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Searchlight Acquires Annapurna’s ‘Nightbitch’ With Amy Adams, Marielle Heller To Direct

May 19, 2022 10:30 am

What will it take for Amy Adams to win Best Actress at the Oscars? The actress already has six nominations from performances in "American Hustle" and "Arrival," among others, but she hasn't managed to snag the...

‘Seconds’: Blake Lively & Edgar Wright Team To Adapt Graphic Novel From ‘Scott Pilgrim’ Creator

Christopher Marc

May 3, 2022 2:12 pm

News

We've seen a lot of actors cross over into the world of directing and the latest name to make the jump is Blake Lively ("The Town"). She's landed a high-profile genre project that will see her collaborate with...

Searchlight Suspends Production On Aziz Ansari’s ‘Being Mortal’ After Complaint About Bill Murray

Christopher Marc

April 21, 2022 11:54 am

News

Aziz Ansari ("Master of None") and the Disney-owned Searchlight Pictures recently teamed up for a new medical drama called "Being Mortal" that would be Anzari's feature film directorial debut. The cast include...

‘The Menu’: First Look At Anya Taylor-Joy & Ralph Fiennes In Searchlight’s Dark Comedy Coming Out November 18

Christopher Marc

April 19, 2022 1:53 pm

News

"The Menu" comes from "Succession" director Mark Mylod and producer Adam McKay with a script penned by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy. The film is a dark comedy that focuses on a couple, played by Anya Taylor-Joy a...

‘Summer of Soul’ Soars Winning Best Documentary Oscar

Gregory Ellwood

March 27, 2022 10:55 pm

Awards, Awards Campaign, News

From "The Tonight Show" to the Oscar stage. In his remarkable directorial debut, Ahmir Khalib "Questlove" Thompson won the Best Documentary Oscar for "Summer of Soul: ...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Te...

‘Being Mortal’: Seth Rogen Set To Join Bill Murray In Aziz Ansari’s Directorial Debut

Christopher Marc

March 25, 2022 2:07 pm

News

After directing multiple episodes of his Netflix series “Master Of None,” including all of season three, comedian Aziz Ansari ("Parks & Rec") is making his feature film directorial debut for Searchlight Pi...

‘Being Mortal’: Bill Murray Stars In Aziz Ansari’s Feature Directorial Debut At Searchlight

Christopher Marc

February 23, 2022 3:19 pm

News

For several years now, Bill Murray (“The French Dispatch”) has been a good luck charm for director Wes Anderson, a perennial member of his troupe, but he’s a notoriously hard get. You need a killer script and ...

‘Fresh’ Trailer: Sebastian Stan & Daisy Edgar-Jones’ Nightmarish Dating Satire Hits Hulu March 4

Ned Booth

February 15, 2022 9:03 am

News, Trailers

Ah, the perils of modern dating, particularly apps like Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and so on. The pitfalls are already well-known to those who use them: people don't look at all like their picture in real-life; th...

‘Nightmare Alley’ Clip: Bradley Cooper & Cate Blanchett Face-Off In Guillermo Del Toro’s New Noir

Ned Booth

December 21, 2021 1:40 pm

News, Trailers

Since his 1993 debut "Cronos," it's always been explicit that Guillermo del Toro is a genre filmmaker at heart. Over the years, the director has tackled several different kinds of horror films. He's done vampi...

First Look: Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ With Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara & More

Edward Davis

September 14, 2021 2:42 pm

News

What happens when you win the Best Picture for your surreal but enchanting and romantic woman-falls-for-a-Merman movie? Well, if you're Guillermo del Toro and your movie is "The Shape Of Water," you get a kind...

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