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The Playlist‘Days Of Thunder 2’: Tom Cruise Teases Robert Duvall Tribute & Backs Paramount’s Expansion: “Those 30 Movies Are Going To Turn Into 40” After successfully returning to the cockpit for “ Top Gun: Maverick ,” Tom Cruise will get behind the wheel again in “Days of Thunder 2.” The actor has confirmed that Cole Trickle remains an active driver in the long-awa
The Playlist‘The Unknown’ Teaser: French Psychological Thriller Starring Léa Seydoux Arrives In Theaters Later This Year Neon is on an unprecedented run at the Cannes Film Festival , having won its seventh straight Palme d’Or with Cristian Munjiu ‘s “ Fjord ” and snatching up several other buzzy titles for distribution. That includes Arthu
The Playlist‘Otherwise Engaged’: Rom-Com Starring Halle Berry, Colin Firth, Zoë Kravitz & Jack Whitehall To Hit TIFF Market And another rom-com hits the upcoming TIFF Market. Deadline reports that Halle Berry , Colin Firth , Zoë Kravitz , and Jack Whitehall are set to star in “ Otherwise Engaged ,” the directorial debut of longtime producer S
The PlaylistJonny Greenwood Says Paul Thomas Anderson Has Chosen His Next Film & Is “Close To Pressing The Button” After finally winning the Best Director Oscar for “One Battle After Another,” Paul Thomas Anderson apparently isn’t planning another lengthy interval between narrative features. According to his longtime composer Jonny G
The PlaylistPaul Schrader Reveals ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ Will Be Made Entirely With AI Instead Of Name Actors: “Those Jobs Are Gone, Babe” If you follow Paul Schrader on Facebook, you know the filmmaker has become one of Hollywood’s most vocal and provocative enthusiasts for artificial intelligence. He routinely experiments with AI, posts AI-generated image
The PlaylistTIFF 2026 Preview: 30 Must-See Movies To Watch The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has always cast a wider net than Venice, Cannes, or Telluride, mixing awards contenders and established auteurs with studio comedies, international genre movies, documentari
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The PlaylistZach Cregger & Austin Abrams On ‘Resident Evil,’ Sequel Ideas, Fan Skepticism & Their ‘Weapons’ Bond [Interview] After the twisty, multi-perspective structures of Zach Cregger ’s “ Barbarian ” and “ Weapons ,” “ Resident Evil ” finds the filmmaker pursuing something more linear, immediate, and relentlessly stressful. The new adapta
![‘Mayday’: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein On Their Cold War Buddy Comedy, The ’Dungeons & Dragons’ Sequel, ‘Star Trek,’ ‘The Flash,’ & Making Ryan Reynolds The Damsel [Interview]](https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/03141947/mayday-directors-jonthan-francis-dailey-and-jonathan-goldstein-1024x623.jpg)
The Playlist‘Mayday’: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein On Their Cold War Buddy Comedy, The ’Dungeons & Dragons’ Sequel, ‘Star Trek,’ ‘The Flash,’ & Making Ryan Reynolds The Damsel [Interview] John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein seem convinced that adult men can only make friends while narrowly avoiding death. “ Game Night ” did it. “ Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves ” did it. Now “Mayday” turns t
The Playlist‘Atonement’ Trailer: Boyd Holbrook Seeks Forgiveness From Hiam Abbass In Reed Van Dyk’s Iraq War Drama With Kenneth Branagh The long shadow of the Iraq War hangs over “Atonement,” the feature directorial debut from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Reed Van Dyk (“ DeKalb Elementary ”). Boyd Holbrook , Hiam Abbass , and Kenneth Branagh lead the drama,
The PlaylistPaul Schrader Plans 3 More Films: ‘Non Compos Mentis,’ Drug Trip Movie ‘The Doors Of Perception’ & ‘Three Guns At Dawn’ Reconfigured With AI Most filmmakers entering their ninth decade might reasonably begin winding down. Paul Schrader , however, continues to work at a pace that would exhaust directors half his age. Since his late-career resurgence with “ Fir
The Playlist‘Everest: The Other Side’ Trailer: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin’s Latest Mountaineering Doc Hits Theaters On October 30 The latest doc from “ Free Solo ” directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin , titled “ Everest: The Other Side ,” had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival today, but its Fall film festival schedule is
The Playlist‘The Waffle House Index’: Inde Navarrette To Star In Sci-Fi Thriller From Apple & Plan B First, “ X-Men ,” now “ The Waffle House Index “: what’s next for Inde Navarrette ? THR reports that the “ Obsession ” actress has been cast in Apple ‘s upcoming sci-fi thriller, her second major casting after swiftly be
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The Playlist‘Too Much Sugar’ Review: Robert Greene’s Portrait Of One Man’s Life Is Movingly Existential [Venice] It is hard to examine “Too Much Sugar” as a Robert Greene film because it isn’t exactly one. The opening credits make this very clear: the list of names that follows the “ Procession ” director’s under “a film by” encomp
The Playlist‘Onwards And Sideways’ Trailer: Laura Linney & Rhys Ifans Navigate Life, Love & Parkinson’s Disease Laura Linney and Rhys Ifans play two strangers whose lives become increasingly intertwined after receiving the same life-changing diagnosis in the first trailer for “Onwards and Sideways.” John Madden , the Oscar-nominat
The Playlist‘Focker-In-Law’ International Trailer: Ariana Grande Attempts To Enter The Circle Of Trust On November 25 The Fockers are back, and it’s time to see if Ariana Grande will enter the circle of trust. Ahead of the comedy sequel’s November 25 theatrical release, here’s the international trailer for “ Focker-In-Law ,” which sees
The Playlist‘Dungeons & Dragons 2’: John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein Optimistic Their Sequel Will Find New Studio After Paramount Passed Despite earning strong reviews and inspiring an enthusiastic fan following, “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” never became the box-office hit that Paramount needed it to be. Its reputation has only grown since it
The Playlist‘Once Upon A Time In Harlem’ Trailer: William Greaves’ Long-Unfinished Harlem Renaissance Documentary Arrives October 16 More than 50 years after William Greaves gathered some of the Harlem Renaissance’s last living luminaries for a filmed party, audiences will finally have an opportunity to see the resulting documentary. NEON has released
The PlaylistIt’s Down To Margaret Qualley & Monica Barbaro For Tom Holland’s Co-Star In Sony’s Upcoming Fred Astaire Biopic Who will star opposite Tom Holland in Sony Pictures ‘ upcoming Fred Astaire biopic? Page Six says it’s down to two actresses, both of whom have classical ballet training to match the actor’s. So who are the final pair up
The Playlist2026 Telluride Film Festival Preview: 17 Must-See Movies To Watch The Telluride Film Festival has always made secrecy part of its identity. While Venice, Toronto, and New York reveal their programs weeks or months in advance, Telluride traditionally waits until just before opening day,
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The Playlist‘Bucking Fastard’ Review: Kate & Rooney Mara Can’t Save Werner Herzog’s Tiring Oddity [Venice] A movie with a title as provocative as “Bucking Fastard” should have a little more edge than what Werner Herzog delivers here. His episodic drama stars Kate Mara and Rooney Mara as Jean and Joan Holbrooke, two sisters so
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The Playlist‘The Debut,’ ‘Elsinore,’ ‘Tender Loving Care’ Among 2026 Telluride Film Festival World Premieres [Complete List] The Venice Film Festival is in full effect, and the Toronto International Film Festival is just a week away. Smack in the middle of the two red carpet wonders is the Telluride Film Festival, the annual Labor Day weekend
The Playlist‘Honeymoon/Funeral’: Rebecca Ferguson & Greta Lee To Star In Upcoming Rom-Com Here’s yet another buzzy project ready to hit the TIFF Market. Deadline reports that Rebecca Ferguson and Greta Lee will star in “ Honeymoon/Funeral ,” and production on the rom-com is already underway in London. Nahnatc
The Playlist‘Mayday’ Review: Kenneth Branagh Steals Ryan Reynolds’ Fleet-Footed Cold War Buddy Comedy At first glance, “Mayday” appears almost aggressively familiar: a thinly drawn, “Top Gun” -inflected slice of 1980s nostalgia built around Ryan Reynolds doing his usual motormouth routine. But writers and directors John
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