Antoine Fuqua Archives - The Playlist

Will Smith’s ‘Emancipation’ Pushed From 2022 To 2023 By Apple

May 9, 2022 10:24 am

As actor Will Smith is still dealing with the professional fallout from slapping comedian Chris Rock at the Oscars, another upcoming film is seeing some hiccups. His next film, "Emancipation," an action drama ...

Denzel Washington Says ‘Equalizer 3’ Is Written & Should Be Filming Soon

Charles Barfield

January 13, 2022 1:26 pm

News

Liam Neeson isn’t the only aging veteran actor who gets to make a career out of playing a retired badass with a particular set of skills. Sure, Neeson seems to have made an entire career out of this sort of th...

Jake Gyllenhaal & Antoine Fuqua Talk ‘The Guilty,’ Directing Over Zoom & Challenging Streaming Viewers [The Playlist Podcast]

Charles Barfield

September 23, 2021 3:17 pm

Features, Interviews, News, Podcasts

Apparently, to make a great thriller, you just need 11 days, one location, Jake Gyllenhaal as your lead, and Antoine Fuqua behind the camera. Pretty simple, right? Well, obviously, there's sarcasm there, but t...

‘The Guilty’: Jake Gyllenhaal Switches On Beast Mode In Antoine Fuqua’s Emotionally Intense, Single-Setting Thriller [TIFF Review]

Rodrigo Perez

September 11, 2021 10:52 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

It’s clearly patronizing to give a filmmaker like Antoine Fuqua notes, but given the disaster of his last film — “Infinite,” also a 2021 movie — and the triumph of his latest release, maybe a little encouragem...

‘The Guilty’ Trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal & Antoine Fuqua Reteam For A Netflix Thriller Coming Next Month

Valerie Thompson

September 7, 2021 10:09 am

News, Trailers

One call changes everything in Netflix’s “The Guilty.” Director Antoine Fuqua’s thriller follows a police officer turned call center operator whose shift turns into a nightmare. The real-time narrative slowly ...

‘The Guilty’ Teaser: Jake Gyllenhaal Stars In A Claustrophobic Police Thriller For Antoine Fuqua

Brynne Ramella

August 29, 2021 1:05 pm

News, Trailers

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has vastly changed how movies and television shows are shot, from rigorous testing and on-set social distancing protocols. But "The Guilty" director Antoine Fuqua has set a new ba...

Jake Gyllenhaal Antoine Fuqua the Guilty

Jake Gyllenhaal Says COVID Protocols Forced Antoine Fuqua To Direct From A Van For The Entire ‘Guilty’ Shoot

Charles Barfield

August 25, 2021 2:02 pm

News

Thankfully, director Antoine Fuqua and actor Jake Gyllenhaal have a history of collaboration. The two worked together on the 2015 boxing drama, “Southpaw,” and it’s that friendship and bond that they formed du...

The Power Of The Dog, TIFF, Venice, Telluride

TIFF 2021 Adds Jane Campion’s ‘Power Of The Dog,’ Joachim Trier ‘Worst Person In The World’ & More

Edward Davis

July 28, 2021 10:27 am

Festivals, News

The Toronto International Film Festival announced today films from around the globe that are included in the Contemporary World Cinema programme presented by Sun Life and the Discovery programme presented by D...

‘Infinite’: Antoine Fuqua & Mark Wahlberg’s Incept Themselves Into The Mountain Dew Matrix Of Third-Rate Sci-Fi [Review]

Rodrigo Perez

June 12, 2021 11:42 am

News, Reviews

What fresh hell is this? If you loved the films of Christopher Nolan (and the Wachowskis), but perhaps only had the total recall talent of Wally Pfister (ouch, sorry) and you came across an “Inception”-esque ...

‘Infinite’ Trailer: One Soul, Many Lives, Mark Wahlberg Gets Reincarnated A Lot Or Whatever

Edward Davis

June 4, 2021 3:42 pm

News, Trailers

Mark Wahlberg and filmmaker Antoine Fuqua love to make lots of meat and potatoes thrillers and actioners, but their latest, "Infinite," might be more notorious for its quick push (dump?) to streaming. Paramoun...

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