Afraid, 2024. Written and Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring John Cho, Katherine Waterston, Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dastmalchian, Keith Carradine, Riki Lindhome, Greg Hill, Ben Youcef, Isaac Bae, Ashley Romans, Mason Shea Joyce, River Drosche, Todd Waring, and Maya Manko. SYNOPSIS: The Curtis’ family is selected to test a new home device: a […]
John Cho and Katherine Waterston are under attack from A.I. in the trailer for AFRAID
Written and directed by About a Boy and The Golden Compass helmer Chris Weitz, AFRAID also stars Havana Rose Liu (Bottoms), Lukita Maxwell (Shrinking), David Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil) and Keith Carradine (Dexter). Check out the poster and trailer below… In AFRAID, Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a […]
Jyn Erso’s mother was a Jedi in early Rogue One: A Star Wars Story draft
This week we’ve been learning a lot about how Gareth Edward’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story could have turned out – from its original ‘happy’ ending to Orson Krennic’s death at the hands of Darth Vader – and now we’ve learnt of another discarded idea thanks to Entertainment Weekly. In an early draft of the story, the […]
Alternate titles for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story have been revealed
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story had a few options when it came to titles and now those alternative options have been revealed. Naming a film sounds easy but it’s an important task and can negatively impact a film’s marketing and box office performance as a result. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story landed on […]
Movie Review – Operation Finale (2018)
Operation Finale, 2018. Directed by Chris Weitz. Starring Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, Peter Strauss, Antonia Desplat, Matt Lindquist, Rainer Reiners, Rocío Muñoz, Tatiana Rodriguez, Ezequiel Campa, Aylam Orian, and Pêpê Rapazote. SYNOPSIS: […]
Nazi hunting thriller Operation Finale gets a featurette and two clips
With less than two weeks to go until the release of Operation Finale, two new clips have arrived online from the Nazi hunting thriller along with a featurette entitled ‘The Real Finale’ which delves into the real life capture of SS officer Adolf Eichmann and includes interviews with director Chris Weitz and stars Ben Kingsley, Oscar […]
Oscar Isaac hunts Ben Kingsley’s Adolf Eichmann in Operation Finale trailer
MGM has released a first trailer for director Chris Weitz’s thriller Operation Finale, which sees Oscar Isaac as a Mossad agent on the trail of Nazi SS officer Adolf Eichmann, the architect of the Holocaust; check it out here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-cccH5V-GA This thrilling true story follows the 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin […]
A character from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was originally planned as a Jedi Knight
As well as being the first non-Saga movie in the Star Wars franchise (and the first not to be scored by John Williams), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was also the first instalment to be complete devoid of Jedi characters (save for a fallen Jedi in Darth Vader, of course). However, it seems that […]
Gareth Edwards’ standalone Star Wars movie gets an Oscar nominated screenwriter
It looks like Disney and Lucasfilm have found a replacement screenwriter for Gary Whitta on Gareth Edwards’ upcoming standalone Star Wars movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Chris Weitz has signed on to the mystery project. Weitz’s credits include his Oscar-nominated script for About a Boy, in addition to the likes of Antz, Nutty […]
