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MAGIC HOURSection: Narrative Spotlight Director: Katie AseltonScreenwriter: Katie Aselton, Mark DuplassLogline: Erin and Charlie escape to the desert to navigate an unexpected and challenging new phase of their relationship.Panelists: Katie Aselton, Daveed DiggsSales Agent: CAAPremiered: March 7, 2025Key Quote: “When Mark and I were hatching this idea, we were sort of talking about the idea of what would happen if we lost each other. And I was like, ‘Well, I’m still gonna be there, and we’re still gonna make fart jokes.’ I feel like you would continue laughing with someone even after they’re gone, and the idea that a part of…

Title: LifeHack Festival (section): Narrative Spotlight Director: Ronan Corrigan Logline: LifeHack is a gripping cyberheist thriller following four teenage slackers as they plot to steal £24M from a tech billionaire’s crypto wallet. Armed with hacking skills, social engineering tactics, and cryptocurrency expertise, they attempt the heist of the century from their bedrooms. The film is packed with tension, suspense, and unexpected twists as they face countless obstacles to execute their daring plan. However, the aftermath proves just as dramatic, exploring the impact of their actions. Beyond the thrilling heist, LifeHack offers a raw and compelling look into the lives of teenagers in today’s tech-driven…

Refresh for latest…: After beginning offshore release last frame in Korea, director Bong Joon-ho’s home market, Warner Bros expanded Mickey 17 to a further 66 international box office hubs this session. The new overseas plays, along with the sophomore Korea frame, came in at $24.5M which is in line with pre-weekend projections, and lifts the international cume to an estimated $34.2M through today. Combined with domestic, the global weekend is $43.6M for a running worldwide total of $53.3M. The original sci-fi feature is an expensive swing (see Anthony’s deep dive on that here). It gave Parasite Oscar winner Bong his…

THE THREESOMESection: Narrative SpotlightDirector: Chad HartiganScreenwriter: Ethan OgilbyLogline: One fateful night, the stars seemingly align for Connor — a kind and unassuming young man — as his long-time crush — the electric and irreverent Olivia — steers them into a threesome with a sweet, alluring stranger Jenny. The encounter sparks a relationship between Connor and Olivia and their love grows quickly, all the way toward planning a life together. But their happy romance is soon demolished when Jenny reappears in their lives, thrusting all three into a difficult and messy journey towards true accountability and adulthood.Panelists: Hartigan, Zoey Deutch, Jonah…

EXCLUSIVE: Constantin’s Resident Evil franchise reboot, with Barbarian and Weapon filmmaker Zach Cregger directing, will stay at Sony. Warner Bros was kicking the tires of this latest Cregger pic, but Sony isn’t letting this $1.2 billion-grossing franchise go. A theatrical release date of September 18, 2026 has been set, which tells you how excited the studios are to get this latest rendition up on the screen. Cregger’s screenplay, which was co-written with Shay Hatten (Ballerina, John Wick: Chapter 3 & Chapter 4), is under wraps but apparently harkens back to the original Capcom game’s horror roots. Constantin Film is producing and co-financing…

EXCLUSIVE: L.A. standup and influencer Noel Leon and actor, producer and writer Mickey Gooch Jr. have tapped a raft of comedy veterans for their directorial feature debut A Comedy of Errors. Billed as a true-life addiction tale, Leon wrote the screenplay and also stars and co-directs with Gooch. She is joined on screen by Siobhan Hogan Fallon (Forrest Gump, Seinfeld, Men in Black), Brian O’Halloran (Clerks, Jay and Silent Bob), Luke Null (Saturday Night Live), Judy Gold (2 Broke Girls, Better Things), Andy Dick (Reality Bites, Inspector Gadget, Employee of the Month), and Or Mashiah (Wild ‘N Out). Leon, a…

EXCLUSIVE: Following an extensive auditioning process, rising star Austin Abrams has landed the lead role in 20th Century’s adaptation of the Daniel Kraus novel Whalefall, with Brian Duffield directing. Duffield will co-write the script with Kraus. The film is described as The Martian meets 127 Hours, centering on a scuba diver in search of his deceased father’s remains who gets swallowed by an 80-foot, 60-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. After giving up on life, the young man is surprised to find a reason to live in the most dangerous and…

EXCLUSIVE: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania actor Kathryn Newton is getting in on the bloody fun, and is joining the cast of Radio Silence’s follow-up to its near $58 million global-grossing 2019 cult Searchlight hit Ready or Not. The casting marks Newton’s second collaboration with Radio Silence after last year’s Universal horror movie Abigail. Newton joins returning star Samara Weaving in the movie directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett. The original Ready or Not scribes are also back: Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy. The first film followed a young bride (Weaving) as she joined her new husband’s (Mark…

EXCLUSIVE: Director Hugo Ruiz has signed with Buchwald. Ruiz wrote and directed the film One Night With Adela, the Spanish filmmaker’s debut feature which is currently available to stream via Amazon. Laura Galán stars as Adela, a street cleaner in Madrid hellbent on revenge against those who have made her life miserable. The thriller thrives on the concept of a one-shot sequence and belongs to an eventual trilogy currently in development, where all three films take place over the course of one night. One Night With Adela also stars Gemma Nierga, Jimmy Barnatán, Raudel Raúl, Litus, Rosalía Omil, Fernando Moraleda…

It was a huge night for Anora and independent filmmaking at the 97th Oscars. Sean Baker matched Walt Disney’s record and Mikey Madison surprised many by beating Demi Moore to win Best Actress. Conan O’Brien was a popular host, funny but sympathetic, running a show that handed out a lot of awards to a lot of movies from the aforementioned sex worker comedy drama to The Brutalist, I’m Still Here, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, No Other Land, The Substance, Conclave, A Real Pain, Flow and even a couple for the embattled Emilia Pérez. There was also a lot of singing…