That the name Limonov is pronounced Lee-mwah-nov is one of two main things that Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Limonov: The Ballad” teaches us about Eduard Limonov, the Russian radical, poet, dissident, emigré, returnee, detainee, bête noire and cause célèbre who in 1993 co-founded the ultra-nationalist National Bolshevik Party. The second is that, as imagined in this adaptation of Emmanuel Carrère’s 2015 fictionalized biography, for all the shifting identities and attitudes he assumed over the course of his controversial life, his persona as an aggravatingly self-aggrandizing solipsist never wavered.
A sharper film could have excavated his contradictions to illuminating effect — the rise of populist, crypto-fascist political movements and their self-ordained maverick leaders being a not-irrelevant phenomenon these days. But Serebrennikov, in love with the posture of the rebel that Limonov adopted without being terribly interested in what, at any given moment, he claimed to be rebelling against, mistakes the trappings for the substance...
A sharper film could have excavated his contradictions to illuminating effect — the rise of populist, crypto-fascist political movements and their self-ordained maverick leaders being a not-irrelevant phenomenon these days. But Serebrennikov, in love with the posture of the rebel that Limonov adopted without being terribly interested in what, at any given moment, he claimed to be rebelling against, mistakes the trappings for the substance...
- 5/19/2024
- by Jessica Kiang
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Pascal Caucheteux’s Why Not Productions is joining Alexander Rodnyansky’s Ar Content to produce Beanpole helmer Kantemir Balagov’s first English-language film Butterfly Jam. Goodfellas is set to launch sales on the project in Cannes next week.
The project, which is financed by Ar Content, is set to go into production later this year with casting still underway. Based on Balagov’s script and set in a tight-knit U.S. community of Circassian immigrants, Butterfly Jam portrays a complicated relationship between a father and son, in which the son imbues his father with qualities he doesn’t actually possess.
Rodnyansky produces with Caucheteux while exec producers are Michael Kupisk for Ar Content, Pauline Lamy for Why Not Productions and Livia Van der Staay from Goodfellas.
Rodnyansky is a two-time Oscar-nominee who has produced projects such as Loveless, Leviathan and Beanpole and his Ar Content banner has a long history with Balagov and Goodfellas,...
The project, which is financed by Ar Content, is set to go into production later this year with casting still underway. Based on Balagov’s script and set in a tight-knit U.S. community of Circassian immigrants, Butterfly Jam portrays a complicated relationship between a father and son, in which the son imbues his father with qualities he doesn’t actually possess.
Rodnyansky produces with Caucheteux while exec producers are Michael Kupisk for Ar Content, Pauline Lamy for Why Not Productions and Livia Van der Staay from Goodfellas.
Rodnyansky is a two-time Oscar-nominee who has produced projects such as Loveless, Leviathan and Beanpole and his Ar Content banner has a long history with Balagov and Goodfellas,...
- 5/7/2024
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
Lionsgate’s unveiled two short videos in support of the November 17, 2023 theatrical release of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, including one featuring the new song “Can’t Catch Me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo.
The three-time Grammy winner revealed her involvement in the film during a special event broadcast on TikTok.
“From the very beginning of this franchise, we have been fortunate to attract some of the world’s most talented recording artists, whose music has accentuated and complemented the drama of the films while underscoring the emotional weight carried by the characters,” said director Francis Lawrence. “With her highly charged lyrics and urgent voice, Olivia Rodrigo taps into all of that as much as any artist today. She’s an absolute thrill to work with, and we couldn’t be more excited that her music is a part of the movie.”
The studio’s second clip...
The three-time Grammy winner revealed her involvement in the film during a special event broadcast on TikTok.
“From the very beginning of this franchise, we have been fortunate to attract some of the world’s most talented recording artists, whose music has accentuated and complemented the drama of the films while underscoring the emotional weight carried by the characters,” said director Francis Lawrence. “With her highly charged lyrics and urgent voice, Olivia Rodrigo taps into all of that as much as any artist today. She’s an absolute thrill to work with, and we couldn’t be more excited that her music is a part of the movie.”
The studio’s second clip...
- 11/2/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Director Francis Lawrence says that early on in the process of bringing The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes to life he spoke with author Suzanne Collins about the music. Collins told him music’s an important element to this prequel and that the songs were inspired by Scottish, English, and Irish ballads. Lionsgate’s new behind the scenes featurette focuses on the music and features never-before-released clips from the film, including scenes of Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler) performing on stage.
The new video also includes interviews with Lawrence, producer Nina Jacobson, and executive music producer Dave Cobb who worked closely with author Collins to capture her vision.
In addition to Rachel Zegler, the cast includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth,...
The new video also includes interviews with Lawrence, producer Nina Jacobson, and executive music producer Dave Cobb who worked closely with author Collins to capture her vision.
In addition to Rachel Zegler, the cast includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow, Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth,...
- 10/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Director Francis Lawrence walks viewers through the basics of the story in this lengthy behind the scenes video from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. The nearly five-minute video offers a better look at the overall production and ends with Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird performing “The Hanging Tree.”
The cast also includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow,Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Fionnula Flanagan plays Grandma’am,...
The cast also includes Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow,Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Fionnula Flanagan plays Grandma’am,...
- 10/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The full trailer for Lionsgate’s The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes finds a young Coriolanus Snow falling in love with a tribute who, if he doesn’t figure out a way to alter their fates, will die during the Hunger Games. Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth stars as the lovestruck Coriolanus, and West Side Story‘s Rachel Zegler stars as the District 12 tribute who Coriolanus is tied up in knots over.
The cast also includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from...
The cast also includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow. Jerome Lance is Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao is Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from...
- 9/20/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ Rachel Zegler Poster (Photo © 2023 Lionsgate)
Lionsgate’s released seven gorgeous character posters for The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Each of the seven posters is dedicated to a key player in the upcoming prequel, including Rachel Zegler as District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow.
The posters also feature Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow.
Not pictured are cast members Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill,...
Lionsgate’s released seven gorgeous character posters for The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Each of the seven posters is dedicated to a key player in the upcoming prequel, including Rachel Zegler as District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as a young Coriolanus Snow.
The posters also feature Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul, Peter Dinklage as Dean Cesca Highbottom, Jason Schwartzman as Lucky Flickerman, Josh Andrés Rivera as Sejanus Plinth, and Hunter Schafer as Tigris Snow.
Not pictured are cast members Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Kira Kovalenko's Unclenching the Fists is showing exclusively on Mubi starting May 23, 2023, in many countries in the series Viewfinder.Unclenching the Fists.Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, it has been almost impossible for members of the global film industry to ignore cinema’s soft power potential as a propagandistic tool of imperialism. Scrutiny over the ethics of supporting films funded by the Russian Ministry of Culture or tied in other ways to state oppression has ignited debate over what Russian culture constitutes—and exposed the fallacy of a monolithic identity within the lands the Kremlin claims as its own. Director Kira Kovalenko’s sophomore feature Unclenching the Fists (2021) counts Russia as its country of production (and was its official Oscar submission). But it was shot in the Ossetian language, in North Ossetia, an official...
- 5/26/2023
- MUBI
Lionsgate’s unveiled the official trailer for The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, seven months out from its theatrical release. The nearly three-minute trailer opens with Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul (Oscar winner Viola Davis) introducing the creator of the Hunger Games, Dean Cesca Highbottom (Peter Dinklage). Highbottom confirms the 10th annual Hunger Games are about to get underway and introduces the tributes chosen to fight to the death.
The trailer shows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and the tribute he’ll be mentoring, District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). We’re also treated to our first look at a young Lucky Flickerman (Jason Schwartzman), the first-ever host of the Hunger Games and an ancestor of Caesar Flickerman.
“What happens in there, fueled with the terror of becoming prey, see how quickly we become predator. See how quickly civilation disappears,” says Gaul as the Hunger Games commence.
The trailer shows a young Coriolanus Snow (Tom Blyth) and the tribute he’ll be mentoring, District 12’s Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler). We’re also treated to our first look at a young Lucky Flickerman (Jason Schwartzman), the first-ever host of the Hunger Games and an ancestor of Caesar Flickerman.
“What happens in there, fueled with the terror of becoming prey, see how quickly we become predator. See how quickly civilation disappears,” says Gaul as the Hunger Games commence.
- 4/27/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The first season of the HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us (read our review Here) filmed in Calgary, Alberta for twelve months straight, with different areas doubling for the U.S. locations Texas, Wyoming, and Missouri. The first season covered the entirety of the first game’s story, so for season 2 (and beyond) The Last of Us will be telling the story of the video game sequel The Last of Us Part II… and for that, the show needs Pacific Northwest locations. So Deadline reports that The Last of Us is moving its base of operations to Vancouver, British Columbia.
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess,...
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess,...
- 3/31/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The Hunger Games prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes has released its first teaser poster featuring the creatures in the film’s title. The golden poster shows a songbird and a snake engaged in battle.
Rachel Zegler, currently on screen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, stars as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird. Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth stars as Coriolanus Snow.
The huge ensemble includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul; Peter Dinklage as Cesca Highbottom, the Dean of the Academy; Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Jason Schwartzman is on board as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman,...
Rachel Zegler, currently on screen in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, stars as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird. Billy the Kid‘s Tom Blyth stars as Coriolanus Snow.
The huge ensemble includes Oscar winner Viola Davis as Head Gamemaker Volumnia Gaul; Peter Dinklage as Cesca Highbottom, the Dean of the Academy; Jerome Lance as Marcus, tribute from District 2; Ashley Liao as Clemensia Dovecote, one of Coriolanus’s closest friends and mentor to a tribute from District 11; Knox Gibson plays Bobbin, tribute from District 8; Mackenzie Lansing is Coral, tribute from District 4; and Aamer Husain plays Felix Ravinstill, mentor to a tribute from District 11.
Jason Schwartzman is on board as Lucretius “Lucky” Flickerman,...
- 3/25/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Gabriel Luna played Tommy, the younger brother of Pedro Pascal’s character Joel, in the first season of the HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us (read our review Here), and he is expected to return – and have more to do – in The Last of Us season 2. Speaking with Variety, Luna said viewers can expect to see Tommy experience peaks and valleys, and undergo a de-evolution, over the course of The Last of Us season 2.
The first season of The Last of Us covered the events of the first video game in its entirety, so season 2 (and beyond) will be based on the sequel video game, The Last of Us Part II.
Variety reminds us that in season 1, Tommy “joined the Firefly rebels and lives in a safe, civilized settlement in Jackson, Wyoming”. He is “settled down, married to his wife Maria (Rutina Wesley), and...
The first season of The Last of Us covered the events of the first video game in its entirety, so season 2 (and beyond) will be based on the sequel video game, The Last of Us Part II.
Variety reminds us that in season 1, Tommy “joined the Firefly rebels and lives in a safe, civilized settlement in Jackson, Wyoming”. He is “settled down, married to his wife Maria (Rutina Wesley), and...
- 3/22/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The first season of the HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us (read our review Here) made its premiere in January and wrapped up its nine episode run earlier this month… and while the series is guaranteed to receive a second season, fans are going to have to wait a while before they’re able to watch it. Series star Bella Ramsey has cautioned that The Last of Us season 2 probably won’t start airing until late 2024 or early 2025.
While being interviewed on The Jonathan Ross Show, Ramsey said (as reported by Independent), “(Season 2) will be a while. I think we’ll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next. So it’ll probably be the end of 2024, early 2025.“
It isn’t all that surprising to hear that they’re going to need a while to put The Last of Us season 2 together,...
While being interviewed on The Jonathan Ross Show, Ramsey said (as reported by Independent), “(Season 2) will be a while. I think we’ll probably shoot at the end of this year, beginning of next. So it’ll probably be the end of 2024, early 2025.“
It isn’t all that surprising to hear that they’re going to need a while to put The Last of Us season 2 together,...
- 3/20/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The first season of the HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us covered the entirety of the first game, and for the second season the show will be moving on to an adaptation of the sequel game, The Last of Us Part II. But season 2 is not going to cover the entirety of the second game. It’s going to take more than one season to tell this story.
During an interview with GQ, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (who was also the creative director on the video games) were asked if the next season would “span the entire course of the second game”. Mazin replied, “No. No way.” Druckmann added, “It’s more than one season.“
But when asked if the story of The Last of Us Part II would cover two or three seasons, Mazin and Druckmann couldn’t give a solid answer.
During an interview with GQ, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (who was also the creative director on the video games) were asked if the next season would “span the entire course of the second game”. Mazin replied, “No. No way.” Druckmann added, “It’s more than one season.“
But when asked if the story of The Last of Us Part II would cover two or three seasons, Mazin and Druckmann couldn’t give a solid answer.
- 3/14/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us has reached the end of its nine episode first season, and with those nine episodes it told the entire story of the video game. But there is a second video game to adapt for the second season that HBO ordered after only two episodes of The Last of Us had aired, and in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, showrunners Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann (who was also the creative director on the video games) discussed their approach to bringing the story of The Last of Us Part II to the screen for The Last of Us season 2.
When asked about their creative process, Mazin said, “Our process works. Our process of kicking the tires on everything, our process of agreeing that no matter how much we disagree, we will find a way to agree. There’s no veto power here.
When asked about their creative process, Mazin said, “Our process works. Our process of kicking the tires on everything, our process of agreeing that no matter how much we disagree, we will find a way to agree. There’s no veto power here.
- 3/13/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us is going to be wrapping up its nine episode first season this Sunday, and the show’s official Twitter account has announced that once the season finale has aired, a “Making Of” special will be available to watch on the HBO Max streaming service.
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of #TheLastofUs to see how they brought the show to life in a special behind the scenes featurette.
Making Of The Last Of Us streams after the season finale, Sunday on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/BvsW8onvLU
— The Last of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) March 9, 2023
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He...
Go behind the scenes with the cast and crew of #TheLastofUs to see how they brought the show to life in a special behind the scenes featurette.
Making Of The Last Of Us streams after the season finale, Sunday on @HBOMax. pic.twitter.com/BvsW8onvLU
— The Last of Us (@TheLastofUsHBO) March 9, 2023
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He...
- 3/10/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
First-time writer-director Malika Musaeva is set to make history at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, where her female-centered coming-of-age drama “The Cage is Looking for a Bird” is the first Chechen-language film ever selected by the venerable German fest.
Musaeva’s debut, which world premieres Feb. 22 in the festival’s competitive Encounters section, focuses on a group of Chechen women living in a remote rural village, where they must defend their freedom and the right to live their own lives.
At the film’s heart is a friendship between two teenage girls, played by first-time actors Khadizha Bataeva and Madina Akkieva. On the precipice of adulthood, the duo seeks refuge in each other as they navigate difficult decisions about their futures.
“The Cage is Looking for a Bird” is produced by Hype Studios, the recently launched outfit of producer Ilya Stewart, whose upcoming slate includes new features from...
Musaeva’s debut, which world premieres Feb. 22 in the festival’s competitive Encounters section, focuses on a group of Chechen women living in a remote rural village, where they must defend their freedom and the right to live their own lives.
At the film’s heart is a friendship between two teenage girls, played by first-time actors Khadizha Bataeva and Madina Akkieva. On the precipice of adulthood, the duo seeks refuge in each other as they navigate difficult decisions about their futures.
“The Cage is Looking for a Bird” is produced by Hype Studios, the recently launched outfit of producer Ilya Stewart, whose upcoming slate includes new features from...
- 2/21/2023
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
When the HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us premiere a week ago (you can read our review Here), it became HBO’s second-biggest debut since 2010, only coming in behind the Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon. The first episode of The Last of Us was watched by 4.7 million viewers. Now Variety reports that even more viewers tuned in for the show’s second episode – so many that The Last of Us broke HBO’s record for a viewership increase.
Variety says: Episode 2 brought in 5.7 million viewers across linear airings on HBO and streams on HBO Max. That marks a 22 increase from last week’s record-breaking 4.7 million. … Per HBO, the jump from the initial premiere viewership to Episode 2’s debut audience is the “largest week 2 audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in the history of the network.” The network also offered...
Variety says: Episode 2 brought in 5.7 million viewers across linear airings on HBO and streams on HBO Max. That marks a 22 increase from last week’s record-breaking 4.7 million. … Per HBO, the jump from the initial premiere viewership to Episode 2’s debut audience is the “largest week 2 audience growth for an HBO Original drama series in the history of the network.” The network also offered...
- 1/24/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
We’re just ten days away from the January 15th premiere of the HBO TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us, which will kick off with a pilot episode that is expected to have a running time of 85 minutes. With the premiere date drawing near, a featurette has arrived online that gives a behind-the-scenes look at the show, featuring interviews with series creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann as well as series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey. Check it out in the embed above!
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known...
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known...
- 1/5/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Don’t expect to see much, if any, “filler” in the nine episodes that make up the first season of HBO’s TV series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us, which is set to premiere on January 15th, kicking off with a pilot episode that is expected to have a running time of 85 minutes. Series creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann recently sat down for an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, and during the interview it was revealed that this season of the show will cover the entirety of the first The Last of Us game. If the show gets a second season, it’s expected to cover the story of the second game, The Last of Us Part II. As Mazin told The Hollywood Reporter, “I don’t like filler.”
What if there’s a third season? The Last of Us game creator Druckmann wouldn’t...
What if there’s a third season? The Last of Us game creator Druckmann wouldn’t...
- 1/4/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Actor Troy Baker provided the voice and motion-capture performance for the character Joel in the video game The Last of Us – and while he has handed that role over to Pedro Pascal for the upcoming HBO TV series adaptation of the game, Baker will be appearing on the show. He has been cast as James, “a senior member of a group of settlers who must fight to keep their community alive in the face of increasingly brutal odds.” And that’s not his only involvement with it. It has been announced that Baker will also be hosting the official companion podcast, where he will sit down with series creators Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann for “a scene-by-scene deep dive of each episode.” Which sounds like a good time for The Last of Us fans!
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal...
The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal...
- 12/28/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A TV series based on the hit video game The Last of Us is set to premiere on HBO on January 15th, kicking off with a pilot episode that is expected to have a running time of 85 minutes. In anticipation of the show’s premiere, writer Craig Mazin and the game’s creative director Neil Druckmann sat down for an interview with The New Yorker – and during the conversation, they revealed some of the differences between the video game and the TV series adaptation.
While The Last of Us is such a faithful adaptation that some of the game’s dialogue was dropped right into the TV show, Druckmann also felt it was freeing to be able to move away from the lead characters Joel and Ellie sometimes – something the game never did. As The New Yorker explains, “Whereas players could piece together what had happened to the rest of...
While The Last of Us is such a faithful adaptation that some of the game’s dialogue was dropped right into the TV show, Druckmann also felt it was freeing to be able to move away from the lead characters Joel and Ellie sometimes – something the game never did. As The New Yorker explains, “Whereas players could piece together what had happened to the rest of...
- 12/27/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Next month, we’ll get to see how Pedro Pascal does playing the role of Joel in the TV series based on the hit video game The Last of Us, which is set to premiere on HBO on January 15th. But during a recent convention appearance, Jensen Ackles – who played the role of Dean Winchester on fifteen seasons of the show Supernatural and was recently seen as Soldier Boy in season 3 of The Boys – revealed that he had been “pushing hard” to be cast as Joel before Pascal signed on.
As seen in the Twitter embed below, Ackles said, “I was really kind of pushing hard, but I don’t think I was really in the mix or even had a shot at it, for Pedro Pascal’s role in The Last of Us. That was high up on my radar.“
Jensen Ackles wanted to play Joel in HBO's #TheLastOfUs pic.
As seen in the Twitter embed below, Ackles said, “I was really kind of pushing hard, but I don’t think I was really in the mix or even had a shot at it, for Pedro Pascal’s role in The Last of Us. That was high up on my radar.“
Jensen Ackles wanted to play Joel in HBO's #TheLastOfUs pic.
- 12/22/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
HBO has already released multiple posters for their upcoming series based on the hit video game The Last of Us, including a large batch of character posters… and now they’ve decided to go ahead and unveil another poster. This poster focuses on the two lead characters, Joel and Ellie (played by Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey), and you can take a look at it at the bottom of this article.
The Last of Us TV series will premiere on HBO on January 15, 2023. The video game’s story is set
years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns,...
The Last of Us TV series will premiere on HBO on January 15, 2023. The video game’s story is set
years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns,...
- 12/9/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
We’re just over a month away from the January 15, 2023 premiere of the HBO series based on the hit video game The Last of Us, and HBO has finally revealed the full trailer, courtesy of a presentation at Brazil’s Ccxp (Comic Con Experience) which has been absolutely loaded with exclusives and reveals dropping left and right. The much-anticipated first full look gives us a good idea of the chemistry between Pedro Pascal’s Joel, and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie, along with a glimpse of the show’s scale which is said to be huge. I especiailly liked the use of A-Ha’s classic “Take On Me”. The show comes from the man behind one of the greatest HBO limited series of all-time, Chernobyl, Craig Mazin. Whether or not the elevated vibe of that series will come into play here remains to be seen, but based on what we’ve seen so far,...
- 12/3/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
After revealing a whack of character posters earlier this week for their upcoming adaptation of The Last of Us, HBO has unleashed the big one with the official trailer. Set to a-ha’s “Take On Me” (seriously), the new trailer sports almost entirely new footage, as well as recreating some iconic scenes from the first game.
Co-written and executive produced by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog vice president Neil Druckmann, the series will cover the events of the first game, twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed due to the Cordyceps infection. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl who holds the cure for the infection, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the US and depend on each other for survival.
HBO‘s “The Last of Us...
Co-written and executive produced by Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and Naughty Dog vice president Neil Druckmann, the series will cover the events of the first game, twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed due to the Cordyceps infection. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl who holds the cure for the infection, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the US and depend on each other for survival.
HBO‘s “The Last of Us...
- 12/3/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
HBO‘s “The Last of Us” will premiere on January 15, 2023 on HBO Max, and today HBO has debuted a series of posters that introduce the characters and the actors playing them.
Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) is starring in the series as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) is playing Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) is playing Tommy, the brother of Pascal’s Joel. Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Jeffrey Pierce, Nick Offerman, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil will also star in the series.
Meet the cast by checking out Eleven brand new posters below.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S.
Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) is starring in the series as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) is playing Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) is playing Tommy, the brother of Pascal’s Joel. Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Jeffrey Pierce, Nick Offerman, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil will also star in the series.
Meet the cast by checking out Eleven brand new posters below.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S.
- 11/30/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
We’re now less than two months away from the January 15, 2023 premiere of the HBO series based on the hit video game The Last of Us, and today HBO unveiled a new poster for the show that centers on the characters of Joel and Ellie. You can take a look at the poster at the bottom of this article.
The The Last of Us video game’s story is set
years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns, they run into the leader of the Fireflies, a resistance group, who tasks them with...
The The Last of Us video game’s story is set
years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns, they run into the leader of the Fireflies, a resistance group, who tasks them with...
- 11/23/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
HBO‘s “The Last of Us” will premiere on January 15, 2023 on HBO Max, and today HBO has debuted a brand new piece of poster art that should look familiar to fans of the game.
This January, it’s Ellie and Joel against the world…
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the series for HBO, and worked directly alongside Neil Druckmann to write and executive produce the small screen adaptation.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) is starring in the series as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) is playing Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) is playing Tommy,...
This January, it’s Ellie and Joel against the world…
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the series for HBO, and worked directly alongside Neil Druckmann to write and executive produce the small screen adaptation.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) is starring in the series as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) is playing Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) is playing Tommy,...
- 11/23/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The HBO series based on the hit video game The Last of Us is scheduled to premiere on January 15, 2023, at 9pm Et/Pt – and cast member Murray Bartlett, who plays post-pandemic survivalist Frank in the series, has a lot of positive things to say about the scripts for the show. Speaking with Collider, Bartlett said, “The game is incredibly cinematic. The characters are really fantastic. It’s an amazing, complicated story with really deep themes in it. It’s an amazing creation. They’ve really beautifully adapted all of those elements into this show.“
Bartlett went on to say, “The scripts that I had to work with, one particular script is one of the best hours of television I’ve ever read. It’s beautiful. It’s beautifully written. There are these zombie creatures in it, but it’s tender and it’s human. I think it’s gonna be really special.
Bartlett went on to say, “The scripts that I had to work with, one particular script is one of the best hours of television I’ve ever read. It’s beautiful. It’s beautifully written. There are these zombie creatures in it, but it’s tender and it’s human. I think it’s gonna be really special.
- 11/9/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
HBO‘s much anticipated The Last of Us series, adapted from the popular PlayStation title, now has an official premiere date of January 15, 2023. The official date announcement comes only a day after HBO Max users spotted a leak from the streaming service about the series, showcasing the release day. The first season of The Last of Us will consist of 9 episodes and will be available to stream in 4K on HBO Max. The first episode will be directed by Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole). The series focuses on Joel (Pedro Pascal), a middle-aged man who finds himself in the middle of the apocalypse and is forced to become a delivery specialist following the outbreak of a deadly virus. He soon finds himself delivering Ellie (Bella Ramsey), a young girl immune to the virus, to a laboratory where her blood can be used to create an antidote for the infection and bring back civilization.
- 11/2/2022
- TV Insider
Fans have been anxiously waiting to hear when the HBO series based on the hit video game The Last of Us is going to premiere – and that wait is now over. It has been officially announced that the first episode of The Last of Us‘s nine episode first season is scheduled to air on January 15, 2023, at 9pm Et/Pt! The show will also be streaming on HBO Max. Along with the premiere date announcement comes the unveiling of a new poster for the show, which you can check out at the bottom of this article.
The The Last of Us video game’s story is set
years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community.
The The Last of Us video game’s story is set
years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community.
- 11/2/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
HBO has made the official announcement this morning that “The Last of Us” will premiere on January 15, 2023 on HBO Max, confirming yesterday’s early leak of the premiere date.
The announcement comes with a brand new poster, which you’ll find below.
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the series for HBO, and worked directly alongside Neil Druckmann to write and executive produce the small screen adaptation.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) is starring in the series as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) is playing Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) is playing Tommy,...
The announcement comes with a brand new poster, which you’ll find below.
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the series for HBO, and worked directly alongside Neil Druckmann to write and executive produce the small screen adaptation.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.”
Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) is starring in the series as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) is playing Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Terminator: Dark Fate) is playing Tommy,...
- 11/2/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSHale County This Morning, This Evening.RaMell Ross—whose 2018 documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening was among the best releases of the 2010s—will direct an adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winner The Nickel Boys, which will star Aunjanue Ellis. In another major production announcement, Kantemir Balagov will make his English-language debut with Butterfly Jam, produced by Ari Aster. (Ela Bittencourt wrote about Balagov’s WWII-set sophomore feature Beanpole for Notebook.)’Tis the season. Yorgos Lanthimos is also about to begin filming his next movie—the un-Googleable And—in New Orleans. The cast includes Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Hong Chau, and, for Stars at Noon fans, both Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn.That’s not all. James Gray is on board to direct and substantially revise the screenplay for a “young John F. Kennedy” biopic.
- 11/1/2022
- MUBI
If you were waiting on the release date for HBO’s adaptation of The Last of Us, you don’t have to wait any longer, as the HBO Max app has gone and spoiled it. Per the Naughty Dog Central Twitter account (along with several others), the HBO Max app posted a sneak peek of the upcoming adaptation, which also included the release date of January 15, 2023 in the description.
Keep in mind that HBO was going to officially announce the release date at some point, with Video Games Chronicle (whose insiders have confirmed the legitimacy of the January 15 release) saying that the plan for the reveal was to be later this week.
The series, which will air on HBO Max in the US, will cover the events of the first game, twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, as well as potentially some content based on The Last of Us Part 2.
Joel,...
Keep in mind that HBO was going to officially announce the release date at some point, with Video Games Chronicle (whose insiders have confirmed the legitimacy of the January 15 release) saying that the plan for the reveal was to be later this week.
The series, which will air on HBO Max in the US, will cover the events of the first game, twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, as well as potentially some content based on The Last of Us Part 2.
Joel,...
- 11/1/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
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Beanpole director Kantemir Balagov is set to make his English-language feature debut with Butterfly Jam, with Ari Aster’s Square Peg Partners and Alexander Rodnyansky’s Ar Content on board to produce.
Set in a tight-knit New Jersey community of Kabardian immigrants, Butterfly Jam, earlier titled Monica, portrays a complicated relationship between a father and son, in which the son imbues his father with qualities he doesn’t actually possess. Balagov broke out as a director with his two earlier feature films, Closeness and Beanpole, both of which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.
Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster, director of Hereditary and Midsommar, will produce Butterfly Jam alongside Ukrainian producer Rodnyansky, who produced Beanpole and Leviathan, both of which landed Oscar nominations.
“I worked with Alexander on Beanpole, and it’s incredible how respectful he is towards directors. He knows that artistic freedom is essential for auteurs,...
Beanpole director Kantemir Balagov is set to make his English-language feature debut with Butterfly Jam, with Ari Aster’s Square Peg Partners and Alexander Rodnyansky’s Ar Content on board to produce.
Set in a tight-knit New Jersey community of Kabardian immigrants, Butterfly Jam, earlier titled Monica, portrays a complicated relationship between a father and son, in which the son imbues his father with qualities he doesn’t actually possess. Balagov broke out as a director with his two earlier feature films, Closeness and Beanpole, both of which debuted at the Cannes Film Festival.
Lars Knudsen and Ari Aster, director of Hereditary and Midsommar, will produce Butterfly Jam alongside Ukrainian producer Rodnyansky, who produced Beanpole and Leviathan, both of which landed Oscar nominations.
“I worked with Alexander on Beanpole, and it’s incredible how respectful he is towards directors. He knows that artistic freedom is essential for auteurs,...
- 10/28/2022
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
HBO have released a teaser trailer for their upcoming The Last of Us adaption series created and written by Craig Mazin (Chernobyl).
The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Dark/Web) as Tommy, the brother of Joel, Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Jeffrey Pierce, Nick Offerman, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil. Video game voice actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson will also have roles in the series, which is set to arrive in 2023.
Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) will be directing the pilot episode, with Jasmila Žbani? and Ali Abbasi (Border) also directing episodes.
Watch below:...
The series stars Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey as Joel and Ellie. Gabriel Luna (Dark/Web) as Tommy, the brother of Joel, Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Jeffrey Pierce, Nick Offerman, Merle Dandridge, Nico Parker, Murray Bartlett and Con O’Neil. Video game voice actors Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson will also have roles in the series, which is set to arrive in 2023.
Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) will be directing the pilot episode, with Jasmila Žbani? and Ali Abbasi (Border) also directing episodes.
Watch below:...
- 9/26/2022
- QuietEarth.us
Seeing as it’s The Last of Us Day, it would only be fitting that HBO drops the trailer for their upcoming television adaptation of the hit video game. And after giving fans a taste last month, not to mention the prepping and teasing on social media today and over the weekend by series developer Craig Mazin and executive producer Neil Druckmann, we finally have the trailer!
Based on the critically-acclaimed video game, the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed.
Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Watch HBO’s “The Last of Us” official teaser trailer below.
Starring Pedro Pascal...
Based on the critically-acclaimed video game, the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed.
Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.
Watch HBO’s “The Last of Us” official teaser trailer below.
Starring Pedro Pascal...
- 9/26/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
Rachel Zegler as Lucy Gray Baird and Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow in ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ (Photo Credit: Murray Close)
Lionsgate’s upcoming The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds, has added 11 additional actors in roles including Coriolanus’ grandmother, Peacekeepers, and nomads from District 12. The just-announced new cast members join Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s novel.
Per Lionsgate: Fionnula Flanagan will play Grandma’am, Coriolanus’s strict grandmother. Characters played by Honor Gillies (Barb Azure), Eike Onyambu (Tam Amber), and Konstantin Taffet (Clerk Carmine) are all members of the Covey, a group of nomads in District 12. Isobel Jesper Jones will play Mayfair Lipp, daughter of the mayor of District 12, with Flora Li Thiemann playing Livia Cardew, mentor to a tribute from District...
Lionsgate’s upcoming The Hunger Games prequel, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds, has added 11 additional actors in roles including Coriolanus’ grandmother, Peacekeepers, and nomads from District 12. The just-announced new cast members join Tom Blyth as Coriolanus Snow and Rachel Zegler as District 12’s tribute Lucy Gray Baird in the upcoming adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s novel.
Per Lionsgate: Fionnula Flanagan will play Grandma’am, Coriolanus’s strict grandmother. Characters played by Honor Gillies (Barb Azure), Eike Onyambu (Tam Amber), and Konstantin Taffet (Clerk Carmine) are all members of the Covey, a group of nomads in District 12. Isobel Jesper Jones will play Mayfair Lipp, daughter of the mayor of District 12, with Flora Li Thiemann playing Livia Cardew, mentor to a tribute from District...
- 9/19/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Exclusive: The Francis Lawrence-directed feature adaptation of the Suzanne Collins prequel The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes has added 11 actors in its final casting round.
This includes Tony Award nominee Fionnula Flanagan, who’ll play Grandma’am, young Coriolanus Snow’s (Tom Blyth) strict grandmother. Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, the 18-year-old is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy,...
This includes Tony Award nominee Fionnula Flanagan, who’ll play Grandma’am, young Coriolanus Snow’s (Tom Blyth) strict grandmother. Years before he would become the tyrannical President of Panem, the 18-year-old is the last hope for his fading lineage, a once-proud family that has fallen from grace in a postwar Capitol. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow is alarmed when he is assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), the girl tribute from impoverished District 12. But, after Lucy Gray commands all of Panem’s attention by defiantly singing during the reaping ceremony, Snow thinks he might be able to turn the odds in their favor. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and newfound political savvy,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
With Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part I being released a few weeks back, and the upcoming HBO adaptation expected next year, it seems only convenient that there’s a fan film on the way entitled All Gone, courtesy of writer/director Alexandre Delol.
Starring French YouTuber Edward, the 15-minute short takes place within The Last Of Us universe as an original story, and will be released on September 24th on Edward’s channel. Ahead of that, however, we have the film’s official trailer.
Delol, a cinematographer by profession and director in his spare time, decided to make the leap with his fan film tribute after the release of The Last of Us Part II in 2020. “I loved the first Tlou,” explained Delol in an interview with French website Konbini. “When it came out in 2013, it inspired me to make a zombie short called ‘Way of Death...
Starring French YouTuber Edward, the 15-minute short takes place within The Last Of Us universe as an original story, and will be released on September 24th on Edward’s channel. Ahead of that, however, we have the film’s official trailer.
Delol, a cinematographer by profession and director in his spare time, decided to make the leap with his fan film tribute after the release of The Last of Us Part II in 2020. “I loved the first Tlou,” explained Delol in an interview with French website Konbini. “When it came out in 2013, it inspired me to make a zombie short called ‘Way of Death...
- 9/15/2022
- by Mike Wilson
- bloody-disgusting.com
HBO just dropped a brand new sneak peek trailer for their upcoming arrivals to HBO and HBO Max, and at the tail end of the video is the first footage from “The Last of Us” TV series!
No zombies here, but the footage teases the undead threat while also revealing Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) as Ellie, the two beloved characters from the video games. “Everybody I ever cared for… either died or left me,” Ellie says in the footage. Joel responds, “You have no idea what loss is.”
Watch the footage below and expect “The Last of Us” on HBO in 2023.
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the series for HBO, and he’ll be working with Neil Druckmann to write and executive produce the small screen adaptation.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor,...
No zombies here, but the footage teases the undead threat while also revealing Pedro Pascal (“The Mandalorian”) as Joel and Bella Ramsey (“Game of Thrones”) as Ellie, the two beloved characters from the video games. “Everybody I ever cared for… either died or left me,” Ellie says in the footage. Joel responds, “You have no idea what loss is.”
Watch the footage below and expect “The Last of Us” on HBO in 2023.
Craig Mazin (“Chernobyl”) is developing the series for HBO, and he’ll be working with Neil Druckmann to write and executive produce the small screen adaptation.
“The series takes place twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor,...
- 8/22/2022
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSJean-Louis Trintignant directing A Full Day's Work (1973).The legendary French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant has died aged 91. Trintignant made his screen debut in 1956, starring alongside Brigitte Bardot in Roger Vadim's ...And God Created Woman. Since then, he has become one of the most well-known and well-respected performers in global cinema. The Guardian took a look back on his life in pictures, a filmography spanning more than 140 films and seven decades.Russian filmmakers Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) and Kira Kovalenko (Unclenching the Fists) will present a series of films at the 49th edition of Telluride Film Festival in September. The pair, who are a couple, spoke recently with IndieWire about the war in Ukraine and their decision to relocate from Russia to the US. Like the rest of the Telluride program, their selections will not be...
- 6/22/2022
- MUBI
Iconoclastic Russian auteur Kirill Serebrennikov will be unveiling footage in Cannes from his new work-in-progress film “Limonov, the Ballad of Eddie,” starring Ben Whishaw as radical Russian poet and dissident Eduard Limonov and Viktoria Miroshnichenko (“Beanpole”) as his wife Elena.
Serebrennikov, who will coming to Cannes with his latest completed work “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” premiering in competition, was shooting “Limonov” in Russia when the war broke out. The director has since been able to leave the country and will complete the rest of the shoot in Europe.
A “Limonov” promo reel will be unspooled for buyers in Cannes on May 17.
Based on the best-selling book by Emmanuelle Carrere, “Limonov” depicts the adventures of non-conformist poet and provocateur Eduard Limonov, who grew up in what today is the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He escaped from what was then the Soviet Union for the U.S., where he became a switchblade-waving punk poet,...
Serebrennikov, who will coming to Cannes with his latest completed work “Tchaikovsky’s Wife,” premiering in competition, was shooting “Limonov” in Russia when the war broke out. The director has since been able to leave the country and will complete the rest of the shoot in Europe.
A “Limonov” promo reel will be unspooled for buyers in Cannes on May 17.
Based on the best-selling book by Emmanuelle Carrere, “Limonov” depicts the adventures of non-conformist poet and provocateur Eduard Limonov, who grew up in what today is the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. He escaped from what was then the Soviet Union for the U.S., where he became a switchblade-waving punk poet,...
- 5/11/2022
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Katerina Pshenitsyna is joining from Central Partnership in a big shake-up of the Russian scene.
Leading international producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s Russian production outfit Ar Content has appointed Central Partnership executive Katerina Pshenitsyna as director of international business development and co-productions, in what is a significant shake-up of the Russian film sales and production scene.
Pshenitsyna was formerly vice president, international distribution at Central Partnership.
Rodnyansky is Russia’s leading international-focused producer, with credits including Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated Leviathan and Loveless.
“I have always been fascinated with the work of Alexander Rodnyansky and the global impact his projects make,...
Leading international producer Alexander Rodnyansky’s Russian production outfit Ar Content has appointed Central Partnership executive Katerina Pshenitsyna as director of international business development and co-productions, in what is a significant shake-up of the Russian film sales and production scene.
Pshenitsyna was formerly vice president, international distribution at Central Partnership.
Rodnyansky is Russia’s leading international-focused producer, with credits including Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Oscar-nominated Leviathan and Loveless.
“I have always been fascinated with the work of Alexander Rodnyansky and the global impact his projects make,...
- 12/23/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
The veteran Russian producer is attending the Venice Film Festival with Vladimir Bitokov’s Mama I’m Home.
Alexander Rodnyansky is Russia’s busiest and most prolific producer, making films for both the international arthouse market and for local Russian audiences including those who run more mainstream in their tastes.
The 60-year-old Kiev-born mogul had two features in official selection in Cannes earlier this summer: Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching The Fists, which won the Un Certain Regard prize, and Ari Folman’s animated feature Where is Anne Frank, which screened out of competition.
He has many new films in the pipeline,...
Alexander Rodnyansky is Russia’s busiest and most prolific producer, making films for both the international arthouse market and for local Russian audiences including those who run more mainstream in their tastes.
The 60-year-old Kiev-born mogul had two features in official selection in Cannes earlier this summer: Kira Kovalenko’s Unclenching The Fists, which won the Un Certain Regard prize, and Ari Folman’s animated feature Where is Anne Frank, which screened out of competition.
He has many new films in the pipeline,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
Apple has signed a first-look deal with Ar Content, the production company led by Academy Award-nominated producer and director Alexander Rodnyansky, Variety can reveal.
The deal is for a slate of both Russian-language and multilingual shows for Apple TV Plus, set both inside and outside Russia, and creatively led by both Russian and international writers and directors.
Although the pact is with Rodnyansky’s L.A.-based Ar Content, which he set up three years ago to finance the development of feature films and television, it is his production expertise and experience in Russia that appeals to Apple most.
The deal is similar to those Apple has signed with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.
Rodnyansky credits the global streaming platforms with having “opened the doors and destroyed the borders,” enabling foreign-language shows to find audiences worldwide.
“This is an amazing time when you have...
The deal is for a slate of both Russian-language and multilingual shows for Apple TV Plus, set both inside and outside Russia, and creatively led by both Russian and international writers and directors.
Although the pact is with Rodnyansky’s L.A.-based Ar Content, which he set up three years ago to finance the development of feature films and television, it is his production expertise and experience in Russia that appeals to Apple most.
The deal is similar to those Apple has signed with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment.
Rodnyansky credits the global streaming platforms with having “opened the doors and destroyed the borders,” enabling foreign-language shows to find audiences worldwide.
“This is an amazing time when you have...
- 7/12/2021
- by Leo Barraclough and Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
He is also working again with Kantemir Balagov and with US documentarian and visual artist Godfrey Reggio.
Leading Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has unveiled a new internationally-focused slate.
It is headlined by the English-language debut of Andrey Zvyagintsev, the next film from filmmaker Kantemir Balagov following their collaboration on 2019’s Beanpole and a documentary by US filmmaker and visual artist Godfrey Reggio that is being co-produced by Steven Soderbergh.
Zvyagintsev’s What Happens is written by Oleg Negin and will shoot in the US. No further details are yet known. Rodnyansky and Zvyagintsev prevously collaborated on the Oscar-winning Leviathan and the Oscar- nominated Loveless.
Leading Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has unveiled a new internationally-focused slate.
It is headlined by the English-language debut of Andrey Zvyagintsev, the next film from filmmaker Kantemir Balagov following their collaboration on 2019’s Beanpole and a documentary by US filmmaker and visual artist Godfrey Reggio that is being co-produced by Steven Soderbergh.
Zvyagintsev’s What Happens is written by Oleg Negin and will shoot in the US. No further details are yet known. Rodnyansky and Zvyagintsev prevously collaborated on the Oscar-winning Leviathan and the Oscar- nominated Loveless.
- 7/7/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
He is also working again with Kantemir Balagov and with US documentarian and visual artist Godfrey Reggio.
Leading Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has unveiled a new internationally-focused slate.
It is headlined by the English-language debut of Andrey Zvyagintsev, the next film from filmmaker Kantemir Balagov following their collaboration on 2019’s Beanpole and a documentary by US filmmaker and visual artist Godfrey Reggio that is being co-produced by Steven Soderbergh.
Zvyagintsev’s What Happens is written by Oleg Negin and will shoot in the US. No further details are yet known. Rodnyansky and Zvyagintsev prevously collaborated on the Oscar-winning Leviathan and the Oscar- nominated Loveless.
Leading Russian producer Alexander Rodnyansky has unveiled a new internationally-focused slate.
It is headlined by the English-language debut of Andrey Zvyagintsev, the next film from filmmaker Kantemir Balagov following their collaboration on 2019’s Beanpole and a documentary by US filmmaker and visual artist Godfrey Reggio that is being co-produced by Steven Soderbergh.
Zvyagintsev’s What Happens is written by Oleg Negin and will shoot in the US. No further details are yet known. Rodnyansky and Zvyagintsev prevously collaborated on the Oscar-winning Leviathan and the Oscar- nominated Loveless.
- 7/7/2021
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
If the world of film and TV has grown more global in recent years, driven in large part by the rise of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, the past year has only sped that process up. That’s opening more doors than ever for foreign talent.
“There’s a huge world out there. And there’s talent in every market,” said CAA agent Rob Kenneally. “The idea that it all starts and ends in Hollywood is such a forgotten memory.”
Kenneally appeared in conversation this week with Roskino head Evgenia Markova during the Key Buyers Event, which is taking place online June 8-10. The veteran agent spoke about how changes in the global film and TV biz have rewritten the playbook for discovering and developing foreign talent.
In years past, Kenneally explained, an agent might have bought the format rights of a successful foreign show in order to adapt it for U.
“There’s a huge world out there. And there’s talent in every market,” said CAA agent Rob Kenneally. “The idea that it all starts and ends in Hollywood is such a forgotten memory.”
Kenneally appeared in conversation this week with Roskino head Evgenia Markova during the Key Buyers Event, which is taking place online June 8-10. The veteran agent spoke about how changes in the global film and TV biz have rewritten the playbook for discovering and developing foreign talent.
In years past, Kenneally explained, an agent might have bought the format rights of a successful foreign show in order to adapt it for U.
- 6/9/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
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