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Hell yeah! HBO and Max’s new releases for July include the two-episode debut of Harley Quinn spinoff series Kite Man: Hell Yeah! (July 18) that follows the titular villain and his girlfriend the Golden Glider as they take their relationship to the next logical step – opening a bar for supervillains together. Hilarious hijinks are bound to ensue as Gotham’s hottest new bar takes off.

Football fans will get to follow the New York Giants in this season of Hard Knocks: Offseason starting July 2. This non-scripted series will follow the team as they prepare for their highly anticipated 100th season.

Notable movie releases this month include Love Lies Bleeding (July 19), the Katy O’Brian and Kristen Stewart-starring feature about the love affair between a reclusive gym owner Lou (Stewart) and bodybuilder Jackie (O’Brian). Anyone wanting to rewatch the original Twister before its sequel premieres in theaters this month are in luck,...

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Sure, there are plenty of great free movies on YouTube—but while YouTube is awesome, it’s not the only game in town. So we decided to put together a list of other sites that also offer free movies, break down the pros and cons of each one,...

It’s a new month, and Hulu subscribers are getting a slew of new movies and TV shows to enjoy.

June 1 is jam-packed with more than 30 titles that have landed on the streamer, including the seventh and final season of Ava DuVernay’s “Queen Sugar,” the Jack Nicholson-led film “Hoffa,” Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Borat” and the entire “Twilight” franchise.

Mixing in a little of the old with new come goodies from 2023, like “Flamin’ Hot,” which tells the story of Mexican migrant Richard Montanez who came up with the idea for Flamin’ Hot Cheetos while working as a janitor at Frito Lay. The film lands on Hulu June 9.

Ending June with a bang will the be second season of “The Bear,” (June 22), Season 20 of “The Bachelorette” (June 27) and the sixth and final season of “Grown-ish.”

Here’s everything you can expect to hit Hulu this June.

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It’s summer time on Hulu and that can only mean one thing. With its list of new releases for June 2023, Hulu is bringing back last summer’s unexpected hit.

FX’s The Bear season 2 premieres all episodes on June 22. If you’re not already captivated by this intense culinary story about the little Italian beef shop that could, definitely catch up now. This time around, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and friends will attempt a major foodie rebrand. The only other Hulu series of note this month is the docuseries The Age of Influence. Premiering on June 5, this doc will examine the dark side of influencer culture.

Just like its corporate partner Disney+, Hulu will premiere Eva Longoria’s directorial debut, Flamin’ Hot, in June 9. The movie tells the true story of Frito-Lay janitor Richard Montañez (Jesse Garcia) who created an iconic snack that forever changed the food industry. Also...

Warner Bros. Discovery has had a rough go of it recently. The newly-formed mega corporation’s decision to callously prune HBO Max’s servers of hours of content has led to mountains of bad PR and billions of dollars in market cap losses. Suffice it to say, a jam-packed list of new HBO Max releases for September 2022 would provide some welcome relief for the “House of the House of the Dragon.”

Unfortunately, HBO Max’s new releases this month are uncommonly light. It’s impossible to say whether this is the result of more Wbd meddling or simply some bad scheduling luck but either way it’s not going to make any executives’ seats less warm. There are only a handful of notable originals this month, led by season 2 of the Spanish language comedy Los Espookys on Sept. 16. That is joined by a pair of documentaries, Escape from Kabul on Sept.

Dakota Fanning has joined the cast of the Showtime drama series “Ripley,” Variety has learned.

The series is based on Patricia Highsmith’s Tom Ripley novels. She joins previously announced cast members Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn.

In the series, Tom Ripley (Scott), a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York, is hired by a wealthy businessman to travel to Italy to try to convince his vagabond son to return home. Tom’s acceptance of the job is the first step into a complex life of deceit. Fanning will play Marge Sherwood, an American living in Italy who suspects darker motives underlie Tom’s affability. Sherwood was previously portrayed by Gwyneth Paltrow in the film “The Talented Mr. Ripley.”

“Dakota Fanning is the perfect choice to play the deliciously complicated Marge opposite Andrew Scott’s Tom Ripley,” said Amy Israel, executive vice president of scripted programming at Showtime. “She...

Dakota Fanning has signed on to play Susan Ford in the Showtime anthology series “The First Lady,” Variety has learned.

Susan is the only daughter of Betty Ford and President Gerald Ford, who will be played in the series by Michelle Pfeiffer and Aaron Eckhart respectively. Susan was a teenager during her father’s time in the White House and is said to have often introduced progressive ideas to her family.

“The First Lady” will also star Viola Davis a Michelle Obama, Gillian Anderson as Eleanor Roosevelt, and O-t Fagbenle as President Barack Obama, among others. The series is described as a reframing of American leadership, told through the lens of the women at the heart of the White House.

Fanning will be a series regular, appearing in six episodes. The role reunites her with Pfeiffer, with whom she starred in the 2001 film “I Am Sam.” Her appearance in the...

Exclusive: Utopia‘s Farrah Mackenzie is set as a series regular opposite Adhir Kalyan and Parker Young in United States of Al, CBS’ multi-camera comedy series from Chuck Lorre, David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari.

Created and written by Goetsch and Ferrari, United States of Al is about the friendship between Riley (Young), a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir, aka Al (Kalyan), the interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America. Kelli Goss, Dean Norris and Elizabeth Alderfer also star.

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Goetsch & Ferrari, Lorre, Reza Aslan, Mahyad Tousi and director Mark Cendrowski (pilot only) are executive producers for Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions.

Mackenzie recently starred as Alice in Amazon’s straight-to-series adaptation of British drama Utopia opposite John Cusack and Rainn Wilson. She also starred...

The female-oriented horror tale will be introduced to buyers at the American Film Market.

Magnolia Pictures International has acquired all rights outside the Us to The Wind and will introduce the supernatural horror tale to buyers at this month’s American Film Market.

The film, which stars Caitlin Gerard, Ashley Zukerman and Julia Goldani Telles, had its world premiere in the Midnight Madness section of the Toronto International Film Festival and was recently picked up for the Us by IFC Midnight, which is planning a 2019 release.

Screenings are set for the upcoming Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia in...

"You can't allow yourself to be captured." IFC Films has debuted an official trailer for an indie true story film titled The Catcher Was a Spy, the latest from director Ben Lewin. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, but the reviews were bad. The Catcher Was a Spy tells the story of Morris "Moe" Berg, played by Paul Rudd, the Major League Baseball player, Ivy League graduate, attorney and top-secret spy who helped the Us defeat Nazi Germany in the race to build the atomic bomb. That's quite a pitch, but it doesn't seem this will live up to that hype. The impressive cast includes Jeff Daniels, Mark Strong, Sienna Miller, Guy Pearce, Paul Giamatti, and Hiroyuki Sanada. Featuring a score by Howard Shore (which might be the most exciting part?). I'm always curious about WWII films, and this has my attention. It looks better...

Activists, ambassadors and actors gathered at the United Nations earlier this month to underline their commitment to empowering women and girls with autism, a lifelong neurological condition that begins in childhood and is characterized by some degree of impaired social behaviour, communication and language.

Video: Dakota Fanning wants to break down autism stereotypes

Women and girls were the focus on World Autism Awareness Day, observed on 2 April: a segment of the global population that faces “multiple challenges,” as Un Secretary-General António Guterres stated in his message for the Day.

Speaking at the commemorative event in the Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) Chamber, Alison Smale, head of Global Communications at the Un, outlined some of the many forms of discrimination women and girls with autism face.

“They are denied equal access to education and employment, to healthcare services, justice and equal recognition before the law, and they are far too often...

Here’s your chance to attend a screening of “Please Stand By” in New York with Dakota Fanning – and help charity.

“Did you know that approximately one percent of the world population has autism spectrum disorder?” asks Dakota. "With almost 1 in 68 individuals affected, autism is the fastest-growing developmental disability in the Us. In my new film, Please Stand By, I play a young woman with autism who runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her manuscript to a Star Trek writing competition. I’m so proud of this film and for giving characters with this disability such a strong, powerful voice. Now I’m raising money to help people living with autism and I want to ask for your support.

“For only a minimum donation of $10, you’ll be entered to win a trip to NYC to attend a screening of Please Stand By with me on World Autism Awareness Day,...

Sneak Peek footage, plus images from the upcoming comedy/drama feature "Please Stand By", directed by Ben Lewin, starring Dakota Fanning, Toni Collette and Alice Eve, opening January 26, 2018:

"..."Wendy' (Fanning) sees things differently: she's fiercely independent, with a brilliant mind and a mischievous sense of hilarity. Wendy also has autism.

"To her, people are an indecipherable code and the world's a confusing place. Inspired by her no-nonsense caregiver, Wendy comes of age and escapes from her care home on the road trip of a lifetime...

"...to deliver her 500-page script to a 'Star Trek' writing competition...."

Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Please Stand By"...

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]

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The recent outpouring of sexual assault allegations is a watershed moment in Hollywood history, but there’s one question on everyone’s minds: What’s a conscientious feminist to watch on TV these days? The discerning yet moral media lover has found themselves in quite a quandary as admired directors, producers, actors, and comedians have revealed to have abused their industry clout to intimidate, harass, and assault. In response to this universal quandary, musical comedy duo Reformed Whores have composed a plaintive lament to the beloved talent left standing.

Aptly titled “Keep It in Your Pants,” their song begins: “Hollywood has been so irresponsible, each week it seems a new abuser is named. And while I’m happy that people are being held accountable, I don’t want it to affect the way I’m entertained. Of course I think the patriarchy should be dismantled, but not if it means...

This is a charming trailer for an upcoming indie film called Please Stand By, which as you'll see, is inspired by Star Trek fandom. The movie tells the story of a young autistic woman played by Dakota Fanning who writes a 500-page Star Trek script for a writing competition. The film follows her as she embarks on a journey to hand-deliver the script in Hollywood. Here's a description of the story:

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in order to boldly go and deliver her 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. On an adventure full of laughter and tears, Wendy, played with exquisite delicacy by Dakota Fanning, follows the guiding spirit of Mr. Spock on her journey into the unknown. "It is there for us to conquer, not to fear."

The movie also stars Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander, Marla Gibbs, Jessica Rothe,...

There’s a lot going on in the trailer for “Please Stand By.”

The dramedy, set to be released early next year, follows Wendy (Dakota Fanning), a young autistic girl and stalwart Cinnabon employee who becomes consumed by a “Star Trek” scriptwriting contest. She has a sister (Alice Eve), a dog with weak bladder control, and a dream to get to Hollywood to hand-deliver her entry before the deadline. (Judging by her confident strides past Walt Disney Concert Hall, looks like she’s got a decent shot.) And hey, Toni Collette’s here too!

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Credit: “The Many and the Few” is a solid name for a “Star Trek” script. (It’s no “Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum,” but it’s a start.) And, to be fair, we’re a sucker for characters knowing...

Is it time for the Dakota Fanning-aissance? The actress held the Fanning family limelight for a quite a while, but it has since been overtaken by her sister Elle Fanning. However, with a hotly buzzed new series coming soon with “The Alienist,” and now this movie, perhaps it’s time for Dakota Fanning to regain a bit of shine.

Co-starring Toni Collette, Alice Eve, Patton Oswalt, and Tony Revolori, and directed Ben Lewin (“The Sessions,” the upcoming “The Catcher Was A Spy” which is headed to Sundance), the unique premise follows a young, autistic woman who has written an epic “Star Trek” script.

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"Captain: there is only one logical direction in which to go - forward." Magnolia Pictures has unveiled an official trailer for an indie dramedy titled Please Stand By, from director Ben Lewin, who last directed the acclaimed film The Sessions. Please Stand By is a story of a young autistic woman who runs away from her caregiver and heads off to Hollywood. She is on the run because she wants to hand-deliver a 500-page Star Trek script to a writing competition in Hollywood. Dakota Fanning stars in this, with a full cast including Toni Collette, Alice Eve, River Alexander, Marla Gibbs, Jessica Rothe, Michael Stahl-David, and Patton Oswalt. This is one of those surprise didn't-know-this-existed films, but I'm very curious to see it, just sounds like something fun. Plus I love the quotes about light and the unknown, good stuff. See below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Ben Lewin's Please Stand By,...

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The Please Stand By trailer depicts Dakota Fanning as an autistic Trekkie, who embarks on a quest submit her script.

Upcoming indie comedy drama Please Stand By will fly a flag of fandom that Star Trek enthusiasts should appreciate. The film depicts the travails of a young woman (Dakota Fanning) in a trek of a different nature – on the road to Hollywood – to enter her original script in a contest.

To anyone unacquainted, the opening moments of the Please Stand By trailer - depicting environmental-suit-donning Kirk and Spock stuck in an alien dust storm – might briefly make you think that this was teaser for the untitled Star Trek 3. Of course, it’s really just insight into the creative mind of young Wendy (Fanning), an autistic Trekkie who’s put her creative output into a Star Trek script for a contest.

However, submitting said script requires the...

The Rome Film Festival has added a number of films and special events to its 2017 lineup as part of the Alice nella Citta independent sidebar. 

Orlando Bloom will present his new film, Romans, as a special event at the festival. Directed by the Shammasian brothers, Romans stars Bloom as a laborer who is forced to face his childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a priest after being hired to demolish the church where it took place. 

Dakota Fanning will come to Rome for the international premiere of her film Please Stand By from Ben Lewin, which will screen in...

The 2017 Austin Film Festival will premiere the season finale of HBO's new drama The Deuce as well as the romantic comedy Amanda and Jack Go Glamping starring David Arquette and Amy Acker, written and directed by Austin filmmaker Brandon Dickerson. Other films this year will be Permanent with Rainn Wilson and Patricia Arquette, Please Stand By with Dakota Fanning and Toni Collete, and 24 Hours to Live with Ethan Hawke and Liam Cunningham. The festival takes place this…...

Randall Park and Ali Wong are set to star in an untitled feature comedy they wrote with “Please Stand By” scribe Michael Golamco, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap. The comedy will follow two childhood friends who find themselves in different socioeconomic situations when they fall in love as adults. Netflix is next trying to find a director to helm the feature film. Also Read: Randall Park Joins 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' Park currently stars on “Fresh Off the Boat” and “Veep” and will next be seen in “Ant-Man and the Wasp.” He is represented by UTA,...

Buyers expressed optimism over a handful of titles amid London security concerns.

Despite at least one distributor cancelling their trip to the 13th edition of The Film London London Screenings (19-22 June) due to the recent UK terror attacks, organisers and buyers expressed optimism about this year’s lineup.

In the sweltering heat of one of the hottest months of June in recent memory, distributors watched films represented by British sales agents in the air-conditioned sanctuary of the BFI Southbank.

Around 150 delegates (roughly 125 international buyers and a number of UK distributors, festival directors and programmers) attended the event, which showcases completed films and works in progress.

Alongside the usual smattering of European buyers, there were several Us distributors in attendance, among then Magnolia, The Weinstein Company, AMC, Film Movement and Screen Media. Buyers also came from as far afield as Taiwan and Brazil.

“It was a concern of mine whether the recent events (in London) would have an...

Exclusive: The actress is the latest element to board the Good Films drama that Good Universe will introduce to worldwide buyers in Cannes.

Janusz Kaminski will direct The Postcard Killings, a thriller based on James Patterson and Liza Marklund’s bestseller The Postcard Killers, which Marklund and Andrew Stern have adapted.

Good Films produces and finances the thriller about Jacob, a New York detective, who investigates the murder of his newly married daughter and discovers a trail of similar deaths across Europe.

In each case the killing is accompanied by a postcard sent to a local reporter. Things become even more intense when Jacob meets a young reporter who receives the next postcard.

Miriam Segal produces for Good Films and production is scheduled for Munich, London and Scandinavia in January 2017.

Good Films financed and produced Brad Furman’s The Infiltrator, which stars Bryan Cranston, John Leguizamo and Diane Kruger and will open in the Us on July...

Exclusive: Mad Men and Spotlight star to play opposite Brian Cox in Churchill, one of five films in production for Embankment Films.

Mad Men and Spotlight star John Slattery will play Us Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower in upcoming biopic Churchill, which will star Brian Cox as the eponymous British war-time leader.

Shoot is due to get underway on May 23 in Scotland on the feature from The Railway Man director Jonathan Teplitzky.

Miranda Richardson and Suki Waterhouse will co-star in the feature, which Embankment Films launched at Afm last year and will continue selling in Cannes.

Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in Europe during World War II and would go on to serve as 34th President of the Us from 1953 until 1961.

Stanley Tucci had previously been lined up for the role but was unable to participate due to scheduling conflicts.

Churchill is one of five productions to get underway for Embankment between April 11 and...

Sales outfit has been at Efm with Submergence.

Embankment Films has appointed Max Pirkis as head of acquisitions and distribution with immediate effect.

Pirkis, who joined the London-based sales firm in 2013, now heads up and manages Embankment’s acquisitions slate while also co-ordinating international delivery and distribution of current Embankment titles.

Greg Martin, who previously worked for Working Title, reports to Pirkis as acquisitions and distribution executive. Pirkis replaces Sara May, who moves on from her consultancy role with Embankment and will shortly be announcing her own new venture.

Embankment co-founder Tim Haslam said: “In Max, we have nabbed and nurtured one of the brightest – and we are convinced that he is an industry star of the future. His expanded role and responsibility is an exciting opportunity for the company and our team.

“[Embankment co-founder Hugo Grumbar] and I vividly recall first meeting him and thinking we’ve seen that guy before somewhere. Turns out he was amongst the lead actors...

Toni Collette.

Toni Collette has joined the cast of Please Stand By, the next film from Australian director Ben Lewin (Seachange, Paperback Romance) after his critically-acclaimed The Sessions in 2012..

Collette joins River Alexander, her The Way Way Back co-star, as well as Dakota Fanning and Alice Eve..

Fanning plays .a brilliant young woman with autism who escapes her care home and embarks on a road trip of a lifetime: to enter her script into a Hollywood competition...

Collette will play her caregiver.

Embankment FIlms is handling international sales.

The Oprah Winfrey Network is sweet on “Selma” director Ava DuVernay and their new series, “Queen Sugar.” The show, which will feature Winfrey in a recurring role, follows a woman and her daughter as they shake their Los Angeles lifestyle and move to Louisiana to tend to a newly inherited 800–acre sugarcane farm. Expect hilarity and touching moments as the mother rediscovers her Southern roots. Aisha Coley will tend to the casting on the Natalie Baszile novel-turned-series that’s set to go into production in February. Dakota Fanning is plotting a great escape in her new feature “Please Stand By.” The film centers on a brilliant woman with autism who sneaks out of her care center to enter her script into a Hollywood competition. Richard Hicks is plucking the cast, which currently lists Fanning, Helen Hunt, and Alice Eve, while Ben Lewin will direct the script that’s set to...

Exclusive: Front Row strikes Cannes deals with HanWay, Protagonist, Embankment.

Middle East distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has finalised a raft of Cannes deals with Embankment, HanWay, Protagonist, Cmg, Visit Films and Fox International Productions.

As announced during Cannes, Front Row also picked up Jacques Audiard’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Dheepan from Celluloid Dreams.

Front Row continued a long-standing relationship by securing deals across Protagonist’s slate including Pete Travis’ Middle East-set action-drama Snatchback, which is set to star and be produced by Rachel Weisz, heavy-metal drama Lords of Chaos and Taika Waititi’s comedy Hunt For The Wilderpeople.

From HanWay Films, Front Row secured John Cameron Mitchell’s Romeo and Juliet-style alien punk story How To Talk To Girls At Parties, set to star Nicole Kidman, Matt Lucas, Elle Fanning and Ruth Wilson; family-adventure film Swallows and Amazons with Rafe Spall and Kelly Macdonald; and Wadjda director Haifaa al-Mansour’s Mary Shelley drama A Storm...