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Official Trailer for Animated Comedy “Hitpig!” Released
Jason Sudeikis, Lilly Singh, Rainn Wilson, RuPaul, Hannah Gadsby, Anitta, Charlie Adler, Flavor Flav, Lorraine Ashbourne and Andy Serkis.
It is based on Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times bestseller children’s book “Pete & Pickles” by author Berkeley Breathed.
Set in a futuristic world, the film follows a grizzled porcine bounty hunter who accepts his next hit: Pickles, a naive, ebullient elephant who has escaped the clutches of an evil trillionaire. Though Hitpig initially sets out to capture the perky pachyderm, the unlikely pair find themselves on an unexpected adventure crisscrossing the globe that brings out the best in both of them. Based on an original idea by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Berkeley Breathed, inspired by his 2008 children’s book Pete & Pickles, comes an adventure about learning that sometimes what we want isn’t what we need.
The film is set for release on November 1, 2024.
Official Trailer for “A Complete Unknown”
Timothée Chalamet stars as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, set for release in cinemas on January 17th.
Directed by James Mangold ((Walk the Line, Ford v Ferrari), the film is set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s. It follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician BOB DYLAN’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts – his songs and mystique becoming a worldwide sensation – culminating in his groundbreaking electric rock and roll performance at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.
Also in the film are Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Norbert Leo Butz, Dan Fogler, and Scoot McNairy.
“A Complete Unknown” is set for release releases Christmas day, December 25, 2024.
Festival Favorite “Drive Back” Sets Release
Dark Sky Films has set the release date of “Drive Back” in select theaters and Digital/VOD on November 8, 2024.
It will be also playing at SCREAMFEST in LA on Monday, October 14, 2024.
In the film, Comic artist, Reid and his pregnant fiancée, Olivia celebrate their new engagement at a remote cabin. But after a near car accident leaves them lost in the woods, they find themselves trapped on a hidden shortcut.
Facing violent visions, lost memories, and a troubled hitchhiker, they discover a terrifying killer is hunting them and that the shortcut is darker and more personal than they realized.
Directed by Cody Ashford, and written by Jon Sarro, the horror thriller stars Zack Gold, Whit Kunschik, Tammy Kaitz, Robert Stephenson, Madonna Young Magee, Jim Tuck and Crystal Foster.
Michel Fiffe Kicks Off Highly Anticipated Finale Story Arc Death Of Copra Miniseries
Michel Fiffe’s critically-acclaimed superhero revenge epic will begin a high octane, action-packed finale story arc with the upcoming Death of COPRA. This four issue miniseries will launch in January 2025 from Image Comics.
“The whole thing is bittersweet, which is perfect in a way,” said Fiffe. “The story of COPRA is one of duality: brutal but tender, bombast as defined by human nuance, crafted with a love of comics history while guided by an eye towards the future.”
This new chapter will kick off with 32 story pages written, drawn, colored, and lettered by Fiffe, who added: “These characters have been through the wringer for a long time. Some have their retribution and others get their comeuppance; all of these moments have been speeding towards this crucial home stretch. Although COPRA has traditionally been a single ongoing narrative, this final arc deserved its own space to unfold.”
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Lumen Prize Announces Winners of 13th Annual Competition
The Lumen Prize—the world’s preeminent award for art created with technology—has announced the winners of its 13th annual competition at a ceremony held at Kachette, London. Since 2012, The Lumen Prize has awarded over 140 artists leading the way in technology-based arts, including Refik Anadol, Sougwen Chung, Mario Klingemann, Malitzin Cortés (CNDSD), Iván Abreu, Operator, and Casey Reas. This year’s winners represent the pinnacle of technology-driven creativity, selected from a pool of 65 finalists and nearly 2,000 entries from 62 countries.
“The 2024 Lumen Prize winners exemplify the innovative spirit and technical mastery that define the intersection of art and technology,” said Gillian Varney, Director of The Lumen Prize. “Their work pushes the boundaries of what’s possible, offering new perspectives on our rapidly evolving digital world.”
The largest International Selectors Committee (ISC) in Lumen Prize history—featuring over 65 members from world-renowned institutions, including Sotheby’s, Royal College of Art, Google, Tezos, and Gucci—selected this year’s finalists. The winners were then chosen by a distinguished Jury Panel, a body of 5 individuals from prestigious institutions, including the Whitney Museum, V&A Museum, M+ Hong Kong, and HeK.
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Michelangelo Antonioni’s First Masterpiece, IL GRIDO
IL GRIDO (1957), the widely underseen early masterwork by Italian auteur Michelangelo Antonioni, will run at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration from Friday, November 8 through Thursday, November 14.
Deserted by the mother of his child, Aldo, a factory worker (played by Hollywood tough guy Steve Cochran) wanders through the Po Valley in search of solace and connection. His romantic prospects—including a gas-station owner (Dorian Gray), a sex worker (Lyn Shaw), and an old girlfriend (Betsy Blair, Oscar nominee for the prior year’s Marty and Mrs. Gene Kelly)—fizzle out into alienation and despair.
Made three years before his international breakthrough L’avventura, this rare departure from exploring affluent society is among Antonioni’s most politically trenchant films and a raw expression of anguish that remains one of Italian cinema’s great underappreciated gems. Strikingly composed with atmospheric photography by the great Gianni Di Venanzo, IL GRIDO reveals a director in the process of discovering his artistic signature.
Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, from the screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, Elio Bartolini and Ennio De Concini, the film stars Steve Cochran, Alida Valli, Betsy Blair, and Dorian Gray.
FINNEAS Announces North American Dates For Cryin’ Out Loud! : The Tour
Today, multiple GRAMMY® and Academy Award-winning artist, songwriter, and producer, FINNEAS extends his For Cryin’ Out Loud! : The Tour with fourteen coast-to-coast U.S. performances on his largest global headlining tour to date. Bad Suns will join as a special guest on all stateside performances. His Live Nation produced upcoming run, taking place the first half of next year, will see the talented artist perform 30+ shows in Australia, New Zealand, the U.S., Ireland, the UK, Sweden, Norway, Germany, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France.
FINNEAS’ highly anticipated second album For Cryin’ Out Loud!, released this past Friday via Interscope Records, has thrilled fans and critics with his self-produced sophomore album. The album came with an official music video for “Lotus Eater” directed byIsaac Ravishankara. Watch below:
The ten-time GRAMMY® and two-time Academy Award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, FINNEAS has quietly emerged as an unassumingly ubiquitous presence in popular music and culture. After the many accolades and achievements in his career to date, his curiosity, excitement, and love for what he does continue to shine through in For Cryin’ Out Loud! (Interscope Records). It’s the result of gathering a handful of friends, heading to the studio as a band, and making music the good old-fashioned way, and it’s as glorious as anything he’s ever done. Listen HERE.
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Andrew Abraham’s documentary “Dog War” will make North American Premiere at Chelsea Film Festival October 19
The film is Andrew Abraham’s “on the front lines” documentary about two ex-military men on a mission to save dogs from hidden meat farms in South Korea.
Dog War follows a duo of war-hardened, canine-loving combat veterans fighting to stop the dog meat trade in South Korea. Surveilling and infiltrating hidden meat farms and markets, they risk it all to save as many dogs as possible.
At the same time, the film spotlights a country at war with itself over the issue, igniting questions about cultural difference, and social and generational change. Dog War probes these questions without simple black and white answers—about animal rights vs. human livelihood, heroism vs. vigilantism, respect for another culture, and how far we can justly go to save man’s best friend.
Prime Video Releases “Brothers” Trailer and Poster with Josh Brolin, Peter Dinklage
Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage are twins in director Max Barbakow’s comedy that’s set to release on Amazon next month.
In the film, a reformed criminal’s attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the law, and an overbearing mother along the way, they must heal their severed family bond before they end up killing each other.
The all-star casts also includes Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Brendan Fraser, Taylour Paige, M. Emmet Walsh, Jennifer Landon, Joshua Mikel, William Tokarsky.
The screenplay for the film is by Macon Blair from the story by Etan Cohen.
“Brothers” opens in select theaters on October 10, followed by global premiere on Prime Video on October 17, 2024.
Check out the trailer below.
LAIKA Brings CORALINE Back For Limited HALLOWEEN Engagement
After a summertime return to theaters that grossed over $53M in global box office, LAIKA’s acclaimed 2009 stop-motion animated film Coraline is set to return to theaters for a special Halloween engagement starting on October 31st.
In addition to the U.S., the Halloween engagement of Coraline includes the UK, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Austria, and Ecuador with more territories to follow. France and Italy will also begin their Coraline 15th Anniversary engagements this November.
The 15th Anniversary theatrical re-release of Coraline this past August was an huge success, surpassing all estimates. Since its re-release on August 15th, Coraline has brought in over $53M* at the global box office.
The film has also surpassed its original 2009 box office throughout Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Bolivia.