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There’s a new sequel to the 1997 slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer (watch it Here) and its 1998 follow-up I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (watch that one Here) coming our way from director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) – and the project’s official X account has just unveiled a behind-the-scenes image to announce that production is underway!

The image shows a clapperboard for the filming of scene 50B, which involves a computer monitor that looks like it’s left over from the ’90s and a hook that has a slightly different design than the hooks we saw in the previous movies:

Production is underway for #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer. Exclusively in theatres this summer. pic.twitter.com/2mRBbXyMeC

— I Know What You Did Last Summer (@IKWYDLS_Movie) December 3, 2024

Robinson is directing the film from a screenplay by Leah McKendrick (M.F.A.), which has received some rewrites from Robinson and journalist Sam Lansky.

"Babygirl," the latest feature from actress-turned-director Halina Reijn ("Bodies Bodies Bodies") starts with a woman named Romy (Nicole Kidman) in a position too many women have found themselves in before — faking an orgasm before rushing off to masturbate to pornography in hiding so she can actually get off. She has done this so frequently that she practically has it down to a science, reaching orgasm after putting on a reliable video and assuming the position while her loving husband Jacob (Antonio Banderas) snoozes away in post-coital bliss. For anyone who is familiar with Kidman and Banderas' work, the situation likely seems preposterous. Both actors are certifiable sex symbols in their own right, with the latter often cast solely for his ability to whip housewives into a frenzy with a wink at the camera and his evergreen on-camera prowess.

From what we are shown in these moments, Jacob seems like a giving,...

Nicole Kidman stars in an upcoming erotic thriller from the director of 2022’s Bodies Bodies Bodies. Here’s the trailer for Babygirl:

Fans of grown-up cinema releases are about to hit something of a dry spell over Christmas once Edward Berger’s Conclave is released at the end of this month. Still, the beginning of January 2025 heralds a new year and plenty of films with mature themes and ideas to get excited about. One of them is Babygirl, an erotic thriller that comes courtesy of A24. Nicole Kidman will be joined by Triangle Of Sadness’ Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas alongside Jean Reno and Sophie Wilde, star of 2022’s horror breakout, Talk To Me.

The film will be directed by Halina Reijn, who was behind 2022’s sharp horror satire, Bodies Bodies Bodies. This looks to be something of a genre shift for Reijn, but we’re hoping Babygirl can realise...

Premiering with much fervor at Venice Film Festival, Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies follow-up Babygirl finds Nicole Kidman playing a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson. With Kidman picking up Best Actress at the festival, A24 has set the film for a Christmas release and the new trailer has arrived.

Savina Petkova said in her review, “Boosted by Locarno-awarded debut Instinct, Dutch actor-director Halina Reijn fit nicely in the A24 canon with her satirical thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies. Yet the latter elicited rather lukewarm critical responses and it almost seemed Reijn might have been a one-hit European wonder fallen prey to the American dream. Then came Babygirl. As one of the first competition titles to grace the Lido, it promises a lot: not only does its title roll off...

"I've never experienced anything like this..." Spicy. A24 has debuted the second official trailer for the erotic thriller film titled Babygirl, which originally premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival (and it won Best Actress). Babygirl is the latest feature from Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn, following up her horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies recently. Written and directed by Reijn, Babygirl stars Nicole Kidman as a powerful CEO at a major corporation based in New York City. She begins an erotic affair with a hunky new intern who strolls through her company's doors one day. The two explore an intimate sub-dom relationship as they both come to understand their own sexuality. Babygirl also co-stars Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, and Esther McGregor. This is a very seductive and sizzling trailer just like the first one, but I'm still not the biggest fan of the film. It's tantalizing but not edgy enough...

A24 has just released the trailer for Babygirl — an intense and unconventional erotic thriller that plays with power struggle, consent, grooming, and coercion. Our own Chris Bumbray enjoyed the provocative film at TIFF this year, saying in his review, “It’s controversial, but it’s also one of the sexier films to come along in recent memory. Kidman deserves major praise for her consistent refusal to play it safe as an actress.”

Babygirl stars Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional). Babygirl will cheekily be released in theaters just in time for Christmas viewings, giving it a December 25 release date. That’s the same weekend Disney is releasing Mufasa, Paramount is releasing Sonic the Hedgehog 3, and Angel Studios is releasing the faith-based post-apocalyptic film Homestead.

Reijn directed Babygirl from a screenplay she wrote herself.

If you were missing Adrian Lyne-style erotic thrillers — or even thought that such erotic thrillers were no longer possible — watch the second trailer for “Babygirl,” director Halina Reijn’s scorcher starring an uninhibited Nicole Kidman as a CEO having an affair with a younger man (Harris Dickinson) who also happens to be in her employ.

But that power dynamic may not be exactly what it seems. Dickinson’s character, a late 20-something intern, is also into domination and submission dynamics in his relationships, and indeed appears to swiftly take the control of their sexual connection. Is this guy a threat?

Reijn’s film takes on issues of power and control in relationships in the fearless way viewers haven’t been accustomed to seeing in some time. “Babygirl” was a sensation at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, with many critics and journalists in attendance hailing it as the legendary actress’s...

In 2017, Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman publicly promised to work with a female director every 18 months. She’s made good on that promise ever since and continues to uphold it with the new drama, “Babygirl,” which arrives near the end of the year.

Directed by Halina Reijn, the filmmaker behind “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” her new film, “Babygirl,” a steamy, Nsfw erotic drama, centers on a high-powered CEO (Kidman) who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (read our review).

Continue reading ‘Babygirl’ Trailer: Nicole Kidman New Erotic Drama Co-Star Harris Dickinson & Smashes In December at The Playlist.

A24 and Bodies Bodies Bodies director Halina Reijn are back together for Babygirl, an upcoming erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman that released a second official trailer today.

Babygirl releases in theaters on December 25. Watch the official trailer below.

Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson lead the cast of A24’s Babygirl, while Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) and Jean Reno round out the all-star cast.

In the film, “A successful CEO begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern.”

Halina Reijn wrote the screenplay and also directed Babygirl.

David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, who is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers. This marks the second collaboration between Halina Reijn and A24 after her satirical slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies, also produced by Hinojosa.

A24 also acquired Reijn’s directorial debut,...

Hey, remember Y2K (Aka “the millenium bug”)? In the months leading up to the year 2000, everybody was in an uproar, believing there would be a complete shutdown of resources upon midnight of December 31 / January 1 of 2000.

In a nutshell, many computer programs were not set up for the change of “19” to “20” that year, and the possibility existed that files would become unreachable, the power grid would shut down, etc.

Of course, there were some technical issues upon the stroke of midnight, but thankfully, nowhere near the disaster that so many people believed was inevitable. Well, A24’s newest film, appropriately called Y2K, uses the panic as the basis for its plot.

Set on December 31, 1999 Y2K stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison Australian rapper the Kid Laroi, Fred Durst and Alicia Silverstone.

Although A24 has become mostly known for its serious horror films such as The Witch, Hereditary, Midsommar and Talk to Me,...

"Think they'll still do graduation?" A24 has revealed a second trailer for Y2K, a 1999 party comedy marking the feature directorial debut of comedian Kyle Mooney. Set to debug theaters starting in early December just before New Years coming up. It first premiered at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival to good reviews along with some negative ones, too. Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night gets even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight. The hilarious Nye horror comedy stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, and Alicia Silverstone, also featuring The Kid Laroi, Tim Heidecker, and Fred Durst. Still reminds me a bit of Bodies Bodies Bodies, though it also seems like it's inspired by the antics of This is The End. This looks totally wild and crazy and...

Hiro Murai, a music video director and TV director and executive producer on Atlanta, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and The Bear, will make his feature directorial debut for A24, Square Peg and 2Am on the samurai epic Bushido.

Plot details remain under the proverbial wraps on the project, although A24 did share that the saga will take place against the backdrop of feudal Japan.

Murai will direct and produce the original film, with Henry Dunham serving as both writer and producer.

A24 will finance and produce, with Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen producing through their Square Peg, alongside Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb,...

It used to be a rite of passage: up-and-coming directors would first cut their teeth on commercials, work their way up to television shows to develop a strong body of work, and finally burst onto the scene with movies after proving that they have what it takes to handle much larger productions. That filmmaking pipeline has become a thing of the past in the last few decades, but one bona fide talent is taking his cues from a more old-fashioned era. The final result is one of the more exciting projects we've heard about it some time.

Even if you don't quite know his name just yet, you've seen his work on "Atlanta," "Barry," "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," and several of Donald Glover's music videos performed under the stage name Childish Gambino. Now, director Hiro Murai is taking his biggest step yet into Hollywood with his feature film debut...

Hiro Murai is stepping into the world of feature films with his debut project ‘Bushido,’ an original samurai movie backed by A24.

The film is set against the dramatic and historical backdrop of feudal Japan, promising to deliver action-packed storytelling. Plot specifics are currently kept secret, but expectations are high for this cinematic venture.

According to Deadline, ‘Bushido’ is penned by Henry Dunham, known for ‘The Standoff at Sparrow Creek.’

The film will see a collaboration of producers including Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen from Square Peg, Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb, and David Hinojosa from the production trio 2Am.

This announcement comes when samurai tales are increasingly popular, as seen in the massive success of FX’s Shōgun, a series that explores similar themes and recently bagged an Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series.

Murai’s direction is highly anticipated, given his illustrious career in directing television and music videos,...

Exclusive: Hiro Murai, one of today’s most influential and in demand directors of television and music videos, has found his long-awaited first feature project in Bushido, an original samurai film to be financed by A24, which will produce alongside Square Peg and 2Am.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, Bushido is said to be a high-stakes action film set against the backdrop of feudal Japan.

Murai will direct from a script by Henry Dunham (The Standoff at Sparrow Creek), with the duo to produce alongside Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen for Square Peg, and the 2Am trio of Julia Oh, Christine D’Souza Gelb and David Hinojosa.

The project comes at a time when the samurai story has significant cultural cachet, given the outsized breakout success of FX’s Shōgun, an hour-long drama delving deep into samurai culture and the feudal politics of early 17th-century Japan. The winner of 18 Emmys,...

Over the past few years, Hiro Murai has quietly become one of the most prolific creators of modern pop culture. The director and executive producer has worked extensively with Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) on Atlanta and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, as well as music videos like "This Is America,...

There’s a new sequel to the slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer (watch it Here) and the follow-up I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (watch that one Here) coming our way from director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) – and Deadline has just revealed the names of four more cast members! They are Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story), Austin Nichols (The Day After Tomorrow), and model / musician Gabbriette, who will be making her feature film acting debut. Tung, Chavez, Nichols, and Gabbriette join previously announced cast members Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta), Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid), and Billy Campbell (The Rocketeer). Robinson’s Do Revenge star Camila Mendes (Riverdale) was previously attached, but had to drop out due to scheduling issues. It appears that she has...

Bodies Bodies Bodies lead Maria Bakalova is set to star alongside Peter Mullan (Baghead) in the single-location suspense thriller No Way Off, per Variety. The location? A bus that is driving into the middle of nowhere on Christmas Eve.

No Way Off, written by Gaby Hull, will be directed by Brian Kelly.

Bakalova will play Laura, a tired young mother traveling alone with her infant son on Christmas Eve. “When the bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. Laura climbs aboard, collapsing into her seat. Exhausted and stressed, she soon falls asleep. When Laura wakes, night has fallen. The bus is now hurtling along a motorway, miles off its usual route. Apart from the sleeping baby, she is the only passenger left on board. She can’t outrun the driver – she’ll have to outsmart him.“

“My dreams have come true. No Way Off has a...

Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

Searchlight Pictures presents A Real Pain, directed and written by Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg. The film stars Eisenberg alongside Emmy® and Golden Globe® winner Kieran Culkin, with a cast rounded out by BAFTA winner and Emmy® nominee Will Sharpe (“The White Lotus”), Golden Globe® nominee Jennifer Grey (Dirty Dancing), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation), Liza Sadovy (“A Small Light”), and Daniel Oreskes. Producers are Dave McCary, Ali Herting, p.g.a.,, Emma Stone, Eisenberg, Jennifer Semler (Theater Camp), and Ewa Puszczyńska.

A Real Pain opens exclusively in St. Louis movie theaters on November 15, 2024.

https://www.searchlightpictures.com/a-real-pain

The St. Louis screening is at 7pm on Wednesday, November 6th at Marcus Des Peres Cine.

We Live In Time Box Office (North America): 3rd Weekend Update (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Besides horror flicks, romance dramas are also doing well at the box office. After It Ends With Us, Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield starrer We Live in Time is also performing well, even though it is a limited release. It crossed a significant milestone this weekend after gaining multiple theatres. Scroll below for the deets.

The viewers like the fresh pairing of Florence and Andrew, and the film also received positive reviews from the critics. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in early September this year. The dramedy has been certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer with a strong 78% critics rating. The audience rating is also impressive, as it scored 86% on Popcornmeter.

The critics were in awe of Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield’s palpable chemistry. According to Luiz Fernando’s report, We Live in Time...

Exclusive: Daveed Diggs (Nickel Boys), Mason Gooding (Scream), Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Johnny Knoxville (Jackass), and stand-up comedian and actress Margaret Cho (All That We Love) will round out the cast of I Want Your Sex, Gregg Araki’s Black Bear thriller starring Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman and Charli Xcx, which has wrapped production in Los Angeles.

Details as to the roles to be played by the quintet are under wraps. A provocative film blithely exploring desire, domination, and fantasy, I Want Your Sex asks, how far is too far? When fresh-faced Elliot (Hoffman) lands an exciting job for renowned artist, icon and provocateur Erika Tracy (Wilde), his fantasies come true as Erika taps him to become her sexual muse. But Elliot soon finds himself out of his depth as Erika takes him on a journey more profound than he ever could have imagined, into a world of sex,...

Give it up, guys, you’re never going to understand how Pete Davidson managed to attract half the celebrities he has dated. There’s just something about the Hollywood comedian that makes women fall head over heels for him. Think about it, he’s been in a relationship with Ariana Grande, Kate Beckinsale, Kaia Gerber, and even Kim Kardashian!

Pete Davidson on SNL | Credit: NBC

However, Davidson has never really been in a long-term relationship with these women, which is quite unfortunate but true. The longest relationship he’s had under the public eye was with Cazzie David, and it lasted for two years. And his shortest relationship lasted for just over a month!

Interestingly, Davidson’s shortest-lived relationship was with supermodel Emily Ratajkowski, a pairing that literally nobody thought would ever happen. Their romance blossomed after the Saturday Night Live star ended things with Kardashian. Whatever they shared appeared to be wholesome,...

Exclusive: Newcomer Katarina Zhu has wrapped filming in New York on Bunnylovr, an indie drama that she wrote, directed, and stars in.

Supporting cast includes Austin Amelio, Perry Yung (John Wick: Chapter 2), Rachel Sennott (Bodies Bodies Bodies), Jack Kilmer (Lords Of Chaos) and Clara Wong (Billions).

The film was recently selected to take part in Poland’s upcoming American Film Festival industry sidebar, U.S. in Progress. It’ll be hoping to follow in the footsteps of titles such as India Donaldson’s Good One, which won the top prize at the event last year before making its way to premieres at Sundance and Cannes Directors’ Fortnight.

Bunnylovr tells the story of Rebecca (Zhu), a Chinese-American cam girl who struggles to navigate an increasingly toxic relationship with one of her clients while rekindling her relationship with her estranged, dying father.

The film was developed...

The first time Maria Bakalova came to New York City, she had to flee.

She was in disguise, shooting a scene for 2020’s “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” that put her alone in a hotel room with Rudy Giuliani. The former mayor touched her midsection and reached down his pants — and then Sacha Baron Cohen burst into the room wearing a wig and lingerie. Giuliani called the police, and Bakalova and Baron Cohen sprinted down Broadway and escaped to Romania to finish the movie.

“We did the scene, and immediately after, police cars started chasing us,” Bakalova remembers. “I was scared I might end up in jail.”

The second time she came to the city, in December 2021, she attended a screening of her A24 movie “Bodies Bodies Bodies” and brought Covid back with her to Los Angeles, where she lives — an unwelcome souvenir that forced her to miss Christmas with her family in Bulgaria.

It was no small feat to get “Saturday Night Live” off the ground at NBC, and as a result, the cast of “Saturday Night” is pretty huge. In many cases, the actors also look eerily similar to the people they’re playing.

Hitting theaters everywhere on Oct. 11 after a limited theatrical release in New York and Los Angeles, Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” tells the story of the 90 minutes right before the first-ever episode of “SNL.” It’s chaotic and at the time, even Lorne Michaels couldn’t explain what the show was going to be.

Below, you’ll find the cast of “Saturday Night” alongside what their real-life counterparts looked like back then.

Sony/Getty Images Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle)

Lorne Michaels is the creator and, to this day, producer of “Saturday Night Live.” He’s played in “Saturday Night” by Gabriel Labelle, who had his breakout role in Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans.

Rachel Sennott didn’t get into the premier sketch comedy group during her tenure at NYU. Now she’s playing one of the architects of the world’s most famous sketch comedy show in Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night. Co-written by the latter and Gil Kenan, the biographical comedy-drama chronicles the messy 90-minute period before the first episode of Saturday Night Live on Oct. 11, 1975. Sennott portrays writer Rosie Shuster, who’s also the first wife of SNL creator Lorne Michaels (Gabriel Labelle). And much like their ambitious attempt to shake up NBC’s Saturday night programming, their marriage, as depicted in the film, is in a similarly fragile, yet oddly collaborative, state.

In contrast with a lot of her castmates, Sennott didn’t have a great deal of existing material to reference during prep, but she did have the ultimate resource one phone call away.

“I spoke to Rosie, which was amazing.

Ali Abbasi’s Donald Trump biopic is set to hit theaters less than a month before Election Day on Friday, October 11. Sebastian Stan stars as Trump the businessman well before his days as U.S. president, and opposite Jeremy Strong as right-wing lawyer Roy Cohn. At the film’s New York City premiere on Tuesday, October 8, the stars talked about the perfect timing of the project.

“It’s very fortuitous, I guess,” Stan told IndieWire. “And also, apparently it’s coming out on Fred Trump’s actual birthday, which I just learned about an hour ago. Well, maybe that’s meant to mean something.”

“I mean, we’re here on a red carpet and all the hoopla, but like, kidding aside, it feels like the highest stakes moment in the history of this country we happen to be in,” Strong told us. “We happen to have been part of a...

This article contains spoilers for "It's What's Inside."

As fantastical as the concept seems, the first body swap movie dates all the way back to 1916 with the British fantasy flick "Vice Versa," where a young schoolboy magically swaps bodies with his overbearing father. It's based on the even older 1882 novel of the same name and would mark the start of one of the most evergreen cinematic tropes that exists beyond the confines of genre. Body swap movies are most prominent in family-friendly comedy flicks like the "Freaky Friday" franchise or the criminally underrated "Wish Upon a Star" with Danielle Harris and a young Katherine Heigl, or even action films like John Woo's "Face/Off." Science-fiction films usually explore body swapping as some sort of technological advancement, comic books boast plenty of body swap stories (so it's only a matter of time before we see one in live-action), and even horror...

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It’s What’s Inside is a sci-fi comedy horror film written and directed by Greg Jardin. The Netflix film revolves around a group of college friends who reunite before one of them gets married but the arrival of an uninvited guest with a mysterious suitcase starts to tear the group apart. It’s What’s Inside stars Alycia Debnam-Carey, Gavin Leatherwood, James Morosini, Reina Hardesty, David W. Thompson, Madison Davenport, Nina Bloomgarden, Hailee Keanna Lautenbach, and Brittany O’Grady. So, if you loved the thrilling suspense, compelling characters, and an intensely dramatic story with a tinge of comedy in It’s What’s Inside here are some similar movies you should check out next.

Talk To Me (Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – A24

Talk To Me is a supernatural horror thriller film directed by Danny and Michael Philippou from a screenplay...

There seems to be a new subgenre of horror/thriller movies emerging of late: ‘Game night gone wrong’. We’ve had the bloody-murder of Bodies Bodies Bodies and the demonic possession of Talk To Me — and now we have the literal mind-bending chaos of It’s What’s Inside, a fun and stylish rethink of body-swap movies. What if, this film posits, instead of two people swapping bodies, as has been traditional — it was eight people?

It has been described as “Clue for Zoomers”, which is not far off the mark. Like Bodies Bodies Bodies and Talk To Me, this is a film made explicitly for and about Generation Z, and deeply considers their obsessions, anxieties and pathologies. It begins in a frantic manner, reflecting the social-media generation’s attention-demanded brains, as Shelby (Brittany O'Grady), our lead, frantically scrolls through her Instagram, bombarded with data and input. She’s dating Cyrus (James Morosini...

Editor’s note: this list was originally published in October 2022. It has since been updated with new entries.

Short of outright sobs, there are just two sounds you’ll hear coming from movie theaters: laughter and screams. When filmmakers can successfully elicit both — running horror-loving audiences through emotional minefields that chase each adrenaline spike with just enough comedic relief to set them up for another shock — their films take on an almost electric quality. Just thinking of the stunning yet silly reveals in genre staples like “Shaun of the Dead” or “The Cabin in the Woods” can zap a smile on your face, and leave you itching to rewatch other memorable scenes and scares from your favorite funny yet spooky movies.

There’s considerable debate about which title merits being called the first horror comedy. Numerous shorts, including the 1920 silent film “Haunted Spooks,” might qualify. But by the time Bud Abbott...

Sarah Michelle Gellar may not be coming back for the new sequel to the slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer (watch it Here) and the follow-up I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (watch that one Here) that’s coming our way from director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Do Revenge) – since her character is dead and all – but The Rocketeer is going to be in the movie! Deadline reports that The Rocketeer star Billy Campbell, whose credits also include Cardinal, Enough, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, has signed on to join the cast.

Campbell’s co-stars will include Madelyn Cline (Outer Banks), Sarah Pidgeon (Tiny Beautiful Things), Tyriq Withers (Atlanta), and Jonah Hauer-King (The Little Mermaid). Robinson’s Do Revenge star Camila Mendes (Riverdale) was previously attached, but had to drop out due to scheduling issues. It appears that she has been replaced by Chase Sui Wonders (Bodies Bodies Bodies...

Greg Jardin’s “It’s What’s Inside” taps into the template of game nights that has hit a bit of a cultural flashpoint with the recent phenomenal success of films like “Talk to Me” and “Bodies Bodies Bodies.” The inherent chaos and looseness of the situation, as well as the playfully shifting tension within a circle of friends, can provide the bulwark for scintillating, edgy dramas. These circumstances are rife with unpredictable stakes. Things seem to be almost constantly perched on the anvil of disaster. No one knows when and how the mood can darken or lighten. This giddying thrill and uncertainty form the trope’s biggest strengths.

Such films also rely on a solid ensemble’s efficacy and quicksilver potential, in which every actor is perfectly clued into the other’s dynamic energies. Everyone has to be on some sort of similar page. Only then can there be some genuine fun,...

If you’re the kind of person who enjoys the specific genre that is Gen Z satirical horror-comedies like Bodies Bodies Bodies or Talk To Me, though the latter’s not really a comedy, then It’s What’s Inside certainly has to make your watchlist right this instant. The movie, now on Netflix, is the definition of party chaos, which plays out in an interesting, comprehensive, and horrifying way—a thrilling combination if you ask me. It’s What’s Inside tells the story of 8 college mates reuniting at a pre-wedding party to celebrate in a massive mansion with some funky set decor. The group’s super excited, but there’s one guy who’s been away for a very long time. Beware, my friends, if an estranged bud comes your way and sets up a party game, it’s likely things aren’t going to go well. Especially when drinks and drugs are involved.

If there’s one thing movies have taught us it’s you should never, ever be alone in a house. Heck, even with other people. You’re just going to get haunted, or you’re going to get slashed, or at the very least your place will be an absolute mess in the morning and you’ll have to tell your parents what really happened. So go outside, dang it! You’re more likely to star in a romantic comedy if you’re not trapped in an isolated mansion on a dark and gloomy night, making side-eyes at your old college friends who secretly hate you or want you dead.

Then again, if you do stay inside, you might as well watch Greg Jardin’s engrossingly mean-spirited “It’s What’s Inside,” which takes the familiar setup — we sure are alone in this house and nothing bad could possibly happen to us...

Stars: Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde, Antonio Banderas, Esther McGregor, Vaughn Reilly, Victor Slezak | Written and Directed by Halina Reijn

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson star in this erotic office drama from writer-director Halina Reijn’s follow-up to last year’s horror favourite Bodies Bodies Bodies. Provocative and crackling with tension, Babygirl explores ideas of desire, control and illicit sexuality from a decidedly Gen Z perspective, while playing interesting games with established erotic thriller conventions.

Kidman plays Romy Mathis, the powerful CEO of a New York robotics company, who seemingly has it all, including two teenage daughters (Esther McGregor and Vaughan Reilly) and an apparently happy marriage to successful theatre director Jacob (Antonio Banderas). However, there are early hints that something is missing, because – in the opening scene – after faking an orgasm with Jacob, Romy sneaks off to a different room and masturbates to dodgy daddy porn on her laptop.

Oscar winner Nicole Kidman stars as Romy, a high-powered CEO who jeopardizes her family and career when she starts an affair with Samuel, a younger intern (Harris Dickinson), in A24’s Babygirl. The official trailer shows the early flirtations that quickly escalate to a steamy, illicit affair.

“I really decided in the beginning, I want to make a sexual film, just as sexual as all these films that I’ve always admired so much, but now I’m going to do it completely through female eyes. What does that mean and what does that look like?” stated writer/director Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies).

The cast also includes Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) as Esme, Romy’s assistant, and Antonio Banderas as Romy’s husband, Jacob. Reijn’s behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Jasper Wolf, production designer Stephen Carter, editor Matthew Hannam, and costume designers Kurt Swanson and Bart Mueller.

Nicole Kidman could be on the verge of receiving her sixth acting Oscar bid for the upcoming A24 erotic thriller “Babygirl,” directed by Halina Reijn, best known for the indie film “Bodies Bodies Bodies” (2022). With the movie already making its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival and Kidman taking home the Volpi Cup for Best Actress, let’s take a closer look at her five previous Oscar nominations, including her one win.

Her first recognition came for the Baz Luhrmann jukebox musical “Moulin Rouge” (2001), where Kidman portrayed a cabaret performer and courtesan in love with an English poet. It is certainly one of her most physical performances, as she performs extravagant musical numbers and showcases strong emotions as her character Satine suffers through an illness. Kidman won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and was part of the movie’s eight Oscar nominations,...

Today marks the launch of No Sleep October, a month-long celebration for Halloween and horror fans alike. Max’s brand new exclusive films, horror library, imaginative curations, designs, and specially designed art featuring iconic stars from fans’ favorite scary movies will haunt viewers and keep them up all night with fear.

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Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson explore power dynamics with a high-stakes love affair in the trailer for the erotic thriller Babygirl.

A24 releases writer-director Halina Reijn’s feature in theaters nationwide on Dec. 25, although the film is a bit steamier than traditional holiday fare. Also starring Antonio Banderas and Sophie Wilde, Babygirl centers on Romy (Kidman), a feared CEO who begins a romance with Samuel (Dickinson), a much-younger intern at her company.

“If we’re going to do this, we need to set some rules that you and I both agree on,” Dickinson instructs Kidman in the trailer. “Starting with, I tell you what to do, and you do it.”

At a later point in the footage, Kidman tells her new beau, “You’re very young. I don’t want to hurt you.” Dickinson replies, “Hurt me? I think I have power over you because I could make one call,...

"You're very young... I don't want to hurt you." Oh boy. A24 has revealed the sizzling official trailer for the erotic thriller film titled Babygirl, which originally premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival last month (and won Best Actress). Babygirl is the latest feature from Dutch filmmaker Halina Reijn, following up her horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies recently. Written and directed by Reijn, Babygirl stars Nicole Kidman as a powerful CEO at a major corporation based in New York City. She begins an erotic affair with a hunky new intern who strolls through her company's doors one day. The two explore an intimate sub-dom relationship as they both come to understand their own sexuality. Babygirl also stars Harris Dickinson, Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, Esther McGregor. This is a fantastic trailer and a clever marketing campaign (since it opens on Christmas Day) but I'm not the biggest fan of the film overall.

Nicole Kidman recently starred in the Netflix comedy A Family Affair, which involved an unusual tryst with a younger man. Now, Kidman’s lust gets her into more than she bargained for again with the much darker-toned Babygirl. A24 has just released the trailer for this intense and unconventional erotic thriller that plays with power struggle, consent, grooming, and coercion. Our own Chris Bumbray enjoyed the provocative film at TIFF this year, saying in his review, “It’s controversial, but it’s also one of the sexier films to come along in recent memory. Kidman deserves major praise for her consistent refusal to play it safe as an actress.”

Babygirl stars Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos), Antonio Banderas (Desperado), Harris Dickinson (The Iron Claw), Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me), and Jean Reno (Léon: The Professional). Babygirl will cheekily be released in theaters just in time for Christmas viewings, giving it a December 25 release date.

One day after Focus Features debuted the new trailer for Robert Eggers’s “Nosferatu,” the gothic horror film the studio will release on Christmas Day, A24 has upped the holiday ante. The bespoke distributor has its own bit of merry counterprogramming lined up for December 25 with “Babygirl,” the erotic thriller that won star Nicole Kidman the prestigious Volpi Cup for Best Actress at this year’s Venice Film Festival.

Written and directed by Halina Reijn, “Babygirl” stars Kidman as a high-power chief executive who starts a torrid affair with a young intern (played by Harris Dickinson). The film toys with power dynamics and sexual politics and won strong reviews after its Venice debut for Kidman, who could receive her sixth Oscar nomination for the role. (She won Best Actress at the 2003 ceremony for “The Hours.”)

“It left me ragged. At some point I was like, I don’t want to be touched.

Nicole Kidman stars as an uptight CEO who is sexually liberated by her intern, played by Harris Dickinson. Here’s the Babygirl trailer.

Director Halina Reijn is swapping horror satires for erotic thrillers with her new film Babygirl, which made quite the splash at Cannes Film Festival in May. The film follows Nicole Kidman’s CEO who begins an intense affair with Harris Dickinson’s intern.

Take a look at the first Babygirl trailer below.

Babygirl is certainly miles away from Reijn’s breakthrough film, the sharp and brutal horror comedy Bodies Bodies Bodies. The film was warmly received at Cannes and currently holds a 93% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes. Nicole Kidman picked up the Best Actress trophy at the Venice film festival as well.

Kidman and Harrison are joined by Antonio Banderas and Sophie Wilde in the film, while Reijn has also written the script. As you can tell from the trailer,...

While Nicole Kidman has been busy starring in practically every prestige limited drama series as of late, she’s been keeping a secret.

The trailer for her new movie “Babygirl” dropped Tuesday morning and it’s teasing more than her return to the silver screen amid some silver bells. In fact, A24 describes the film as: “A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.”

When Kidman’s boss character is saved from a potential dog attack by a young, handsome stranger (Harris Dickinson), the chemistry in their brief interaction is tested when he winds up under her mentorship. Except, he ends up being the one with the power — going so far as making her drink milk and beg for more.

After premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, TheWrap’s Ben Croll reviewed the movie as a...

Fresh off Bodies Bodies Bodies, A24 and director Halina Reijn are back together for Babygirl, an erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman that released its official trailer this morning.

Babygirl releases in theaters on December 25. Watch the official trailer below.

Nicole Kidman, Antonio Banderas and Harris Dickinson lead the cast of A24’s Babygirl, while Sophie Wilde (Talk to Me) and Jean Reno round out the all-star cast.

In the film, “A successful CEO begins an illicit affair with her much younger intern.”

Halina Reijn wrote the screenplay and also directed Babygirl.

David Hinojosa of 2Am will produce alongside Reijn of Man Up Film and A24, who is financing the project. Julia Oh, Zach Nutman and Christine D’Souza Gelb of 2Am will serve as executive producers. This marks the second collaboration between Halina Reijn and A24 after her satirical slasher Bodies Bodies Bodies, also produced by Hinojosa.

A24 also acquired Reijn’s directorial debut,...

A24 has released the trailer for its new erotic thriller “Babygirl,” which debuted in competition at the 81st Venice Film Festival on Aug. 30 and will open in theaters nationwide on Christmas Day from A24. Nicole Kidman won the best actress prize at Venice for her performance in the film.

According to the official logline, the film follows Kidman as a top-level business executive who “puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern (Harris Dickinson).” Supporting cast members include Antonio Banderas, Sophie Wilde, Esther McGregor, Victor Slezak, Vaughan Reilly and Leslie Silva.

“All of us carry a little black box filled with taboo fantasies that we might never share with anyone. I am fascinated by the duality of human nature, and this film is an attempt to shine a light, without judgment, on the opposing forces that make up our personalities,...

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Nicole Kidman’s Romy has been a “good girl” — so says Harris Dickinson’s character Samuel in the official trailer for Babygirl, the buzzy Halina Reijn erotic thriller about a high-powered executive who engages in an illicit romance with her intern.

The tantalizing trailer teases the cat-and-mouse relationship between Romy and Samuel, whose immediate, knee-buckling chemistry kickstarts an affair that would certainly raise an Hr violation or two. Spliced with shots of the two in hotel rooms, bars and clubs, the duo play with the inherent power and gender dynamics within their personal and professional lives.

Hailing from writer-director Reijn, Babygirl premiered to strong reviews in Venice earlier in the summer, nabbing a seven-minute standing ovation from viewers. The A24 film follows Kidman’s CEO as she puts her life’s work on the line when she begins the torrid affair.

Premiering with much fervor at Venice Film Festival, Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies follow-up Babygirl finds Nicole Kidman playing a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern, played by Harris Dickinson. With Kidman picking up Best Actress at the festival, A24 has now set the film for a Christmas release and the first trailer has arrived.

Savina Petkova said in her review, “Boosted by Locarno-awarded debut Instinct, Dutch actor-director Halina Reijn fit nicely in the A24 canon with her satirical thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies. Yet the latter elicited rather lukewarm critical responses and it almost seemed Reijn might have been a one-hit European wonder fallen prey to the American dream. Then came Babygirl. As one of the first competition titles to grace the Lido, it promises a lot: not only does its title roll...