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Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
TIFF sets premieres from Steven Soderbergh and Nia DaCosta, and more of today's top stories
Gold Derby's for June 25, 2025. The latest from Yorgos Lanthimos reteams the director with his Kinds of Kindness stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons for a satire with a (maybe) sci-fi twist. A remake of the 2003 Korean film Save the Green Planet!, Bugonia hits theaters this October. More from Gold Derby Best Drama Directing Emmy predictions: Triple submissions and big names flood this category Paul Giamatti, Stephen Graham, Cooper Koch, and the best of our Emmy Limited Series/Movie Actor interviews The Toronto International Film Festival has announced a handful of the films premiering at the annual event this September, including Steven Soderbergh's latest, The Christophers, and the new film from 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple's Nia DaCosta, Hedda. The Sandman is hitting the road. Starting in September, Sandler will be heading out across the country on his You're My Best Friend tour. Tickets presales begin today at noon local time. The general on-sale starts Friday. It's Emma Stone Trailer Day apparently, as the second (and final) theatrical trailer for Ari Aster's Western Eddington debuts online. That film is due in theaters on July 18. The three-time Grammy winner has announced her first album in over a decade, Better Broken. And with the news, she dropped the video for the title track. The album is set for release on Sept. 19. Best of Gold Derby Billboard 200: Chart-topping albums of 2025 Billboard Hot 100: Every No. 1 song of 2025 Tom Cruise movies: 17 greatest films ranked worst to best Click here to read the full article.
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02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- See - Sada Elbalad
Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone's "Bugonia" Gets New Release Date
Yara Sameh Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and Oscar winner Emma Stone's project 'Bugonia" will premiere ahead of schedule. The film will open in select theaters on October 24 before expanding nationwide on October 31. That's slightly earlier than the original release date of November 7. Focus Features is rolling out 'Bugonia' in the U.S. and Canada while Universal Pictures, the specialty studio's parent company, will handle international distribution. 'Bugonia,' a remake of the South Korean sci-fi comedy 'Save the Green Planet,' revolves around two conspiracy-obsessed friends who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major corporation because they are convinced she's an alien intent on destroying Earth. Jesse Plemons, who worked with Stone and Lanthimos on 'Kinds of Kindness,' also leads the cast alongside Alicia Silverstone, Aidan Delbis, and Stavros Halkias. Lanthimos is directing from a script by Will Tracy, whose credits include 'The Menu' and 'Succession.' Stone and Lanthimos were producers — via their respective companies Fruit Tree and Pith — in their latest team-up following 'Poor Things,' 'The Favourite' and 'Kinds of Kindness.' Producers also include Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe of Element Pictures, Ari Aster and Lars Knusden of Square Peg, and Miky Lee and Jerry Kyoungboum Ko of CJ ENM. Focus Features won a bidding war for 'Bugonia,' a departure for Lanthimos after Searchlight distributed his prior three films, 2018's 'The Favourite,' 2023's 'Poor Things' and 2024's 'Kinds of Kindness.' A24 distribution the two prior to that, 2015's 'The Lobster' and 2017's 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer.' read more New Tourism Route To Launch in Old Cairo Ahmed El Sakka-Led Play 'Sayidati Al Jamila' to Be Staged in KSA on Dec. 6 Mandy Moore Joins Season 2 of "Dr. Death" Anthology Series Don't Miss These Movies at 44th Cairo Int'l Film Festival Today Amr Diab to Headline KSA's MDLBEAST Soundstorm 2022 Festival Arts & Culture Mai Omar Stuns in Latest Instagram Photos Arts & Culture "The Flash" to End with Season 9 Arts & Culture Ministry of Culture Organizes four day Children's Film Festival Arts & Culture Canadian PM wishes Muslims Eid-al-Adha News Egypt confirms denial of airspace access to US B-52 bombers News Ayat Khaddoura's Final Video Captures Bombardment of Beit Lahia Lifestyle Pistachio and Raspberry Cheesecake Domes Recipe News Australia Fines Telegram $600,000 Over Terrorism, Child Abuse Content Arts & Culture Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban's $4.7M LA Home Burglarized Videos & Features Bouchra Dahlab Crowned Miss Arab World 2025 .. Reem Ganzoury Wins Miss Arab Africa Title (VIDEO) Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Sports Neymar Announced for Brazil's Preliminary List for 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers News Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly Inaugurates Two Indian Companies Arts & Culture New Archaeological Discovery from 26th Dynasty Uncovered in Karnak Temple
Time of India
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Jesse Plemons joins 'The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping'
Actor Jesse Plemons , best known for "Breaking Bad", has become the latest addition to the star cast of "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping". According to the entertainment news outlet Deadline, the 37-year-old actor will join the previously announced cast, which includes Joseph Zada, Whitney Peak, and Mckenna Grace . "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" is an adaptation of Suzanne Collins' bestselling book. Directed by Francis Lawrence , the film is expected to release on November 20, 2026. Plemons' latest work is "Kinds of Kindness" from Yorgos Lanthimos. Released in 2024, the film also starred Margaret Qualley , Emma Stone and Hunter Schafer. Zero Day Trailer: Robert De Niro, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons and Connie Britton Starrer Zero Day Official Trailer
The Guardian
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Incompatible with the symbolism': Yorgos Lanthimos denied permission to shoot new film at the Acropolis
Greece's leading contemporary director has had a request to shoot footage for his new film at the Acropolis in Athens denied by his country's culture ministry. Yorgos Lanthimos had filed a request to film scenes for sci-fi comedy Bugonia at the fifth-century BC site in April. But in a statement on Thursday, the culture ministry said permission had been refused because 'the proposed scenes are incompatible with the symbolism … and the values the Acropolis represents'. Bugonia is Lanthimos's latest collaboration with Emma Stone, who won the best actress Oscar for her role in his 2023 comedy Poor Things. In their new film, whose scheduled November release date suggests a major awards push, Stone stars as the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company kidnapped by a conspiracist bee-keeper, played by her Kinds of Kindness co-star Jesse Plemons. The scenes in question depicted 70 dead bodies placed between two of the Greek citadel's key sites: the Propylaea, its complex of Doric entrance buildings, and the Parthenon, the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena. Lanthimos's request appears to have initially been welcomed by the ministry of culture, who agreed to waive the standard filming fee for the Acropolis – around €1,984 (£1,700) per day – in recognition of the director's international standing. However, this offer was subject to the approval of the Central Archaeological Council, which oversees the Acropolis. They rejected Lanthimos's proposal, citing symbolic inappropriateness and insufficient reverence, and suggested nearby alternatives where he could film. The ministry of culture is said to have delayed its final ruling until producers from the film indicated whether they would pursue another location. On Wednesday, culture minister Lina Mendoni received a letter from Lanthimos's team, reiterating their previously rejected request, but reportedly not providing sufficient grounds for her to ask the Central Archeological Council to reconsider. Despite being widely regarded as one of the planet's most important cultural artefacts, the Acropolis in Athens has often been used as a filming location. It featured extensively in Sophia Loren's 1957 breakthrough, Boy on a Dolphin, as well as in more recent films such as Patricia Highsmith adaptation The Two Faces of January (2014) and Before Midnight (2013). Comparable sites, such as Stonehenge or the Vatican, are usually rebuilt as replicas. Born in Athens, Lanthimos, 51, was among the creative team behind the TV visuals for the 2004 Olympics held in the city. He made his breakthrough film with 2009's Dogtooth, which won the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes and was nominated for the best international Oscar. Alps (2011), The Lobster (2015) and The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) cemented his reputation for challenging absurdist comedies, before he found mainstream acclaim with Queen Anne comedy-drama The Favourite (2018), which was nominated for 10 Oscars, winning best actress for Olivia Colman. Lanthimos's first photography monograph, titled Dear God, the Parthenon Is Still Broken, featured photos shot behind the scenes on Poor Things. A second book, I Shall Sing These Songs Beautifully, collected shots from the production of Kinds of Kindness. An exhibition of some of these photographs – Lanthimos's first bricks-and-mortar show – has just opened at a gallery in Los Angeles.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Entertainment
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Focus Creates A Buzz With First Footage Of Emma Stone In ‘Bugonia'
Focus Features rolled out new footage from some of its highly anticipated upcoming films during its portion of Universal's CinemaCon presentation Wednesday, including a quick teaser for Yorgos Lanthimos' next movie Bugonia. The film is a reteam for Lanthimos and his Kinds of Kindness stars Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons and hits domestic theaters November 7. The story follows two conspiracy-obsessed men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced she is an alien intent on destroying Planet Earth. In the footage shown today were ample musings on and shots of honey bees, as well as Stone's CEO literally having her hair buzzed off. More from Deadline Universal Kicks Off Its CinemaCon With 43-Piece Orchestra & 'Jurassic World: Rebirth' CinemaCon 2025: First Looks & Big Reveals in Photos 'M3GAN 2.0': Killer Doll Meets Nasty A.I. Emilia In First Look At CinemaCon This was fitting after Focus president Peter Kujawski reminded the CinemaCon audience that he last year called specialty films 'the honey bees of the movie business who are pollinating the future.' Today, he added movie theaters to that equation. He also said, 'We are extremely proud to work with and empower filmmakers to make films that really thrive in a communal movie theater.' The Focus slate 'runs the gamut, but every film is made for the vital theatrical experience.' Also upcoming, Focus has Wes Anderson's The Phoenician Scheme, which also got a showcase today; Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale; Chloé Zhao's Hamnet; Ethan Coen's Honey Don't!; and Ronan Day-Lewis' directorial debut with Anemone, starring and co-written by Daniel Day-Lewis. Further Bugonia cast includes Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias and Alicia Silverstone. Focus has the movie stateside, while Universal Pictures has the Will Tracy-written movie abroad sans Korea which is being handled by CJ ENM. Bugonia is based on the South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! written and directed by Jang Joon-Hwan and produced by Sidus. This English-language version was developed by CJ ENM with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen at Square Peg. The production has been financed by Fremantle and CJ ENM. Producers are Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe (Element Pictures); Lanthimos, Aster and Knudsen (Square Peg); Stone; and Miky Lee and Jerry Kyoungboum Ko (CJ ENM). Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery The Best 7 New Movies To Watch On Netflix In April 2025 Everything We Know About 'Hacks' Season 4 So Far
