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A fast expanding player in a period of contraction in the global market, The Mediapro Studio is bringing to the upcoming Cannes and LA Screenings a film-tv content slate spangled by recent and important novelties.

Their first stop is Cannes, where The Mediapro Studio Distribution is presenting to the market its swelling feature film output, led by Marcel Barrena’s Spanish box office hit and Goya winning film “The 47.”

Toplining Eduard Fernández, the true life-based social movie has been already sold to Italy and Greece; while U.S. and China deals are underway.

Another standout title at the market is Carlos Polo Menarguez’s harassment drama “El talento,” a co-production with Fernando León de Aranoa’s Reposado, starring “Elite’s” Ester Expósito, whose Spanish and Latin American rights are sold by Tmsd, with other international distribution handled by Vicente Canales’ Film Factory.

Co-produced by The Mediapro Studio U.S. & Canada with BBC Films,...

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Andor is a sci-fi political spy thriller drama series created by Tony Gilroy. Set in the world of Star Wars, the Disney+ series serves as a prequel series to the 2016 film Rogue One, and it follows Cassian Andor as he becomes the legendary Rebel spy that we all know and love. Andor stars Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Adria Arjona, Stellan Skarsgard, Fiona Shaw, Genevieve O’Reilly, Denise Gough, Faye Marsay, Varada Sethu, Elizabeth Dulau, Ben Mendelsohn, Benjamin Bratt, and Alan Tudyk. So, if you loved the engaging drama, thrilling story, sci-fi elements, and compelling characters in Andor, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Firefly (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Fox

Firefly is a space Western drama series created by Joss Whedon. The Fox series is set in 2517, where almost all of the planets are ruled by the Alliance,...

Robert Benton, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter turned director who co-wrote Bonnie and Clyde and directed Kramer vs. Kramer, has passed away at 92. His longtime assistant and manager, Marisa Forzano, told The New York Times that Benton died on Sunday in his Manhattan home. Benton’s influence in Hollywood is vast, with writing credits for such classics as the 1984 Period Drama Places in the Heart and Richard Donner’s Superman (with Mario Puzo and Leslie Newman), starring Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, and Gene Hackman.

With Places in the Heart, a coming-of-age drama Robert Benton wrote and directed, the filmmaker shared an autobiographical epic based on his grandmother’s arduous experiences during the Depression in Texas. Sally Field, Lindsay Crouse, Ed Harris, Amy Madigan, John Malkovich, and Danny Glover lead the 1930s-set film, which focuses on a widow with two small children who tries to save her small 40-acre farm with the...

James Foley, best known for directing the 1992 black comedy drama Glengarry Glen Ross and several episodes of the Netflix hit House of Cards, has died. A rep told The Hollywood Reporter that the director, producer, and writer died earlier this week of brain cancer. He was 71. Foley directed the two sequels of Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades Freed (2018). In addition, he worked with some of the biggest stars, including Sean Penn, Halle Berry, Madonna, and Al Pacino, making his signature style noir-esque stories.

A New York native, Foley made his directorial debut with the romance drama Reckless, starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn in 1984. The film follows an outcast teenager and football player, Johnny Rourke (Quinn), who falls for popular cheerleader Tracey Prescott (Hannah). In 1986, Foley directed the American neo-noir crime drama At Close Range, led by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken. Mary Stuart Masterson,...

James Foley, the iconic director of Glengarry Glen Ross, passes away at the age of 71.

Per Variety, the acclaimed director is confirmed to have passed away. Foley's passing came earlier this week, and was brought about by an ongoing bout of brain cancer. The news was reported via a representative for Foley speaking to The Hollywood Reporter.

Born in Bay Bridge, Brooklyn before growing up in Staten Island, Foley graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo before attending the University of Southern California and acquiring his M.F.A. in film study and production. Foley's directorial debut came in the form of Reckless, written by Chris Columbus and starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah. The film was a somewhat surprising success at the box office upon its release in 1984, bringing in over $8.3 million against a $3 million budget.

In the years that followed, Foley directed numerous films,...

Acclaimed director James Foley has died at age 71. A representative for the Foley family confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the filmmaker passed “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week following a years-long struggle with brain cancer.” It is unclear when Foley was diagnosed and for how long his illness was.

Foley most famously helmed the 1992 film adaptation of David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross,” starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, and Kevin Spacey. Foley would later reunite with Spacey for 12 episodes of Netflix’s first-ever series, “House of Cards.”

Foley made his feature directorial debut in 1984 with “Reckless” starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. He was best known for working in the domestic thriller genre, despite defying filmmaker labels. His features include directing Mark Wahlberg and Reese Witherspoon in “Fear,” Halle Berry and Bruce Willis in “Perfect Stranger,” and “Fifty Shades Darker” and “Fifty Shades Freed...

James Foley, director of films including “Glengarry Glen Ross,” “At Close Range” and “Fear,” died at his home in Los Angeles earlier this week.

He died after a year-long struggle with brain cancer, according to a rep.

Foley worked with stars including Sean Penn, Madonna, Al Pacino and Halle Berry, and specialized in atmosphere-soaked, noir-adjacent stories.

His first feature was 1984’s musical romance drama “Reckless,” starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. Foley followed that with “At Close Range,” starring Penn and Christopher Walken in a neo-noir that included the Madonna song “Live to Tell.” Madonna was married to Penn at the time, and Foley went on to work with Madonna several times, directing music videos and her feature “Who’s That Girl.” The screwball comedy bombed, and Foley told FilmInk, “It was a major life experience. That first failure is so shocking.”

“Glengarry Glen Ross” was one of his most high-profile films,...

James Foley, who directed the two Fifty Shades of Grey sequels and several others films including Glengarry Glen Ross and At Close Range, along with Netflix’s House of Cards and multiple Madonna movies and music videos, has died. He was 71.

His family told Deadline through a rep that Foley died earlier this week after a yearlong battle with brain cancer.

Born on December 28, 1953, in Brooklyn, Foley made his directing debut with Reckless, the 1984 romantic dramedy starring Aidan Quinn and Daryl Hannah and penned by first-time feature scribe Chris Columbus. Foley’s next movie was At Close Range, the 1986 crime thriller toplined by Sean Penn and Christopher Walken, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for its Golden Bear prize.

The film featured “Live to Tell,” a chart-topping single by Penn’s then-wife Madonna, with whom Foley had worked on the “Dress You Up” video and concert...

James Foley, the Brooklyn-born filmmaker who collaborated with A-list stars like Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Madonna and Mark Wahlberg across a 30-plus-year career in film, TV and music videos, has died. He was 71.

Foley’s rep said Thursday he died “peacefully in his sleep earlier this week following a yearslong struggle with brain cancer.”

Born on Dec. 28, 1953, and raised in New York, Foley graduated from high school and went on to study film at New York University followed by USC in Los Angeles. It was during his final year of film school that a chance meeting would change the course of his life and jump start his career behind the camera.

“I was very lucky, and in the perverse calculus of Hollywood I was in the last year of film school and shared a house with a guy. There was a woman who was pursuing my friend so we had this film school party,...

Exclusive: Blue Fox Entertainment heads to Cannes with worldwide sales rights excluding Australia and New Zealand to the New Zealand feature Big Girls Don’t Cry from feature directorial debutante Paloma Schneideman Aka musician PollyHill.

Production recently began in Mangatāwhiri Omaha and Tāmaki Makaurau in the region of Auckland in New Zealand.

The coming-of-age story takes place in the summer of 2006 as 14-year-old Sid experiences a sexual awakening and the desire to be accepted by an older group of girls as she explores her rebellious side, leaving a trail of destruction in her wake. Rain Spencer and Noah Taylor star alongside...

Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning North America Box Office Projection: Compared To His Last Memorial Day Film, Top Gun Maverick ( Photo Credit – YouTube )

Tom Cruise’s Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, aka Mission Impossible 8, will be released over Memorial Day weekend, clashing with Disney’s live-action movie Lilo & Stitch. However, they have separate target audiences, so the box office collections are less likely to get hampered. However, as the latest projection goes, it will be less than his last Memorial Day release, Top Gun: Maverick. Keep scrolling for more.

Top Gun 2 was released in 2022, and it was the sequel to Cruise’s breakthrough movie Top Gun, which came out three decades ago. The sequel features Tom as the naval aviator Maverick alongside Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Monica Barbaro, Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer. The movie follows Maverick confronting his past while training...

Recently, Marvel Studios hasn’t been as busy as usual when announcing new projects. That’s why there are only four MCU movies with confirmed release dates at the moment. Still, there are plenty of announced TV shows and MCU movies that have not yet set release dates. So, with that said, let’s look at all of the upcoming Marvel movies and shows that will be released (soon).

Editor’s Note: This list was updated in May 2025, after the release of Thunderbolts* and reflects the most recent changes.

Ironheart

‘Ironheart’ is a new Marvel TV miniseries coming to Disney+ in 2025, based on the Marvel Comics character Riri Williams.

It is part of the MCU and will follow the events of the MCU films. Dominique Thorne will reprise her role as Riri Williams from ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,’ with a supporting cast including Anthony Ramos and Lyric Ross. The series,...

Shakespeare adaptations are not the surest commercial prospect; asking audiences to show for a contemporary riff on one of the Bard’s lesser-known plays is another demand entirely. Nevertheless, it’s a shame how little attention was granted Michael Almereyda’s Cymbeline when it premiered in 2014 and released the next year. A mix of palace intrigue and star-crossed romance places it among Shakespeare’s most-intriguing works, and the adaptation’s cast––Dakota Johnson, Ethan Hawke, Penn Badgley, Ed Harris, Milla Jovovich, Anton Yelchin, Delroy Lindo––comprises the ideal mix of game performers and off-center interpretations to suit Almereyda’s take, which transforms the Western Canon into a canvas.

I’m accordingly pleased to show the film in a tenth-anniversary event (we’ll print the legend and go with its 2015 theatrical release here) on Friday, May 16 at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research with Almereyda in attendance for a post-screening Q&a.

Long Day’s Journey into Night unfolds within a single April day in 1912, as the Tyrone family convenes in their Connecticut seaside retreat. Morning light filters through lace curtains (ghostly in its delicacy), hinting at both renewal and decay. Jonathan Kent adapts Eugene O’Neill’s Pulitzer Prize–winning drama with minimal fanfare: David Lindsay-Abaire’s screenplay preserves the play’s structural integrity while allowing microexpressions to carry seismic emotional weight.

Cinematographer Mark Wolf frames each encounter with a stillness that feels almost surgical, positioning Mary (Jessica Lange), James (Ed Harris), Jamie (Ben Foster) and Edmund (Colin Morgan) in tableaux where silent glances speak volumes. Ilan Eshkeri’s sparse score—or absence thereof—amplifies ambient creaks and a distant foghorn, rendering the house a character itself.

Lange’s Mary drifts between lucid charm and opioid-tinted disorientation, while Harris’s James masks paternal regret beneath a veneer of theatrical pride. Foster’s...

The Sundance Institute has revealed the fellows for the 2025 directors, screenwriters and Native labs. The Native lab begins in-person April 28 through May 3 in Santa Fe, N.M. while the directors lab returns for its 45th anniversary June 1 through 16 in Estes Park, Colo. The 2025 screenwriters lab will be held online from June 24 through 27, offering filmmakers an “Immersive environment to develop their projects and refine their artistic voice under the guidance of accomplished creative advisors,” according to a press release.

The 2025 Native lab fellows are: Jared Lank, (Mi’kmaq), Isabella Dionne Madrigal (Cahuilla/Turtle Mountain Ojibwe), Alex Nystrom (Ojibwe) and Jordan Waunch (Métis). The 2025 Native lab artists-in-residence are Sabrina Saleha (Diné) and Svetlana Romanova (Sakha/Even). All six filmmakers will receive guidance from creative advisors including Bryson Chun (Kanaka Maoli), Sarah Friedland, Kiva Reardon, and Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga). The Native Lab is overseen by Sundance Institute Indigenous program director Adam Piron (Kiowa...

The Sundance Institute has announced the fellows selected for the 2025 edition of its Directors, Screenwriters, and Native Labs.

Taking place since the mid-’90s, the Native Lab kicks off in person today, continuing through May 3 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In addition to artists named below, artists-in-residence Sabrina Saleha (Diné) and Svetlana Romanova (Sakha/Even) will be participating. The Lab is designed for artists of Native and Indigenous backgrounds who aim to center Indigeneity in their work. Over five days, fellows refine their scripts for feature and episodic projects in one-on-one feedback sessions, screenplay readings, and roundtable discussions with advisors, while building community on Native land in Santa Fe.

The Native Lab is overseen by Adam Piron (Kiowa and Mohawk), Director of the Institute’s Indigenous Program, alongside Senior Manager Ianeta Le’i. Creative advisors will include Bryson Chun (Kanaka Maoli), Sarah Friedland, Kiva Reardon, and Erica Tremblay (Seneca-Cayuga).

“Every year...

In the age of sequels, remakes, and reboots, we often find ourselves yearning for something a little more… ‘out of this world’. Henry Cavill, who brought Geralt to life, has big plans for the Warhammer 40k universe- a project he’s been diligently working on for a while. But, alas, it seems we’re going to have to hold our horses a little longer.

Yes, while Cavill’s passion for the franchise is undeniable, the show’s release is still in development purgatory, leaving us with nothing but our imagination. But don’t worry, we’ve got your back. If you’re itching for some grimdark action while we wait, there are five films you should definitely check out.

So, sit tight, and let’s dive into this cinematic universe, while we wait for Cavill’s Warhammer 40,000 to become a reality.

5. Enemy at the Gates (2001) Ed Harris in Enemy at the Gates...

Disney+ just added James Cameron’s most underrated film which helped pave the way for Avatar in the best format possible!

James Cameron stands tall among the filmmakers of his generation. The writer/director may not have the best reputation, and many mock his writing. But there’s no denying that few filmmakers have transformed the game like Cameron with his stunning visual style.

His resume speaks for itself: The Terminator/Terminator 2, Aliens, True Lies, Titanic, and Avatar and its sequels. Cameron could boast the two highest-grossing films of all time as well as scores of Oscars. Cameron’s love of film and his amazing special effects have influenced scores of filmmakers and FX guys for decades.

However, one entry in Cameron’s filmography has been overlooked. A movie that was good in its time but built up a bigger following in the years since. It’s a groundbreaker...

We’ve all been there, binge-watching your favorite show, only to find out it’s leaving the platform sooner than expected. It’s the worst, right? Well, May is shaping up to be especially heartbreaking for Netflix subscribers, as a slew of fan-favorite movies and TV shows will be disappearing. From iconic rom-coms to intense thrillers, this month’s Netflix exit list is stacked.

So if you’ve been meaning to watch (or rewatch) a few, now’s the time to hustle before these gems are gone for good. Time to hit play before they’re outta here!

Movies leaving Netflix in May May 1 1. About Time (2013)

If you haven’t seen About Time yet, prepare for your heart to be gently squeezed and your tear ducts thoroughly tested. This British romantic dramedy, written and directed by Love Actually’s Richard Curtis, stars the endlessly charming Domhnall Gleeson as Tim, a...

Movies based on the lives of real people need to balance on a tightrope between sticking to the true story and throwing parts of it in the wind to make things more exciting. The ape-themed Robbie Williams biopic "Better Man" found out first hand that making things too strange is risky, as the bizarre movie became the first big box office bomb of 2025. On the other hand, stylish exaggeration can also benefit a film -- for instance, 1984's "Amadeus" is the best music biopic of all time and also cheerfully inaccurate.

Clint Eastwood's controversial 2014 war movie "American Sniper" was a big box office hit, and the film's "based on a true story" nature means that it deals with the usual biopic challenges. The movie tells the story of Chris Kyle (played by Bradley Cooper) -- a famous Navy Seal sniper with over 160 confirmed kills -- and is based on...

Actor Glen Powell’s calendar just got a little fuller as the Twistersstar has yet another project on deck. Powell, who also starred in 2022’s Top Gun: Maverick, is set to star in a new comedy flick from filmmaker Judd Apatow. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the yet-untitled movie will explore the world of country music.

Universal Pictures has placed the movie, which will star Powell and be co-written by Powell and Apatow, on a fast track. Apatow is set to direct the movie, which will follow a country music star who is experiencing a downward spiral.

Apatow is Under a Long-Standing Deal with Universal

Apatow is producing the movie under his Apatow Productions banner under its long-term deal with Universal. Powell and Dan Cohen will produce for Brainstorm via a first-look deal with Universal that was signed earlier this year. Kevin Mishner of Mishner Films, who is the former president of Universal,...

Benedict Cumberbatch will always be known for his role as Doctor Strange and for playing Sherlock Holmes in the popular TV series, but his next project just got an exciting new look. Vanity Fair has released the first new images from The Roses, the upcoming romantic comedy in which Cumberbatch stars alongside Olivia Colman and Kate McKinnon. The film is a reimagining of the 1989 classic comedy The War of the Roses, and it follows a couple whose marriage crumbles into a catastrophic and hilarious divorce. Cumberbatch and Colman feature on the beach, on a plane, and in other spots from the film in the new images, which also show the first look at other cast members such as Ncuti Gatwa, McKinnon, Allison Janney, and even a shot of director Jay Roach.

The first images of The Roses from Vanity Fair can be found here.

Michael Douglas starred in the original film,...

Ed Harris did not come on like a clear-cut leading man 44 years ago when he starred in George A. Romero's awesomely offbeat "Knightriders," but there was something about the balding 32-year-old actor with the piercing, Paul Newman-esque blue eyes that commanded your attention. He could be steely, tender, and a bit of a goof. These qualities continued to be evident in films like "The Right Stuff," "Alamo Bay," and "Sweet Dreams," so he finally got a chance to co-anchor a massive Hollywood production in 1989 with James Cameron's "The Abyss." He aced the assignment (as did his co-star Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), but the film underperformed at the box office (even though it's still the best thing Cameron's ever directed), so he became more of a character actor throughout the 1990s while he personally developed his next leading role.

Harris made his directorial debut with "Pollock," a biopic about...

Welcome to the Gold Ticket, your VIP guide to the best in prestige pop culture for the weekend ahead, curated by the Gold Derby team of experts. (April 11 - April 13)

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It's a week of highly anticipated returns.

Coming off a deserving win for Best Comedy Series at last fall's Emmy Awards, Hacks is back for its fourth season with a two-part premiere (now streaming on Max). The 10-episode season picks up in the aftermath of Ava's (Emmy nominee Hannah Einbinder) shocking decision to blackmail Deborah (six-time Emmy winner Jean Smart) into giving her the head writer gig on the latter's new late-night show. As the former friends are forced to navigate a working relationship so fraught it's an Hr nightmare, Jimmy (Emmy winner and series co-creator Paul W. Downs) and Kayla (Megan Stalter) attempt to placate them both while also expanding their talent roster. As is the case with each season,...

Gerard Butler has had many successful projects, and his name is still drawing a lot of attention. Now, his critically panned disaster movie is getting new success on Netflix, despite not having the best reception when it was released in theaters.

2017's Geostorm was not a huge hit with the critics or viewers. However, the film, which continues the same trend of other disaster movies about the world ending, has a new chance at life thanks to streaming. Geostorm hit Netflix on April 1, and it has quickly become a hit on the platform, per Tudum.

For the week between March 31 and April 6,Geostorm debuted in fourth place on the global charts with 4.9 million views and 8.9 million hours viewed. The numbers aren't as high as other debuts, but it was still significant, considering that it only debuted in the United States.

Geostorm landed in third place behind the romantic drama The Life List,...

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Hulu is one of the most underrated streaming services, even though it has some of the most brilliant movies in its library. The Disney-owned streaming service is one of the most profitable streaming services as it has great indie films because it is partnered up with great independent studios as well as some of the biggest blockbusters around. So, we compiled a list of the best movies that are available on Hulu right now.

The Truman Show Credit – Paramount Pictures

The Truman Show is a psychological comedy-drama film directed by Peter Weir from a screenplay by Andrew Niccol. The 1998 film follows the life of Truman Burbank, who doesn’t know that his whole life has been filmed and broadcasted to the whole world on reality television, but now he has begun to see some cracks in his life.

Bruce Springsteen’s Time In Britain To Be Explored In BBC Doc

An exclusive new interview with the The Boss himself will feature in a BBC documentary about Bruce Springsteen in the UK. When Bruce Springsteen Came To Britain will tell the story of how a 26-year-old Springsteen and the E Street Band first arrived in the UK in November 1975 for a sold-out performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, giving his new album Born to Run its European premiere. In his exclusive sit-down, Springsteen will tell stories and reveal how he was so disappointed by his own performance that night that he couldn’t watch the footage back for over 30 years. The doc is being produced by All3Media-backed Wise Owl Films. Rachel Davies, Commissioning Editor, BBC Music said: “Bruce Springsteen is not only a global music icon, but he’s an honorary Brit here in the UK. We know BBC...

Platform Media has created the UK’s leading content supergroup through a merger with Listen Entertainment and Goldhawk Productions. With combined revenues deep into eight figures and over 70% growth in the past year, Platform Media brings together market leaders in video podcasting, immersive audio storytelling, branded entertainment and social amplification to offer a one-stop shop of best-in-class production, media, marketing and monetisation, all under one roof.

Having worked together under parent company PodX for nine months, Josh Adley, Managing Director of Listen, and Matthew Sherry, CEO of Platform Media, will step in as co-CEOs, driving the company’s next phase of expansion.

At the heart of Platform Media’s success is a 360° approach that has transformed the commercial ceiling of podcasts. The company’s collection of services has turned hit shows into digital brands that generate seven figures each year, with one alone hitting £3 million.

Platform Media is kicking off...

Months after the meme coin debacle that sent Hailey Welch into internet exile, the Hawk Tuah girl is back in the spotlight, and appears to be rubbing elbows with Hollywood superstar Glen Powell for his new Hulu series, Chad Powers. Welch rose to prominence last year thanks to a video interview that went viral, and she quickly capitalized on her fame by selling merchandise, appearing in public with a ton of celebrities, and starting her own podcast, Talk Tuah. Last December she was accused of performing a pump-and-dump scheme which saw her release a cryptocurrency meme coin that got as high as $500 million before it quickly fell in value, causing many to accuse her of insider trading.

Per TMZ, Welch was spotted on the set of Chad Powers, the new Hulu sports comedy series which stars Powell as Russ Holliday, a disgraced quarterback who disguises himself as the titular character...

Exclusive: Gabrielle Union (The Inspection) is the newest addition to the cast of Forbidden Fruits, the new genre film marking the feature directorial debut of Meredith Alloway.

Character details are under wraps. She joins an ensemble that also includes Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, Alexandra Shipp, and Emma Chamberlain, as previously announced. The film is in production now and has been picked up for distribution in 2026 by IFC Films and Shudder, as we were first to report last month.

Based on Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die, the play by Lily Houghton, who wrote the script with Alloway, Forbidden Fruits follows Free Eden employee Apple, who secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate.

In an unpredictable twist, Gerard Butler’s Geostorm, the disaster movie that crashed and burned in 2017, had unexpectedly returned to the spotlight. The 2017 bomb had skyrocketed to the top of Netflix’s streaming charts in 2025. But what is the reason behind its failure? Why are viewers now flocking to it?

We don’t know the answer, but some behind-the-scenes details are leaving some hints. Dean Devlin, who directed Geostorm, has previously revealed surprising details about the troubled production. Despite the movie’s lackluster performance, Devlin is open about what went wrong and his original vision.

Gerard Butler in Dean Devlin’s Geostorm | Credit: Warner Bros. Director Dean Devlin reflected on the troubled production of the Gerard Butler movie Geostorm

Directed by Dean Devlin, known for his work on Independence Day and Godzilla (1988), Geostorm starred Gerard Butler as a satellite designer tasked with preventing a global disaster caused by a malfunctioning climate-control satellite.

Gerard Butler might not be what you'd call an A-list star these days, but he's actually appeared in some solid stuff in recent years. The Scottish actor's '90s throwback "Plane" was a breath of fresh air in 2023, and /Film's Chris Evangelista dubbed 2025's "Den of Thieves 2: Pantera" a "triumph of dudes rock cinema." But none of this can erase the fact that Butler has starred in his fair share of duds, though if it's any consolation for him, the Netflix subscribers aren't letting something as bothersome as quality get in the way of streaming his films.

Back in 2017, Butler starred in "Geostorm," which on its surface was a generic disaster movie offering very little to entice audiences. But in reality it was even worse. The film was directed, co-written, and co-produced by "Independence Day" and "Godzilla" (1998) producer Dean Devlin, which you might think would work in its favor.

One of Gerard Butler’s most forgotten movies is stirring up a storm on Netflix nearly 10 years after being released. Butler stars alongside Andy Garcia and Ed Harris in Geostorm, the 2017 sci-fi/disaster thriller that tells the story of a team of scientists led by Jake Lawson (Butler) who race against the clock to save Earth from a dangerous geostorm that is capable of wiping out the entire planet. Geostorm recently made its streaming debut on Netflix to kick off April and has found major success on the platform, climbing to the #4 spot in the streamer’s top 10. Geostorm earned “rotten” scores of 18% from critics and 35% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, but the film grossed over $220 million at the global box office, including $187 million in international markets.

Dean Devlin wrote and directed Geostorm, with Paul Guyot also contributing to the script. Geostorm was Devlin’s directorial debut, and he followed...

When you want your funny bone tickled, a few actors come to mind who have delivered brilliant comedies time and time again, but if you are talking about the big three of modern comedy, then Will Ferrell is definitely one of the guys up there. He is known for his ability to bring a bumbling, flamboyant, and unusual personality to the characters he plays; the Step Brothers star has made a career filled with laugh-out-loud moments that fans continue to cherish to date.

When you think about Will Ferrell’s movies, it is likely that his legendary comedies like Anchorman, Elf, and Step Brothers come to mind. While these movies establish his status as a comedic genius, his filmography is far more diverse than people realize.

A still from Anchorman with Will Ferrell as Ron Burgundy | Credits: Dreamworks Pictures

Over the years, he has starred in several films that have flown under the radar,...

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This April, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the much-anticipated streaming release of the historical drama film The Return and also a special featuring live performances from Elton John and Brandi Carlile. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 7 best films coming to Paramount+ in April 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Arrival (April 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Arrival is a sci-fi drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve from a screenplay by Eric Heisserer. Based on the 1998 short story titled Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, the 2016 film follows linguist Louise Banks as she is enlisted by the Army to decipher the language of and communicate...

Avatar: Fire and Ash, the third installment in James Cameron's blockbuster science fiction series, is set to hit theaters this winter. But if you can't want to return to Pandora, Disney+ is ready to take you to another one of Cameron's alien worlds. The Abyss, Cameron's groundbreaking 1989 deep-sea thriller, will stream in 4K on the service starting on April 11, 2025.

The Abyss was Cameron's first film after his megahit Aliens, and he was given a $43 million Usd budget to work with. The production of the film was harrowing for both cast and crew, as the extensive underwater scenes proved to be exceptionally difficult and exhausting to shoot. Actor Ed Harris refuses to speak about it to this day, while co-star Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio has simply stated "The Abyss was a lot of things. Fun to make is not one of them." The film also features one of the first ever...

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Paramount+ might be one of the biggest losers in the streaming wars, but when it comes to content, it has some of the most brilliant movies and TV shows ever made. Which is the advantage of being one of the oldest Hollywood studios. That’s why we decided to compile a list of the absolute best movies you can find on Paramount+ right now.

Attack the Block Credit – Optimum Releasing

Attack the Block is a British sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Joe Cornish. The 2011 film is set in London as an alien species invades Earth. It follows a group of brave teenagers who must fight against predatory aliens to survive the night. Attack the Block stars John Boyega, Jodie Whittaker, Alex Esmail, Franz Drameh, Leeon Jones, Simon Howard, Luke Treadaway, Jumayn Hunter, and Nick Frost.

Stars: Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Miles J. Harvey, Lewis Pullman, Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray, Pete Davidson | Written by John Pollono | Directed by Dito Montiel

Dito Montiel’s Riff Raff is a curious tale, a crime comedy that boasts an ensemble cast of heavyweights like Ed Harris, Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray, Gabrielle Union, and a surprisingly great turn from Pete Davidson. Riff Raff blends dark humour, family dysfunction, and gritty thrills into a holiday-season caper. While it occasionally shines thanks to its talented performers, Riff Raff ultimately lives and breathes in the strength of its writing. Often it’s somewhat of a chaotic mashup of genres that can’t quite decide if it wants to be a biting satire, a heartfelt drama, or a full-on gangster flick, but somehow comes out the other side having entertained and thrilled this viewer with its rapid pace and effortless execution.

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While the Glasgow Film Festival wrapped a few weeks ago with more than 33,000 people in attendance at the 12-day event, the festival’s industry program saw a big boost in attendance this year, with numbers up 15% year-on-year.

It’s welcome news for Samantha Andie Bennett, who heads up the Gff Industry Focus section and its talent development labs as she and her team work to position the strand into a significant event on the festival calendar that can attract delegates from around the UK and beyond while, crucially, creating a pipeline to support new local talent.

“We’ve been trying to find a formula and see what works and we’ve been trialling things for the last few years but this year, it just feels like we found the right mix,” she tells Deadline. We’ve been building our network and the new venue – The Social Hub in Glasgow – has...

Bill Murray's pick for his career-best performance may surprise fans. The Hollywood legend recently singled out 2005's forgotten comedy Broken Flowersas the work he's most proud of.

Murray is frequently recognized as one of the greatest comedy stars of his era, with his performances as parapsychology professor Dr. Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters, jaded TV executive Frank Cross in Scrooged, and smooth-talking news reporter Phil Connors in Groundhog Day among his most notable roles. The actor's 2005 portrayal of an aging playboy in Broken Flowers earned praise from critics at the time of release, but flew under the radar for many.

Bill Murray Says Broken Flowers is His Best Movie Performance

During a recent appearance onHot Ones, Murray looked back on career highlights in between downing extremely spicy chicken wings without flinching. Host Sean Evans asked Murray if he'd even given a screen performance he knew he could never top.

"I thought the movie Broken Flowers,...

Riff Raff’s ending leaves the viewers with more questions than answers. [Spoiler Alert] The story was all about two, as the film’s title suggests, riff-raff fathers, Vincent (Ed Harris) and Leftie Hannigan (Bill Murray), who, back in the day, were partners in crime and worked as hired guns for some influential families in America. Now, by comparing Vincent’s past and present life, the film highlights quite an interesting insight into how a person’s profession shapes his character. For example, Vincent was quite a bad husband and an even worse father when he was married to Ruth and had a son named Rocco. However, later in life, when Vincent decided to part ways with Leftie and leave the world of crime behind, he changed. He stopped killing people, excluding the time when he killed Sandy’s husband, Laurence. Vincent said it was an accident, and we can trust him on this,...

While Jennifer Coolidge knows how to knock a comedic performance out of the park, it’s the humanity of her characters that continues shine through.

Discussing her new movie Riff Raff, now available on demand, the Golden Globe winner told Deadline she could “really relate” to her heartbreaking and “self-destructive” character Ruth in the crime comedy from writer John Pollono and director Dito Montiel.

“I haven’t been able to play someone like her,” she explained. “I mean, I have played sort of girls that have been dumped by their boyfriends and not being able to recover and things like that, but this was such a juicy part, and I had so many things to to play.”

Coolidge also raved about the “added bonus” of working with a talented ensemble that includes Bill Murray, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Pete Davidson and Lewis Pullman, “all these incredible actors that I’ve...

Jennifer Coolidge isn’t being shy about how acting alongside Bill Murray for the first time was “scary as hell.”

Coolidge may not be in the latest season of “The White Lotus” following Tanya’s death in Season 2, but ahead of the release of “A Minecraft Movie,” she’s back in a murder-related story with “Riff Raff,” marking the first time she’s worked with veteran actors Ed Harris and Murray.

In the darkly comedic film that follows an awkward, crime-ridden family reunion, Coolidge plays the hilarious Ruth, who unexpectedly reconnects with her former criminal ex-husband Vincent (played by Harris).

Out of the entire cast, Coolidge was most surprised by Murray’s turn as the violent Leftie.

“I’ve never seen Bill go that dark,” Coolidge tells Variety. “Obviously, he has so much to offer that he can pull off playing this extremely dark, messed up person. Weirdly, it was...

Post-traumatic stress disorder has certainly not been a topic that has been under-discussed within American war cinema. Nevertheless, it is rarely the focus of an entire film. Recently acclaimed films about modern warfare, such as “The Hurt Locker” and “American Sniper,” shifted focus on the debilitating consequences of Ptsd within their third acts in order to indicate that the battle waged on the battlefield was only part of the fight that every soldier experienced. However, a majority of soldiers’ lives are spent not in active service, as Ptsd is a reality that many have to simply live with. Even if this doesn’t result in haunting nightmares regularly, the most minor of incidents can end up resurfacing memories of their service, and all the hardship that it entails.

My Dead Friend Zoe” (2025) is a conscious effort to paint a more holistic view of military service and is able to refreshingly...

"Wait for me! Before you two start hitting each other." Lionsgate has debuted a second official trailer for the crime comedy film Riff Raff, which already opened in theaters last month. Not to be mixed up with the 1935 classic with Spencer Tracy. It's a new film from New Yorker filmmaker Dito Montiel - currently only has a 59% on Rt for better or worse. It first premiered at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival last year and will be out on VOD this week (first trailer here). One-time criminal Vince turned his life around when he fell in love with Sandy. Nearly 20 years later, the still-happy couple are looking forward to spending a quiet New Year’s Eve with their son. But then Vince's other son, Rocco, shows up with his pregnant girlfriend, Marina, along with Vince's first wife, Ruth, in tow. It is not a happy reunion... Ruth is rude & lewd, while Rocco is clearly hiding something.

It feels like the star-studded crime drama or comedy doesn’t really happen if it’s made for less than $10 million dollars. But “Riff Raff,” the new comedy from director Dito Montiel (“A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints”), appears to be the exception.

The film’s super-stacked cast includes Jennifer Coolidge, Ed Harris, Gabrielle Union, Lewis Pullman, Miles J. Harvey, Emanuela Postacchini, Michael Angelo Covino, Pete Davidson, and Bill Murray.

Continue reading ‘Riff Raff’ Trailer: Bill Murray, Ed Harris & Jennifer Coolidge Dark Comic Crime Thriller Hits VOD March 21 at The Playlist.

Ed Harris (Love Lies Bleeding) and Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus) are on Bill Murray’s (Lost in Translation) “must kill” list in an exclusive to Collider trailer for Riff Raff. To celebrate the film’s impending at-home arrival on March 21, we’re thrilled to give audiences a fresh look into the star-studded crime comedy. Joining the leading trio of A-list actors is a celebrated lineup of talent that also includes Pete Davidson (Saturday Night Live), Gabrielle Union (Bring It On), Lewis Pullman (Salem’s Lot) and Emanuela Postacchini (The Seven Faces of Jane).

Ghostbusters' Bill Murray and Ed Harris are set to reunite once again, following their recent collaboration, for a gripping new neo-noir crime thriller movie.

Following their recent collaboration in the dark comedy Riff Raff, Murray and Westworld's Ed Harris are set to reunite for The Ploughmen, a neo-noir crime thriller directed by Harris. Based on Kim Zupan’s acclaimed novel, the film will begin production in Oklahoma in July 2025, according to TheCinemaholic. Harris, who also wrote the screenplay, will step behind the camera for the first time in 17 years to bring the story to life.

The cast features an impressive lineup, including Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Owen Teague, Hulk's Nick Nolte, Amy Madigan, and Lily Harris. The film follows Val Millimaki (Teague), a young deputy sheriff in Montana tasked with interrogating a captured murderer, Gload (Nolte). As Millimaki struggles with the moral burden of his job,...

Gary Oldman couldn’t contain his laughter when Stephen Colbert showed him clips of his most famous movies enhanced with “that Jackson Lamb quality” — uncontrolled flatulence, a reference to Oldman’s slovenly spy on “Slow Horses.”

The clips included Oldman apparently passing gas as he welcomes Keanu Reeves to his castle in “Bram Stoker’s Dracula,” as he speaks to Daniel Radcliffe in one of the “Harry Potter” movies and more.

Oldman exclaimed, “That’s really a hoot!” when one cleverly edited scene from “Darkest Hour” shows a supporting actor looking askance at Oldman’s Winston Churchill as he apparently lets one rip. “That’s fantastic!” he said.

After the last clip, which now has his villain from “Air Force One” farting as Harrison Ford punches him and says, “Get off my plane,” Oldman was in tears from laughing so hard.

Watch the fart-filled segment in the embedded Instagram post below:...

Fans of Westworld were disappointed when the sci-fi series was canceled by HBO after four seasons, especially with the series apparently heading towards a conclusion with what would have been its fifth installment. Now, three years later, it appears that the dystopian neo-Western drama might be about to reboot for one final round of robotic chaos.

While promoting his new movie, Ash, Aaron Paul has sparked up hope that Westworld could potentially return in some form to conclude its genre-bending story. When asked about the series, Paul was careful not to give fans false hope that things are definitely happening, but suggested that talks have been ongoing to try and complete Westworld. He told ComicBook:

“I’m still holding out [hope] … I have the very, very broad strokes. [Co-creator Jonathan Nolan] filled me in a little bit. We’re still plotting to maybe do something, I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up,...