At the 59th Chicago International Film Festival, writer/director Emerald Fennell’s twisted and depraved dark social class comedy Saltburn (the follow-up to her phenomenally sharp rape-revenge social commentary thriller Promising Young Woman that won her an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay) was selected as the centerpiece, with Fennell receiving an honorary tribute and the festival’s Visionary […]
Barry Keoghan enters a world of privilege and desire in trailer for Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn
Academy Award winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) takes us to a beautifully wicked world of privilege and desire in her sophomore feature Saltburn, which has just a dropped its first full trailer. Starring the white-hot Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin) and Jacob Elordi (Euphoria) in a story about a student at Oxford […]
First trailer for Saltburn teases debauchery and a scheming Barry Keoghan
Filmmaker Emerald Fennell is following up her Academy Award-winning film Promising Young Woman with another challenging dark comedic drama. If the first trailer for Saltburn is anything like the full film, viewers are in for a debaucherous and devious film filled with some of the hottest actors working today. Leading the pack is Barry Keoghan […]
Barry Keoghan dazzles in first images of Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn
Emerald Fennell reflects on one crucial need for her new film, Saltburn: “There has to be an element of revulsion.” In a new piece from Vanity Fair, the filmmaker dives into her upcoming sophomore film starring the enigmatic Barry Keoghan. Saltburn is set to premiere this fall, and we are getting our first look at […]
Movie Review – Barbie (2023)
Barbie, 2023. Directed by Greta Gerwig. Starring Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, America Ferrera, Will Ferrell, Kate McKinnon, Ariana Greenblatt, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, Hari Nef, Emma Mackey, Alexandra Shipp, Connor Swindells, Michael Cera, Helen Mirren, Simu Liu, Sharon Rooney, Dua Lipa, John Cena, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Evans, Jamie Demetriou, Ncuti Gatwa, Nicola Coughlan, Emerald Fennell, […]
Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie gets a trailer and huge batch of character posters
Warner Bros. has released a new trailer for Greta Gerwig’s hotly-anticipated live-action Barbie feature, along with a huge batch of character posters which put the spotlight on the different variations of Barbie and Ken, their friends Allan and Midge, and the movie’s real-world characters; check them out here… Directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird, Little Women), […]
Emerald Fennell to punch up the script for Ana de Armas John Wick spin-off Ballerina
Following her scene-stealing turn in No Time to Die the idea of watching Ana De Armas as a revenge seeking assassin should be enough to guarantee interest in John Wick spin-off Ballerina. Yet now we get the equally exciting news that Promising Young Woman‘s Emerald Fennell has been hired to help write the script for […]
Margot Robbie’s Barbie movie rounds out its cast
Having already assembled some rather impressive talent to star alongside Margot Robbie in the long-gestating Barbie movie, Warner Bros., Mattel and director Greta Gerwig have now filled out the supporting cast of the film as production continues in London. Joining the previously announced Robbie, Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049), Will Ferrell (Step Brothers), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi […]
Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell scripting Nemesis movie for Mark Millar
Comic book creator Mark Millar has announced that Emerald Fennell, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Promising Young Woman, is writing the script for the long-gestating adaptation of his critically acclaimed supervillain comic book title Nemesis. “Emerald Fennell, who just won an Oscar for best screenplay for Promising Young Woman, has just delivered the latest draft of […]
Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell to write Zatanna movie for DC Films
From one promising young woman to another, Emerald Fennell has found her next major gig. Warner Bros and DC Films have tapped the award-winning writer/director of Oscar-contender Promising Young Woman to pen a script for their hero Zatanna. Variety broke the story today that the upcoming movie from Warner Bros.’ DC Films will also see […]
