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It may not seem like the most obvious choice for a Christmas movie – a brutal action film with a protagonist traumatized by a failed mission in the jungle – but Triggered (Topakk) is one of the ten films selected for this year’s Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) and is opening across the Philippines on December 25.  Starring Arjo Atayde and Julia Montes, the Tagalog-language film had its world premiere at Locarno film festival in 2023 and has been touring other festivals over the past year. Atayde plays a former special forces operative, now working as a security guard and…

Variety Awards Circuit section is the home for all awards news and related content throughout the year, featuring the following: the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and Tony Awards ceremonies, curated by Variety senior awards editor Clayton Davis. The prediction pages reflect the current standings in the race and do not reflect personal preferences for any individual contender. As other formal (and informal) polls suggest, competitions are fluid and subject to change based on buzz and events. Predictions are updated every Thursday. Explore Awards Circuit Predictions PagesOscars  |  Emmys  |  Grammys  |  Tonys DUNE: PART TWO, (aka DUNE: PART 2, aka DUNE…

Oppenheimer’s Christopher Nolan has named Gladiator II as his favorite movie of 2024. Gladiator II was released in United States theaters in November 2024. Directed by Ridley Scott, who also directed the original, Oscar-winning Gladiator movie with Russell Crowe released in 2000, Gladiator II stars Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Connie Nielsen, and more. Per Variety, Nolan has picked Gladiator II as his favorite movie of 2024. What did Christopher Nolan say about Gladiator II? “In Ridley Scott’s first Gladiator, Maximus asks us, ‘Are you not entertained?’ and we’re confronted with the truth of why we’d visit the Colosseum through a…

Self-described movie lover Tom Cruise attends special screening of A Complete Unknown with Timothée Chalamet, James Mangold & more. One of my favourite conspiracy theories involves people questioning whether Tom Cruise has ever actually seen a movie. I mean, I’m sure he has… right? He must have… The man loves movies. All kidding aside, Tom Cruise is always down to support the big-screen experience, and he recently joined the cast of A Complete Unknown at a special screening in London. Check out some pictures from the event below! The screening of A Complete Unknown was also a Top Gun: Maverick…

To prepare for her breakout role, Kerry Washington went all the way to the top. While reminiscing about her starring role as Olivia Pope on Scandal, the 2x Golden Globe nominee revealed that she made a call to the White House after landing the part in Shonda Rhimes‘ ABC drama. “I had to call Valerie Jarrett, who worked for the Obamas, and say, ‘I just want you to know that I’ve been cast in this show. Lil awkward, because on the show I’m sleeping with the president,’” she recalled on The View. “But like, you know, it’s gonna be fine,…

It can be tricky keeping track of which movies release each week, especially with the holiday season ushering in a tidal wave of awards films and four-quadrant blockbusters. With a few big titles still left for the year, check out what is coming to theaters in December. After last weekend’s underwhelming audience turnout for both “Kraven the Hunter” and the animated “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim,” a new series of blockbusters are hoping to capture the financial success of “Wicked” and “Moana 2.” “Mufasa: The Lion King” is Disney’s sequel to the 2019 billion-dollar grossing…

A new batch of M3GAN 2.0 images are out, showcasing the return of Violet McGraw’s Cady and the first look at the titular robot in her return for the horror sequel. The new images come from Entertainment Weekly, and show off McGraw’s Cady working at a table similar to the one her aunt, Gemma (played by Allison Williams) did in the first movie. It’s unclear what she’s doing, but it seems like Cady has taken an interest in robotics much like her aunt. The other image shows off M3GAN, donned in a blue outfit and looking menacingly at something. It’s…

Last year, when Renny Harlin was promoting his film, The Bricklayer, JoBlo asked him about the making of Die Hard 2: Die Harder, and he had high praise for star Bruce Willis, who he compared, favourably, to the new generation of action stars, who seem reluctant to ever allow themselves to get beaten up on-screen, Willis never had this issue, said Harlin: “I really wanted Bruce Willis to get really screwed up. His face is a bloody mess by the end of the movie, and like you said, it really does make the character more heroic. They are really taking…

The integration of Netflix’s Marvel shows into our current MCU is about to commence with the return of Daredevil/Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) just a couple of months away in the Disney+ series, Daredevil: Born Again. This show will also welcome back The Punisher/Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal), and it has led fans to wonder if we could see any more of the Defenders return either in this series or in shows of their own. This is why fans took notice when Marvel’s Head of Streaming, Television, and Animation, Brad Winderbaum revealed at the D23 Brazil Expo that he would like the…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s most talked-about movies continues with Challengers, Amazon MGM Studios’ sports drama from director Luca Guadagnino and written by Justin Kuritzkes, the duo that would who would go on to team on this year’s Daniel Craig-starrer Queer. Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in Challengers, a nonlinear story focusing on a complex throuple that the audience watches like a thrilling, head-turning rally. The film, which was due to premiere the 2023 Venice Film Festival before being hampered by the SAG-AFTRA strike, bowed in April of this year and…