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(L to R) Mike Faist stars as Art and Zendaya as Tashi in director Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers,’ an Amazon MGM Studios film. Photo credit: Niko Tavernise. © 2024 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. Opening in theaters April 26 is ‘Challengers,’ directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist. Related Articles: Director

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Only one week after NCAA Women’s March Madness, some of the best players from the tournament are forgoing their college eligibility to join the WNBA. This year, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is

(L to R) Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Shawn Levy, Barry Jenkins, Amy Poehler and Kevin Feige at Disney’s 2024 CinemaCon Presentation. Photo: Disney. Preview: Disney, as expected, went big on Pixar and Marvel. The likes of ‘Deadpool’, ‘Inside Out 2’ and more were showcased. ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ also showed footage. Disney

Veteran film festival director Marco Müller has been named the new artistic director of Italy’s Taormina Film Fest and will take over for Taormina’s 70th edition this year. Müller is one of the great journeymen of the festival circuit, having run A-list events in Venice, Rotterdam, Locarno and, most recently, the Pingyao festival in Macao.

(L to R) Johnny Knoxville and director Lije Sarki talk ‘Sweet Dreams’. Opening in theaters on April 12th and available on digital April 16th is the new comedy ‘Sweet Dreams,’ which stars Johnny Knoxville (‘Jackass Forever’) and was directed by Lije Sarki (‘The Peanut Butter Falcon’). Moviefone recently had the pleasure of speaking with Johnny

Robert Downey Jr. had some help from his children to prepare for his role in The Sympathizer. The actor opened up to Extra at Tuesday’s Los Angeles premiere of the new HBO series about how his kids helped him shave his head for the role. “They seemed anxious to shave my dome,” Downey admitted. “There’s

Simone Joy Jones and Nicole Richie in 2024’s ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.’ Opening in theaters on April 12th is the remake of the classic 90s’ comedy ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead‘. Directed by Wade Allain-Marcus (‘Black Box‘), the new film stars Simone Joy Jones (‘Anything’s Possible’), Nicole Richie (‘Good Burger 2’), June

Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump Drama The Apprentice, Anora, the latest from The Florida Project and Red Rocket director Sean Baker, and Andrea Arnold’s Bird, starring Barry Keoghan and Franz Rogowski, are among the highlights of this year’s Cannes competition. Abbasi, the Iranian-born, Swedish-based director, whose Holy Spider was a sensation of the 2022 Cannes festival,

(L to R) Willem Dafoe, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Michael Keaton, Monica Bellucci, and director Tim Burton for ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ at CinemaCon 2024. Photo: Warner Bros. Preview: Warner Bros. showed off its upcoming slate at CinemaCon Tuesday. Movies such as ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ and ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’ were promoted. Talent including George Miller and

Nia DaCosta is headed to the 28 Years Later franchise. The filmmaker is in talks to direct the second film in Sony’s upcoming horror trilogy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Danny Boyle, who helmed the original 2002 movie 28 Days Later, is returning to direct the first sequel film from writer Alex Garland. DaCosta has

Renée Zellweger in ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary.’ Photo: Universal Pictures. Preview: Renée Zellweger will be back as Bridget Jones. Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson are also returning. The movie will adapt Helen Fielding’s third Bridget book. It has been nearly a decade since Helen Fielding’s character Bridget Jones was on our screens –– when last we saw

Craig Peters is bullish on AI. The CEO of Getty Images, who is taking part in an innovation summit on artificial intelligence being held Wednesday at Cannes’ international TV market MIPTV, remains clear-eyed about the dangers generative AI could pose to the creative industries. “What concerns me is that not everyone wants there to be

Ziggy Marley attend the Los Angeles Premiere of “Bob Marley: One Love” at the Regency Village Theatre in Los Angeles, CA on Tuesday, February 6th, 2024. Photo: Alex J. Berliner/ABImages. Available on digital, Blu-ray and 4K beginning March 28th is the musical biopic ‘Bob Marley: One Love’, which was directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (‘King

Comic Jerrod Carmichael‘s testing of modern comedy audiences’ ability to grasp idiosyncratic race-based humor hit the skids quickly, as a gag made on his new HBO series tanked and many online criticized his message. Carmichael, 37, dipped his toes into the concept of “slave play” as a sexual kink during a live stand-up moment on

Director Denis Villeneuve at the ‘Dune: Part Two’ Paris premiere. Photo: Olivier VIGERIE / Warner Bros France. Copyright: © 2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved. Preview: Denis Villeneuve is officially developing ‘Dune: Messiah’. He’s also attached to adapt ‘Nuclear War: A Scenario’. There’s are other projects also on his To Do list. As

Jon Stewart took the Biden administration to task over how it deals with Israel, pointing out the stark contrast between the U.S. government response to the Ukraine-Russia conflict and that over the war in Gaza. On Monday’s episode of The Daily Show, Stewart took a “wellness check” on the war on Gaza, adding that “as

(L to R) Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten talk ‘Fallout.’ Premiering on Prime Video beginning April 11th is ‘Fallout,’ which was created by Jonathan Nolan (‘The Dark Knight’) and Lisa Joy (‘Reminiscence’) and is an adaption of the popular video game. The series stars Ella Purnell (‘Maleficent’), Aaron Moten (‘Father Stu’), Walton Goggins (‘The Hateful

NBCUniversal chief content officer Donna Langley was there. So was Sony head Tom Rothman. Bob Iger was one of the few Hollywood heavyweights who couldn’t make it, but at least he had a good excuse, still in the midst of a vicious proxy battle with investor Nelson Peltz. The event: The grand unveiling of Megalopolis, the