Just last month, we learned that Glen Powell (Top Gun: Maverick), Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood), and Ed Harris (The Truman Show) had signed on to star in the revenge thriller Huntington for A24 and writer/director John Patton Ford. Now Huntington has gone into production, and Deadline has revealed that the cast also includes Jessica Henwick (Glass Onion), Topher Grace (That 70s Show), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley), and Raff Law (Masters of the Air). Details on the characters they’ll be playing have not been revealed.
Drawing inspiration from the 1949 crime comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets, Huntington will see Powell taking on the role of Becket Redfellow, the heir to a multi-billion-dollar fortune who will stop at nothing to get what he deserves… Or what he thinks he deserves. Kind Hearts and Coronets told the following story: When Louis D’Ascoyne Mazzini, who hails from a royal family, is denied dukedom, he plans to kill all the potential threats in his way.
Kind Hearts and Coronets is in the Studiocanal library, and the company is fully financing this take on the concept. Studiocanal’s EVP Global Production Ron Halpern and SVP Global Production Joe Naftalin are overseeing the project with Pete Czernin and Graham Broadbent of Blueprint Pictures. When the project was first announced, Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh provided this statement: “We are thrilled to be working closely again with our friends at A24 and Blueprint in bringing this incredibly special project to life. John has assembled a dream array of on-screen talent in the extraordinary Glen Powell, Margaret Qualley and Ed Harris, with others to be announced very soon. We can’t wait to begin filming, and to share this wildly entertaining thriller with audiences around the world next year!“
John Patton Ford previously wrote and directed the 2022 mystery Emily the Criminal, which starred Aubrey Plaza in the title role and got an 8/10 review from JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray that you can read HERE.
What do you think of Jessica Henwick, Topher Grace, Zach Woods, and Raff Law joining the cast of this Kind Hearts and Coronets remake? Share your thoughts on Huntington by leaving a comment below.
Having been found not guilty after standing trial for sex offenses, actor Kevin Spacey is working on a comeback, signing on to star in multiple movies, doing convention appearances, and sitting down for interviews – including one for the Lex Fridman podcast. During his conversation with Fridman, Spacey was asked what it was like to work on director David Fincher’s 1995 film Seven – or Se7en, if you prefer – in which he played the serial killer known only as John Doe. Spacey’s answer gives an interesting look into the making of a film that many consider to be a classic.
Spacey confirmed to Fridman that he did not originally get the part of John Doe. Someone else was cast in the role… then, soon after filming began, Spacey got a call telling him that Fincher had fired the actor who had been cast and wanted Spacey to report to set. So he did.
Spacey said he was told, “David would like you to get on plane on Sunday and come to Los Angeles and start shooting on Tuesday.” So he read the script and suggested that he shouldn’t get billing in the opening credits or in the marketing because John Doe doesn’t show up until very late in the running time, and if people saw the name Kevin Spacey in the credits or marketing, they’d be waiting for him to show up. And if they were halfway into the movie and Spacey still hadn’t arrived on screen, they’d figure out his character must be the killer. The company behind Seven, New Line Cinema, refused to let Spacey go unbilled… until Fincher backed him up. Spacey said, “It was Fincher who said, ‘I actually think this is a really cool idea.’ So the compromise was I’m the first credit at the end of the movie, when the credits start. So I got on a plane on that Sunday and I flew to Los Angeles and I went into where they were shooting and I went into the makeup room. David Fincher was there and we were talking about what should I do, how should I look, and I just had my hair short for Outbreak ’cause I was playing a military character. I just looked at the hairdresser and I said, ‘Do you have a razor?’ And Fincher went, ‘Are you kidding?’ And I said no. He goes, ‘If you shave your head, I’ll shave mine.’ So we both shaved our heads and then I started shooting the next day.“
Since Spacey was rushed to the set to fill this role, he didn’t have much time to think about his character before he stepped in front of the camera. “I can really only tell you that while we were shooting that scene in the car while we were out in the desert in that place where all those electrical wires were, David just kept saying, ‘Less.’ And I just tried to… I remember he kept saying to me, ‘Remember, you’re in control. You’re going to win, and knowing that should allow you to have tremendous confidence.’ And I just followed that lead. I just think it’s the kind of film that so many of the elements that had been at work from the beginning of the movie, in terms of its style, in terms of how he built this terror, in terms of how he built for the audience a sense of this person being one of the scariest people they might ever encounter, it really allowed me to be able to not have to do that much. Just say the words and mean them. I think it’s also an example of what makes tragedy so difficult. I mean, you know, very often tragedy is people operating without enough information. They don’t have all the facts. Romeo and Juliet, they don’t have all the facts, they don’t know what we know as an audience. So in the end, whether Brad Pitt’s character ends up shooting John Doe or turning the gun on himself, which was a discussion – I mean, there were a number of alternative endings that were discussed – nothing ends up being tied up in a nice little bow. It is complicated and shows how nobody wins in the end when you’re not operating with all the information.“
Spacey goes on to talk about Fincher’s tendency to do many takes, saying that sometimes it’s a way to “beat the acting out” of an actor until they’re just saying the words, saying them quickly, and meaning them, without any pretense or unnecessary prop acting. Other times, it’s because he has a stopwatch in hand and wants a scene to move as quickly as possible. The clip from the Lex Fridman podcast can be seen at the bottom of this article, if you want to watch / listen to the whole Seven segment.
Directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker, Seven has the following synopsis: When retiring police Detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) tackles a final case with the aid of newly transferred David Mills (Brad Pitt), they discover a number of elaborate and grizzly murders. They soon realize they are dealing with a serial killer (Kevin Spacey) who is targeting people he thinks represent one of the seven deadly sins. Somerset also befriends Mills’ wife, Tracy (Gwyneth Paltrow), who is pregnant and afraid to raise her child in the crime-riddled city.
Are you a fan of Seven? What do you think of Kevin Spacey’s performance in the film? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
The Talented Mr. Ripley is one of my favourite movies. The adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s first Ripley novel is a twisty tale of deception and murder, which features a fantastic ensemble cast, including Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Jude Law. Every element really came together perfectly, but Jude Law almost didn’t take part as he initially turned down the project.
While speaking with Vanity Fair, Jude Law revealed his fears of being typecast and the terrible advice he received from his agent at the time, which caused him to turn down The Talented Mr. Ripley.
“It’s not something I’ve necessarily ever shed light on before, but it’s certainly something that I’ve become aware of the older I’ve gotten. The reason I had that reaction [to Ripley] had a great deal to do with one of the agents I was with at the time,” Law said. “He was a guy who had said to me, ‘It shouldn’t be this easy. Resist this kind of a role because it’s going to box you in.’ I realize now how precious and impressionable you are in your early 20s. I’ve got three children who are all in their 20s, and they’ll hate me saying this—most 20 year olds will hate me saying this—but you’re still a kid when you’re in your 20s. You should be allowed to be a kid. The world sees you as an adult, and it should test you as an adult, but ultimately you’re a child.“
Law continued: “I was being told by this guy, ‘Don’t take this,’ and I believed him. I listened. I was ridiculous enough to turn around to Anthony Minghella and go, ‘I don’t know if I want to play that part. I don’t want to be boxed in.’ Obviously I was wrong.“
The actor felt his agent was “feeding a kind of insecurity” but that “he didn’t see was the big picture, which was: This is a great filmmaker, this is a great part in a wonderful company. Can you imagine, if I took that single film away from my experience? My life would be very different. He couldn’t have been more wrong. I’m so glad that it proved him wrong, because there’s also a great tale there about Hollywood, which is: Catch the ball and run.” It’s hard to imagine The Talented Mr. Ripley without Jude Law, so I think we can all be thankful he elected to take the role after all.
Law has also praised the new Ripley series on Netflix, which stars Andrew Scott as the title character. You can check out a review from our own Alex Maidy right here.
It’s officially summer season! Well, at least as far as gaming is concerned, because Summer Game Fest is here. Also, the weather is much warmer and the actual summer solstice is just a few weeks away. So yeah, I’m callin’ it summer.
It’s officially summer season! Well, at least as far as gaming is concerned, because Summer Game Fest is here. Also, the weather is much warmer and the actual summer solstice is just a few weeks away. So yeah, I’m callin’ it summer.
AFinal Fantasy XIV concluded a massive saga when Endwalker released at the tail end of 2021, and has spent the patches since planting seeds about where it’s headed next. Dawntrail, the long-running MMO’s fifth expansion, is the product of those seeds, and it’s taking players to Tural, a Mesoamerican-inspired land…
AFinal Fantasy XIV concluded a massive saga when Endwalker released at the tail end of 2021, and has spent the patches since planting seeds about where it’s headed next. Dawntrail, the long-running MMO’s fifth expansion, is the product of those seeds, and it’s taking players to Tural, a Mesoamerican-inspired land…
Based on Leonie Swann’s international bestseller, the film follows George Hardy (Jackman), “a shepherd who loves his sheep and raises them only for their wool. Every night, he reads aloud a murder mystery, pretending his sheep can understand, never suspecting that not only can they understand, but they argue for hours afterwards about whodunnit. When George is found dead under mysterious circumstances, the sheep realize at once that it was a murder and think they know everything about how to go about solving it. The local cop Tim Derry, on the other hand, has never solved a serious crime in his life, so the sheep conclude they will have to solve it themselves, even if it means leaving their meadow for the first time and facing the fact that the human world isn’t as simple as it appears in books.” Sheep detectives? Sign me up. I love it.
In addition to Hugh Jackman, Three Bags Full will also star Emma Thompson (Matilda the Musical), Nicholas Braun (Succession), Nicholas Galitzine (The Idea of You), Molly Gordon (Theater Camp), Hong Chau (The Whale), Tosin Cole (Supacell), Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Wonka), Conleth Hill (Game of Thrones), and Mandeep Dhillon (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker). Kyle Balda (Minions: The Rise of Gru) will direct the live-action comedy which has been scripted by Craig Mazin. While most now know Mazin for his cheery work on The Last of Us and Chernobyl, he got his start writing comedies such as Scary Movie 3, Scary Movie 4, The Hangover Part II, The Hangover Part III, and Identity Thief, so this certainly isn’t outside his wheelhouse.
Three Bags Full was Swann’s first novel, originally published in Germany in 2005 under the title Glennkill. It was a huge success, winning numerous awards, including the Glauser Prize for crime fiction in the debut category.
The film will be produced by Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title, as well as Lindsay Doran. Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Aditya Sood, and Tim Wellspring will executive produce. The film will be released exclusively in theaters on February 20, 2026.
Kevin Spacey may not be back back, but he is indeed back, having been found not guilty in his 2023 sex offense trial. But that doesn’t mean he’s even close to being welcomed completely by Hollywood, an industry that Spacey says isn’t nearly as forgiving as it pretends to be.
Appearing on The Lex Fridman Podcast, Kevin Spacey said, “I live in an industry in which there is a tremendous amount of conversation about redemption, from a lot of people who are very serious people in very serious positions who believe in it. That guy who finally got out of prison who was wrongly accused…We see so many people saying, ‘Let’s find a path for that person. Let’s help that person rejoin society.’ But there is an odd situation if you are in the entertainment industry, you are not offered that kind of a path. And I hope that the fear that people are experiencing will eventually subside and common sense will get back to the table.”
Kevin Spacey has found confidants in the likes of Liam Neeson and Sharon Stone, but widespread support seems highly unlikely. As he put it, “I don’t think it’s about the industry. I think it’s about our time. I think it’s the time we are in. And people are very afraid. They are literally afraid that they’re going to get canceled if they stand up for someone who has been. We’ve seen this many times in history, this is not the first time it’s happened.”
Even still, Kevin Spacey is trying to give the comeback a go, starring in thriller Peter Five Eight…which came and went just about as quickly as everybody thought it would. There, too, is The Contract, in which he plays The Devil…Long gone are the high-profile projects and awards recognition; instead, Spacey will very likely be relegated to forgettable fare with actors and directors who don’t mind defending him.
What do you make of Kevin Spacey’s remarks about Hollywood? Does he raise a good point about the mindset of the industry? Give us your take in the comments section below.
It’s not every day that you wake up to find a company with a legacy like anime studio Gainax is shutting its doors. The prolific studio behind works like FLCL, Gurren Lagann, and the legendary Neon Genesis Evangelion has been struggling financially for several years. On June 7, the company announced it’s filing for…
