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Jessica Chastain is set to star in a new horror film directed by Rob Savage and based on Incidents Around the House, a novel by Josh Malerman. The project is being developed by Universal Pictures with Atomic Monster and Blumhouse, in association with Spin a Black Yarn.

Nathan Elston, known for his work on Succession, is writing the screenplay. Plot details have not been released, but the source material centers on a young girl who perceives a supernatural presence in her home, which she names “Other Mommy.” The story unfolds within a family dynamic shaped by fear and uncertainty.

James Wan is producing the film through Atomic Monster, alongside Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Macdara Kelleher, Rob Savage, Josh Malerman, and Ryan Lewis. Alayna Glasthal is overseeing the project for Atomic Monster.

Chastain’s past work in horror includes Mama, directed by Andy Muschietti, and It: Chapter Two, where she reunited with the director.

Exclusive: Jessica Chastain looks to be making a return to the horror genre in a big way as sources tell Deadline that the Oscar winner has signed on to star in the latest film from director Rob Savage. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are producing in association with Spin a Black Yarn for Universal Pictures.

Succession writer Nathan Elston is penning the script, which is based on the novel titled Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman.

While details behind the film are unknown, in the Malerman novel, the story revolves around a haunting told from the perspective of a young girl whose troubled family is targeted by an entity she calls “Other Mommy.”

Atomic Monster’s James Wan is producing, with Michael Clear, Judson Scott, Macdara Kelleher, Savage, Malerman and Ryan Lewis executive producing. Alayna Glasthal is the executive overseeing the film for Atomic Monster.

While Chastain is best known...

Jessica Chastain’s talents know no bounds. She was nominated thrice at the Academy Awards, winning the Best Actress for The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Right from her debut film Jolene, her performances have caught the eyes of critics and viewers. The year 2011 was her breakout year, starring in films like Take Shelter, The Tree of Life, and The Help.

The latter film earned her first Oscar nomination. Chastain found commercial success in sci-fi films like Interstellar and The Martian. In the 2010s, Chastain appeared in films that had mostly feminist themes. She was also nominated for two BAFTA awards, two Tony Awards, and an Emmy.

Jessica Chastain as CIA Intelligence Analyst Maya in Zero Dark Thirty | Credits: Columbia Pictures

Before her movie career, she appeared in minor television roles. She appeared in TV series like ER, Veronica Mars, Close to Home, Blackbeard, and Law & Order: Trial by Jury. She...

Actress Jessica Chastain, star of the new AppleTV+ series “The Dealer”, poses for the April 2025 issue of “Elle” (España) magazine, photographed by JuanKr:

“…following acting studies at the ‘Juilliard School’, Chastain was signed to a talent holding deal with television producer John Wells. She was a recurring guest star in several television series, and took on roles in several stage productions.

“After making her feature film debut in the drama ‘Jolene’ (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas ‘Take Shelter’ (2011) and The Tree of Life’ (2011).

“She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama ‘The Help’ (2011) and a ‘CIA’ analyst in the thriller ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ (2012).

“Greater commercial success came with the science fiction films ‘Interstellar’ (2014) , ‘The Martian’ (2015), and the horror film ‘It Chapter Two’ (2019).

“Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas ‘A Most Violent Year...

Manhunter, the serial killer thriller by Michael Mann, is streaming for free on both Pluto TV here and on Prime Video here, and it will be moving to Tubi on March 31. Fans of the thriller genre know that this is not only one of the best thrillers of the '80s, but of all time, and introduced many people to the iconic character, Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter. Other titles arriving on Tubi at the end of the month include the Michael Shannon masterpiece Take Shelter, Sarah Polley's recent acclaimed drama Women Talking, and the Best Picture winner The Hurt Locker, among others.

Manhunter follows Will Graham, a retired FBI agent who used to work as a criminal profiler before having a mental breakdown during his pursuit and arrest of Dr. Hannibal Lecktor. Graham's former boss, Jack Crawford, seeks the profiler's help when the Tooth Fairy, a new serial killer on the rise,...

Actress Jessica Chastain poses for “Harper's Bazaar” (España) magazine, photographed by JuanKr:

“…after studying acting at the ‘Juilliard School’, Chastain was signed to a talent holding deal with television producer John Wells. She was a recurring guest star in several television series, and took on roles in several stage productions.

“After making her feature film debut in the drama ‘Jolene’ (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas ‘Take Shelter’ (2011) and The Tree of Life’ (2011).

“She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama ‘The Help’ (2011) and a ‘CIA’ analyst in the thriller ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ (2012).

“Greater commercial success came with the science fiction films ‘Interstellar’ (2014) , ‘The Martian’ (2015), and the horror film ‘It Chapter Two’ (2019). Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas ‘A Most Violent Year’ (2014), ‘Miss Sloane’ (2016), ‘Molly's Game’ (2017) and the TV miniseries ‘Scenes from a Marriage...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of March titles. The Tubi March 2025 slate features new Tubi Originals, TV series, and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library of over 250,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of exclusive Originals, and nearly 250 live channels.

You can watch the Tubi March 2025 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

The Z-...

Before Jeff Nichols took the indie film world (with Take Shelter) by storm—both literally and figuratively—he made his mark with Shotgun Stories (premiered at the Berlinale in 2007), a poignant tragi-drama about a fractured family that descends into quiet, simmering violence. Both portraits showcased Nichols’ ability to weave complex family dynamics with understated tension. In just under two decades, the Little Rock, Arkansas native has steadily built a compelling body of work, delivering six feature films that blend Americana with intimate portraits of home and family. His characters range from outsiders and outlaws to ordinary individuals simply striving to carve out a space for themselves in the world.…...

The Nocturnal Animals ending is one of the movie's most talked-about aspects. The 2016 thriller ends on an emotionally gut-wrenching yet ambiguous note. Nocturnal Animals stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a writer named Edward, who sends his latest novel manuscript to his ex-wife Susan (Amy Adams). As Susan immerses herself in the nail-biting tale of violence and death, she revisits the ups and downs of her own failed marriage with Edward. The novel's premise serves as a parallel storyline in Nocturnal Animals, capturing its protagonist, Tony's pain as he tries to get over his wife and daughter's assault and murder.

Jake Gyllenhaal plays Edward and Tony, the dual role allowing him to capture the emotional nuances of both characters. While Edward struggles with his professional insecurities and romantic missteps, Tony seeks nothing but blood-stained revenge for the drifters who destroyed his family. Interestingly, the neo-noir psychological thriller is based on Austin Wright's 1993 novel,...

After some pretty damning suspicions, Mother's Instinct's ending features a shocking twist that will leave audiences slack-jawed. 

The 2024 thriller from renowned screenwriter Benoît Delhomme stars Anne Hathaway and Take Shelter's Jessica Chastain is now streaming on Hulu, following two feeding mothers as one gets a little too close to the other's family. 

The film was originally released in theaters in July 2024, earning a middling 53% on Rotten Tomatoes and a paltry $3.4 million at the global box office. 

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Some heavy hitters are leaving Netflix at the end of the month. Jaws, 8 Mile, The Deer Hunter, and Psycho all sign off on December 31. That’s a combined nine Oscars and 18 nominations. If you haven’t seen any of them, I’d suggest you get them on your list Asap.

Jaws is simply one of the greatest American action films ever made. Many critics don’t even bother with the “one of the best” when referring to Psycho. It is often considered the very best American horror. 8 Mile is a standout musical biopic, unsurpassed in the world of hip-hop. And The Deer Hunter, though difficult, controversial, and ever so slightly dated by now, was still a vital Vietnam War movie that took Best Picture for 1978.

But there are also some minor gems saying goodbye. So, if you’ve already seen the above-mentioned titles, or if the prospect of...

Today is a great day for Tom Hardy fans, as one of the Warrior and Venom star’s highest rated (yet most disappointing when it comes to box office) crime dramas lands on Prime Video. Released in December last year, The Bikeriders finds Hardy starring alongside Austin Butler and Jodie Comer in this tale of a Midwestern motorcycle club who finds themselves evolving from a welcoming place for outsiders to something far more sinister.

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, who is known for crafting powerful dramas such as Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special, and Loving, The Bikeriders stars a stellar ensemble cast that includes Jodie Comer (28 Years Later), Austin Butler, Tom Hardy (Mad Max: Fury Road), Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water), Mike Faist (West Side Story), Boyd Holbrook (Logan), and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead). The Bikeriders is available to stream on Prime Video from December 10, and it’s well worth a ride.

On Sunday December 8 2024, A&e broadcasts Rachael Ray’s Rebuild!

Take Shelter Season 1 Episode 1 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Rachael Ray’s Rebuild” is titled “Take Shelter.” It will air on A&e and tells the story of Ashley and Troy Thomas, who faced a life-changing event when an F3 tornado destroyed their two-story home. The couple found safety in their rarely used basement, which became their shelter during the storm. This harrowing experience left them with the challenge of rebuilding their lives and their home.

In this episode, Rachael Ray and her dedicated team step in to help the Thomas family. They will transform the basement, which served as a refuge, into a beautiful and functional living space. The focus will be on creating a new home that not only meets the family’s needs but also honors the strength they showed during the storm.

Viewers can expect to...

The 2012 movie Zero Dark Thirty is a gripping political thriller that was highly successful at the box office and was nominated for and won several awards, including an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing and a Best Actress Golden Globe for Chastain's performance. Because of its gritty portrayal of real events, Zero Dark Thirty is considered one of the best movies of the 2010s, and its streaming availability has brought it back into popularity.

The movie depicts a dramatized version of the US military's hunt for Osama bin Laden in the decade following the September 11 attacks. Zero Dark Thirty primarily follows Maya, a CIA intelligence analyst, in her work to track bin Laden as she interacts with different CIA and US Navy teams. While Maya is the primary character, Zero Dark Thirty features a broad and impressive cast of well-known actors who take inspiration from real figures in recent US history.

One look at busy actress Carrie Coon, and many of us go, "Oh, I adore her!" One look at Shea Whigham and we add, "Wow. Love that guy." They're faces you recognize, even if their names don't immediately conjure their credits, but they're two of the best actors today. Coon is the brilliant force from The Leftovers and the upcoming Season 3 of The White Lotus, and Whigham is consistently great in classics like Take Shelter and Boardwalk Empire. The actors were actually paired for a bit in the Emmy-winning third season of FX's Fargo as good-natured police officers. Well, writer-director Jeffrey Reiner's delicious new noir comedy-thriller Lake George changes that nature a bit and brings them together in a glorious pairing.

Like Fargo, the new film offers plenty of dryly comedic moments within its tense narrative, and sees the two celebrated stars own their roles of small-time crooks...

Jeff Nichols is working on a Cormac McCarthy adaptation or two – but then has a new original film he’s also lining up.

When you have two wholly original films on your resume like Mud and Take Shelter, it’s a wonder that you’d ever consider adapting the work of others, yet that’s what Jeff Nichols has been doing for the last few years.

It’s understandable of course: Nichols has been inspired by some incredible works, having produced 2016’s Loving along with The Bikeriders earlier this year. Both films were adaptations of a sort, with the former being based on Nancy Buirski’s 2011 documentary and the latter adapting Danny Lyon’s book of photographs.

Nichols has had other projects on the go in the last few years that have also been adaptation, even if they haven’t come to fruition. There was a fresh take on Alien Nation...

Jeff Nichols has big plans for his future, as he has announced that in addition to his planned Cormac McCarthy adaptations, he will be penning his first original feature since 2016’s Midnight Special.

Jeff Nichols got his start as one of the most distinct auteurs to emerge in the mid-2000s, writing and directing Shotgun Stories, Take Shelter, Mud, and the aforementioned Midnight Special. His two most recent features, Loving and this year’s The Bikeriders, both had their roots in true stories, with the latter being adapted from a photo book. On the mixture of projects, Nichols told Deadline, “I’ve been making period pieces and films inspired by other people’s work and this next film for better or worse is going to be cut from Jeff Nichols cloth.”

In addition to these, Jeff Nichols will also go back to adapting, as he will take on Cormac McCarthy’s two Passenger books,...

“Rachael Ray’s Rebuild” is set to premiere its first episode, titled “Take Shelter,” on December 8, 2024, at 11:00 Am on A&e. This new show promises to touch hearts as it showcases real stories of families overcoming devastating challenges. In this episode, viewers will meet Ashley and Troy Thomas, a couple whose lives changed forever when an F3 tornado struck their home.

The tornado completely leveled the Thomas family’s two-story house, leaving them in shock and despair. Fortunately, their rarely used basement became a lifesaving shelter during the storm. In this episode, Rachael and her dedicated team step in to help the Thomas family rebuild their lives. They will transform the basement, which once served as a refuge, into a welcoming and functional new home.

As the episode unfolds, viewers can expect to see the challenges and triumphs of the rebuilding process. Rachael’s team will work closely with the Thomases,...

It’s a measure of how long Jeff Nichols has been thinking about making a movie about the 1960s heyday of Midwest motorcycle gangs that at one point his close friend and frequent star Michael Shannon said to him, “Stop talking about this movie. You’re never gonna make it.”

Shannon was wrong: Almost 20 years after he became intrigued by a book about one such gang, Nichols finally made “The Bikeriders” with Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer. It was made in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and premiered to rave reviews at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival.

But what should have been the triumphant culmination of his two-decade quest was bittersweet at best. In the wake of the writers and actors strikes, 20th Century Studios pulled the film off its release schedule and eventually sold it to Focus Features, which finally released it to modest box-office returns in...

For its upcoming edition, the Marrakech Film Festival is pulling out all the stops.

After a more subdued edition last year due to the Israel-Hamas conflict and the effects of a disastrous earthquake, the event — which has close ties with the crème de la crème of global auteurs — can boast a talent roster on the scale of top international festivals such as Cannes or Venice for its 21st iteration, set to run Nov. 29 to Dec. 7 in the ancient Moroccan city.

Big names set to make the trek to Morocco include Sean Penn, Tim Burton and Monica Bellucci, Alfonso Cuarón, Justine Triet, Ava DuVernay and David Cronenberg. Luca Guadagnino is presiding over the competition jury, which includes hotshot actors Jacob Elordi and Andrew Garfield.

Below, Variety speaks with the fest’s artistic director Rémi Bonhomme – a former driving force behind Cannes’ Critics Week – about how he pulled it off and...

Quick Links Matthew McConaugheys Career Was Uncertain Throughout the 2000s Jeff Nichols Knew Where to Take Mud as a Director Mud Characterizes Everything On Screen The Cast Gives Life to Mud's Story Mud Delivered on Its Premise Thanks to Nichols and McConaughey's Teamwork

As one of Hollywoods most charming leading men, Matthew McConaughey has appeared in numerous genres of film and garnered both commercial success with crowd-pleasing movies and critical praise with his committed acting performances. Being the rare kind of actor who can appeal to all audiences, Matthew McConaugheys oeuvre has given him immense stardom and has also propped him up as a permanent fixture in pop culture. However, despite Matthew McConaugheys impressive body of work in recent years, the actor faced an identity crisis while in the spotlight during a string of panned movies and a lack of unique roles coming along.

Anxious for a solid film to shake things up,...

After Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain's Take Shelter was added to Netflix, it became a hot topic of discussion amongst fans due to its mysterious ending.

Originally released in 2011, Take Shelter centers on a loving couple and their hearing-impaired daughter living the best life they can in a small Ohio town. 

However, the husband begins having scary dreams about a world-threatening apocalypse, which leads him to build a storm shelter in the backyard and causes problems with his family.

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U.S. director Jeff Nichols has been named as the 2024 patron of the Marrakech International Film Festival’s Atlas Workshops, as the talent and project incubator also unveils the projects selected for this year’s edition.

Launched in 2018, the initiative has supported a raft of emerging and more established filmmakers and their projects, hailing from Morocco, the Arab world, and Africa.

Nichols – whose filmography includes 2011 Cannes Critics’ Week winner Take Shelter, Cannes Palme d’Or contenders Mud (2012) and Loving (2016) as well as more recent credit The Bikeriders – is the second announced patron.

The role was created last year, with Martin Scorsese due to kick off the inaugural patronship, but he was forced to cancel his Marrakech trip for personal reasons at the eleventh hour.

Nichols will take part in a number of sessions with selected projects in development and post-production. This year’s cohort of filmmakers will be known as the Class of Jeff Nichols.

Need something new to stream this month but don’t want to shell out for a subscription. Not a problem.

While traditional streamers like Netflix, Hulu and Prime Video keep hiking prices and adding ads to their paid platforms, Fast services like Tubi and Pluto TV are gaining ground by providing viewers with free options full of watch-worthy films and series. And in October, the roster is full up with Halloween-friendly movies, from spooky to downright scary.

Here’s your special spooky season edition of the best new movies to watch free on Tubi.

“The Evil Dead” (New Line Cinema) “The Evil Dead” (1981)

The shoestring-budget horror classic that spawned one of the most enduring and consistent horror franchises, Sam Raimi’s “Evil Dead” holds up nearly 45 years later. Starring Bruce Campbell as enduring horror icon Ash Williams, “Evil Dead” doesn’t have the snark or silliness that would come with the sequels,...

The mental-health horror trend that’s been growing in recent years may be one of the most interesting, terrifying sub-genres around: if the real monsters are in your head, how can you protect your loved ones from them? The Babadook or Take Shelter mined such an idea for nearly unbearable tension; the latest from Alexandre Aja almost pulls off the same trick. Are we watching a tale of survival in a post-apocalyptic nightmare world, or two isolated children struggling with a mother they can’t trust?

Halle Berry plays Momma, a tough-as-nails survivor who’s holed up in a remote cabin in the woods with her twin sons Samuel (Anthony B. Jenkins) and Nolan (Percy Daggs IV). The boys nearly worship her, but her insistence that they must always remain physically tied with rope to their house is becoming restrictive as the boys get older, and her insistence on protective rhymes and rules seems eccentric.

Actress Jessica Chastain (“Mothers’ Instinct”) poses for the new Beymen Fall/Winter 2024 clothing campaign, with a shaved poodle look, photographed by Rafael Pavarotti:

“…following acting studies at the ‘Juilliard School’, Chastain was signed to a talent holding deal with television producer John Wells.

“She was a recurring guest star in several television series, and took on roles in several stage productions.

“After making her feature film debut in the drama ‘Jolene’ (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas ‘Take Shelter’ (2011) and The Tree of Life’ (2011).

“She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama ‘The Help’ (2011) and a ‘CIA’ analyst in the thriller ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ (2012).

“Greater commercial success came with the science fiction films ‘Interstellar’ (2014) , ‘The Martian’ (2015), and the horror film ‘It Chapter Two’ (2019).

“Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas ‘A Most Violent Year...

Tubi, Fox’s free streaming service, has announced its list of October titles. The Tubi October 2024 slate features new Tubi Originals and numerous action, art house, Black cinema, comedy, documentary, drama, horror, kids and family, romance, sci-fi and fantasy, thriller, and Western titles.

As a leading ad-supported video-on-demand service, the company engages diverse audiences through a personalized experience and the world’s largest content library: over 200,000 movies and TV episodes, a growing collection of Tubi Originals, and nearly 250 Fast channels.

You can watch the Tubi October 2024 lineup for free on Android and iOS mobile devices, Amazon Echo Show, Google Nest Hub Max, Comcast Xfinity X1, and Cox Contour.

You can also watch the service on connected television devices such as Amazon Fire TV, Vizio TVs, Sony TVs, Samsung TVs, Roku, Apple TV, Chromecast, Android TV, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and on the Tubi site.

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Unconventional thrillers that shake up the genre can have audiences on the edge of their seats, unsure of how things will play out in the end. While many tropes and cliches in the thriller genre mean observant viewers will be quick to uncover the mystery and decipher how things will pan out before the credits roll, some actors, directors, and writers have toyed with these conventions to produce some truly unconventional movies. In some instances, these experiments were so influential that they left an undeniable mark on cinema as a whole.

The best thrillers of all time were inscrutable stories that confounded audiences' expectations in unique and interesting ways. Theres often nothing better than when a movie surprises viewers in a good way and when a well-worn genre trope gets subverted in a manner never before seen on screen. Unconventional thrillers that change up the genre were important to keep...

Tonight on “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras,” the Challengers arrive to the Arena to see classic, brutal eliminations from each era awaiting them. Sixteen people will fight in the sand, only eight will return. The losers learn they will be sent off with a parting gift of karma for the remaining players.

This year, the longest-running reality competition series embarks on its monumental 40th season. “The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras” features 40 legendary competitors from the series’ 26-year history representing their “Challenge Era” in an epic battle for the ages where legends will collide as they strive to immortalize their names as Challenge 40 Champions and earn their share of the one million dollar prize. As usual, “The Challenge” is hosted by T.J. Lavin.

See MTV’s ‘The Challenge 40: Battle of the Eras’: Cast, premiere date and everything you need to know

Below, read our full recap of tonight’s episode,...

Actress Jessica Chastain (“Mothers’ Instinct”) poses as the new ‘global brand ambassador’, for Damiani jewelry, photographed by Juankr:

“…following acting studies at the ‘Juilliard School’, Chastain was signed to a talent holding deal with television producer John Wells.

“She was a recurring guest star in several television series, and took on roles in several stage productions.

“After making her feature film debut in the drama ‘Jolene’ (2008), Chastain had her breakthrough in 2011 with six film releases, including the dramas ‘Take Shelter’ (2011) and The Tree of Life’ (2011).

“She received Academy Award nominations for playing an aspiring socialite in the period drama ‘The Help’ (2011) and a ‘CIA’ analyst in the thriller ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ (2012).

“Greater commercial success came with the science fiction films ‘Interstellar’ (2014) , ‘The Martian’ (2015), and the horror film ‘It Chapter Two’ (2019).

“Chastain received further acclaim for playing strong-willed women in the dramas ‘A Most Violent Year’ (2014), ‘Miss Sloane’ (2016), ‘Molly's Game’ (2017) and...

Peacock announced on Wednesday that the motorcycle crime thriller The Bikeriders, starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Academy Award nominee Austin Butler (Elvis) and Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), will begin streaming exclusively on the service on August 9.

Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, the filmmaker behind titles like Mud and Take Shelter, The Bikeriders is a fictional story inspired by the photography of Danny Lyon and his 1967 book The Bikeriders.

The film captures a rebellious time in America when the culture and people were changing. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Comer) is inextricably drawn to Benny (Butler), the newest member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals, led by the enigmatic Johnny (Hardy). Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose...

The American Cinematheque is set to give Jessica Chastain its top prize.

Chastain will be honored with the American Cinematheque Award on Dec. 6 during a ceremony in Beverly Hills that will also see Oppenheimer producer Charles Roven receive the Power of Cinema Award.

“She (Chastain) is a fierce advocate for social causes and an active film and television producer. In all her endeavors, a commitment to excellence shines through as well as a burning intelligence. The American Cinematheque is proud and honored to present Jessica Chastain with the 38th American Cinematheque Award,” the organization’s board chair Rick Nicita said in a statement on Friday.

Throughout her celebrated movie career thus far, Chastain has starred in The Debt, Take Shelter, The Martian, Crimson Peak, Molly’s Game and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. She is also a producer through Freckle Films, a New York based film and TV production company launched...

After movies like The Fall Guy and Furiosa made their home debuts mere weeks after their theatrical premieres, Jeff Nichols’ period drama The Bikeriders joins the pack as it revs up to hit digital outlets tomorrow. The film garnered much praise from critics, including our own Chris Bumbray, who said in his review, “This is the rare film where I almost hope there’s a more extended version, as I found some of the side characters fascinating and worth further development. […] It’s rare I look at my watch during a movie hoping there’s more or it left, but that’s what happened to me here quite a bit, so take that as high praise.”

The press release from Universal reads,

“Loyalty, power, and brotherhood collide in Focus Features’ ‘must-see summer movie’ (USA Today) that critics are calling ‘Goodfellas on Harley-Davidsons’ (Indiewire). The Bikeriders is available for the first...

It’s well-proven that Emmy winner Jodie Comer excels at accent work.

The actor’s Russian accent as psychopathic assassin Villanelle in “Killing Eve” was so good that playwright Suzie Miller nearly passed on her to star in “Prima Facie” because the play was written for someone from Liverpool.. Now, in Jeff Nichols’ latest film, “The Bikeriders,” about the rise and fall of a Midwestern motorcycle club in the 1960s, she puts on a working-class Chicago accent to play Kathy, a strong-willed woman who falls for a free-spirited biker named Benny (Austin Butler) and finds herself competing with Johnny (Tom Hardy), the club’s leader, for his attention and devotion.

The Searchlight movie is inspired by the 1967 photography book “The Bikeriders” by Danny Lyon, who captured the story of the Vandals motorcycle club. He’d recorded interviews with members of the club too, so Comer had about 30 minutes of the...

Creative differences led to Jeff Nichols unexpectedly leaving A Quiet Place: Day One project despite being hired as writer/director. Paramount Pictures started fresh with Michael Sarnoski as the new director after Nichols' departure from the prequel movie. A Quiet Place: Day One is a highly anticipated film exploring the origins of the alien invasion with a talented cast including Lupita Nyong'o.

Jeff Nichols, the original director of A Quiet Place: Day One, has revealed what made him leave the project after he had been hired as a writer and director by John Krasinski himself. Unfortunately, due to creative differences, he unexpectedly left the project. After his departure, Paramount Pictures decided to scrap everything and start from zero with writer/director Michael Sarnoski, the director responsible for Nicolas Cage's 2021 thriller Pig.

A Quiet Place: Day One, which will be released in theaters next month, is a prequel to Krasinski's...

Jeff Nichols' new film The Bikeriders features many thrilling sequences of motorcycle mayhem, but the director recently revealed which actor was not allowed to go near one.

The Bikeriders is set in the 1960s, based on Danny Lyon's photobook of the same name, and follows the rise of a Midwestern motorcycle club called the Vandals. The film boasts an incredible cast that includes Jodie Comer (Free Guy), Austin Butler (Elvis), Tom Hardy (Venom), Michael Shannon (Man of Steel), Mike Faist (Challengers), Boyd Holbrook (Logan), and Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead). According to Deadline, Nichols gave an interview on the ReelBlend podcast discussing many facets of the film, including the actors needing to learn how to drive the motorcycles. "To be honest, all of them had to go through training. Now, some guys took to it better than others," Nichols said. However, there was a notable exception when it came...

Mike Faist was planning to take a prolonged breather after an exhausting shoot on Challengers, but those intentions fell by the wayside once Jeff Nichols called about The Bikeriders.

The Take Shelter and Mud filmmaker made Faist an offer that was simply too tempting to pass up. He’d not only get to work a couple hours from where he was born in Gahanna, Ohio, but he’d also get to play highly regarded photographer Danny Lyon while observing and documenting several of his favorite actors. The clincher was that Faist’s Challengers co-star Zendaya had already pointed him in this direction thanks to her habit of photographing film sets and picking the brains of directors and DPs.

“Toward the tail end of Challengers, Zendaya got me into photography. She had her cameras on set and was always playing around with them and whatnot. So I got interested and played...

In this week’s episode of The Discourse, host Mike DeAngelo goes on a joyride with one of the stars of “The Bikeriders.” The film follows the members of a Chicago-area biker gang from their innocent inception in the 1960s to their descent into a darker underworld. The Jeff Nichols (“Mud,” “Midnight Special,” “Take Shelter”) film stars Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus, Boyd Holbrook, and more.

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Vroom vroom! This week's episode of the Empire Podcast is something of a rarity, as we only have one guest. But what a guest it is! We sent our very own geek queen Helen O'Hara along to talk to Jeff Nichols, director of Take Shelter, Midnight Special, and Mud. Together, they talk the challenges of working with motorcycles and the joys of working with such stars as Jodie Comer! Tom Hardy! Austin Butler! Mike Faist! Michael Shannon! and more on his new 1960s set biker movie, handily called The Bikeriders.

Back in the podbooth, host Chris Hewitt is joined by Helen, James Dyer, and Amon Warmann for another fun-filled episode in which the team discuss this week's listener question: Which movies deserve to have their visual effects overhauled in special editions? Then, in this week's bumper movie news section, our colleagues of such lethal cunning discuss who should direct the McU's embattled Blade movie,...

Ever since his breakthrough feature Shotgun Stories, Jeff Nichols has been a filmmaker interested in authentic depictions of the human condition. Whether it's the brutal coming-of-age story of Mud, the intimate historical romance of Loving, the subversive superhero mythology of Midnight Special, or the disaster themes of Take Shelter, Nichols is able to take extraordinary premises and ground them in legitimate emotional stakes. Nichols latest feature, The Bikeriders, is a rip-roaring throwback to classic fight the system films like Easy Rider and Rebel Without a Cause, focusing on a defiant motorcycle group in the 1960s. Although it's a film that shows the extent of Nichols imagination, The Bikeriders was loosely inspired by real accounts of the 1960s.

The latest film from writer/director Jeff Nichols, the superlative narrative adaptation of a book of photos by photographer Danny Lyon titled The Bikeriders, proves to be one of the modern equivalent of iconic films such as The Wild One (1953) or Easy Rider (1969).

The film is told from the point of view of Kathy (Jodie Comer) via an ongoing interview conducted by a photo-journalist named Danny (Mike Faist) – upon whose book the film is based. Kathy’s story begins with her meeting Benny (Austin Butler) when he, and the rest of his motorcycle “club,” stop by her local bar for a drink. Immediately taken with Danny, Kathy joins him, and the club – known as the Vandals – on their quest for independence and freedom. The leader of the Vandals, Johnny (Tom Hardy), looks upon Danny as his successor. But, as the club evolves around them – much like the culture of the...

Remember a few weeks back, when there were no major wide studio releases, and how that turned out? Expect a repeat this weekend with only one movie getting a substantially wide release as “Inside Out 2” remains in the lead. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

“Loving” and “Take Shelter” director Jeff Nichols returns with the motorcycle drama, “The Bikeriders,” which will probably get the widest release of the new movies this weekend via Focus Features. Set in the late ’60s and early ’70s, it stars Jodie Comer as a Chicago woman who gets involved with a biker named Benny, played by Austin Butler, part of Chicago’s Vandals bike club, led by Tom Hardy‘s Johnny, The movie also stars Mike Faist from “Challengers.”

Hardy might be considered the biggest star of the bunch due to his appearances in the hit “Venom” movies. He’s also...

Oscar-nominee Austin Butler (Dune: Part Two) and Emmy-winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) are killing it in Hollywood, and neither seems able to ease off the throttle. Together, they lead writer-director Jeff Nichols' latest period piece, The Bikeriders, alongside Tom Hardy (Venom), in a gritty look back at the turmoil of 1960s America. The trio is joined by The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, Boyd Holbrook (Justified: City Primeval), Mike Faist (Challengers), and, of course, Michael Shannon (Take Shelter).

A nifty little neo-noir carried by two likeable leads, Lake George follows a pair of down-and-out, middle-aged criminals who try to rip off a rich gangster and somehow get away with it.

Is that a familiar premise? Yes. Do stars Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon manage to make the material feel both fresh and engaging? Yes. Is there still a theatrical audience out there for this kind of modest, well-acted and slickly crafted B-level thriller? That remains to be seen.

Premiering at the Tribeca Film Festival, veteran director Jeffrey Reiner’s latest feature offers up a few welcome twists on a typical noir scenario: Ex-con Don (Whigham) gets out of jail and tries to collect the money he’s owed by an L.A. thug, Armen (Glenn Fleshler), who lives in a massive McMansion up in the Hollywood Hills. But Don is no tough guy, and he winds up getting...

“Death by Lighting,” Netflix’s upcoming series about the rise and eventual assassination of U.S. President James Garfield, is adding to its cast.

Variety has learned that Bradley Whitford and Shea Whigham have joined the show as series regulars. In addition, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Paula Malcomson, and Tuppence Middleton have also joined the series.

They will appear alongside previously announced leads Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen, as well as cast members Betty Gilpin and Nick Offerman.

“Death by Lightning” is based on the book “Destiny Of The Republic” by Candice Millard. The official logline states that it “brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield (Shannon), reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau (Macfadyen) — the man who would come to kill him.”

Whitford will appear in the series as Secretary of State James Blaine. Whigham will play Senator Roscoe Conkling.

Austin Butler has responded to rumors he will star in Heat 2 as Chris Shiherlis. Director Michael Mann confirms Heat 2 as his next project, serving as both a prequel and a sequel to the original 1995 film. Butler will next star in The Bikeriders alongside Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, and Norman Reedus.

Academy Award nominee and Dune 2 star Austin Butler has broken his silence over the ongoing rumors that he will play a major role in Heat 2, the crime thriller follow-up from director Michael Mann. When the rumors were addressed recently by Total Film, Butler kept things suspiciously close to his chest, praising the first movie and offering the kind of response that is sure to simply add more fuel to the speculation fire...

Yeah, I I mean, I love the first film, but no comment on that.

Butler is rumored to be playing the criminal character Chris Shiherlis,...

Jodie Comer is heading toward disturbing events after signing on to her latest film project with Kenneth Branagh, The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde. Branagh wrote and will direct the new film. Plot details are scarce, but Deadline’s exclusive report says The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde is a contemporary psychological thriller, with production kicking off in August in the UK.

Belfast producers Tamar Thomas, Laura Berwick, Becca Kovacik, Matthew Jenkins, Maximum Effort’s Ashley Fox, and Johnny Pariseau will join Branagh for the new film.

As Deadline points out, Comer’s signing onto the project is a significant boon for Branagh’s latest yarn. She’s an extraordinarily busy actress, so something about Branagh’s project must have caught her attention. After wrapping Killing Eve, Comer joined the cast of the Jeff Nichols crime drama The Bikeriders. Comer plays Kathy in the upcoming film, which also stars Austin Butler,...

Chicago – One of Chicago’s icon theater actors … Michael Shannon … is performing again in town, in the company that he co-founded. Red Orchid Theatre presents Michael Shannon and Travis A. Knight in the World Premiere of “Turret” by Levi Holloway, now at the Chopin Theatre through June 9, 2024. For tickets and info, click Turret.

Two men (Shannon and Knight) survive in a facility deep underground somewhere in the wild woods of the Pacific Northwest, hiding away from something terrible from the outside. Ensnared in a relentless loop of endless tomorrows, they discover the wolf isn’t at the door, it’s already inside, waiting in the creeping darkness all around them. “Turret” is an excavation of masculinity, love, loss and isolation, and a claustrophobic carnival of carnage, carrier pigeons, cribbage, whiskey, music, mischief and mayhem.

Red Orchid’s ’Turret’ at the Chopin Theatre through June 9th

Photo credit: RedOrchidTheatre.org

Michael Shannon was born in Kentucky,...

The Bikeriders delves into the rise of a Midwest biker gang, detailing the dangerous allure of a rebellious lifestyle. Director Jeff Nichols drew inspiration from Danny Lyon's photographic exploration of real-life bikers in the 1960s. Although based on Lyon's work, the film adds a unique twist by creating its own characters and storyline.

Jeff Nichol's The Bikeriders aims to capture a realistic portrait of criminally driven motorcycle clubs, the complex mix of the allure of a rebellious lifestyle and the disdain for the violent and illegal actions that fuel their lifestyle. To do this, Nichols, who wrote and directed the film, took inspiration from a famous photography book that chronicled the lives of real-life bikers in the 1960s: Danny Lyon's 1968 book The Bikeriders.

We will look at Danny Lyon's legacy, how his work inspired the ensemble crime thriller, and how much of the movie is based on...

Jeff Nichols is reportedly looking to adapt Cormac McCarthy’s final two novels for what may be his follow-up project to The Bikeriders.

Cormac McCarthy was a legendary American writer and his works have led to a number of films that have varied in quality. From out and out brilliance, such as The Road or No Country For Old Men to projects that deserve a second look such as Ridley Scott’s The Counselor (for which McCarthy penned the script), there’s always something to admire about the writer’s work.

One filmmaker who seems particularly engaged with McCarthy’s work is Jeff Nichols. Nichols has his first film in seven years due out soon, The Bikeriders. That film is a period drama which boasts an impressive ensemble cast that saw its release delayed due to last year’s strikes meaning that said cast couldn’t promote it.

Nichols completed...