestingly, Trump: An American Dream was abruptly removed from the service yesterday globally, and after only a day, it’s back, albeit without Netflix Original branding. I have no idea what happened here. It wasn’t scheduled to be removed and from first glance, nothing has changed with it – bizarre. Also, One Piece fans can rest easy; the two specials...

Exclusive: Nina Dobrev (The Bricklayer) has joined Russell Crowe and Kartiah Vergara in Bear Country, the action thriller helmed by Derrick Borte that’s currently shooting in the Australian state of Queensland.

An adaptation of the novel Strip by Thomas Perry, Bear Country stars Crowe as the aging yet formidable club owner, Manco Kapak, who has been robbed by a masked gunman. Now, his aspirations of selling his club and riding off into the sunset alongside his girlfriend appear more distant than ever. Cartel bosses are breathing down his neck and a young upstart has been posing as the new guy in town eager to purchase the club.

Dobrev plays a quirky bank teller who gets involved in crimes inspired by her Bonnie-and-Clyde-like fantasies.

Borte adapted the screenplay with Daniel Forte. Producers include Mark Fasano (Marlowe) of Nickel City Pictures; Jeffrey Greenstein (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) of A Higher...

Walters Media Group has secured the film rights to The Third Parent, the well-known creepypasta story by Elias Witherow. The adaptation will be the feature debut of producer David Michaels, who will both write and direct the film.

Set during a 4th of July celebration, the story follows Tommy Taffy, a menacing figure who disguises himself as human to infiltrate a suburban neighborhood. Once inside, he imposes an authoritarian rule over an unsuspecting family, turning their world into a nightmare.

“I am thrilled to develop Elias Witherow’s popular horror IP into an intense, scary movie experience,” said producer Gary Michael Walters. “Tommy Taffy has the potential to be the next iconic horror villain, and David Michaels has an incredible vision to bring this property to life.”

Michaels expressed his enthusiasm for the project, saying, “I am honored that Elias and Gary have entrusted me with this incredible story and character.

Exclusive: Walters Media Group, the recently launched shingle of veteran producer Gary Michael Walters, has acquired the film rights to The Third Parent, the acclaimed creepypasta from writer Elias Witherow. Set to write and direct the feature adaptation, in his feature debut, is producer David Michaels.

The feature take is set amidst the 4th of July celebration, as a disturbing figure named Tommy Taffy emerges. Disguised as a human, he infiltrates a suburban neighborhood and imposes authoritarian rule over an unsuspecting family.

Walters will produce for Walters Media Group, along with Spencer Young (Bury This) for Enfant Terrible, and Jonathan Halperyn & Daniel Kresmery for Hero Squared. Exec producers include Jack Roberts (Remnants) for Lesnik Entertainment, as well as Drake Dowd and Kristen Gilot-Dowd for Dowd Films.

Witherow’s The Third Parent — comprising a series of short stories and novellas — appears on NoSleep, the 18+ million-member Reddit forum featuring the best in horror fiction.

Concourse Media has bulked up its EFM sales slate with the action thriller Eugene The Marine starring Scott Glenn, Annette O’Toole, and Jim Gaffigan.

Hank Bedford directed the completed film about a military veteran and widower living in his tidy home who invites trouble when he begins to open up his life to those around him, including a new friend, a potential love interest, his son, and a sleazy realtor.

Bedford co-wrote the screenplay with Cesare Gagliardoni and the cast includes Shioli Katsuna and Jeremy Bobb. Eugene The Marine was produced by Stephen Vincent.

“Eugene The Marine is a visceral...

Ella Balinska, best known for her lead role in the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, has boarded meta action horror film “The Horror Game,” which will commence production later this year.

Greg McLean, who directed “Jungle” starring Daniel Radcliffe as well as the “Wolf Creek” series, is set to direct from a script penned by Gus Krieger. Further casting announcements are expected soon.

In “The Horror Game,” while desperate to find her missing sister, a young woman (Balinska) and her three best friends find themselves trapped inside a virtual reality game where every level forces its players to survive a different genre of a horror movie. When they learn that dying in the game means dying in real life, the friends are forced to hack, slash and battle their way to the toxic mastermind behind it all.

“I’m thrilled to welcome the wonderful Ella Balinska to lead the cast of ‘The Horror Game,...

Ella Balinska from Charlie’s Angels and The Occupant has joined the cast of Greg McLean’s meta genre title The Horror Game, which Concourse is introducing to buyers at EFM this week.

Production is scheduled to commence later this year on the story of a young woman, desperate to find her missing sister, who along with her three friends must fight her way through a virtual reality horror game where death becomes real.

McLean, best known for the Australian Wolf Creek horror franchise and Jungle starring Daniel Radcliffe, will direct from a screenplay by Gus Krieger.

Balinska gained recognition as...

Highland Film Group has unveiled the first image from Muzzle: City Of Wolves starring Aaron Eckhart, and announced key territory deals and additional casting as it continues sales at EFM this week.

Rights to the thriller about a retired police dog handler who gets pulled back into action to protect his family have closed with Vertigo Releasing for the UK, Australia, and New Zealand; Capelight Pictures for Germany; YouPlanet Pictures for Spain; and Italian International Film (Iif) for Italy.

Deals have also closed in Benelux (Three Lines Pictures), Portugal (Nos Lusomundo), Greece (Spentzos Film), Scandinavia (Mis. Label), Eastern Europe (Daro Film Distribution...

Back in 2023, we heard that Gene Simmons of the rock band Kiss would be launching a new production company with Gary Hamilton (so the company is appropriately called Simmons/Hamilton Productions), and the first project they had given the greenlight was a shark thriller called Deep Water – with Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin attached to take the helm of the film! That film has since made its way through production, and Deadline reports that Magenta Light Studios, the distributor behind last year’s Strange Darling, has acquired the domestic rights to Deep Water, with plans to give it a theatrical release sometime in 2025.

Scripted by Pete Bridges and John Kim, Deep Water centers on an eclectic group of international passengers whose plane, en route from Los Angeles to Shanghai, is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome...

Magenta Light Studios has secured the U.S. distribution rights for “Deep Water,” a new thriller directed by Renny Harlin, known for his work on “The Strangers” trilogy. The film, starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, comes from Arclight Films and is set for a theatrical release later this year.

“Deep Water” tells the story of a group of international passengers traveling from Los Angeles to Shanghai. When their plane is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters, they must set aside their differences and work together to escape both the sinking wreckage and the hungry predators circling them.

The cast also includes Molly Belle Wright, Angus Sampson, and Kelly Gale. The film is a collaboration between several production companies, including Simmons/Hamilton Productions, a venture led by Gene Simmons and Arclight Films’ chairman Gary Hamilton. Additional producers include Ying Ye, Neal Kingston, Grant Bradley, Dale Bradley, Adrián Guerra,...

Shark action specialist Renny Harlin is back this year with Deep Water, starring Aaron Eckhart. It now has a distributor in the US, and set for release in 2025.

Filming wrapped on Deep Water, the latest movie from action director Renny Harlin, in February 2024. Almost exactly a year later, it’s been announced that it now has a US distributor: Magenta Light Studios, which put out last year’s excellent horror thriller, Strange Darling. Deep Water is now set for release in US cinemas this year, which potentially means a UK appearance won’t be too far behind.

The disaster thriller sees Harlin return to the realm of sharks, having previously directed the batty cult favourite Deep Blue Sea in 1999. Starring Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley, Deep Water (not to be confused with the saucy Adrian Lyne film of the same title) is about an LA to Shanghai plane journey that goes awry,...

Magenta Light Studios, the theatrical distributor behind Strange Darling, has acquired domestic rights from Arclight Films to Deep Water.

Deadline reports that the action thriller will receive a wide theatrical release later this year.

Deep Blue Sea director Renny Harlin dives back into shark-infested waters with the thriller from writers John Kim (Bait) and Pete Bridges.

It follows an eclectic group of international passengers whose plane, en route from L.A. to Shanghai, is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.

Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley star with Molly Wright (The Best Christmas Pageant Ever), Angus Sampson (Insidious), Kelly Gale (Plane), and Li Wenhan from K-Pop group Uniq.

Magenta Light founder Bob Yari told Deadline that Deep Water “does...

Exclusive: Magenta Light Studios, the recently announced production and distribution company of Crash producer Bob Yari, has acquired domestic rights from Arclight Films to Deep Water, a new thriller directed by Renny Harlin (The Strangers trilogy), which stars Aaron Eckhart (Sully) and Ben Kingsley (Gandhi).

The film, written by Pete Bridges (Aurora) and John Kim (Bait), will be released in theaters this year. It follows an eclectic group of international passengers whose plane, en route from L.A. to Shanghai, is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.

Others in the cast include Molly Belle Wright (Sundance ’25’s Omaha), Angus Sampson (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Kelly Gale (Plane). A Simmons/Hamilton Production, launched by Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons and Gary Hamilton,...

While there are plenty of theatrical releases that would fly under the radar and later become a hit on streaming, Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight most certainly isn't one of those movies. The second film in Nolan's Batman trilogy will now have had the best of both worlds, being an incredible success in its initial release and now having streaming success with the #5 spot on the top 10 movies list on the Max streaming platform. It isn't hard to find a reason as to why The Dark Knight is trending again, as the film is a seminal work of art that would redefine how comic book movies are made.

Released nearly 17 years ago in July 2008, The Dark Knight would keep up the momentum from 2005's Batman Begins and further revolutionize the Batman mythos with an enthralling story as Christian Bale's iteration of Batman faces off against the Joker in...

Netflix has finally revealed when the second season of an underrated sci-fi drama series will land on the streamer. Titled Pantheon, the adult animation series boasts a perfect score of 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The first series was made available on Netflix last November, and fans of the series won’t have to wait too much longer to delve back into this mind-bending tale of consciousness and mortality, as Pantheon Season 2 is now due to land on the streaming platform in February.

Created by Craig Silverstein, and based on a series of short stories by Ken Liu, Pantheon Season 2 features an all-star cast that includes Katie Chang (The Bling Ring), Paul Dano (The Batman), Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight), Daniel Dae Kim (Lost), Rosemarie DeWitt (Smile 2), Chris Diamantopoulos (Red Notice), Ron Livingston (Office Space), and Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black). According to What's on Netflix, the second season...

When Christopher Nolan Reminisced About Heath Ledger & His Portrayal Of Joker In The Dark Knight (Photo Credit – Koimoi)

Christopher Nolan’s movies are a global phenomenon as they are loved by fans worldwide. He gained immense fame with his Batman movies, The Dark Knight Trilogy. It is also popular because of Heath Ledger and his portrayal of Joker in The Dark Knight. However, the actor passed away soon after completing the movie, setting a benchmark performance for other actors. Nolan has always praised the late actor, and years later, he once opened up in-depth about Ledger’s performance and how it ‘terrified’ him. Keep scrolling for more.

The film was released in 2008 and featured Christian Bale in the lead role, along with Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman. Heath won the Golden Globe and Oscar for his performance, but unfortunately, he had passed away by then.

Comcast-owned Sky has taken the checkered flag and will exclusively show the feature documentary Hill about Formula 1 star Damon Hill in the U.K. and Ireland under a deal with U.K. film distribution, production and sales outfit Signature Entertainment.

Signature said that it was partnering with Sky for the movie from Independent Entertainment to premiere in the two territories as a Sky Exclusive later this year.

Produced by Simon Lazenby and Victoria Barrell of Sylver Entertainment (McEnroe, Schmeichel) and Cora Palfrey and Luc Roeg of Independent Entertainment (Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now, My Policeman), the feature is directed by BAFTA-nominated Alex Holmes (Maiden, The Rig).

In 1996, Damon Hill claimed the Formula 1 World Championship, following in the footsteps of his father, Graham Hill. “This is a unique family story set against the backdrop of the fastest sport in the world,” says a synopsis of the film.

The Joker character in Christopher Nolan’s Batman film, The Dark Knight (2008) could have looked very different had the part not gone to Heath Ledger, who ultimately won a posthumous Oscar for his captivating performance. Another Academy Award winner, Adrien Brody, per Comic Book, just confessed on Josh Horowitz’s podcast that he was up for the part in the Batman Begins sequel. However, he said he was not surprised he didn’t get the role.

“Oh no, I wasn’t close,” Brody said, referring to the audition process for The Dark Knight. “It was a role that I felt very suited to do. Heath did such a remarkable job in that movie. It was indelible. Such beautiful work. Any actor who has a degree of edge would like to delve into a character like that, especially with a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan who brought such a profound vision,” said the actor,...

Christopher Nolan changed the superhero movie landscape when The Dark Knight was released in 2008. While Batman Begins was a major hit, and introduced the world to Christian Bale's Bruce Wayne, The Dark Knight gave fans the new benchmark for a villainous performance in Heath Ledger's The Joker. Since the film's release, many actors have come forward about nearly playing the iconic DC Comics villain, including Paul Bettany, Willem Dafoe, Sam Rockwell, and even the late Robin Williams. The Pianist and The Brutalist star, Adrien Brody, revealed he was also considered for the role, and the actor recently opened up about losing out to Heath Ledger.

"I wasn't close," Brody joked during an interview with Josh Horowitz on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, to promote his new movie, The Brutalist. Brody described the Joker as "a role I felt very suited to do." Adrien Brody didn't reveal exactly how...

Classified is one of the biggest movies on Paramount+ right now, but the action movie starring Aaron Eckhart and Tim Roth is a terrible turn by the former comic book movie stars to almost everyone who has watched it. In the latest contradiction to hit the streaming world, Classified is one of several movies that no one has anything good to say about that has managed to find itself being watched more than highly praised films such as A Quiet Place: Day One.

Action movies are released thick and fast these days, and there is a good reason for that. They are always an incredible draw for audiences. Classified is a very good example of that, but despite having two well-known stars leading it in Eckhart and Roth, the film is so far packing nothing more than a 0% score from critics and an equally terrible 7% from audiences. The synopsis for...

In order to create a movie that can become a pop phenomenon, a huge team of actors, directors, producers, managers, and other crew members is needed. While actors may steal the show, sometimes, the money side can be almost as dramatic as the story on the big screen. Gerard Butler’s Has Fallen franchise is one example of such a scenario.

Gerard Butler in Olympus Has Fallen | Credit: FilmDistrict

A series that started with the movie Olympus Has Fallen, Has Fallen staged the action star’s return to commercial success. The series is about Mike Banning, who is a secret service agent who has to protect the President from high-risk situations. But the success of the movie was hiding another type of war – a war that moved from the White House to the courtroom.

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Pantheon, an animated series perfect for fans of Arcane and Terminator Zero, is now streaming on Netflix. Arcane and Terminator Zero's reviews are overwhelmingly positive, including Arcane boasting a perfect 100% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes across its two-season run. Meanwhile, the anime Terminator Zero series is widely considered to be the best new story that the long-running Terminator franchise has released in years.

Pantheon has also been incredibly well-received, leading to a 100% Tomatometer score and 94% Popcornmeter score on Rotten Tomatoes. The impressive cast of Pantheon features Paul Dano, Aaron Eckhart, Daniel Dae Kim, William Hurt, and Rosemarie DeWitt. Arcane and Terminator Zero are among the best Netflix shows that are animated and geared towards a more adult audience, but Pantheon is able to rival them in many respects.

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The beginning of another year means that Netflix inevitably sees several movies and shows retired. As with every passing month, content bows out of the platform and is replaced by other productions. While Netflix Originals typically stay forever, other content depends on Netflix's ability to retain their rights indefinitely. That is an especially difficult prospect in the world of countless streaming platforms that are all competing to host the most entertaining content. Shows like Wednesday, Stranger Things, and The Umbrella Academy help to set Netflix apart, but it also relies on movies.

When Netflix is not hosting movies like Godzilla Minus One (2023), Jaws (1975), and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), it searches for relatively smaller productions. While the rest of Hollywood has depended on musicals and sequels to keep box offices active, Netflix has...

Clint Eastwood's controversial bio-drama starring Tom Hanks has a new streaming home. Sully is now available on HBO's Max.

Sully was released in 2016, with Eastwood directing and Todd Komarnicki writing the film's script, based on Chelsey "Sully" Sullenberger's 2009 autobiography. Tom Hanks stars in the titular role and is joined by Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney, Anna Gunn, Autumn Reeser, Holt McCallany and Jamey Sheridan. Sully's story follows Hanks's character during the 2009 emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River. The real-life plane evacuation saw all 155 people on board safely rescued with no fatalities. The film explores the incredible event as well as its publicity and the investigation that followed.

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Imagine Matt Damon as Robin. Wild, right? Well, it almost happened—twice. Chatting on the Happy Sad Confused podcast, Damon spilled the tea about auditioning for the Boy Wonder role in Batman. First up? Tim Burton’s iconic 1989 flick. Then, Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever in 1995. Spoiler: he didn’t get it, but the stories? Pure gold.

“There’s two stories there,” Damon laughed. First attempt? Circa 1987 or 1988, when he was a baby-faced 16 or 17. “We didn’t have sides—it wasn’t like you’re reading a scene with Batman. It was so secretive you’re reading another scene from a different movie.” Imagine showing up to a Batman audition without a single Batman line. Peak Hollywood secrecy, right?

Round two came in 1993, when Damon got another shot at Robin, this time for Batman Forever. But, as he puts it,...

If there is one good thing about Blake Lively going public with her claims against It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni, it is that so many other women are starting to speak up about their own unfortunate experiences with toxic masculinity on film sets. The latest name to join the chorus is Abigail Breslin, who says she was sued in retaliation for reporting a male co-star's inappropriate behavior on set.

Breslin posted an open letter to both her Tumblr account and Instagram page. The actress started things off by saying, "When did the word woman become synonymous with scapegoat?" – a notion that has been shared by many women who are detailing similar experiences to the ones outlined in Lively's legal complaint. "As I see the news each day, I realize this is the world we seem to live in," Breslin continued. "In light of recent events regarding...

The recent controversy in Tinseltown features Blake Lively and her It Ends with Us co-star Justin Baldoni. Many prominent names in the industry have spoken up about the ordeal, and now, actress Abigail Breslin has apparently given her two cents on the whole matter. Best known for films like Little Miss Sunshine (2006) and My Sister’s Keeper (2009), she faced something similar to what Blake Lively is going through at the moment.

Abigail Breslin in My Sister’s Keeper (2009) | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

While working on the set of Classified with Aaron Eckhart, the actress alleged that the film’s leading man was aggressive to work with and filed a confidential complaint against him. Her complaint later backfired when the production companies behind the film ended up suing her in return. Now, Abigail Breslin pens a heartfelt letter, seemingly supporting Blake Lively in her case against Justin Baldoni.

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Hollywood is oftentimes not a fair place for women. From cases of underpaid actresses to crew members getting assaulted by higher-ups, Hollywood has had a lot of controversial moments and during the Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni scandal, another actress decided to join in.

Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni in It Ends With Us | Credits: Columbia Pictures

Although the story was a bit old, Zombieland star Abigail Breslin decided to join in on the conversation of Justin Baldoni and a recent accusation by Blake Lively for s*xual harassment.

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Earlier in 2024, Justin Baldoni starred in and released a film titled It Ends with Us. Starring Blake Lively in the lead role and based on Colleen Hoover’s book of the same name, the film was a success but the promotional tours of the film were a disaster.

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Abigail Breslin penned an emotional letter on social media regarding the double standard and harassment faced by women who deign to speak up about experiences of sexism or injustice in Hollywood, recalling a lawsuit filed by her employer after she addressed a male co-star’s “unprofessional behavior” on set. The Little Miss Sunshine actress heavily implied she was spurred to put forth a statement following the fallout from Blake Lively’s legal complaint against Justin Baldoni, the multi-pronged scandal that also recently moved Kate Beckinsale to detail her own industry experiences of assault and misogyny.

In a sizable essay shared to her Instagram and Tumblr, Breslin detailed being dismissed as a “hysterical and wild” woman who “apparently just had it in for men” after she had “taken all of the recommended, reasonable and appropriate measures of reporting confidentially to my union” what she had experienced on set. She also said...

Much like Kate Beckinsale, Blake Lively's allegations of sexual harassment against It Ends With Us director and co-star Justin Baldoni have inspired fellow actor Abigail Breslin to come forward with her experiences. In a Tumblr post over the weekend, Breslin blogged, "When did the word woman become synonymous with scapegoat?...