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Actors turning into directors is nothing new in Hollywood, but what’s wild is how many of them are crushing it. We’re not just talking about the usual suspects like Clint Eastwood or Ron Howard, who basically have Oscars for breakfast. Nope.

These days, more and more actors are hopping behind the camera and serving up some seriously impressive stuff. Whether it’s because they’re tired of the same old roles or they’ve caught the directing bug after spending years on set, the results have been anything but boring.

Some of these folks have directed films that blew up the box office. Others have gone the indie route and ended up with festival awards and critical love. And the best part? A lot of them weren’t even on anyone’s radar as directors until, boom, they dropped a movie that made everyone stop and say, “Wait,...

Exclusive: MGM+ has rounded out its cast for upcoming series Robin Hood, starring Jack Patten and Lauren McQueen, with six in recurring roles. Richard Lintern (Silent Witness), Erica Ford (The Nevers), Ryan Gage (Choose or Die), Oscar Salem (Vigil), and Serbian actors Miloš Timotijević (In the Land of Blood and Honey) and Tamara Radovanović (The Arc) join previously announced main cast Lydia Peckham, Steven Waddington, Marcus Fraser, Angus Castle-Doughty and Henry Rowley, and Sean Bean, who recurs. Production is currently underway in Serbia.

From Lionsgate TV and showrunner John Glenn, Robin Hood is described as a sweeping, romantic adventure, a modern take of the classic tale that brings historical authenticity, psychological depth, and a heightened focus on the relationship between Rob and Marian.

In the series, following the Norman invasion of England, Rob (Patten) – a Saxon forester’s son – and Marian (McQueen) the daughter of a Norman lord – fall in...

One of the great benefits of being part of awards conversation is getting to share space with other talented individuals, not only to revel in shared experiences, but to offer advice to one another as they all traverse the tricky landscape of being a working artist. With Zendaya being celebrated for her work in Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” and Angelina Jolie returning to form with her wholly-committed performance as opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s “Maria,” both have gotten to revel in the joys of the awards race, including getting to meet and talk to one another.

With both taking part in this year’s THR’s Actress Roundtable, the two were able to get some private moments to discuss stepping behind the camera. Jolie has done so many times, having directed “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” “Unbroken,” “Without Blood,...

We are seeing quite a few female comebacks as of late, with the likes of Pamela Anderson and Cameron Diaz marking shifts in public perception and career moves. One that definitely deserves to be on this list is Angelina Jolie, who, despite popping into the MCU with Marvels a few years ago, has largely been absent from the screen. But with Maria – in which she plays singer Maria Callas – Angelina Jolie is poised for that comeback.

Speaking with Vanity Fair, Anjelia Jolie credited Maria with reinvigorating her love for the screen, especially after years of tabloid attention over her personal business. “I went very dark for reasons I’d rather not explain, but I didn’t have a lot of light and life within me. Your light’s dim. I also just needed to be home more, so I couldn’t commit large periods of time to pieces. The choice...

Actress Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) poses for the December 2024 issue of “Vogue” (Mexico) magazine, photographed by Dan Martensen:

Jolie was a child actress, via her father Jon Voight, before appearing in the feature “Cyborg 2” (1993), followed by her first leading role in “Hackers” (1995).

After starring in the television films “George Wallace” (1997) and “Gia” (1998), Jolie won the ‘Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress’ for the 1999 drama “Girl, Interrupted”.

Her portrayal as the main character in the feature “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” (2001) established her as an ‘action movie’ star, followed by roles in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (2005), “Wanted” (2008) and “Salt” (2010).

She then starred in the fantasy feature “Maleficent” (2014) and its 2019 sequel. She also received acclaim for her performances in the dramas A “Mighty Heart” (2007), “Changeling” (2008), "Eternals” (2021) and “Maria” (2024).

As a filmmaker, Jolie wrote and directed the war dramas “In the Land of Blood and Honey” (2011), “Unbroken” (2014), “First They Killed My Father” (2017) and “Without Blood...

Did Angelina Jolie earn handsomely for Maleficent? (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Yes, Angeline Jolie ended up becoming the only woman on the 2013 list of top-paid actors alongside Denzel Washington because of Maleficent. Producer Joe Roth put it best: “There was no point in making the movie if it wasn’t her.” And really, who else could bring Maleficent to life with such formidable elegance and menace?

This wasn’t just about playing some Disney villain but defining Jolie as a legitimate box-office powerhouse. Maleficent opened to a massive $70M in North America and pulled in another $100M abroad—not bad for a troubled production. Jolie made a movie about evil enchantment, a global phenomenon, proving she could drive audiences worldwide—men, women, kids—you name it.

She’s been doing this since Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, way back in 2001, when she raked in $275 million globally. While other stars fade after a few misses,...

Angelina Jolie will receive the Maltin Modern Master Award at the 40th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the festival announced on Wednesday. Her latest film, “Maria,” which was directed by Pablo Larraín and in which she plays famed opera singer Maria Callas, will be released in select theaters on Nov. 27 before streaming on Netflix on Dec. 11.

The Maltin Modern Master Award is named after film critic Leonard Maltin, who has been a moderator at the Santa Barbara film festival for many years, and it recognizes an “individual who has enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry,” according to the festival. “Angelina Jolie makes bold choices, both as an actress and as a director,” Maltin said via statement. “She sets the bar high in both disciplines and always comes through.”

In addition to “Maria,” which premiered at the 2024 Venice film festival to positive reviews, Jolie debuted her latest directorial effort,...

Angelina Jolie, the Oscar-winning megastar who is currently back in the awards conversation for her portrayal of opera singer Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Maria (don’t miss THR‘s recent interview with Jolie and Larraín), has been tapped by the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to receive the fest’s highest honor: the Maltin Modern Master Award.

The honor, which is named after the revered film critic and historian Leonard Maltin and comes with a career-retrospective conversation moderated by him, will be presented to Jolie, 49, at Santa Barbara’s Arlington Theatre on Feb. 5, 2025.

Past recipients of the Modern Master Award, which was established in 1995 (and re-named after Maltin in 2015), include Robert Downey Jr., Nicole Kidman, Javier Bardem, Denzel Washington, Cate Blanchett, George Clooney, Christopher Nolan, James Cameron, Clint Eastwood and Peter Jackson.

Jolie, who won the best supporting actress Oscar 25 years ago for Girl, Interrupted (1999), has also received...

Jolie is a brilliant actress, no doubt of that. But is she a brilliant director as well? Well, critics might say otherwise, given how successful her latest directorial film after years, Without Blood, has been. While her biographical film, Maria continues to receive rave reviews, the actress is apparently disappointed in how ‘dreadful’ her directorial venture has turned out to be.

Angelina Jolie | Credits: Eternals / Marvel Studio

While she continues to expect some high reviews and awards for the biopic-esque film directed by Pablo Larrain, sources suggest Jolie is annoyed by the way her passion project has turned out to be.

Angelina Jolie Annoyed by How Critics Treated Her First Directorial Venture in a While Angelina Jolie is not happy | Credits: Eternal Stare Off / YouTube

Angelina Jolie has consistently climbed the staircase of success with her impeccable acting genius, yet she is also a director who has quite a few well-received works up her sleeve.

Prime Video has launched the first official trailer for Kate Beckinsale's next kickass actioner Canary Black, which will see the former Underworld star play a top CIA operative that is forced to go rogue to save her kidnapped husband while simultanously working to prevent the start of World War 3.

The full synopsis reads, "A top CIA operative, Avery Graves, is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want. Betrayed at every turn, she must rely on her cutting-edge training and primitive fighting skills in a deadly race to deliver a ransom that could trigger a global crisis."

This will mark the second action film Beckinsale has launched on Prime Video in recent years, following 2021's Jolt. Her series The Widow was also launched on the streamer,...

For her fifth feature as director, Angelina Jolie has gone so far back to basics that Without Blood could quite easily be her debut. That isn’t a criticism, rather an observation about how hard it is, even for A-list talent, to make films about the brutality of war, even though many are raging all around us and, by displacing people in their thousands, feeding the anti-immigrant sentiment currently creeping up all around the world. But even after tackling conflicts in Bosnia, Cambodia, and even the Second World War, adapting Alessandro Baricco’s 2002 short story of the same name is a bold gambit; it’s a deliberately ambiguous two-hander that will have viewers wondering if they’ve missed a title card or two. What year is this? And where in the world are we?

The two stars...

Angelina Jolie returns to the Toronto International Film Festival this year with a new film that she has directed, “Without Blood,” and the actress and filmmaker told TheWrap the film stands as a trilogy-capper of sorts to her films about war and conflict.

“Without Blood,” based on the novel of the same name by Alessandro Baricco, continues Jolie’s focus on the toll of war, which she explored in earlier films “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and “At First They Killed My Father.” In this new film Salma Hayek Pinault plays Nina, a woman who has been impacted by war, who finds Tito (Demián Bichir), a lottery seller. At first their conversation seems innocuous, but soon harsh truths emerge as to the true intent of their interaction and the film largely plays out as a conversation between the two characters.

Jolie, Hayek Pinault and Bichir spoke with TheWrap...

A woman (Salma Hayek Pinault) walks into a plaza sparsely occupied by patrons enjoying an afternoon coffee and a magazine and lottery ticket kiosk. She approaches the booth and fingers a stack of newspapers before asking the attendant (Demián Bichir), an older man with rounded shoulders and reading glasses perched on his nose, a question. Her delivery is studied, as if a more natural cadence battles against an inherent severity. She begs the man to close up the shop and have a drink with her. Her mannered sweetness becomes more urgent with his refusal. This is a command, not a request.

Premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, Without Blood is Angelina Jolie’s latest foray into directing. The actress, who is making waves this festival season with her performance in Pablo Larrain’s Maria, adapted this thinly plotted parable from the novella of the same name by the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco.

Academy Award–winning actor-turned-filmmaker Angelina Jolie is set to receive the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at this year’s Toronto Film Festival, TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey announced on Tuesday.

Jolie will receive the award at the 2024 TIFF Tribute Awards, taking place at Fairmont Royal York Hotel on Sunday, September 8, while in town for the world premiere of her latest directorial effort, Without Blood, a war drama based on the book of the same name by Alessandro Baricco, which stars Salma Hayek and Demián Bechir.

Previously bestowed upon the likes of Pedro Almodóvar, Mira Nair, and Alanis Obomsawin, the TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media is presented by Anne-Marie Canning and recognizes leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema. Other honorees set for the TIFF fundraising gala, for which Sandra Oh is serving as the inaugural Honorary Chair, include Amy Adams, Cate Blanchett, Durga Chew-Bose, David Cronenberg,...

Angelina Jolie will receive Toronto International Film Festival’s TIFF Tribute Award in Impact Media at the festival’s awards fundraiser on September 8.

The Impact Award recognises leadership in creating a union between social impact and cinema. Prior recipients include Pedro Almodóvar, Mira Nair and Alanis Obomsawin.

TIFF CEO Cameron Bailey said Jolie was “a multifaceted talent whose unwavering commitment to positive change” cemented her reputation as “a veritable humanitarian and global force to be reckoned with”.

Jolie will attend the world premiere of her latest film as director, Without Blood, on September 8. She previously attended the 2017 festival as director...

Actress Angelina Jolie is known for starring in films such as Girl, Interrupted, Maleficent, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and more. The actress has also graduated to directing with the films Unbroken and First They Killed My Father. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Girl, Interrupted, and has won three Golden Globe Awards.

Jolie has also done voice roles in films such as Shark Tales and the Kung Fu Panda franchise. Her appearance as Master Tigress in the Kung Fu Panda films was received well all over and she reprised her role for three films. The actress has previously mentioned that she preferred looking at her animated films over her live-action films.

Angelina Jolie Prefers To Watch Her Animated Films Over Live-Action Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted

Angelina Jolie has starred in many films over the years and has established herself as a commercially viable star. She has...

Angelina Jolie, a highly accomplished actress and filmmaker, expressed her doubts about starting out as an actress in today's Hollywood due to the expectation of being public and sharing personal details. She believes that Hollywood is not a healthy place. Jolie's experience living in the constant spotlight, as well as her divorce, affected her perception of Hollywood. She lost the ability to live and travel freely and seeks authenticity in her life. Despite her reservations, Jolie enjoyed being part of the Marvel family and expressed her willingness to explore her character, Thena, further. She sees the potential to appear in other Marvel movies and is open to the idea of returning to the role in the future.

Angelina Jolie is one of the most admired and loved stars in Hollywood, having proven herself time and time again as an award-worthy actress, a director and a producer. However, in a...

Angelina Jolie has been a part of numerous films throughout her career, including popular titles like Maleficent and Tomb Raider. After joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Jolie has not participated in any new projects except for a voice role in Kung Fu Panda 4. Jolie has shifted her focus to behind-the-scenes roles, including directing, producing, and writing, with several successful films under her belt. She has an upcoming project called Without Blood.

It's been over two years since Angelina Jolie last appeared on the big screen playing Thena in Eternals. But there is a good reason for the actress to stay away from the spotlight.

Although she got her first role at the young age of seven in the film Lookin' to Get Out, Jolie began to become a star in 1993, the year she participated in Cyborg 2. From that moment on, she practically did not stop working, being part of...

At times Bosnia and Herzegovina has looked like it was stuck in a bit of a no-man’s land when it comes to film production, lacking the financial fire-power to press forward, but its TV series business is booming.

The Southeast European country boasts two Oscar nominations – Danis Tanović’s “No Man’s Land,” which nabbed a statuette in 2002, and Jasmila Žbanić’s “Quo Vadis, Aida?,” which was nominated in 2021 – and its filmmakers have enjoyed success on the festival circuit, but it still hasn’t upped its meagre level of production, especially in terms of fiction features, with only one or two majority Bosnian films produced a year.

The problem lies in the “messy and unregulated model of audiovisual support in general,” according to producer-director Jasmin Duraković, whose film “The Glory of Unhappiness” screens in the Bh Film sidebar at Sarajevo Film Festival, which presents the recent crop of films with investment from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

With Michael B. Jordan making his directorial debut with Creed III this weekend, we wanted to know what film by a first time Actor turned Director has been your favorite? Some came out of the gates with Oscar Glory (Kevin Costner/ Robert Redford) while others found a passion they haven’t looked back from (Ron Howard/ Sofia Coppola). If you don’t see your favorite listed, please let us know what (and who) it is in the comments section.

Update: I have rightly been called out for listing Braveheart as Mel Gibson’s first film when he actually directed a film prior to that called The Man Without a Face in 1993. So I guess the results are slightly skewed, but really, wasn’t Braveheart the first Mel Gibson directed film we all saw?!

Favorite Film by a First Time Actor Turned DirectorThat Thing You Do! (1996) (Tom Hanks)Ordinary People (1980) (Robert Redford)In a World…...

It started with a playdate. It was the 2019 Berlin Film festival, and five industry professionals — Sarah Calderon of The Film Agency, Berlinale programmer Aurelie Godet, Olimpia Pont Chafer of Torino Film, Alan Seville of the European Works in Progress program, and Rotterdam festival programmer Michelle Carey — all working moms, met up for a break from the Berlin hustle and bustle and to give their kids a chance to interact with other non-adults.

“We started talking about what we were all facing, trying to balance being a parent with this job, and the stresses on our personal life,” Carey recalls. “We all said: this has to change.”

Anyone who has experienced the film festival circuit as the parent of young children can emphatize. With its cycle of international travel, late-night premieres and boozy after-hours events, most international fests are distinctly un-family friendly. It’s fine for celebrities able to pay for private nannies and entertainment.

Angelina Jolie took her first stab at directing a feature film nearly two decades after starring in them. The revered actress wrote, produced, and directed the 2011 film "In the Land of Blood and Honey," a war-torn romance drama between a Serbian camp administrator and his Bosnian prisoner, against the backdrop of the Bosnian war of 1992. Here's a synopsis for the film:

Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, and Ajla, a Bosnian held captive in the camp he oversees, knew each other before the war, and could have found love with each other. But as the armed conflict takes hold of their lives, their relationship grows darker, their motives and connection to one another ambiguous, their allegiances uncertain.

Although the film opened to mixed reviews, Jolie was commended for her sensitive approach toward the story, and for being successful in depicting the atrocities of the war. The subject matter is extremely heavy,...

When Angelina Jolie read Alessandro Baricco’s short novel “Without Blood” — the basis for her next directorial effort — the Italian fable about the brutality of war and healing in its aftermath had an immediate therapeutic effect.

“I read it right as I was going through the beginning of a very dark time in my life. I read it in the month that followed my divorce [from Brad Pitt in 2016],” recalls Jolie, who shot the adaptation at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios. “It had the effect on me that it’s had on so many people,” Jolie says, noting that the blurb on the cover says that the book is about the complexity of the human condition.

“I didn’t understand that when I first read it. I just knew the book had a profound effect on me,” she says. “I think it’s one of those pieces of art, of somebody’s intuition and mind,...

Since making her directorial debut with “In the Land of Blood and Honey” in 2011, Angelina Jolie has gradually built out her directing career. Alternating between big studio projects like “Unbroken” and smaller, more personal films, she has largely flown under the radar and earned praise for how seriously she takes filmmaking. While the actress frequently stars in big film franchises such as “Maleficent” and “Eternals,” Jolie continues to direct at a steady clip. Her next film, an adaptation of Alessandro Baricco’s novel “Without Blood” starring Salma Hayek Pinault, recently wrapped production.

In a new interview with Deadline, Hayek Pinault praised the experience of working with Jolie on the upcoming film. While she didn’t discuss the plot, she had nothing but good things to say about Jolie’s artistry. The two previously appeared together in Chloe Zhao’s “Eternals,” but this is their first time working together as an actor and director.

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At the 84th Oscars, the winner for Best Director was first-time nominee Michel Hazanavicius for The Artist (2011), the story of a silent film star on the verge of downfall as Hollywood transitions into the talkies. The recreation of that era's silent filmmaking became one of the more unusual Best Picture wins of recent memory. Hazanavicius was up against four men who were previous nominees in the category: Alexander Payne for the dramedy The Descendants, Terrence Malick for the art film The Tree of Life, and two previous winners in Martin Scorsese for the adventure Hugo, and Woody Allen for the period fantasy Midnight in Paris.

2011 was business as usual in the Best Director race, with no female director ever really in serious consideration. The only arguable exception was one extreme longshot early on in the conversation - Angelina Jolie for her directorial...

Sometimes the truth hurts. As “The Birth of a Nation” opens in theaters this weekend, it joins a select group of films that have been both venerated by film buffs, but also contain scenes that are so tragic, disturbing or brutal that audiences aren’t jumping at the chance of repeat viewing. Click on to see TheWrap’s list of films that you only want to watch once:

1. “127 Hours” (2010)

Do you want to watch James Franco cut his arm off again? Didn’t think so.

2. “12 Years a Slave” (2013)

Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for her role in this widely lauded slavery drama. Depicting a woman who receives life-threatening lashes and is repeatedly raped, it’s her scenes that are easily the most difficult on viewers.

3. “In the Land of Blood and Honey” (2011)

Angelina Jolie‘s feature film directorial debut depicts the brutalities of the 1990s-era Bosnian War. One...

Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie today celebrated her 46th birthday, with fans and colleagues on Twitter coming out in force to send best wishes and share their admiration of her work both on and off screen. With many anticipating her arrival in Marvel's Eternals, it is a good time to reflect on the outstanding portfolio of work and achievements she has built up over the last four decades, as well as marvel - no pun intended - at her seeming eternal - ok, maybe a little pun - beauty.

With a range of websites, colleagues and fan sites sharing their birthday wishes, it is safe to say that Jolie is feeling the love today even more than usual. Actress Jamella Jamil shared a Gif containing a quote from Jolie's Oscar speech in which she spoke the injustice of refugee camps.

Happy birthday Angelina Jolie. I spent my entire teens wishing I was you.

Five top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Btl Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, May 11, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a group chat with Christopher and all of the group together.

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This “Meet the Btl Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“Genius: Aretha”: Jennifer Bryan

Bryan was a CDG nominee for “Breaking Bad.” Other projects have included “Better Call Saul,...

Netflix’s mega hit Stranger Things has unveiled the cast additions for the upcoming fourth season, along with more details about elements of the story, including what Hellfire Club is.

Joining as new series regulars are Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco and Joseph Quinn.

Set to recur in Season 4 are Game of Thrones alum Tom Wlaschiha, Sherman Augustus, Mason Dye, Nikola Djuricko and Robert Englund

The title of Season 4’s opening episode is The Hellfire Club. Earlier this month, Stranger Things‘ Twitter account started teasing the club, raising speculations among fans about what kind of club it is. The description of Quinn’s character Eddie Munson provides an answer. Eddie is an...

“Stranger Things” is bringing eight new characters into the upside down for its upcoming fourth season, including “Nightmare on Elm Street” star Robert Englund and Tom Wlaschiha, who “Game of Thrones” fans will remember as Jaqen H’ghar, Netflix said Friday.

Along with Englund and Wlaschiha, the newcomers include Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco and Joseph Quinn, who are all series regulars for “Stranger Things 4,” as well as Sherman Augustus, Mason Dye, Nikola Djuricko, who, like Englund and Wlaschiha, are recurring cast members.

After coronavirus-related delays, production on “Stranger Things 4” resumed in October. No premiere date has been set for the Duffer Brothers-created show’s fourth season yet.

You can find the character descriptions for the new batch of “Stranger Things” actors below, courtesy of Netflix. Notice that some are Hawkins residents, while others are in Russia, where our dear Jim Hopper (David Harbour) is being held captive.

Jamie Campbell Bower will play Peter Ballard,...

Livia De Paolis directs female take on Peter Pan story.

Myriad Pictures has completed principal photography in the UK on TIFF sales title The Lost Girls starring Joely Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave and Iain Glen.

Livia De Paolis is directing the female take on the Peter Pan story and adapted the screenplay from Laurie Fox’s novel.

Julian Ovenden, Parker Sawyers, Emily Carey, Louis Partridge, Ella Rae Smith round out the ensemble cast on the adventure about four generations of Darling women as they struggle in the aftermath of their adventures with Peter Pan (Partridge) in Neverland.

Like her grandmother (Redgrave...

This year, the motion picture academy achieved its five-year goal of doubling the number of women among its membership. In all, 819 film professionals were invited to become part of the organization that hands out the Oscars. Compare this intake to the totals of the previous five years: 842 in 2019; a record 928 in 2018; 774 in 2017; 683 in 2016; 322 in 2015; and 271 in 2014.

While Academy Awards nominees are automatically eligible for consideration, the rest of the candidates must go through a fairly cumbersome process. A candidate must meet certain branch specific requirements before even being eligible.

For example, actors must “have a minimum of three theatrical feature film credits, in all of which the roles played were scripted roles, one of which was released in the past five years, and all of which are of a caliber that reflect the high standards of the Academy.” For writers, directors and producers they need have just two of these credits.

When The Eternals finally arrives next February, Angelina Jolie might be just the latest in a long line of big-name movie stars to board the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but the argument could also be made that she’s also one of the studio’s biggest acquisitions yet.

The McU might be the most popular and beloved franchise in the business, but their recruitment model has usually been based around hiring younger rising talents to headline their superhero blockbusters that will grow into the roles over time, and then surrounding them with an eclectic cast of respected supporting players. The approach has worked wonders for them so far, but there have been very few occasions that they’ve signed up one of the most famous and recognizable stars on the planet.

If the prospect of seeing Jolie appearing in Chloe Zao’s intergalactic epic wasn’t enough, some fans now think...

“Bombshell” is set to receive the Stanley Kramer Award from the Producers Guild of America at the upcoming PGA Awards, the guild announced Monday.

The 2020 PGA Awards will be held on Jan. 18, 2020 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. The award, established in 2002, honors a production, producer or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues.

Last year, the PGA recognized Jane Fonda for her activism. Past winners include “Get Out,” “Loving,” “Fruitvale Station,” “The Nomal Heart,” “The Hunting Ground,” “An Inconvenient Truth,” “Hotel Rwanda,” “In America,” “Antwone Fisher,” “Precious,” “In the Land of Blood and Honey” and “Bully.”

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“‘Bombshell’ proves that cinema has the power to encapsulate moments and movements in a way that serves and enlightens us all,” Producers Guild of America presidents Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher said in a statement.

“Bombshell,” a drama about Fox News journalists who set to expose CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, will be honored the Producers Guild of America’s Stanley Kramer Award.

The award, established in 2002, recognizes a production, producer or other individuals whose achievement or contribution illuminates and raises public awareness of important social issues. “Bombshell” will receive the award at the 31st annual Producers Guild Awards on Jan. 18 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

“’Bombshell’ proves that cinema has the power to encapsulate moments and movements in a way that serves and enlightens us all,” said PGA Presidents Gail Berman and Lucy Fisher.

Directed by Jay Roach, the star-studded cast includes Charlize Theron as Megyn Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson, Margot Robbie as Kayla Pospisil, Allison Janney as Susan Ostrich and John Lithgow as Ailes. Lionsgate is debuting the movie in limited release in New York and Los Angeles on Dec.

Angelina Jolie is back again this week with blood in her eye, evil in her heart and horns on her head to reprise her aggressively colorful portrayal of the title character in “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil.” So we thought it might be a good time to look back at some highlights — and lowlights — of her movie career — as a performer, that is.

Coming up next, the Oscar winner has Peter Pan prequel “Come Away,” the Taylor Sheridan-directed drama “Those Who Wish Me Dead” and Marvel’s “Eternals,” in which she plays Thena.

Jolie has also delved into directing in the last decade, helming “In the Land of Blood and Honey” in 2011, “Unbroken” in 2014, “By the Sea” in 2015 and “First They Killed My Father” in 2017.

Jolie has also focused much of her time on humanitarian causes, completing dozens of field missions and traveling to war zones to meet with U.

Angelina Jolie is remembering the victims of the Bosnian genocide in 1995 that killed over 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

The actress, who centered her 2011 directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey around the Bosnian war that led to genocide, commemorated the 23rd anniversary with a powerful statement about the hardships the European country and its citizens still face today.

“The passage of time cannot diminish the pain felt by survivors of the war in Bosnia or the horror of the Srebrenica genocide,” Jolie said in a statement. “I have never met more brave, dignified and resilient women than the Mothers of Srebrenica,...

Angelina Jolie has scored her second nomination in the Golden Globes’ Best Foreign Language Film category with Cambodia's First They Killed My Father. The Netflix drama is also the representative from Cambodia for the Foreign Language Oscar, whose shortlist comes out at the end of this week. Jolie's 2011 Bosnian War-set In the Land of Blood and Honey also was nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, but was ineligible for the comparable Oscar race as it was…...

Angelina Jolie’s other directorial efforts – In The Land Of Blood And Honey, Unbroken and By The Sea – didn’t quite garner the critical praise many were expecting. But with her latest work – First They Killed My Father – she has finally delivered a film that has all the critics buzzing. The movie is currently streaming on Netflix and a new trailer has just been put out to lure in those who have yet to check it out. Here is a full... Read More...

Will wonders never cease. A film about Cambodia told from a Cambodian perspective instead of through the heroic intervention of white outsiders. Yes, that's Angelina Jolie behind the camera, as director and co-writer, but First They Killed My Father, subtitled "A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers," steadfastly honors its first-person account. The film takes the point of view of Loung Ung (newcomer Sreymoch Sareum), who was only five years old when the Communist Khmer Rouge entered the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in 1975, brutally executing fellow Cambodians with ties to the...

Some actors segue to directing to make their show business careers more well-rounded, but for Angelina Jolie, “It was an accident — I wanted to learn more about the War in Yugoslavia” said the Oscar winner referring to her 2011 feature directorial debut In the Land of Blood and Honey. The actress was present tonight at a Toronto International Film Festival In Conversation With panel. “I never thought I could make a movie or write one, it was never part of my plan,” said…...

Back in February, a report surfaced that Angelina Jolie is planning a return to acting, with Disney's Maleficent sequel said to be at the top of the list. The actress hasn't appeared on the big screen since the 2015 movie By the Sea, which she also directed, although she did return to voice Tigress in the animated sequel Kung Fu Panda 3 last year. While promoting her new directorial effort First They Killed My Father, which debuted at the Telluride Film Festival over the weekend, Angelina Jolie confirmed that Maleficent 2 is still happening. Here's what she had to say below.

"We have been working on the script and this is going to be a really strong sequel."

These comments from Angelina Jolie's Deadline interview come roughly a year and a half after Disney confirmed Maleficent 2 is actually happening. The news didn't come as too much of a surprise, since...

Watching a 136-minute foreign language film at 9:30 a.m. on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend may not sound appealing to everyone, but don't tell that to the massive number of people who lined up today outside of the Telluride Film Festival's Palm Theatre — some for as long as three-and-a-half hours — to see Angelina Jolie and her new film First They Killed My Father.

Jolie's fourth feature directorial effort, like her three prior — In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011), Unbroken (2014) and By the Sea (2015) — is very ambitious and very dark and could be...

No one doubts the humanitarian bona fides of actor-director Angelina Jolie. Her work with the United Nations has been rightly praised, and two of the films she directed—In the Land of Blood and Honey and Unbroken—demonstrated her commitment to making movies with a social conscience. Her newest movie, First They Killed My Father, which had its world premiere in Telluride and debuts this month on Netflix and in a small number of theaters, may be closest to her on a personal level. One of her adopted children, Maddox, was born in Cambodia, and she has returned to the country many...

“First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers” is the movie that Angelina Jolie has been working toward for the duration of her short filmmaking career. With each directing effort, Jolie has dismantled any semblance of the glossy stardom that burdens her reputation. Her slick 2011 debut “In the Land of Blood and Honey” was a grim tale of star-crossed lovers set against the Bosnian war, while 2014’s survival saga “Unbroken” had the scope and visceral intensity of a WWII epic. “By the Sea” was an uneven expressionistic romance in which she co-starred alongside then-husband Brad Pitt, but it hardly glamorized the couple’s insular world.

Now comes a more focused, involving work than any of her earlier efforts, a taut wartime tale about surviving the Khmer Rouge that’s rooted in a child’s perspective rather than a simplistic, westernized gaze. Despite a few missteps, it’s the...

The year in cinema is about to get a whole lot busier. With the summer behind us, the big fall festivals are about to unleash a grab-bag of new movies that will launch awards season along with a range of conversations about filmmakers, actors and the future of the film industry.

Here’s what we’re expecting to learn in the next few days and weeks.

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Respected for decades for such colorful turns as “Sid & Nancy” and “Dracula,” Gary Oldman finally landed an Oscar nomination for “Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy,” and may get another shot to win the prize. So why the buzz on the British actor as Winston Churchill, a story we think we have seen before? Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour” does not give us the...

The year in cinema is about to get a whole lot busier. With the summer behind us, the big fall festivals are about to unleash a grab-bag of new movies that will launch awards season along with a range of conversations about filmmakers, actors and the future of the film industry.

Here’s what we’re expecting to learn in the next few days and weeks.

Read More:Telluride Reveals 2017 Lineup: ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘Downsizing,’ Christian Bale Tribute, and Angelina Jolie 1. Gary Oldman will become an Oscar contender.

Respected for decades for such colorful turns as “Sid & Nancy” and “Dracula,” Gary Oldman finally landed an Oscar nomination for “Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy,” and may get another shot to win the prize. So why the buzz on the British actor as Winston Churchill, a story we think we have seen before? Joe Wright’s “Darkest Hour” does not give us the...

The Telluride Film Festival has announced its 2017 lineup. As usual, the exclusive Colorado gathering features a range of buzzy fall season movies, including many films also premiering in Venice and Toronto as well as others resurfacing from earlier in the year, just in time for awards season. Filmmakers in this year’s program range from Alexander Payne to Angelina Jolie. The festival will also honor cinematographer Ed Lachman, actor Christian Bale, and screen a new cut of Francis Ford Coppola’s 1984 Harlem musical “The Cotton Club.”

One of the bigger films to make the cut in this year’s lineup should take no one by surprise: “Downsizing” (12/22, Paramount), Payne’s long-gestating near-future workplace satire starring Matt Damon, will screen at the festival where Payne has been a regular for years (both as a filmmaker and audience member). The movie opened the Venice Film Festival earlier this week, and was followed...

Excluding her romantic drama (or anti-romance, taking recent events into consideration) By the Sea, Angelina Jolie’s career as a director has been one built on solemnity as she tackles real-life historical dramas. After her debut In the Land of Blood and Honey and her WWII feature Unbroken, she’s back with First They Killed My Father, a drama which will premiere at Tiff and then hit Netflix almost immediately after.

Adapted by Loung Ung’s memoir, the story recounts the author’s horrifying childhood experiences under the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in her native Cambodia. The first trailer has now arrived, which is dialogue-free as it shows off cinematography from Anthony Dod Mantle and a series of harrowing situations. Perhaps most interesting is the involvement of Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture), who produces here. Check out the trailer below along with the poster.

First They Killed My Father premiered...

Angelina Jolie has pretty clearly established her narrative interests at this point, and it’s not exactly a buffet table of whimsy and joy. With the exception of the hilariously portentous couples vanity project By The Sea, her work as a director has overwhelmingly focused on the human cost of war. From the pedantic message-movie moralizing of In The Land Of Blood And Honey, to the endless flesh-mortification display that sunk the stranger-than-fiction story of Unbroken, her cinematic passion projects have largely aligned with her offscreen humanitarian works. And now, she’s adding a new chapter to this ongoing project of shining a light upon horrifying wartime ordeals, with the new Netflix film First They Killed My Father.

Based on the memoir by Loung Ung, the Cambodian author and activist who survived the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime, the movie follows Ung’s journey as a young girl during...