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Netflix will be debuting the biblical film Mary on December 6 and we caught up with one of the film’s stars ahead of the release!

Ori Pfeffer plays Joachim in the new movie from director D.J. Caruso. He stars alongside Noa Cohen and Anthony Hopkins.

Ori is an Israeli actor who has previously been seen in movies like Hacksaw Ridge and The Hitman’s Bodyguard. He most recently starred opposite Aaron Eckhart in 2024′s The Bricklayer.

Check out 10 Fun Facts about Ori below!

The first movie I ever cried in was Bambi. I didn’t notice it until my mom asked me why I was crying. I don’t have tattoos, but I have 34 stitches in my head. I got them all by the age of 13. I was the smallest kid in class so I put socks in my shoes to make myself taller. At 13 I snuck into the set of...

Your heads must be spinning after binge-watching Pantheon, AMC’s cyberpunk adult animated series that got dropped on Netflix. With an extremely relevant theme at the center of it, Pantheon is mostly great from start to finish, which could only happen thanks to a hugely talented voice cast that has names like Paul Dano and Aaron Eckhart. You are, of course, reading the article to understand what really happened in the ending (and the whole thing) better, and I am hoping to help you out. So, to simplify, I am going to lay down the story according to the chronology instead of the narrative the show followed. Quite naturally, there will be spoilers, so if you haven’t watched Pantheon yet, this is your warning.

What Happens in the Show?

Since simplification is the intention here, I am going to start with the biggest twist of the show that gets...

Who would have thought the rather corny “Olympus Has Fallen” actioner would become its own franchise? After three films in the series, “London Has Fallen” and “Angel Has Fallen,” the franchise moves to television with “Paris Has Fallen.”

Of course, there’s no Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, or Morgan Freeman in this one, but there’s at least Sean Harris (“Mission Impossible—Rogue Nation”).

Continue reading ‘Paris Has Fallen’ Trailer: The ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Franchise About Presidential Attacks Moves To France In December at The Playlist.

Who doesn’t know about Christopher Nolan? He is one of the finest and creative directors at present. However, what people might not know is that Christopher’s brother, Jonathan Nolan, is also a great director and writer. Both of them made their own names in the industry. But while it seems the world celebrates Christopher Nolan, Jonathan doesn’t get his due credit that much.

Jonathan Nolan | Credits: Wikimedia Commons, Genevieve719, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

Although Jonathan has also achieved a lot of things on his end, he tends to keep himself away from the limelight. This is also one of the reasons why people haven’t noticed him the way they did Christopher. Many might not know that the brothers duo have worked together on many films, including Memento (2000), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), The Dark Knight Rises (2012) and Interstellar (2014).

Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan’s brotherly bond Jonathan Nolan | Credits: Wikimedia Commons,...

The Penguin airs its final episode this Sunday, and while the jury's out on whether it will ever get a second season, it's clear that HBO and Warner Bros. Discovery are happy with how well the show has been received. The Penguin was spun off from Matt Reeves' 2022 movie The Batman, and I think it improves on its source. It's clear that Reeves and company are, at the least, interested in making other shows starring Batman villains. But which ones?

Well, according to Devin Faraci, who operates the Marvelvision podcast, the next DC villain show will be about the Joker, played once again by Barry Keoghan, who debuted his take on the iconic character in a cameo at the end of The Batman. As The Penguin spans the time between The Batman and the upcoming The Batman: Part II, the idea is that a Joker show would span the time...

Daisy Ridley has landed another lead role, this time in action thriller “Dedication” from Martin Campbell, reuniting with the director following their recent feature “Cleaner.”

The film, written by Dan Gordon, is launching at the American Film Market, with Highland repping international sales and CAA Media Finance overseeing domestic rights.

“Dedication” follows Major Billie Jean Parker (Ridley), a decorated Marine Corps commander who is relieved of duty after a high-stakes mission in the Philippines results in civilian casualties, despite capturing anarchist leader Omar Romatas. Facing the loss of her career, she visits her dying father, Clyde, a former Marine, who asks her to attend a dedication ceremony for a school building named in his honor. The event takes a deadly turn when Omar Romatas’s vengeful son, Bento, launches an assault, taking hostages. Forced back into combat, Billie Jean sets traps and executes precise strikes to outwit the attackers. Her...

Highland Film Group has bolstered its AFM slate with international sales rights to romantic comedy The Pet-Nup on behalf of Rosario producers Javier Chapa and Phillip Braun of Mucho Mas Media.

Production is scheduled to begin in early 2025 in Arkansas on the story of a divorced man who shares custody of his Pomeranian and falls for a fellow dog owner, resulting in a madcap scheme to steal his own pet. Elaine del Valle directs from a screenplay by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok.

Gregg Sulkin (Marvel’s Runaways), Halston Sage (Twentieth Century Fox’s Paper Towns), Emeraude Toubia (Amazon’s With Love...

Highland Film Group has bolstered its AFM slate with international sales rights to romantic comedy The Pet-Nup on behalf of Rosario producers Javier Chapa and Phillip Braun of Mucho Mas Media.

Production is scheduled to begin in early 2025 in Arkansas on the story of a divorced man who shares custody of his Pomeranian and falls for a fellow dog owner, resulting in a madcap scheme to steal his own pet. Elaine del Valle directs from a screenplay by Tate Elizabeth Hanyok.

Gregg Sulkin (Marvel’s Runaways), Halston Sage (Twentieth Century Fox’s Paper Towns), Emeraude Toubia (Amazon’s With Love...

Screen has obtained the first-look image from Justin Chadwick’s action thriller Sierra Madre starring Kiefer Sutherland, which has begun production in Colombia with a host of new cast additions. Highland Film Group continues worldwide sales at the AFM this week.

Mexican actor and producer Omar Chaparro, whose credits include Pokémon: Detective Pikachu and Netflix original series Thursday’s Widows, joins alongside rising Colombian actress Laura Osma from Prime Video’s recent Toronto premiere Pimpinero: Blood And Oil and Sky Original’s Blocco 181, and Ashton Sanders from Moonlight and Equalizer 2.

Additional new cast include Tommy Martinez (ABC’s Good Trouble...

Highland Film Group has bulked up its AFM slate and acquired international sales rights to Fantasia entry Witchboard from The Mask director Chuck Russell.

The reimagining of the 1986 horror film follows Emily and her fiancé Christian, who are preparing to open a café business in New Orleans when Emily discovers an ancient artifact once used to summon spirits.

When Emily becomes obsessed with the witchboard’s power, Christian seeks the help of an occult expert who lures the couple deeper into the occult. They find themselves in a race against time to break the board’s deadly curse before Emily becomes its next victim.

Armie Hammer is returning to the big screen after his Hollywood career came crashing down around him amid numerous sexual misconduct allegations.

Hammer is set to star in Frontier Crucible, a period western from director Travis Mills and producer Dallas Sonnier.

“I’ve built a career producing masculine indie movies, such as Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Dragged Across Concrete, Muzzle and The Standoff at Sparrow Creek and worked with legendary actors including Kurt Russell, Vince Vaughn, Mel Gibson, Jason Sudeikis, Guy Pearce, Aaron Eckhart, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang, James Badge Dale, Steve Austin, and more. And, now, I’m pumped to work with Armie Hammer on Frontier Crucible,” Sonnier told The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday in a statement.

Hammer teased his big screen return on his Instagram page with photos of himself on the Frontier Crucible set and a front page of the movie’s script on the ground.

Exclusive: Jessica Chastain, Brendan Fraser and Bryan Cranston have joined Al Pacino in the mystery thriller Assassination. The film will be directed by Barry Levinson from a script by David Mamet, Levinson and Sam Bromell.

The film offers up a new take on the JFK conspiracy, centering around Kilgallen (Chastain), one of the most famous voices in media at the time. When she suspects that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, she uses her fame and influence to find President John F. Kennedy’s real killer. Part murder mystery, part film noir, Kilgallen’s journey will put her up against the CIA, mafia bosses and the FBI, all who would love nothing more than to make her and this story disappear.

“Dorothy Kilgallen was the first female crime reporter in America. She was the only woman to ever cover the JFK case. The only reporter to speak with Jack Ruby.

Concourse Media will commence sales at the AFM in Las Vegas next week on Wayfarer Studios’ buddy action-comedy Code 3 starring Rainn Wilson and Lil Rel Howery.

Code 3 follows a day in the life of two overworked, underpaid and nearly burnt-out paramedics. As one prepares to resign, he must tackle a final shift to train his replacement. Over the course of an exhilarating 24 hours, everything that can happen does happen, from the mundane to the extreme.

The cast includes Aimee Carrero (The Menu), Yvette Nicole Brown (Community), and Rob Riggle (The Hangover).

Former paramedic Patrick Pianezza co-wrote the screenplay with Christipher Leone,...

Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Tim Roth, Marysia S. Peres, Abigail Breslin, Kim DeLonghi | Written by Bob DeRosa | Directed by Roel Reiné

Classified is a title with a double meaning. It not only refers to the work C.I.A. assassin Evan does, but it’s how he gets the details of his assignments. His handler, Kevin disguises them as ads in the classified section of the local paper.

As the film begins we see just how the process works as he gets his assignment, gets his hotel room, gets, his weapons, hallucinates about his dead wife Monica, and takes out his target. He’s about to do it all again, this time in Rome, when he gets an unexpected visitor.

Kacey who claims to work for M16 as an analyst and has some important information for him. She claims Kevin is dead, and the division of the C.I.A. he worked for...

Two films shared top spots on VOD charts. The newly released “Transformers One” (Paramount) leads at Fandango (which ranks by revenue), while “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” (Warner Bros.) in its third week returned to #1 at iTunes (calculating by transactions). Both films rent for $19.99.

Netflix continues its string of originals placing first on its top 10 movie list (briefly interrupted by “Bad Boys Ride or Die”), with “Don’t Move” (a horror/thriller with Sam Raimi as one of the producers) taking over the #1 spot.

“The Wild Robot” (Universal), still the #3 film in theaters this weekend, placed second on both charts (it was #1 once during the week at iTunes). “Transformers One” is fourth at iTunes, though it was #1 initially earlier in the week. “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” is #3 at Fandango.

Now in its second week, “Alien: Romulus” (Disney), renting at an unusually high $24.99 (as are “The Wild Robot” and “Deadpool & Wolverine”), dropped #5 at Fandango and #7 at iTunes.

Imagine doing a job for decades, only to find out you’ve been living a lie, doing the dirty work for someone you didn’t even know existed. This is the core of Bob DeRosa’s movie— about clearing this confusion and conspiracy that’s turned his life upside down. “Classified” stars Aaron Eckhart as Evan Shaw, Tim Roth as Kevin Angler, Abigail Breslin as Kacey Walker, Matt Hookings as Antonio Griffin, and more.

Classified (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: Who Is Shaw?

What is a government assassin? Think of it as someone who works for top-tier intelligence or investigation agencies, like the CIA or MI6, whose job is to take out threats for the sake of national security. That’s where the protagonist, Evan, comes in. He’s a government assassin, doing missions for the Central Intelligence Agency. Evan has a résumé teeming with high-stakes, off-the-books assignments, taking out criminals,...

Taking on the role of troubled assassin Evan Shaw, Aaron Eckhart brings his signature serious depth to the character. Director Roel Reiné’s new action thriller Classified throws viewers into a murky world of espionage and betrayal.

As a veteran CIA operative, Evan receives assignments through codes hidden in newspaper classifieds, carrying out hits in solitude. But troubling revelations soon challenge everything he believed about the opaque organization he’s dedicated his life to.

When a daring young intelligence analyst named Kacey, played compellingly by Abigail Breslin, unveils the shocking truth that Evan’s long-standing division has ceased to exist for years, he’s forced to question who has truly been orchestrating his missions all this time.

Teaming up with the determined Kacey, Evan embarks on a quest for answers that will take them on a pulse-pounding journey across scenic locations in Malta. Along the way, unexpected twists unfold as...

There is shockingly bad dialogue and a lot of extras waiting to fall over dead as Eckhart’s killer for hire finds all is not what it seems

This decidedly shonky, if at least relatively unpretentious, action film stars Aaron Eckhart, once very much the coming man who’s not had the career you would expect for someone with his looks and talent. Eckhart plays a hitman named Evan Shaw; clearly a bit of a dolt, Shaw thinks he works for a super-specialised unit within the CIA that dispatches him to assassinate bad guys by sending him coded messages in the classified ads in newspapers (very retro). Shaw never sees his boss, Kevin although a flashback reveals they used to have dinner together once in a while. Still grieving his late wife, Monica, Shaw devotes himself to his lonely, murderous work, passing through airports, picking up suitcases with high calibre rifles at lost property offices,...

Plot: A career CIA hitman who’s been solely using the classified section of various newspapers to receive his orders suddenly discovers that his division’s actually been shut down for years.

Review: As of late, Aaron Eckhart has been making a career starring in these low-budget action flicks. Decidedly more focused on the conversations versus actual bombastic action, this is what I’d refer to as a “wait and see” action movie. The action beats are over just as fast as they begin, and it’s much more about the setup. This is clearly due to budget constraints but also a bit of creative laziness, as it gets quite shocking with how little is actually happening. I’ll give you three guesses as to which type of action film Classified is…

Eckhart stars as Evan Shaw, a CIA hitman who is told that his division has actually been shut...

Let’s start by saying that if you have read nothing about Classified, keep it that way. The publicity material spoils a major plot twist in the film and one can imagine director Roel Reiné isn’t too pleased about it. That being said, this action thriller telegraphs its every step like an amateur fighter in their […]

Classified Movie Review – Aaron Eckhart’s Action Thriller Shoots Itself in the Foot Written by Sergio Pereira for Fortress of Solitude...

Note: There are full spoilers below for “Joker: Folie à Deux”

The highly anticipated, long-awaited sequel to the $1 billion grossing “Joker” (from 2019) has finally arrived with “Joker: Folie à Deux” now in theaters. Joaquin Phoenix is reprising his Academy Award-winning role, this time joined by Lady Gaga as this universe’s version of Harley Quinn. And this time, it’s a musical.

This “Joker” is a lot – it’s a courtroom drama and a prison yarn and a full-bodied musical, with Joker and Harley singing along to old standards. But how does it end? That’s what we’re here to talk about.

Massive spoiler warning before we go any further. If you haven’t seen “Joker: Folie à Deux,” go watch it and come back later. This article will still be here. We promise.

How does “Joker: Folie à Deux” end?

It ends with Arthur Fleck (Phoenix), in prison and alone,...

Heath Ledger died months before The Dark Knight arrived in theaters. As a result, the actor never got to see the response to his performance as The Joker or receive the "Best Supporting Actor" Oscar, which he was posthumously awarded the following year.

According to The Amazing Spider-Man star Andrew Garfield, Ledger was understandably confident about The Dark Knight being a hit after teaming with Christopher Nolan on the Batman Begins sequel. 

Garfield, who shared the screen with Ledger in 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, remembers the actor as a "very generous, beautiful, creative spirit." He'd call him "a kind of beacon, it was like a wild animal" on set, adding, "He was so free and so wild and so, kind of dangerous on set in a way that was the kind of thing that is inspiring and spontaneous."

"He would say before every take, or one take every scene,...

How many times has a forgotten film found success on Netflix? Surely too many to count. The service has proven time and time again that, no matter how bad a movie is, if the public have been given long enough to forget it existed, it will more than likely see a resurgence in interest when fed into the streaming machine. Just take a look at the 2008 Keanu Reeves thriller "Street Kings," which had a renaissance on Netflix back in 2023. Or when Netflix breathed new life into the forgotten Aaron Eckhart-led action thriller "The Bricklayer" this year.

Now, it's Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg's turn. Wahlberg is no stranger to a streaming resurgence, with the actor's "Shooter" making waves on Netflix in 2023. This time, though he's joined by Denzel (who only just found his way into Netflix's top charts last month thanks to "American Gangster") in 2013's buddy cop actioner "2 Guns.

The new movie Joker: Folie a Deux doesn’t actively feature the Batman villain Two-Face, but it does feature the origin story for the character.

Director Todd Phillips has confirmed that a blink-or-you’ll-miss-it moment in the movie reveals that one of the characters actually turns into Two-Face.

So, who is it?

Keep reading to find out more…

It’s Harvey Dent, played by Industry actor Harry Lawtey. Of course, if you’re familiar with the Batman story and previous movies in the superhero world, you’ll already know that Harvey Dent turns into Two-Face. Aaron Eckhart portrayed the character in 2008′s The Dark Knight and Tommy Lee Jones played him in 1995′s Batman Forever.

What happens that turns Harvey into Two-Face?

In a big finale moment of the movie, a massive explosion happens right outside the courthouse as Arthur Fleck is being sentenced for his crimes. We see...

This article contains some spoilers for "Joker: Folie à Deux."

The two "Joker" films directed by Todd Phillips, 2019's "Joker" and this month's "Joker: Folie à Deux," are movies primarily centered around the Joker (played by Joaquin Phoenix), as the titles suggest. Although these are two comic book films that can genuinely be called character studies, that doesn't mean that Phillips and his collaborators leave out other famous figures from the "Batman" comic books. The first film featured Thomas Wayne aka Batman's dad in a key supporting role (not to mention an appearance of the future Dark Knight himself as a youngster), but "Folie à Deux" involves Harley Quinn as a major co-lead, played by none other than Lady Gaga. Although neither of these movies are interested in setting up future characters or storylines, that doesn't mean Phillips and company can't throw in a handful of Easter eggs here and there.

The Industry actor sets his sights on Gotham, Hollywood and beyond

While enjoying the lingering LA sun the evening before he began shooting Joker: Folie À Deux, Harry Lawtey — who describes himself as “a nervous presence” — had an epiphany. “You may never be in a position like this again,” he thought. ”So you’ve just got to give it a go and try to enjoy it.” He will be forever grateful for that moment, as the next day the 27-year-old arrived on set as tenacious Assistant District Attorney Harvey Dent, ready to go toe-to-toe with Joaquin Phoenix’s tortured clown. As if the stakes weren’t high enough, scheduling meant that he wasn’t introduced to his co-star until they were filming a scene together. “The first time I lay eyes on Joaquin, [there’s] a close-up of my face looking at him walking into a room in character,” Lawtey marvels to Empire.

In the early days of her career, Jennifer Lopez’s reputation as a diva was so prevalent that even film studios were worried about crossing her. Lopez has long said that this is an unfair descriptor. Still, she was well aware of the way people viewed her. She said that when a studio had to break bad news to her, they seemed afraid about her reaction.

Jennifer Lopez said a film studio seemed afraid to break news to her

In 2001, Lopez starred in the romantic drama Angel Eyes. Aaron Eckhart was initially supposed to act in the film alongside her, but he dropped out just a month before filming began. Lopez admitted that Warner Bros. Pictures seemed hesitant to break this news to her.

“The studio was actually afraid to tell me the last one,” Lopez told W Magazine. “I think they thought I would freak out.”

Jennifer Lopez | Stephane...

Exclusive: Aaron Eckhart will star in the Jesse V. Johnson-directed action thriller Scorpion, written by Corey Large (Detective Knight trilogy) and Edward Drake (Gasoline Alley).

In the movie, a CIA assassin goes into hiding after he takes the fall for a failed mission. When he reappears on the grid so does his past to tie up loose ends, and the only way to protect his daughter is to take down the agency chief who set him up.

Scorpion is produced by Large through his 308 Enterprises. The film is executive produced by Arclight Films’ Gary Hamilton, Jordan Nott, Pia Patatian, Jamie Thompson and Jon Keeyes and financed by Pink 308. Arclight Films is handling global sales.

Eckhart received a Best Actor Musical or Comedy Golden Globe nomination for Jason Reitman’s Thank You for Smoking and received an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance in...

Christian Bale’s voice as Batman in the “Dark Knight” trilogy is infamous — and infamously bad for the vocal cords — but as it turns out, Joaquin Phoenix’s unhinged laugh as Arthur Fleck in the “Joker” films was also a bit of a health hazard.

Phoenix’s “Joker: Folie à Deux” co-star Harry Lawtey told Variety that the Oscar winner couldn’t stop coughing after doing Arthur’s maniacal chuckle.

“To watch him do that laugh and to see the effect on him — on everyone — blew my mind,” Lawtey said. “He would be coughing after each take. It was an education to watch him move through different flavors and shades of that performance.”

“Industry” star Lawtey plays Harvey Dent in the sequel film. District attorney Dent canonically becomes Two-Face in the comics, and was most recently played by Aaron Eckhart in “The Dark Knight.”

Lawtey added that Phoenix gave...

On the set of “Joker: Folie à Deux,” Joaquin Phoenix stayed in full makeup even when the cast was workshopping a scene. That left one unsuspecting parent in full panic mode.

“Joaquin suggested, as a joke, that we FaceTime my mum and scare her,” recalls Harry Lawtey, who

plays Harvey Dent, the courtroom nemesis of the titular maniac. “My mum was in England, so it was quite late, and she was getting ready for bed. And I said, ‘Hello,’ and then I brought the phone up to my face, and Joaquin put his head on my shoulder. My mum screamed, ran away and woke up my dad.”

Terrified mums notwithstanding, Lawtey says Phoenix put on “a master class” every day that left

the 27-year-old Brit in awe.

“To watch him do that laugh and to see the effect on him — on everyone — blew my mind,” Lawtey says. “He would be coughing after each take.

"Finish the mission... or you become the mission!" Saban Films has revealed an official trailer for the action thriller film titled Classified, another of these dime-a-dozen junk action films tossed on VOD. Never heard of it before and probably won't ever hear of it again. The storyline revolves around a veteran CIA agent and his daughter, who herself is an MI6 analyst. His daughter tracks him down and tells him his boss has been dead for years. He has been solely using the classified section of various newspapers to receive his orders - only to discover that his division's actually been shut down for a long time. They set out to find out who has actually been giving him his instructions and sending him on missions. Aaron Eckhart stars with Abigail Breslin, plus Tim Roth, Matt Hookings, Myles Clohessy, Kim DeLonghi, and Joe Azzopardi. This looks like another made-on-Malta tax write off.

What happens when you’re a CIA hitman who can no longer trust the nature of his work? Aaron Eckhart finds out in Saban Films‘ Classified trailer, featuring The Dark Knight and Thank You For Smoking actor in a hard-boiled action role with enemies approaching from all sides.

Roel Reiné directs Classified from a script by Bob DeRosa. Here’s the official synopsis for Classified courtesy of Saban Films:

“Operating alone in the field for more than 20 years, a CIA hitman (Aaron Eckhart) uses the “Help Wanted” section of the newspapers to get his orders from the Agency. His long-lost daughter (Abigail Breslin), now a UK MI6 analyst, tracks him down to deliver shocking news: his CIA boss (Tim Roth) has been dead for years and the division long since shut down. Together, they set out to discover whose orders he’s been executing.”

Abigail Breslin and Tim Roth...

Comic book fans are among the pickiest fans alive, for they are always on the lookout, ready to scrutinize if a particular live-action casting goes awry. Not the most open-minded of people, it is particularly hard to please them and it seems Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker 2 certainly will have a hard time when it comes to one character.

Credits: Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix in Joker: Folie à Deux | Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Harvey Dent is ready to debut in the film and his first look recently went viral, making fans exclaim that the character is in no way ‘Harvey Dent!’

Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker 2 Reveals First Look of Harvey Dent Harry Lawtey as Harvey Dent on Joker: Folie à Deux | Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Joaquin Phoenix‘s Joker: Folie à Deux is days away from release and one of the most anticipated movies of this year. Apart...

We have the Joker. We have Harley Quinn. Now we have Harvey Dent. We have all these characters that will be featured in Todd Phillips’ upcoming sequel “Joker: Folie à Deux,” as revealed in new footage released by Warner Bros. on Tuesday morning. The promotion features a first look at Harry Lawtey, known for his starring role as Robert Spearing on HBO and BBC Two’s acclaimed series “Industry,” taking on the role of Harvey Dent, aka Two-Face, one of Batman’s key adversaries.

Harvey Dent was first introduced in DC Comics as a District Attorney for Gotham City, whose symmetrical acid-disfigurement at the hands of the the mob leads him to a life of crime and dueling personalities. In “Folie à Deux,” the 27-year-old Lawtey seems to be playing an up-and-coming version of the character, as he appears in an interview on TV news with a card titling him as an assistant D.

Harry Lawtey is transferring from Pierpoint to the Gotham City District Attorney's office. Known for playing loveable dumbass Robert Spearing on HBO's Industry, Lawtey will next be taking on the role of iconic Batman villain Harvey Dent—a.k.a. Two-Face—in Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie À Deux.

The casting...

As August comes to a close, Autumn is popping out, which means Amazon Prime Video has a whole new slate of movies falling onto the streamer in September.

Whether you’re into sci-fi-fantasy films, crime thriller or an action-packed movie that keeps you on your toes, these films are worth adding to your watch list. While Prime Video’s list of new films in September stretch way beyond these seven titles, TheWrap wanted to point your attention to best ones on its lineup.

Check out our picks for the best new movies on Prime Video in September 2024 below.

“Basic Instinct” (1992) “Basic Instinct” (TriStar)

When a mysterious and beautiful crime novelist named Catherine Tramell (Sharon Stone) becomes a suspect in the murder of a rock star, she plots onthe case’s investigator, Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), by seducing him into a intense, lust-filled relationship that complicates his job. And in the midst of that,...

For a long time now, the names of Johnny Depp and Amber Heard have receded from the public memory. In the aftermath of the 2022 Depp v Heard defamation trial, the respective parties who had been at war since December 2018 finally subsided into their own corners of the Earth, enjoying a life only luxury can buy.

Johnny Depp [Photo by Andy Templeton, licensed under Cc By via Wikimedia Commons]

However, only a couple of years have passed since their Hollywood controversy shook the tinsel town out of its slumber and engaged the entire world in a united mockery of the trial. Although it is hard to imagine the two actors ever being social again, once upon a time, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard met, fell in love, and got married before the ugliness settled into their relationship.

Johnny Depp & Amber Heard: The Movie That Started It All

In any other situation, the 83-year-old filmmaker Terry Gilliam would be celebrated for...

Exclusive: Jackie Cruz (Orange Is the New Black), Penelope Mitchell (Oh Canada) and Jeff Adler (Greyhound) will round out the cast of Woozy, the forthcoming indie horror pic marking the feature debut of writer-director Joey Bicicchi, on which we were first to report.

Details as to the roles to be played by the trio haven’t been disclosed. Production on the film is currently underway in New Jersey.

Woozy is a film that tells of unhealthy coping mechanisms and the battle against fears, depression, phobias, and delusions. Dusty (Hirsch) has deliberately structured his life, through meditation, yoga, boxing, nutrition, and hygiene, to create a clean and safe environment. But what happens when Dusty’s flawless system fails? Out comes Woozy, a horrifying apparition who torments Dusty.

Pic’s producers include Keith Kjarval for Unified Pictures, Lalit Bhatnagar (One Amazing Thing) for Imagination Infinite Productions,...

The Joker has become a character in popular culture and every actor involved in his crafting for any adaptation has brought something unique to its performance. Be it Jack Nicleson’s gangster, Ceaser Romero’s clown, Heath Ledger’s terrorist, or Joaquin Phenoix’s lonely man, there have been few stand-out scenes that have defined the character’s live-action presence.

Jerome Valeska in Gotham || Credit: Fox

While Heath Ledger’s Joker is considered to be one of the best versions of the character in live-action, Cameron Monaghan has come close to rivaling what the former was able to do with the character. While Monaghan’s performance can be considered as more of an extroverted take on Ledger’s Joker, there is one scene from Gotham that might have cemented him as the next great Joker actor in Hollywood.

Jerome Valeska might not be The Joker, but he sure does give...

Canada’s Wango Films has completed filming on their upcoming feature “Little Lorraine,” which marks the big-screen debut of bestselling Latin artist J Balvin, known as the “Prince of Reggaeton.”

The production, shot in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Ontario, also stars Stephen Amell and Sean Astin.

Directed by Grammy nominee Andy Hines, the film is based on true events from the late 1980s, depicting a remote mining and fishing town’s transformation into a hub for a major cocaine smuggling operation. The cast also includes Stephen McHattie, Auden Thornton, Matt Walsh, Rhys Darby, Josh Close, Steve Lund and Sugar Lyn Beard.

Amell portrays an out-of-work coal miner who takes a job on a lobster boat involved in drug smuggling. Balvin plays an Interpol agent investigating a Colombian drug importation ring suspected of entering America through Cape Breton.

The Latin superstar, whose new album “Rayo” released earlier this month, hinted...

Ben Affleck and director Gavin O’Connor are set to reteam in thriller sequel The Accountant 2, which has now apparently wrapped up filming…

Update: Well, wouldn’t you know it. Not only did, as the following original story from January 2024 note, The Accountant 2 would be filming in March, it’s now wrapped up production. Inverse reports that filming is complete, and the aim now is for an April 2025 release date.

Our original story from last January is here…

Don’t worry if you completely forgot about 2016 action thriller The Accountant – director Gavin O’Connor and star Ben Affleck haven’t. According to World Of Reel, the long-in-gestation sequel is set to go into production in March, with its release currently pencilled in for the following spring.

The last time we heard any news about The Accountant 2 was in September 2021 – back then, O’Connor was talking about the potential...

The highly anticipated sequel to 2019’s Joker, titled Joker: Folie à Deux, has excited fans by dropping a new trailer, delving more into what this new project has to offer. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, the upcoming project is set to delve deeper into Joker’s psyche but one intriguing aspect has excited fans.

Joaquin Phoenix in a still from Joker: Folie á Deux | Warner Bros. Pictures

The new trailer has unraveled several interesting scenes that would keep the story moving but the trailer has introduced Harvey Dent in the movie. Although it is yet to be confirmed, Harry Lawtey is seemingly portraying the iconic role. Yet, nailing this character would be a hefty task as Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight trilogy has already set the bars sky high.

Joker: Folie à Deux New Trailer Seemingly Reveals Harry Lawtey’s Character

Amid much anticipation for the upcoming DC movie, the Joker: Folie à Deux...

It's a light year for comic book movies (relatively speaking), in no small part because the Marvel Cinematic Universe is only bringing us "Deadpool & Wolverine," while the DC slate is also slim. But DC's lone release this year will pack a punch: "Joker: Folie a Deux," aka "Joker 2," is coming down the pipeline in October. As the sequel to the biggest R-rated movie in cinema history, all eyes are on this one. And not just because Joaquin Phoenix is back as Arthur Fleck, but because Lady Gaga is playing Harley Quinn as well. To add to the intrigue, it looks like another classic DC Comics villain is going to be involved in the proceedings.

A new full-length trailer for "Joker: Folie a Deux" dropped today, which offers a better sense of the musical-driven chaos that director Todd Phillips is bringing to the sequel. The captions contain a pretty...

The Dark Knight put a bold new spin on The Joker courtesy of a transformative take on the Clown Prince of Crime from the late Heath Ledger.

While Joaquin Phoenix came close to reaching the same heights as his predecessor (Suicide Squad star Jared Leto did not), no one has managed to top what Ledger did in the eyes of most DC fans.

Had the Oscar winner not died, he'd have reprised the role in The Dark Knight Rises. It's been said that it would have boiled down to little more than an Arkham Asylum-set cameo, though others believe he could have joined Bane in unleashing chaos on Gotham City.

Regardless, we now get a glimpse at what might have been thanks to a new Hot Toys figure which introduces "The Joker (Batman Imposter Version)."

Here's the official description of the upcoming 1/6th scale which will be limited to only...

Vanished Into the Night is an Italian-American crime thriller film directed by Renato De Maria from a screenplay co-written by Luca Infascelli and Francesca Marciano. The Netflix film follows the story of a couple on the brink of breaking up when both of their children mysteriously vanish into the night under their father’s watch, leading them down a dangerous path to save their children. Vanished into the Night stars Riccardo Scamarcio and Annabelle Wallis in the lead roles with Massimiliano Gallo, Gaia Coletti, Lorenzo Ferrante, and Elena Riccardi starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the thrill and mystery of Vanished Into the Night, here are some similar movies you could watch next.

Without a Trace (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Fox

Without a Trace is a crime drama film directed by Stanley R. Jaffe from a screenplay by Beth Gutcheon. Based on the novel titled...

The 1986 war drama "Platoon" was Oliver Stone's fourth film as a director, but it proved to be his breakout in the public consciousness. Before 1986, Stone helmed two horror movies and a biopic of war photographer Richard Boyle ("Salvador"), but "Platoon" put him on the map. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards, and won four, including Best Picture and Best Director. Stone immediately emerged as an enfent terrible, ready to interrogate and criticize previously romanticized American institutions. He also became wildly ambitious, seemingly possessing the temerity to assume his films would change the way the public thinks. In some cases, he was right. 

Stone wore his politics on his sleeve, and often spoke about how much he hated the American right wing. Two of his films are deeply critical biopics of Republican presidents, and several of his more recent documentaries analyze politicians in power. He has turned his lens on Vladimir Putin,...

You’ve probably heard Sean Murray’s music without knowing it. A composer for nearly 40 years, his work has appeared on dozens of soap operas, action movies and cultural touchstones like TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Call of Duty video game series. His most fruitful collaboration has been with his longtime friend Jesse V. Johnson, a director of low-budget/high intelligence genre movies—the latest of which, Chief of Station, a spy thriller starring Aaron Eckhart, was released in May. Both Murray and Johnson are students of old Hollywood, and their films and scores honor the spirits of their idols. Filmmaker: […]

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You’ve probably heard Sean Murray’s music without knowing it. A composer for nearly 40 years, his work has appeared on dozens of soap operas, action movies and cultural touchstones like TV’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Call of Duty video game series. His most fruitful collaboration has been with his longtime friend Jesse V. Johnson, a director of low-budget/high intelligence genre movies—the latest of which, Chief of Station, a spy thriller starring Aaron Eckhart, was released in May. Both Murray and Johnson are students of old Hollywood, and their films and scores honor the spirits of their idols. Filmmaker: […]

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Every month is an interesting one on Netflix, where you can see forgotten Robert Downey Jr. dramas topping the charts alongside beloved animated ogres enjoying a full streaming renaissance. But there's a certain genre of streaming movie that always seems to do well regardless of whether it's actually any good or not: the middling actioner. You know exactly what I'm talking about: Films that no one heard about when they released but seem perfectly primed to scratch that specific itch we've all had when endlessly scrolling through the mounds of media on these platforms and just want to zone out to something mildly entertaining.

Earlier in May, Scott Adkins' UK action thriller "One More Shot" climbed the Netflix charts, while the month prior the service breathed new life into a forgotten Aaron Eckhart actioner. Was anyone eagerly awaiting the arrival of either? Probably not. Did they do well on Netflix?...

Ham-fisted thriller about a CIA operative flung into a world of pain when he finds out his late wife may have been a Russian agent lacks any subtlety or intrigue

Judging by his recent filmography, Aaron Eckhart is making a play for the Liam Neeson “geri-action” market. This latest thriller, directed by straight-to-streaming action kingpin Jesse V Johnson, is pitched close to Charles Bronson territory, with the perma-scowled Eckster speaking in a menacing lean-in whisper, and at one point telegraphing his status as a grief-stricken widow/ticking timebomb by slumping against the cold-cuts fridge in the supermarket.

Eckhart plays CIA operative and outgoing Budapest bureau head Benjamin Malloy, whose Algerian wife Farrah (Laëtitia Eido) is about to take over from him before she is killed in a restaurant bombing on their anniversary. Catapulted into a world of pain, he’s nudged closer to the edge when internal affairs later identify...