Author: Hollyood rep

It’s hard to imagine that a man who has been described by Esquire as “the first honest-to-God movie star of his generation” and by Vanity Fair as “the biggest male star since Pitt or Clooney,” and who was chosen as People’s Sexiest Man Alive and one of TIME’s 100 most influential people in the world, would feel anything but immense confidence. But Channing Tatum, on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, insists that he felt “imposter syndrome” throughout his career — until, that is, he completed his latest film, Derek Cianfrance’s Roofman, which premiered at last month’s Toronto…

Dwayne Johnson remains proud that he took a swing with The Smashing Machine. Hitting theaters over the weekend, writer-director Benny Safdie‘s A24 feature centers on Johnson’s portrayal of UFC Hall of Famer Mark Kerr as he navigates his fighting career and opioid addiction. The film, which carries awards season aspirations, collected $6 million in its opening frame, marking the lowest box office debut in Johnson’s career. The star took to Instagram on Monday to express his appreciation for his involvement with the project, despite the muted commercial response. “From deep in my grateful bones, thank you to everyone who has…

Michelle Pfeiffer is revealing the bloody moment that Al Pacino was convinced she was perfect for the role of Elvira in 1983’s Scarface. The Oscar-nominated actress recently went on the SmartLess podcast, hosted by Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes, to recall her lengthy audition process for the Brian De Palma-directed film. She said that while the filmmaker wanted her for the part, Pacino didn’t feel the same way at first. “Al will admit this,” she said, “[but] he didn’t really want me for the part.” The Age of Innocence actress recounted meeting De Palma and the casting director and crushing her…

The Zurich Film Festival handed out its top prizes Saturday, with Slovak director Tereza Nvotová’s Father winning the Golden Eye for best feature film and Zurich-based filmmaker Moris Freiburghaus taking the documentary competition with I Love You, I Leave You. Father, which is the Slovak entry for the 2026 Oscar race, premiered in Venice. Based on a true story, it stars Milan Ondrík as the titular father in the tale, a decent man who, as a result of a temporary memory lapse and resultant tragedy, leads to his life spiraling out of control. Intramovies is selling the film internationally. Special…

Watching The Smashing Machine was impactful in a variety of ways for Mark Kerr, the UFC Hall of Famer whom Dwayne Johnson portrays in the new A24 movie. Kerr hadn’t seen the finished film about his life until watching with the audience at this summer’s Venice Film Festival, where it received a rapturous response. Emily Blunt co-stars as Kerr’s then-girlfriend Dawn Staples in writer-director Benny Safdie‘s feature that hits theaters Friday and details Kerr’s fighting career and opioid addiction. The project is based on the 2002 documentary The Smashing Machine: The Life and Times of Extreme Fighter Mark Kerr. “The…

Taylor Swift appears to be enjoying the role of box office queen. She’s returning to theaters this weekend with a special event pic promoting her new album, The Life of a Showgirl, which comes out Friday. The big screen album release party, which will also feature the world premiere of the music video for Showgirl single “The Fate of Ophelia,” music videos and behind-the-scenes footage, is expected to tower over the competition and win the relatively quiet Oct. 3-Oct. 5 box office race with anywhere from $25 million to $35 million, if not more. Tracking suggests $35 million, while distributor AMC Theatres…

International Film Festival Glasgow has unveiled its lineup for its 12th edition, which runs Nov. 12-16. Blue Moon by Richard Linklater (Boyhood), starring Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott, will open the fest, while Joachim Trier’s Cannes Grand Prix winner Sentimental Value, starring Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning and Renate Reinsve, will close it. Among other highlights of the festival will be a documentary tribute to a Scottish punk band. “The iconic but short-lived Scottish Punk band The Skids burned bright when they hit the scene in the 1970s,” organizers said. “Forty years later, the group is back and the subjects of a special new…

Samuel M. Sherman, the writer, producer and marketing mastermind who partnered with director Al Adamson to squeeze success out of such low-budget films as Satan’s Sadists, Brain of Blood and The Naughty Stewardesses, has died. He was 85. Sherman died Monday at his home in Freehold, New Jersey, David Sehring, his creative director, business affairs and sales agent since 2015, told The Hollywood Reporter. Soon after Sherman and Adamson launched the production and distribution company Independent-International Pictures, they supplied drive-ins with such flicks as Satan’s Sadists (1969), Horror of the Blood Monsters (1970), Brain of Blood (1971) and Dracula vs. Frankenstein…

When Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie was filming in Vancouver, the crew wasn’t prepared for the reaction. “We had to start blocking off the set and pushing Laila to get in cars and go down alleys — it was crazy,” says director Ryan Crego of the Gabby’s Dollhouse fandom buzzing around their star, Laila Lockhart Kraner, and the filming of DreamWorks Animation‘s big-screen adaptation of the hit Netflix preschool series. “One afternoon it was two little kids; then it was all of theese kids with ears and the parents and everyone standing across the street and I was like, ‘Oh, my…

The first thing to note about Anemone is that it marks a magnificent emergence from eight years of retirement for the great Daniel Day-Lewis, who stepped away from acting following 2017’s exquisite chamber piece, Phantom Thread. Looking lean and strong, with a shock of silver hair and a thick walrus mustache that might make Sam Elliott feel threatened, the three-time Oscar winner’s magnetic intensity remains undimmed. Playing a brooding, taciturn man living in self-imposed exile for two decades, Day-Lewis’ rugged performance provides a semblance of narrative weight in a drama that’s otherwise lacking. Co-written by the actor with his son…