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Pokémon TCG Pocket has a very odd pattern to its “events”—there appear to be weeks when the game falls fallow with nothing extra to do, then three special challenges will happen at the same time. That’s happening again today, as the Genetic Apex SP Emblem Event 1 launches, joining the ongoing Venusaur Drop Event and…
The 2025 Golden Globes ceremony is set to be hosted by Nikki Glaser and will air live on CBS (and the Paramount+ streaming service) on Sunday, January 5th at 8pm Eastern – and this morning, the full list of nominations has been announced, letting us know who we’ll be seeing in the competition next month. While there has been a lot of talk about Anora being the favorite for Best Picture and other categories at the Academy Awards this year, and the film did earn several major Golden Globe nominations, it did not earn the most nominations in the film categories. That honor goes to Emilia Pérez – and it’s interesting that one of the first news articles I read this morning dealt with the fact that Selena Gomez had to speak up after Eugenio Derbez criticized her performance and her Spanish in the film (Gomez took six months of Spanish lessons so she could deliver her character’s lines in Spanish), and yet the first article I’m writing this morning features Gomez receiving a best acting Golden Globe nomination for her work in Emilia Pérez.
Emilia Pérez earned a total of ten nominations. At the head of the pack in TV nominations is The Bear with five nominations. Here’s the full list:
BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
THE BRUTALIST (A24)
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Searchlight Pictures)
CONCLAVE (Focus Features)
DUNE: PART TWO (Warner Bros. Pictures)
NICKEL BOYS (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
SEPTEMBER 5 (Paramount Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ANORA (NEON)
CHALLENGERS (Amazon MGM Studios)
EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix)
A REAL PAIN (Searchlight Pictures)
THE SUBSTANCE (MUBI)
WICKED (Universal Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
FLOW (Sideshow / Janus Films)
INSIDE OUT 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (IFC Films)
MOANA 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL (Netflix)
THE WILD ROBOT (Universal Pictures)
CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
ALIEN: ROMULUS (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
GLADIATOR II (Paramount Pictures)
INSIDE OUT 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
TWISTERS (Universal Pictures)
WICKED (Universal Pictures)
THE WILD ROBOT (Universal Pictures)
BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Sideshow / Janus Films) – USA / FRANCE / INDIA
EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix) – FRANCE
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (MUBI) – POLAND / SWEDEN / DENMARK
I’M STILL HERE (Sony Pictures Classics) – BRAZIL
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (NEON) – USA / GERMANY
VERMIGLIO (Sideshow / Janus Films) – ITALY
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
PAMELA ANDERSON (THE LAST SHOWGIRL)
ANGELINA JOLIE (MARIA)
NICOLE KIDMAN (BABYGIRL)
TILDA SWINTON (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR)
FERNANDA TORRES (I’M STILL HERE)
KATE WINSLET (LEE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
ADRIEN BRODY (THE BRUTALIST)
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
DANIEL CRAIG (QUEER)
COLMAN DOMINGO (SING SING)
RALPH FIENNES (CONCLAVE)
SEBASTIAN STAN (THE APPRENTICE)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
AMY ADAMS (NIGHTBITCH)
CYNTHIA ERIVO (WICKED)
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN (EMILIA PÉREZ)
MIKEY MADISON (ANORA)
DEMI MOORE (THE SUBSTANCE)
ZENDAYA (CHALLENGERS)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
JESSE EISENBERG (A REAL PAIN)
HUGH GRANT (HERETIC)
GABRIEL LABELLE (SATURDAY NIGHT)
JESSE PLEMONS (KINDS OF KINDNESS)
GLEN POWELL (HIT MAN)
SEBASTIAN STAN (A DIFFERENT MAN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
SELENA GOMEZ (EMILIA PÉREZ)
ARIANA GRANDE (WICKED)
FELICITY JONES (THE BRUTALIST)
MARGARET QUALLEY (THE SUBSTANCE)
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (CONCLAVE)
ZOE SALDAÑA (EMILIA PÉREZ)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
YURA BORISOV (ANORA)
KIERAN CULKIN (A REAL PAIN)
EDWARD NORTON (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
GUY PEARCE (THE BRUTALIST)
JEREMY STRONG (THE APPRENTICE)
DENZEL WASHINGTON (GLADIATOR II)
BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
JACQUES AUDIARD (EMILIA PÉREZ)
SEAN BAKER (ANORA)
EDWARD BERGER (CONCLAVE)
BRADY CORBET (THE BRUTALIST)
CORALIE FARGEAT (THE SUBSTANCE)
PAYAL KAPADIA (ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT)
BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
JACQUES AUDIARD (EMILIA PÉREZ)
SEAN BAKER (ANORA)
BRADY CORBET, MONA FASTVOLD (THE BRUTALIST)
JESSE EISENBERG (A REAL PAIN)
CORALIE FARGEAT (THE SUBSTANCE)
PETER STRAUGHAN (CONCLAVE)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
VOLKER BERTELMANN (CONCLAVE)
DANIEL BLUMBERG (THE BRUTALIST)
KRIS BOWERS (THE WILD ROBOT)
CLÉMENT DUCOL, CAMILLE (EMILIA PÉREZ)
TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS (CHALLENGERS)
HANS ZIMMER (DUNE: PART TWO)
BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
“BEAUTIFUL THAT WAY” –– THE LAST SHOWGIRL
Music & Lyrics by: Andrew Wyatt, Miley Cyrus, Lykke Zachrisson
“COMPRESS / REPRESS” –– CHALLENGERS
Music & Lyrics by: Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino
“EL MAL” –– EMILIA PÉREZ
Music & Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard
“FORBIDDEN ROAD” –– BETTER MAN
Music & Lyrics by: Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek
“KISS THE SKY” –– THE WILD ROBOT
Music & Lyrics by: Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Maren Morris, Michael
Pollack, Ali Tamposi
“MI CAMINO” –– EMILIA PÉREZ
Music & Lyrics by: Clément Ducol, Camille
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
THE DAY OF THE JACKAL (PEACOCK)
THE DIPLOMAT (NETFLIX)
MR. & MRS. SMITH (PRIME VIDEO)
SHŌGUN (FX/HULU)
SLOW HORSES (APPLE TV+)
SQUID GAME (NETFLIX)
BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (ABC)
THE BEAR (FX/HULU)
THE GENTLEMEN (NETFLIX)
HACKS (HBO | MAX)
NOBODY WANTS THIS (NETFLIX)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (HULU)
BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
BABY REINDEER (NETFLIX)
DISCLAIMER (APPLE TV+)
MONSTERS: THE LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ STORY (NETFLIX)
THE PENGUIN (HBO | MAX)
RIPLEY (NETFLIX)
TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY (HBO | MAX)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
KATHY BATES (MATLOCK)
EMMA D’ARCY (HOUSE OF THE DRAGON)
MAYA ERSKINE (MR. & MRS. SMITH)
KEIRA KNIGHTLEY (BLACK DOVES)
KERI RUSSELL (THE DIPLOMAT)
ANNA SAWAI (SHŌGUN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
DONALD GLOVER (MR. & MRS. SMITH)
JAKE GYLLENHAAL (PRESUMED INNOCENT)
GARY OLDMAN (SLOW HORSES)
EDDIE REDMAYNE (THE DAY OF THE JACKAL)
HIROYUKI SANADA (SHŌGUN)
BILLY BOB THORNTON (LANDMAN)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
KRISTEN BELL (NOBODY WANTS THIS)
QUINTA BRUNSON (ABBOTT ELEMENTARY)
AYO EDEBIRI (THE BEAR)
SELENA GOMEZ (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
KATHRYN HAHN (AGATHA ALL ALONG)
JEAN SMART (HACKS)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ADAM BRODY (NOBODY WANTS THIS)
TED DANSON (A MAN ON THE INSIDE)
STEVE MARTIN (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JASON SEGEL (SHRINKING)
MARTIN SHORT (ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING)
JEREMY ALLEN WHITE (THE BEAR)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
CATE BLANCHETT (DISCLAIMER)
JODIE FOSTER (TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY)
CRISTIN MILIOTI (THE PENGUIN)
SOFÍA VERGARA (GRISELDA)
NAOMI WATTS (FEUD: CAPOTE VS. THE SWANS)
KATE WINSLET (THE REGIME)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
COLIN FARRELL (THE PENGUIN)
RICHARD GADD (BABY REINDEER)
KEVIN KLINE (DISCLAIMER)
COOPER KOCH (MONSTERS: THE LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ STORY)
EWAN MCGREGOR (A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW)
ANDREW SCOTT (RIPLEY)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
LIZA COLÓN-ZAYAS (THE BEAR)
HANNAH EINBINDER (HACKS)
DAKOTA FANNING (RIPLEY)
JESSICA GUNNING (BABY REINDEER)
ALLISON JANNEY (THE DIPLOMAT)
KALI REIS (TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE ON TELEVISION
TADANOBU ASANO (SHŌGUN)
JAVIER BARDEM (MONSTERS: THE LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ STORY)
HARRISON FORD (SHRINKING)
JACK LOWDEN (SLOW HORSES)
DIEGO LUNA (LA MÁQUINA)
EBON MOSS-BACHRACH (THE BEAR)
BEST PERFORMANCE IN STAND-UP COMEDY ON TELEVISION
JAMIE FOXX (JAMIE FOXX: WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS)
NIKKI GLASER (NIKKI GLASER: SOMEDAY YOU’LL DIE)
SETH MEYERS (SETH MEYERS: DAD MAN WALKING)
ADAM SANDLER (ADAM SANDLER: LOVE YOU)
ALI WONG (ALI WONG: SINGLE LADY)
RAMY YOUSSEF (RAMY YOUSSEF: MORE FEELINGS)
What do you think of the Golden Globes 2025 nominations? Who would you like to see take the win in these categories? Let us know by leaving a comment below.
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The news has been running for about a year that Michael Mann has been working on Heat 2 with rumors that his Ferrari star, Adam Driver, and Austin Butler are attached as a young McCauley and Shiherlis. Mann has stated that audiences are ready for a new story in the Heat universe. “It’s sustained in culture. It’s known,” Mann said. “I could delude myself into thinking that the whole world is familiar with it, but when you check out its prominence in home video for over 20 years, this thing really has legs. People are still watching it, people are still talking about it. It’s a brand. It’s kind of a Heat universe, in a way. And that certainly justifies a very large ambitious movie.“
Mann was originally set on starting to film Heat 2 sometime this year. Deadline is now reporting that Mann said at the Red Sea Film Festival that the script is just now nearing completion. The director has confirmed, “We have to have it finished very soon,” and he jokingly added that he will continue working on it on “The plane ride back to Los Angeles.”
The 30th Anniversary of the crime drama is approaching and Mann speaks on why his L.A. tale that features a famous co-headline of Al Pacino and Robert De Niro is experiencing longevity with audiences. He stated, “It’s all in the writing. It’s a very, very architected, very complex screenplay. It’s not supposed to affect you as complex. It’s supposed to affect you by taking you on this ride. But the structure has buried within it a feud… you’re 100% invested in Neil McCauley/Robert De Niro escaping. You’re 100% invested in Al Pacino [Vincent Hanna] apprehending Neil McCauley at the same time. That contradiction helps sustain the memory.”
Mann continues to state, “But we knew, to be honest, we knew the movie we were making, by the way I say myself, but also Bob, Al, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, we knew what this movie was, and then the movie comes out, and it has some impact… then it’s sustained in memory, and it was in the top 10 or 20 films in the Warner Brothers catalog for years.”
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association aka LAFCA gathered over the weekend to name their award winners for 2024. This year, they chose Palme d’Or winner Anora as Best Picture, with The Brutalist coming in as the runner-up. Anora fared quite well overall with LAFCA, also taking home Lead Performance for Mikey Madison and runner-up recognition for Sean Baker’s direction and screenplay.
Check out LAFCA’s winners below:
Best Picture: Anora
Runner-Up: The Brutalist
Best Director: Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Runner-Up: Sean Baker – Anora
Best Lead Performance: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Truths / Mikey Madison – Anora
Runners-Up: Demi Moore – The Substance / Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Performance: Yura Borisov – Anora / Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Runners-Up: Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing / Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Best Screenplay: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Runner-Up: Anora – Sean Baker
Best Cinematography: Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Runner-Up: The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Best Production Design: The Brutalist – Judy Becker
Runner-Up: Blitz – Adam Stockhausen
Best Editing: Nickel Boys – Nicholas Monsour
Runner-Up: September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich
Best Music Score: Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Runner-Up: Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi
Best Film Not in the English Language: All We Imagine as Light
Runner-Up: The Seed of the Sacred Pig
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: No Other Land
Runner-Up: Dahomey
Best Animation: Flow
Runner-Up: Chicken for Linda
In addition to these annual awards, LAFCA – which is comprised of approximately 60 members – also gave out honorary ones and special recognitions. For their New Generation Award, they went with Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker, while on the other side for Career Achievement they went with legendary genre director John Carpenter.
While LAFCA’s Best Picture winner rarely lines up with the actual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards (it has only happened five times this century), Anora is in a good position to chalk up another match for LAFCA. Meanwhile, Keiran Culkin has been gaining traction for A Real Pain, while we’re all rooting for Demi Moore to land a much-deserved nomination for The Substance, which would be her first in a career that has spanned more than four decades.
Joining LAFCA with announcements this week will be the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Online and more.
What do you think of this year’s LAFCA winners? Which do you see being major contenders at the Oscars?
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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association aka LAFCA gathered over the weekend to name their award winners for 2024. This year, they chose Palme d’Or winner Anora as Best Picture, with The Brutalist coming in as the runner-up. Anora fared quite well overall with LAFCA, also taking home Lead Performance for Mikey Madison and runner-up recognition for Sean Baker’s direction and screenplay.
Check out LAFCA’s winners below:
Best Picture: Anora
Runner-Up: The Brutalist
Best Director: Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Runner-Up: Sean Baker – Anora
Best Lead Performance: Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Truths / Mikey Madison – Anora
Runners-Up: Demi Moore – The Substance / Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Performance: Yura Borisov – Anora / Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Runners-Up: Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing / Adam Pearson – A Different Man
Best Screenplay: A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg
Runner-Up: Anora – Sean Baker
Best Cinematography: Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Runner-Up: The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Best Production Design: The Brutalist – Judy Becker
Runner-Up: Blitz – Adam Stockhausen
Best Editing: Nickel Boys – Nicholas Monsour
Runner-Up: September 5 – Hansjörg Weißbrich
Best Music Score: Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Runner-Up: Evil Does Not Exist – Eiko Ishibashi
Best Film Not in the English Language: All We Imagine as Light
Runner-Up: The Seed of the Sacred Pig
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: No Other Land
Runner-Up: Dahomey
Best Animation: Flow
Runner-Up: Chicken for Linda
In addition to these annual awards, LAFCA – which is comprised of approximately 60 members – also gave out honorary ones and special recognitions. For their New Generation Award, they went with Vera Drew’s The People’s Joker, while on the other side for Career Achievement they went with legendary genre director John Carpenter.
While LAFCA’s Best Picture winner rarely lines up with the actual Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards (it has only happened five times this century), Anora is in a good position to chalk up another match for LAFCA. Meanwhile, Keiran Culkin has been gaining traction for A Real Pain, while we’re all rooting for Demi Moore to land a much-deserved nomination for The Substance, which would be her first in a career that has spanned more than four decades.
Joining LAFCA with announcements this week will be the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association, Chicago Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Online and more.
What do you think of this year’s LAFCA winners? Which do you see being major contenders at the Oscars?
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The #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement was unprecedented in the drive that the fandom put into it, primarily deriving from everybody knowing the issues that Justice League director Zack Snyder had with the studio. And there’s something still going with Suicide Squad, with #ReleaseTheAyerCut back in the news even eight years after the movie’s release. Ayer himself has gone back and forth with his own support, but is now putting it all out there, further defending not just this version but director’s cuts as a whole.
Responding to a post David Ayer made promoting his Ayer Cut, one follower wrote, “If your film was good in the first place you wouldn’t need to have your own cut of the film.” As short-sighted as that is and probably worth leaving alone as a passing comment, Ayer couldn’t help but reply directly. “The best version simply has not been seen. I know how difficult it is for someone outside the industry to comprehend how insanely different to cuts a film can be. If you dislike what you’ve seen , here’s an opportunity to see what I actually intended and then judge once you have all the information.”
So will we ever actually see The Ayer cut of Suicide Squad? Ayer isn’t all that certain. “Honestly I have no idea if WB would ever release my version. And I have to defer to James [Gunn] and the studio to manage it as they see fit. It’s not something I control. I just believe it would be a lot of fun for those who want to see it, to see my cut.”
While Ayer and Gunn have had discussions about what could come of The Ayer Cut (if anything), nothing is official except for the campaign. Really, there’s no harm in putting it out there; most of us probably don’t want to necessarily relive Suicide Squad, but if it’s through the more direct vision of David Ayer, then we’re on board. We’ve seen just how much improvement director’s cuts can have, so come on, Gunn, give the man – who is one of many to fall victim to the studio – his chance.
Do you truly think we’ll ever see The Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad? Who is more to blame for the released version: Snyder or Warner Bros.?
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The #ReleaseTheSnyderCut movement was unprecedented in the drive that the fandom put into it, primarily deriving from everybody knowing the issues that Justice League director Zack Snyder had with the studio. And there’s something still going with Suicide Squad, with #ReleaseTheAyerCut back in the news even eight years after the movie’s release. Ayer himself has gone back and forth with his own support, but is now putting it all out there, further defending not just this version but director’s cuts as a whole.
Responding to a post David Ayer made promoting his Ayer Cut, one follower wrote, “If your film was good in the first place you wouldn’t need to have your own cut of the film.” As short-sighted as that is and probably worth leaving alone as a passing comment, Ayer couldn’t help but reply directly. “The best version simply has not been seen. I know how difficult it is for someone outside the industry to comprehend how insanely different to cuts a film can be. If you dislike what you’ve seen , here’s an opportunity to see what I actually intended and then judge once you have all the information.”
So will we ever actually see The Ayer cut of Suicide Squad? Ayer isn’t all that certain. “Honestly I have no idea if WB would ever release my version. And I have to defer to James [Gunn] and the studio to manage it as they see fit. It’s not something I control. I just believe it would be a lot of fun for those who want to see it, to see my cut.”
While Ayer and Gunn have had discussions about what could come of The Ayer Cut (if anything), nothing is official except for the campaign. Really, there’s no harm in putting it out there; most of us probably don’t want to necessarily relive Suicide Squad, but if it’s through the more direct vision of David Ayer, then we’re on board. We’ve seen just how much improvement director’s cuts can have, so come on, Gunn, give the man – who is one of many to fall victim to the studio – his chance.
Do you truly think we’ll ever see The Ayer Cut of Suicide Squad? Who is more to blame for the released version: Snyder or Warner Bros.?
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Lionsgate is bringing light in darkness, unveiling a character poster for Ana de Armas’ Eve Macarro, the titular ballerina of the upcoming John Wick spin-off movie, adding to the already peak anticipation for this expansion. Following their CCXP presentation Sunday, Lionsgate also released a new extended look featurette examining the film.
As you can see on the poster, Eve is tatted up, with one notable phrase standing out above the rest: Lux in Tenebris, which is Latin for Light in Darkness. That might feel a little on the nose, but it does give us a better glimpse into her psyche – especially when she’s got a gun in her hand. The poster has incredible coloring to it, too, which plays off of the trailer quite nicely. Check it out:
In the trailer that was released in September, we saw a familiar face right away, Winston Scott (Ian McShane), who approaches a young Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) and offers to bring her to a ballerina school. Except these are no ordinary classes and soon she is prepped with: “To stop the assassin, you must become the assassin.” From there, it was cleverly set to Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” – but this ballerina isn’t exactly dancing in the sand, instead positioning herself as someone you don’t exactly want to tango with. And for those wondering, yes, Keanu Reeves does turn up in the trailer, with Eve stating, “You’re him. The one they call the Baba Yaga. How do I start doing what you do?”
While we will have to wait until June 6th for Ballerina to hit theaters, everything we’ve been given so far should hold us at least for a while. While the four John Wick movies have easily marked themselves as some of the best action movies to come out of the century – with plenty holding the argument that it’s one of the finest action franchises ever – we all got a little skeptical of the purpose of expanding once Peacock’s The Continental disappointed.
But based on the materials released up to this point, I’m expecting amazing things that fit well into the John Wick universe (hey, it’s right there in the clunky official title, too: From the World of John Wick: Ballerina). For the sake of understanding the narrative, Ballerina takes place between the events of 2019’s Parabellum and last year’s John Wick 4, hence the more battered John Wick.
In addition to Reeves and McShane, Ballerina will also bring back Anjelica Huston and the late Lance Reddick, with the film marking his final posthumous appearance. It will also introduce Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus and Catalina Sandino Moreno into the mix.
Are you looking forward to Ballerina? Where do you see the John Wick franchise going from here?
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