Caillou Pettis, Author at The Playlist

‘Fury Road’: George Miller Confirms He’s In The Process Of Writing Another ‘Mad Max’ Prequel

May 1, 2024 4:59 pm

Nine years after “Mad Max: Fury Road” blazed madly on screen, reinvigorating the “Mad Max” franchise in the process, filmmaker George Miller’s “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” is just a few short weeks from release. ...

‘Ahsoka’ Star Ivanna Sakhno Joins ’M3GAN 2.0’ Alongside Allison Williams

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May 1, 2024 4:38 pm

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Following her breakthrough role as the dark Force user pupil Shin Hati in Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars” series “Ahsoka,” actress Ivanna Sakhno has secured her next major role. The actress has secured a leading role ...

Daniel Radcliffe Says J.K. Rowling’s Anti-Trans Rhetoric “Makes Me Really Sad” & He Doesn’t “Owe” Her Support

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May 1, 2024 2:12 pm

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By now, fans of the “Harry Potter” books, films, and overall franchise are likely well aware that J.K. Rowling, the author of the series, is no ally to the trans community and has been rather public, defiant, ...

‘Lee’ Trailer: Kate Winslet Plays A Famous War Photojournalist In New Ellen Kuras Drama

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May 1, 2024 11:51 am

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Photojournalism and the objectivity around it has been a massive topic of late thanks to Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” a drama about a group of photojournalists and journalists racing to the White House to cover...

‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: Barry Jenkins Defends Film Over “Soulless Disney” Criticism Online

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May 1, 2024 11:18 am

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Filmmaker Barry Jenkins has made some astounding progressive leaps in his career. In 2016, after one acclaimed but tiny-budgeted micro-indie, “Medicine For Melancholy,” he won the Academy Award for Best Pictur...

Sally Hawkins To Star In New Horror Film From ‘Talk To Me’ Directors The Philippou Brothers

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May 1, 2024 10:08 am

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Last year, when Australian twin filmmakers Danny and Michael Philippou—best known previously for their YouTube channel "RackaRacka”— released their debut feature horror film "Talk to Me," it not only managed t...

‘Nightbitch’: Marielle Heller Say Waiting For Her Amy Adams Thriller Is Like Having “Creative Blue Balls”

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April 30, 2024 5:18 pm

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If you think waiting for the Amy Adams thriller, “Nightbitch,” is agonizing, just imagine how directing Marielle Heller feels. A horror comedy about a woman who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but ...

Tilda Swinton Joins Colin Farrell In Edward Berger’s Netflix Gambling Drama ‘The Ballad Of A Small Player’

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April 30, 2024 4:34 pm

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Coming off the two-time Academy Award-winning “All Quiet on the Western Front,” German-born Austrian and Swiss director Edward Berger has gotten a lot of traction for many of his follow-up projects. The first ...

Margot Robbie Upgrades To Star In ‘Avengelyne,’ ‘Poor Things’ Writer Tony McNamara To Pen Script

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April 30, 2024 3:27 pm

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Following the announced team-up of director Olivia Wilde and Margot Robbie’s LuckyChap productions for the adaptation of “Deadpool” creator Rob Liefield’s “Avengelyne,” the project is receiving some serious up...

‘Sleep’ Trailer: The Late Lee Sun-Kyun Faces Night Terrors In New Korean Horror

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April 30, 2024 3:02 pm

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South Korean cinema continues to be a thriller forerunner in many genres, especially horror, and the new horror thriller, “Sleep,” seems to be continuing the tradition. The film is the feature-length directori...

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