Month: October 2024

Netflix is sharing that Teyana Taylor, Sasha Calle, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Néstor Carbonell have joined the ensemble cast of the upcoming Netflix crime thriller RIP starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, with director Joe Carnahan. The film has not yet been given a release date.

Netflix posted on social media: “Matt Damon and @BenAffleck’s new crime thriller RIP welcomes Teyana Taylor and Sasha Calle to the cast. Here are more details“

The plot of RIP “follows a group of Miami cops whose trust begins to fray after they discover millions in cash in a derelict stash house. As outside forces learn about the size of the seizure, everything is called into question — including who they can rely on.” Carnahan also wrote the script, with Affleck, Damon, Luciana Damon and Dani Bernfeld producing for Artists Equity.

Damon and Affleck launched Artists Equity in November 2022 and released the company’s first film, Air, in spring 2023. Artists Equity also produced the documentary The Greatest Love Story Never Told, and Small Things Like These, which opened this year’s Berlin Film Festival and won the Silver Bear for supporting actress Emily Watson.

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Lionsgate announced that John Wick will return to theaters in celebration of the film’s 10-year anniversary.

Starring Keanu Reeves, John Wick will return to theaters Nov. 3 and 6.  Lionsgate posted on its social media:  “How good to see you again, Mr. Wick. Check out the new poster for the 10th anniversary re-release of JOHN WICK – in theaters November 3 & 6.”

A description of the film’s return to theaters reads: “John Wick solidified Reeves’ reputation as an action superstar while also beginning a successful franchise of three sequels and a prequel television series. The film also spawned popular video games and comic books.”

The upcoming John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, opens in theaters in June 2025 and stars Ana de Armas as a dancer who avenges her dead father. The November John Wick screening will also include an exclusive preview of that film.

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Disney+ has shared the trailer for the upcoming Elton John documentary, ‘Elton John: Never Too Late.’ The documentary is framed with footage of Elton preparing for his final concert in North America at LA’s Dodger Stadium and features the new, original song by Elton called “Never Too Late.”

An official synopsis reads: “As he prepares for his final concert in North America at Dodger Stadium, Elton takes us back in time and recounts the extraordinary highs and heartbreaking lows of his early years and how he overcame adversity, abuse and addiction to become the icon he is today.”

The documentary details John‘s extraordinary music career and complicated personal life; John says in the trailer: “At that time, there was an emptiness within me. My soul had gone dark, I’d gone dark. And I wasn’t a joy to be around. I didn’t have anything apart from my success and my drugs. I took a bunch of tablets. I thought I was gonna drown.”

‘Elton John: Never Too Late’ will premiere in select theaters Nov. 15, and will stream on Disney+ beginning Dec. 13. See the trailer  – HERE.

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Ana de Armas stars in the first trailer for “Ballerina,” the “John Wick” spinoff set to release on June 6, 2025. The cast also includes franchise leader Keanu Reeves as Wick, along with Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, late actor Lance Reddick, Norman Reedus, Ian McShane and Sharon Duncan-Brewster.

The film, officially titled From the World of John Wick: Ballerina, is the fifth film in the ‘John Wick’ franchise, which centers on a legendary hitman (Keanu Reeves) who takes on various leaders in the underworld.

Ana de Armas stars as Eve Macarro, a Ruska Roman ballerina seeking retribution against a group of hitmen who murdered her family.  The new movie is set between the events of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), spotlighting the female assassin who made only a brief appearance in the third “Wick” movie (originally played by Unity Phelan).

“From the World of John Wick: Ballerina” opens in theaters June 6, 2025.  See the trailer: HERE.

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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi have signed on to play doomed lovers Cathy and Heathcliff in a new Wuthering Heights film. Oscar-winning director Emerald Fennell is set to write, direct and produce the latest screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s classic gothic novel, with filming expected to take place in England in 2025.

Set in the early 19th century and first published in 1847, the book follows the turbulent romance of Catherine and Heathcliff, with Robbie set to play Catherine Earnshaw, and Elordi portraying Heathcliff.

There have been numerous screen adaptations of Wuthering Heights, including director William Wyler’s 1939 version that starred Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon and was nominated for best picture. The 1970 version of Withering Heights featured Anna Calder-Marshall and Timothy Dalton, while Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes headlined a 1992 film adaption, and Charlotte Riley and Tom Hardy played the famous roles in a 2008 miniseries. The most recent film adaptation in 2011 starred Kaya Scodelario as Cathy and James Howson as Heathcliff.

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