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Peacock announced on Wednesday that the motorcycle crime thriller The Bikeriders, starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Academy Award nominee Austin Butler (Elvis) and Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), will begin streaming exclusively on the service on August 9. Written and…

Focus Features said Tuesday that it has set Steven Soderbergh's upcoming spy drama Black Bag for a March 14, 2025 theatrical release. The high-stakes mystery stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. Producers are…

Focus Features on Thursday morning unveiled the first trailer for Conclave, its papal thriller teaming Oscar-winning filmmaker Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (The Menu), which is expected to be a major awards contender this year. An adaptation…

On the surface, Touch seems to be a sudden change of pace for Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, a quiet and polished film-of-the-book (in this case, the novel of the same name by fellow countryman Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson) that could easily pass for a BBC…

Focus Features has scheduled the Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment title Last Breath for February 28, 2025. Currently, Last Breath is the only prolific title on that weekend. The thriller starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole and directed by Alex Parkinson is based on a true…

Focus Features and Universal Pictures International have set a Sept. 12, 2025 theatrical release for Downton Abbey 3 which is currently lensing in the UK under filmmaker Simon Curtis. Curtis helmed the previous chapter, Downton Abbey: A New Era. The third film in the Downton franchise is…

Focus Features on Monday morning debuted the first trailer for one of the year’s most anticipated films: the gothic horror Nosferatu from filmmaker Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), which is slated for release on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Written and directed by Eggers, Nosferatu is billed as a…

Editor’s note: This review was originally published September 1, 2023 after the film’s world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival. The movie was originally to be released in December 2023 by 20th Century Studios before being derailed by the Hollywood strikes. Focus Features is now distributing and…

Focus Features has taken worldwide rights to Yorgos Lanthimos' latest project Bugonia, the remake of South Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet, which sees the Greek director reunite yet again with Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons. The trio are here in Cannes with their Competition title Kinds of Kindnes…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features has acquired U.S. rights and select international territories on upcoming thriller Last Breath, starring Woody Harrelson, Finn Cole and Simu Liu. Focus will distribute the Alex Parkinson-directed title in the U.S. with Universal Pictures International handling select territories…

Focus Features and Carnival Films are officially in production on Downton Abbey 3 with main cast members returning and a number of new additions to the feature franchise spawned by creator Julian Fellowes' global TV phenomenon. Simon Curtis is directing after helming 2022's feature sequel Downton Abbey: A…

EXCLUSIVE: Ethan Coen has rounded out the cast for his comedy Honey Don’t! for Focus Features and Working Title, on which we were first to report. Newcomers include Charlie Day (Fool’s Paradise), Billy Eichner (Bros), Lera Abova (Anna), Jacnier (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory National Tour), Gabby…