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It's that time of the week again! New movie alert: check out the best new flicks coming to each streamer from November 4 to 10.

Ranging from sports documentaries to holiday romantic comedies, here's what viewers can expect from every streaming platform.

New Movies Hitting Netflix This Week

Netflix has four flicks coming out this week! Meet Me Next Christmas premieres on November 6, where a hopeless romantic meets the man of her dreams while searching for a ticket to a sold-out Pentatonix Christmas concert.

Based on the novel of the same name by Juan Rulfo, Pedro Páramo tells the story of a man who promised his mother he would meet Preciado's father before it's too late; releasing on November 6.

With similar themes, 10 Days of a Curious Man centers on a writer who ends up...

Hulu‘s November, 2024 schedule has a wealth of originals, catalog titles and plenty of holiday offerings.

Christmas films like Fred Claus, Four Christmases, The Polar Express, Jack Frost and Elf will arrive at the end of the month right before Thanksgiving. Hustlers (2019) leaves the streamer on Nov. 30, and Plus One leaves Nov. 16.

Related: The 10 Best Shows To Stream in October 2024

Taika Waititi’s Interior Chinatown arrives Nov. 19, and Ben Stiller’s most recent film out of the Toronto International Film Festival Nutcrackers will make its streaming premiere Nov. 29.

See below for the full list of programming available on Hulu in November.

November 1

Are You the One? Complete Seasons 2 and 6 Naruto Shippuden: Complete Season 9 (Dubbed A Christmas Carol (1984) Ad Astra (2019) Aliens (1986) Billy Madison (1995) Carpool (1996) Christmas on the Ranch (2021) Christmas With The Kranks (2004) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe (2005) The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) Crazy Heart...

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Hulu is ready with an entertainment-packed November this year. The upcoming month will see the return of some popular K-drama shows The Fiery Priest and also new original movies like Nutcrackers. Just like every month, Hulu is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 10 new movies and TV shows coming to Hulu in November 2024.

Gangnam B-Side Season 1 (November 6)

Gangnam B-Side is an action mystery crime thriller drama series directed by Park Noo Ri from a screenplay by Jo Won Gyu. The Disney+ series is set in Gangnam, Seoul and it revolves around the disappearance of a young woman who had information about a series of disappearances. Now, a detective, an outlaw, and a Prosecutor all try to find her for their own reasons. Gangnam B-Side stars Jo Woo-jin, Ji Chang-wook,...

November 2024 brings a diverse array of movies and shows to Hulu, catering to a wide range of tastes and interests. From classic holiday films to gripping dramas and entertaining reality series, there’s something for everyone. Viewers can dive into beloved titles like A Christmas Carol (1984) and National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, perfect for getting into the holiday spirit. For fans of action and adventure, the month features iconic films such as Aliens, Ghost Rider, and the Chronicles of Narnia series. Those seeking laughter can enjoy comedies like Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, and Grown Ups, while romantic and family-friendly options like La La Land and Elf add a touch of warmth. Additionally, Hulu is expanding its lineup with complete seasons of popular reality shows like Are You The One?, Hoarders, and Marriage Boot Camp. The month also includes special premieres, such as the 58th Annual CMA Awards and a series on The Stanford Prison Experiment,...

Joseph Quinn became the breakout actor of 2022 after he played Eddie Munson in the fourth season of Stranger Things. Since then, his star continued to shine as evident in the massive projects he’s done over the past few years.

Credits: Joseph Quinn in Stranger Things / Netflix

With such a talent paired with great looks and a charismatic personality, he’s bound for success, and he does this by working hard and staying inspired – thanks to his Hollywood idols who encourage him to develop his acting skills and discover his niche in the industry.

Joseph Quinn Reveals His Ultimate Hollywood Idols

While speaking with L’Officiel, actor Joseph Quinn revealed his favorite Hollywood actors who continue to inspire his craft. He mentioned Joaquin Phoenix, who is known for his works in Joker and Gladiator. Well, it only seemed fitting after the young star has been cast in the Ridley Scott sequel.

When attempting to break into a nascent film industry, many filmmakers place their bets in tried and tested formats. Family dramas, romantic comedies, action thrillers. But, in the Arab region, where countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates are still taking their first steps into building a robust film industry, filmmakers are tapping into highly connected, media-driven young audiences with their films.

Ahead of the 11th edition of the Sharjah Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth, taking place between Oct. 6 and 12 in the UAE, three filmmakers spoke with Variety about the importance of specialized festivals in the region and the challenges that still lie ahead when it comes to making films for children and young audiences in an Arab world that is becoming increasingly Westernized.

“Yes, there is a gap in the market for youth-focused films in the region,” said Mariam Al Awadhi, whose latest film...

Time for Love: Isla Fisher, Greg Kinnear, and Ryan Guzman Rekindle Family Magic in ‘The Present’ Xmag UK Xmag Editorial

Isla Fisher, Greg Kinnear, and Ryan Guzman star in The Present, a family comedy where love and time…

The post Time for Love: Isla Fisher, Greg Kinnear, and Ryan Guzman Rekindle Family Magic in ‘The Present’ first appeared on Xmag UK.

Exclusive: Ryan Guzman (9-1-1) has joined the new action thriller Midnight from Yale Productions and Night Fox Entertainment. Guzman’s “pivotal” role is being kept under wraps.

He joins the previously announced cast of Rosario Dawson, Alexandra Shipp and Milla Jovovich. In addition to starring, Dawson also produced the film with Shipp and Jovovich as executive producers. The Joshua Otis Miller-directed production recently wrapped in Connecticut

Written by Lamont Magee and Jeff Byrd, Midnight follows a young, blind woman (Shipp) as she is hunted by a group of international criminals (Jovovich) searching for a package they believe was given to the woman by her federal agent sister (Dawson). However, the assailants quickly realize that the woman, though unable to see, may be far more dangerous than expected.

Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman produce the film for Yale Productions in collaboration with Dawson and Leah Elizabeth Rucinski, as...

Christian Ditter’s 2024 film The Present takes viewers back in time to explore a family attempting to rewrite their future. Starring Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear as parents Jen and Eric on the verge of divorce, the movie follows their three children—eldest daughter Emma, son Max, and youngest son Taylor—who discover he can manipulate time with their grandfather’s antique clock.

Nonverbal autistic boy Taylor becomes especially distressed by his parents’ plans to separate. When a mysterious clock arrives at the family home, young Taylor learns he can turn back time by winding its large brass hands.

Seeing a chance to correct the mistakes of one dramatic day and change his parents’ minds, Taylor enlists siblings Emma and Max to help devise a scheme. Repeatedly looping the same dozen hours, the kids launch hilarious hijinks and heartfelt interventions to save their family from splitting apart.

Through its playful...

Easton Rocket Sweda, known for his role as Leo Falconeri in General Hospital, has taken on a lead role in his debut movie, The Present, a family comedy produced by Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios. The film also features Isla Fisher, Ross Butler, and Greg Kinnear. Easton Rocket Sweda enthusiastically announced, “The Present […]

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“The Present” is a new live-action fantasy comedy feature, directed by Christian Ditter, starring Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear, releasing June 18, 2024 in select theaters:

“…when a brilliant kid discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, he and his siblings team up to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome.

“As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control…”

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“The Present” is a new live-action fantasy comedy feature, directed by Christian Ditter, starring Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear, releasing June 18, 2024 in select theaters:

“…when a brilliant kid discovers he can manipulate time using an enchanted family heirloom, he and his siblings team up to go back to the eve of their parents’ separation in hopes of changing the outcome.

“As their schemes become more elaborate, the siblings will learn about family bonds and what they can and can’t control…”

Click the images to enlarge…...

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga faces up against The Garfield Movie at the UK and Ireland box office this weekend.

Warner Bros’ Furiosa opens in 715 locations, one of the widest openings of the year so far behind that of Studiocanal’s Back To Black (719) and fellow Warner Bros title Dune: Part Two (717).

The fifth instalment in the Mad Max franchise is opening wider than its predecessor Fury Road which debuted in 546 sites back in 2015. That film opened on £4.5m and went on to make £17.4m.

Anya Taylor-Joy stars as the titular Furiosa, an origin story surrounding the renegade warrior...

It was a neck-and-neck battle atop the U.K. and Ireland box office between Paramount’s “If” and Disney’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”

While Disney’s simian saga won the three-day weekend, Paramount’s Imaginary Friend tale was the winner including previews. “If” bowed with £2.4 million ($3 million), while in its second weekend, “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” grossed £2.1 million ($2.7 million) for a total of £7.6 million ($9.7 million), per numbers from Comscore.

In third place, in its third weekend, Universal’s “The Fall Guy” earned £876,184 for a total of £8.2 million. Lionsgate’s “The Strangers: Chapter 1” debuted in fourth position with £452,507.

Rounding off the top five was Warner Bros.’ “Challengers” with £291,416 in its fourth weekend for a total of £5.3 million.

The other debut in the top 10 was Dg Tech’s “Guruvayoor Ambalanadayil,” starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, with £217,528 at No. 6, continuing the impressive showing of India’s Malayalam-language...

Exclusive: International and indie film distributor Well Go USA Entertainment acquired North American rights to Little League baseball film You Gotta Believe directed by Ty Roberts (12 Mighty Orphans) and starring Luke Wilson (Horizon: An American Saga) and Greg Kinnear (The Present).

In addition to Wilson and Kinnear, other cast members include Sarah Gadon (Ferrari), Etienne Kellici (Horizon: An American Saga), Molly Parker (Deadwood), Patrick Renna (The Sandlot) and newcomer Michael Cash.

The film is based on the true story of an overlooked Fort Worth youth baseball team that dedicated its season to a teammate’s ailing father and subsequently took its Cinderella season all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series. You Gotta Believe will be slated for an August 30 traditional theatrical release in North America.

“You Gotta Believe tells the heartwarming story of a group of young boys who, after a teammate’s father is diagnosed with terminal cancer,...

"What are we supposed to do with a giant, broken clock that nobody wants?" Gravitas Venture in the US has unveiled a new official US trailer for a wacky time travel comedy about a family called The Present. It's set for a US debut in June after opening first in the UK this month. A boy discovers that he can manipulate time using a family heirloom - an old grandfather clock. He teams up his siblings in returning to the time of their parents' initial separation in hopes of changing the outcome and stopping them from divorcing. Oh boy, that sounds awkward. Actors Isla Fisher & Greg Kinnear star as the parents, with an ensemble cast including Ryan Guzman, Shay Rudolph, Amir Talai, Alphonso McAuley, Easton Rocket Sweda, Sarah Jane MacKay, Mason Shea Joyce, and Eric Tiede. This plays a bit better than the other trailer we posted before, but it still seems like made-for-streaming cheesiness.

Exclusive: The English-language adaptation of Momo, one of the best-loved fantasy books by The Neverending Story writer Michael Ende, has set a buzzy cast, with Alexa Goodall (A Gentleman In Moscow) taking the lead role of the young orphan girl Momo.

The main cast is completed by Araloyin Oshunremi, Kim Bodnia, Claes Bang (The Square), Laura Haddock, Jennifer Amaka Peterson (The Sandhamn Murders), David Schütter (Charlie’s Angels) and Martin Freeman.

Deadline can also reveal an exclusive first look of Goodall in Momo, which is currently filming in Croatia and Slovenia.

The film is produced by prolific German producer Christian Becker and written and directed by bilingual writer-director Christian Ditter (How To Be Single), who both snagged rights to the popular novel a few years ago and an under-the-radar deal.

Exclusive: The Arab Film Club, a popular monthly film club on Arab cinema based in London, is expanding.

Actress and presenter Sarah Agha, the club’s founder and curator, is launching The Arab Film Club Podcast, debuting Wednesday, May 1, with an initial five-episode season. Episodes will drop on Podbean, Apple, and Spotify every second Wednesday after that.

The pod’s first season will be dedicated to Palestinian cinema and highlight five different Palestinian filmmakers through intimate interviews. Featured filmmakers will include Darin J. Sallam, best known for her breakout feature Farha, which was Jordan’s Best International Film Oscar in 2022. Agha will also sit down with Bye Bye Tiberias director Lina Soualem. Scroll down to see the full season one lineup.

Agha, an actress, writer, presenter, and film curator is of Palestinian and Irish heritage. She is perhaps best known for presenting the acclaimed BBC doc The Holy Land And...

"We've decided that we need to make a change." AGC Studios + Catchlight Studios have revealed an official UK trailer for a kooky time travel comedy about a family called The Present, opening first in the UK in May this summer. Strangely his has no US date set yet, despite being a US film that should be on streaming by now. A brilliant boy discovers that he can manipulate time using a family heirloom - an old grandfather clock. He soon team up his siblings in returning to the time of their parents' separation from their in hopes of changing the outcome and stopping them from divorcing. Oh boy, this sounds a bit awkward. Actors Isla Fisher & Greg Kinnear star as the parents, with a cast including Ryan Guzman, Shay Rudolph, Amir Talai, Alphonso McAuley, Easton Rocket Sweda, Sarah Jane MacKay, & Mason Shea Joyce, with Eric Tiede. This looks really cheesy,...

Filmmakers Farah Nabulsi and Darin J. Sallam recently came together to discuss how ongoing violence in Gaza has impacted the Palestinian creative community, the hardships they’ve endured telling their stories, concerns over Hollywood censorship and hopes that film can “preserve” Palestinian history for the Muslim Girl Code podcast‘s debut episode “Will Storytelling Save Palestine?”

In a conversation with MuslimGirl.com founder Amani Al-Khatahtbeh for the podcast’s first Ramadan episode, Nabulsi and Sallam shared how their identities as Palestinian women have influenced the stories they spotlight, and whether identity or gender has been a barrier for them in the film industry.

Nabulsi, a British-Palestinian filmmaker whose recent works include the Oscar-nominated short “The Present” and “The Teacher,” notes that the difficulties she has faced more often have been due to independent cinema being a challenge in itself and that the stories she wants to tell are Palestinian and...

Exclusive: Gravitas Ventures has acquired a pair of starry indies — Alice Englert’s dark comedy Bad Behaviour, starring Jennifer Connelly, and Christian Ditter’s family comedy The Present, starring Isla Fisher and Greg Kinnear. Bad Behaviour opens in limited theaters and on digital and VOD in the U.S. and Canada on June 14, with The Present to hit digital and cable VOD in the U.S. on June 18.

World premiering at last year’s Sundance Film Festival, Englert’s debut feature Bad Behaviour watches as a former child actress seeking enlightenment at a retreat navigates the close but turbulent relationship with her daughter. Also starring Ben Whishaw, Englert, and Ana Scotney, among others, the film is produced by Desray Armstrong and Molly Hallam. Exec producers included Stephen Braun of Bee-Hive Productions, Whishaw and Englert. The film was made with finance from the New Zealand Film Commission, the New Zealand Government’s Screen Production Rebate,...

AGC Studios chief creative officer Lourdes Diaz has signed a new multi-year employment agreement and has been elevated to partner with a seat on the board of the independent film and television studio.

The promotion comes on the back of founders Stuart Ford, chairman and CEO, and Miguel Palos, chief operating office, themselves signing new multi-year agreements late last year.

Since AGC launched in 2018, it has become one of Hollywood’s leading production and financing players, with 41 major film and TV productions under its belt.

In a statement, Ford and Palos said Diaz had been a “hugely influential contributor to the company’s explosive growth.”

They added: “Aside from building a highly respected scripted television operation, in her broader role as chief creative officer she has shaped key decisions on the feature film and unscripted sides of the company, helped kickstart our Family and YA division and has made us...

The Teacher, the feature debut of British-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi that recently had it world premiere in Toronto, has been acquired by Front Row Filmed Entertainment for the Middle East and North Africa.

The deal marks the second collaboration between Nabulsi and Front Row, with the Dubai-based banner having distributed and globally sold her previous short film The Present to Netflix, prior to it landing an BAFTA award and an Oscar nomination.

Set and shot in the West Bank city of Nablus and staring Saleh Bakri (Alam, The Blue Caftan) and Imogen Poots (The Father, HBO’s I Know This Much Is True), The Teacher follows the story of a Palestinian school teacher as he struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker. Sawsan Asfari (Hany Abu-Assad...

Dubai-based distributor Front Row Filmed Entertainment has boarded Mena distribution of Palestinian drama The Teacher, which enjoyed a buzzy world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend.

The acquisition marks the company’s second collaboration with British-Palestinian director Farah Nabulsi.

It previously distributed her Oscar-nominated and Bafta-winning short film The Present, selling it to streaming giant Netflix prior it buzzy 2021 awards season run.

The Teacher is produced by Sawsan Asfari (Huda’s Salon), Osama Bawardi and Nabulsi.

Saleh Bakri (The Blue Caftan) stars as a Palestinian school teacher, struggling to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker, played by Imogen Poots.

The film was shot entirely in the West Bank in the city of Nablus.

“The Teacher” opens with text informing the viewers that the film was “Inspired by True Events.” Most obviously, this refers to the case of Gilad Shalit, an Israel Defense Forces soldier whose imprisonment by Palestinian militants and 2011 release in exchange for over 1,000 Palestinian prisoners is lightly fictionalized during the movie. But more broadly, it speaks to the film’s commitment to portraying the struggles of living in Palestine in a time of perpetual strife, where violence and displacement is a constantly looming threat and justice feels constantly out of reach.

Although Shalit’s capture and release inspired the backbone of Farah Nabulsi’s debut feature, his counterpart in the film, Nathanial Cohen, is a mere plot device spoken about more than he’s glancingly seen. Our protagonist is instead completely fictional Basem, a Palestinian man who teaches English at a small boys school. At his job he’s stern but gentle,...

Writer-director Farah Nabulsi brilliantly showcased the abject futility of living under occupation with her Oscar-nominated short The Present a couple years ago. By taking the seemingly mundane act of going shopping for an anniversary gift and portraying how cruelly impossible it can become when people with guns take it upon themselves to make it so, she evoked the tired frustration and unavoidable rage that Palestinians must endure on a daily basis. It should come as no surprise, then, that her feature debut The Teacher would follow suit, mirroring the additional runtime with a much more robust example.

Yet there’s the immediate sense of too many subplots bouncing around at the start. Between the drama surrounding the harassment of brothers Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahman) and Yacoub (Mahmoud Bakri), then the story segues into their teacher/neighbor Basem El-Saleh’s (Saleh Bakri) past, the addition of a London-born volunteer social worker...

Three years ago, Farah Nabulsi’s short film “The Present” landed an Oscar nomination and won a BAFTA Award by stripping down the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis on the West Bank to a father and daughter’s simple quest to buy an anniversary present. Nabulsi, who was born in London to Palestinian parents, returns to that region and conflict with her feature debut, “The Teacher,” but there’s nothing simple about the morass into which her filmmaking plunges us this time around.

Inspired by true events, the film is set among Palestinians on the West Bank, and like “The Present” it’s a portrait in futility. “The Teacher,” which had its world premiere on Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival, sometimes feels as if it’s hammering away at the same points without getting anywhere, but you could argue that’s an entirely fitting way to depict the conflicts in that area.

Few filmmakers have to experience the very real thing they’re dramatising on camera actually happening around their set. But then few films are set and shot in the Occupied West Bank.

As Farah Nabulsi recalls, while making The Teacher around the city of Nablus, she witnessed the forced demotion of a Palestinian home by Israeli forces and settlers torching Palestinian olive trees, both of which take place in her film.

“On my way to set at five in the morning, by the side of the road was a Palestinian family, a couple with six young children, standing in front of the rubble of their freshly demolished house,” she says. “So yeah, this harsh reality is unfolding around you.”

Premiering in Toronto on Sept. 9, the film follows a school teacher (Palestinian acting royalty Saleh Bakri) precariously trying juggling his dangerous involvement in the resistance movement with his position as a...

When British-Palestinian filmmaker Farah Nabulsi was watching the UK media coverage of the Gilad Shalit prisoner exchange in 2011, it had a profound impact on her. At the time, Shalit was an Israeli soldier who had been abducted in 2006 by Palestinians (the first Israeli soldier to be captured by Palestinians since 1994). Shalit was eventually released five years later in exchange for more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, including hundreds of which were women and children.

“I remember thinking at the time that this was such a huge imbalance in the value for human life,” Nabulsi tells Deadline over a Zoom interview from Egypt, where she is attending her stepdaughter’s wedding. “One person in exchange for one thousand others! But I also remember thinking about that on an individual level and that, to that soldier’s parents and loved ones, he would be worth hundreds of thousands if not millions of lives.”

This observation,...

Variety is debuting an exclusive clip from Farah Nabulsi’s thriller “The Teacher,” starring Imogen Poots (“The Father”) and Saleh Bakri. The film will have its world premiere on Saturday at the Toronto Film Festival in the Discovery section.

The film is Nabulsi’s feature debut following her Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award-winning short “The Present,” which also starred Bakri.

“The Teacher” follows Palestinian schoolteacher Basem (Bakri), who acts as a father figure to two of his students, Yacoub and Adam (Muhammad Abed Elrahman), amidst turmoil in the West Bank. Upon meeting British volunteer worker Lisa (Poots), Basem struggles to reconcile his life-threatening commitment to political resistance and his emotional support for Yacoub and Adam with the chance of a new romantic relationship.

The story – based on true events – takes place against the backdrop of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, offering insight into the lives of the people living in the region from all religious and cultural backgrounds.

Exclusive: Luke Wilson (Horizon: An American Saga) and Greg Kinnear (The Present) are set to star in You Gotta Believe, a film based on the inspirational true story of Fort Worth, Texas’ 2002 Westside Little League team. Others on board for roles in the pic from Santa Rita Film Co. include Sarah Gadon (Ferrari), newcomer Michael Cash, Etienne Kellici (Horizon: An American Saga) and Molly Parker (Deadwood).

Directed by Ty Roberts, who previously worked with Wilson on the Great Depression football drama 12 Mighty Orphans, the film currently in production follows a team of Little Leaguers who dedicate their season to a player’s dying father and, in the process, defy all odds to make it to the Little League Baseball World Series championship in a game that became an ESPN classic. Wilson will play the role of the dying father, Bobby Ratliff, with Kinnear as Coach Jon Kelly.

The film...

Palestinian-British filmmaker Farah Nabulsi’s upcoming drama “The Teacher,” which is shot and set in Palestine’s West Bank, has been acquired by top Italian indie distributor Eagle Pictures just as Vincent Maraval’s Goodfellas launches sales on the timely title in Cannes.

Goodfellas, formerly known as Wild Bunch, on Thursday will be presenting to buyers the almost completed film that takes its cue from a real prisoners swap that took place in 2011 when Israel freed more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for one soldier who had been kidnapped by Palestinian militants.

In “The Teacher” a Palestinian school teacher played by Saleh Bakri struggles to reconcile his commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students. There is also a subplot involving his romantic relationship with a British volunteer worker, played by Imogen Poots (“The Father”).

“It takes place at a moment where an Israeli-Jewish-American soldier...

Paul McCartney and John Lennon go way back. They lived in the same neighborhood as teenagers and started playing music together shortly after meeting one another. During those first few years, the duo wrote over 100 songs together. Today, those songs are lost. Here are two accounts of what happened to them, and a look back at the early days of Lennon and McCartney.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Fox Photos/Getty Images Young Paul McCartney and John Lennon were very different, but got along great

When McCartney met Lennon, they couldn’t have been more different. McCartney got good grades. He had a strong moral compass, bordering on self-righteous. Lennon, on the other hand, was a trouble-maker. He had emotional outbursts and could be cruel to his peers and authority figures alike. Plus, there was a two-year age difference between them. But the boys’ interests drew them together. They were both incredibly passionate about music,...

Since FX moved under the Disney umbrella in 2019, it has sometimes been difficult to find its programming; I’m a professional and I’m often stymied when it comes to which FX shows actually air on FX and which are Hulu exclusives. But FX shows have still felt like FX shows.

The new FX-produced drama Class of ’09 is a puzzlement. One of those Hulu-only offerings, Class of ’09 surely has the air and aura of an FX show, from its sturdy, cinematic production values to a cast topped by FX veterans Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) and Kate Mara (A Teacher) to its creation by writer Tom Rob Smith (The Assassination of Gianni Versace). But what it feels like? Well, it feels like a broadcast TV show from a decade ago — specifically like ABC’s Quantico, a drama remembered largely by Priyanka Chopra Jonas devotees.

Quantico, which ran three seasons,...

John Lennon and Paul McCartney first met while growing up in Liverpool. While Lennon was slightly older than McCartney, the pair bonded over their shared love of music, and McCartney eventually joined John and his band. Paul had to prove to John he had talent, and he still remembers the song he played for his future bandmate to impress him.

John Lennon and Paul McCartney met at a church performance John Lennon and Paul McCartney | Gab Archive/Redferns

Before The Beatles were even an idea, John Lennon was a member of The Quarrymen Skiffle Group. On July 6, 1957, the Quarrymen performed at the garden fete of St. Peter’s Church in Woolton, Liverpool. Lennon was the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band. In attendance at the performance was a young Paul McCartney. McCartney was beginning to develop a love of rock n’ roll and was thrilled that there was a...

Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind) is attached to star in They Found Us, an alien abduction thriller to be directed for AGC Studios and Temple Hill by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (District 9), which will head into production in Australia later this year.

The film to be fully financed by Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio, AGC Studios, is based on an original screenplay by Jeremy Slater, whose credits include Moon Knight, Fantastic Four, The Exorcist, The Lazarus Effect and The Umbrella Academy. It will follow a father (Kinnaman) and his daughter Kaylee as they undertake a camping trip in the Utah wilderness to heal their broken relationship. After being attacked by a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform, their lives — not just their relationship — wind up at stake, as they fight with a humanoid beast to stop their abduction to an unknown and terrifying alien world.

Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen...

There are two subtle Bob Dylan references in Paul McCartney‘s “Junior’s Farm.” However, they complete the Wings tune. Here’s what Paul had to say about them.

Paul McCartney and Wings | Michael Putland/Getty Images Years before Bob Dylan inspired Paul McCartney’s ‘Junior’s Farm,’ they smoked pot together

The first time Paul met Dylan was with The Beatles. He introduced the group to marijuana. In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul said it blew their “tiny little minds.”

Dylan and his roadie turned up at The Beatles’ hotel room in New York City in the summer of 1964. The singer-songwriter had recently released Another Side of Bob Dylan, and The Beatles were starstruck. They’d admired each other from afar for years.

A little party commenced in the band’s hotel room. Then, Dylan disappeared into the back. The band thought he’d gone to the toilet.

Greg Kinnear is Joe Goldberg’s latest adversary.

In a twist on top of twists, Kinnear’s casting was kept under wraps until Part 2 of Season 4, which premiered March 9 on Netflix. Kinnear plays Tom Lockwood, the insidious corporate-raiding father of Joe aka Jonathan’s (Penn Badgley) new love interest Kate (Charlotte Ritchie). And sure, while Jonathan is grappling with coming to terms with the true identity of the Eat the Rich killer, he’s keeping Kate safe from all outside forces of evil…including maybe even her own dad.

“Our casting director and our producers, chiefly Sarah Schecter, do a ton of work behind the scenes when it’s a piece of really high-level casting like that. As the person who’s in the writers’ room, they’re doing most of the hard work,” showrunner Sera Gamble exclusively told IndieWire. “I’ll get a phone call like, ‘What do you think of Greg Kinnear?...

The Beatles wrote some of the most famous love songs ever. They were masters of romantic tunes and devised new ways of telling love stories. Some are about someone loving another. Others are more vulnerable and aching for affection. Here are 10 of the best Beatles love songs.

The Beatles | Keystone-France/Getty Images 1. ‘Ask Me Why’

The lyrics of “Ask Me Why” are so incredibly romantic. In the song, one person is singing to another about how glad they are that they found love together. The person is even moved to tears. There will be no more sadness because the other person loves them. John Lennon sings, “Now you’re mine, my happiness still makes me cry/ And in time, you’ll understand the reason why/ If I cry, it’s not because I’m sad/ But you’re the only love that I’ve ever had.”

2. ‘Do You Want to...

In the late 1950s, before The Quarry Men became The Beatles, and years before Ringo Starr joined the band, completing what would become the Fab Four, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Colin Hanton, and John “Duff” Lowe recorded their first-ever recording.

Although some might think “In Spite of All the Danger” is an early John song, Paul initiated it with George’s help. Therefore, it is the only song with a “McCartney-Harrison” writing credit.

The Beatles | Hulton Archive/Getty Images How The Quarry Men formed

In the late 1950s, John formed a skiffle group called The Quarry Men, named after his school, Quarry Bank High School. Later, in July 1957, the band performed at the Woolton Village Fête at St Peter’s Church. They were playing The Del-Vikings‘ “Come Go With Me” when Paul arrived.

Eric Griffiths was on the guitar, Colin Hanton played the drums, Rod Davies a banjo,...

Paul McCartney said he was usually optimistic about The Beatles touring, but one performance changed that forever. At the height of Beatlemania in 1966, the Fab Four were getting sick of performing for audiences who only wanted to scream and run at them. Touring the world had taken its toll on their mental and physical health.

The Beatles at Shea Stadium | Bettmann/Getty Images Paul was usually optimistic about The Beatles touring until one performance

The Beatles experienced many frightful things while touring the world during Beatlemania. They almost got killed in Manila, their plane caught fire, they got death threats in Memphis, and everywhere they went, it was constant pandemonium.

In Here Comes The Sun: The Spiritual And Musical Journey Of George Harrison, Joshua M. Greene wrote that during a concert in Kansas City in September 1964, “hundreds of screaming fans broke through police barriers and attacked the band’s mobile dressing room.

George Harrison claimed he loved his guitar more than the rest of The Beatles. However, that didn’t make him more musical. Later, George claimed he didn’t practice his instrument enough.

George Harrison playing guitar | Max Scheler – K & K/Getty Images George Harrison said he loved his guitar more than the other Beatles

The lead guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.

George replied that it depended. He said some people claimed he was because he admitted liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”

George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney, songwriting was essential. Guitar playing was “a means to...

Paul McCartney claimed his bandmate George Harrison got The Rolling Stones a recording contract with the label that turned The Beatles down. That isn’t all the Fab Four did to kick-start their friends’ careers. Later, The Beatles gave The Rolling Stones a hit song.

Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones and Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Victor Blackman/Express/Getty Images George Harrison helped The Rolling Stones get a recording contract with the label that turned The Beatles down

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul recalled a day in the summer of 1963, shortly after The Beatles moved to London, when he and John Lennon admired the guitars on display in shops on Charing Cross Road.

The Beatles were fairly new and they’d only been a part of the Emi family for about a year. They didn’t have any No. 1 hits in the U.S. yet, but they did have a No.

Tereza Nvotova’s second feature won Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present competition.

Intramovies has sold North American rights for Slovak director Tereza Nvotova’s folk horror Nightsiren to Breaking Glass Pictures.

The Italian outfit has also sold UK and Irish rights to Pecadillo Pictures, while Busch Media has purchased rights for German-speaking European territories.

Nightsiren, Tereza Nvotova’s second feature, was awarded a Golden Leopard for best film in the Filmmakers of the Present competition section at the 2022 Locarno Film Festival, and has also played at multiple festivals.

The Czech-Slovakian production tells the story of a young woman who...

Exclusive: Wild Bunch International (Wbi) has boarded sales on buzzy Portuguese director, artist and producer Gabriel Abrantes’ upcoming English-language feature Amelia’s Children.

The film is among half a dozen new titles being launched by Wbi at the EFM, alongside a raft of previously announced upcoming films, including Cannes hopefuls such as Hirokazu Kore-Eda’s Monster.

The company is also handling Berlinale Competition selections, Philippe Garrel’s The Plough and Makoto Shinkai’s hotly awaited anime Suzume, and the Panorama title Heroic, which world premiered at Sundance.

Abrante’s psychological thriller Amelia’s Children is his solo feature debut and his first feature since his 2018 Cannes Critics’ Week winner Diamantino (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt).

The film reunites him with its star Carloto Cotta. Other key cast members are Brigette Lundy-Paine (Atypical) and Alba Baptiste (Warrior Nun).

Cotta plays a man whose search for his biological family leads him and his...

An early Beatles song made Paul McCartney think he and the group were getting somewhere. They’d already achieved success with a couple of hits. However, Paul knew something about his songwriting had changed for the better in one song.

The Beatles | Sunday Mirror/Daily Mirror/Mirrorpix via Getty Images The Beatles song Paul McCartney said was about reaching out to their fans

In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that he and John Lennon wrote an early Beatles song to reach out to their fans. Like “Love Me Do” and “Please Please Me,” “From Me To You” had personal pronouns in the title.

“We were just trying to get more and more people to like us,” Paul wrote. “It was still a thrill that people liked us and would go to great lengths to show us that, like writing letters to us. Our efforts at reaching out to...

AGC International, the international sales and distribution arm of Stuart Ford’s independent content studio AGC Studios, has secured a raft of pre-sales on Richard Linklater’s Hitman and Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut The Dating Game, both of which will enter production in October.

Hitman has thus far sold to Leonine Studios in Germany and Switzerland; Snd in France; Sun Distribution in Latin America and Spain; WW Entertainment Bv in Benelux; Bim Distribuzione in Italy; Vvs Film in Canada; Scanbox Entertainment in Scandinavia; Paradise/Mgn in the Baltic States; Kino Swiat in Poland; Selim Ramia in the Middle East; Nos Lusomundo in Portugal; Empire Entertainment in South Africa; United King Film in Israel; Aqua in Turkey; and Kcs in Ex-Yugoslavia.

The Dating Game has sold to Telepool in Germany; Signature Entertainment in the UK and Ireland; Sun Distribution in Latin America, Spain and Portugal; Vvs Films in Canada; Lucky...

Both projects to start production in October.

AGC Studios has closed a raft of pre-sales from TIFF on Richard Linklater’s Hitman and Anna Kendrick’s The Dating Game, both of which start production in October.

Company chairman and CEO Stuart Ford held in-person and virtual buyer presentations on September 8 with Linklater and Glen Powell in attendance for Hitman and director, star and producer Kendrick turning up for The Dating Game.

Hitman has gone to Leonine Studios for Germany and Switzerland; Snd for France, Sun Distribution for Latin America and Spain; WW Entertainment Bv for Benelux; Bim Distribuzione for Italy; and Vvs Film for Canada.

Fresh off the “Tár” festival circuit, two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett seems poised to assume the role of Oscars front-runner in this year’s Best Actress race. Blanchett has garnered mountains of acclaim for her performance as the virtuosic composer Lydia Tár in Todd Field’s third feature film. Following the film’s world premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, she has received universal praise for what Rebecca Ford, senior awards correspondent for Vanity Fair, calls “Blanchett’s career-best performance, which will likely land her an eighth Oscar nomination.”

It’s no wonder that critics are raving over Blanchett’s turn, with the performance being a typical awards magnet. Lydia Tár is described as an “iconic musician” who is an Egot winner, a brilliant conductor and composer, and a protégé of the legendary Leonard Bernstein. Lydia’s towering career begins showing signs of crumbling when she finds herself in...

Exclusive: There will be plenty of promising acquisition titles at Venice and Toronto, but here’s an intriguing one that wrapped too late for festival consideration that will be introduced to buyers in the fall market by CAA Media Finance.

The Teacher is a drama inspired by true events, set and shot in Palestine. The film marks the feature debut of British-Palestinian writer-director Farah Nabulsi, who was Oscar nominated and won the BAFTA for her short The Present. She didn’t choose an easy path for her first feature, which she scripted and which stars Imogen Poots, Saleh Bakri, Stanley Townsend, Paul Herzberg and Andrea Irvine. One to watch is Palestinian newcomer Mohamed Abdel Rahman.

Devastated by the loss of his teenage son, The Teacher follows a Palestinian school teacher Basem El-Saleh (Bakri) who struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with the chance of a new relationship...