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Who knew pop star Ariana Grande was an adept musical comedienne? That surprise discovery should land her an Oscar nomination for Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the global hit musical “Wicked”, which will prove a box-office juggernaut. On that much “Screen Talk” co-hosts Ryan Lattanzio and Anne Thompson agree; but he hates the cheesy visuals and loves Jonathan Bailey’s charismatic supporting turn as the romantic interest of both witches-in-training, while Anne admires the music, well-produced by Marc Platt and delivered with gusto by Cynthia Erivo and Grande.

“Wicked” follows Steven Spielberg’s recent “West Side Story,” which earned seven nominations in 2022 and a win for another supporting discovery, Ariana DeBose. And Rob Marshall’s film version of Bob Fosse’s “Chicago” (2002) was also one of 10 musical Best Picture winners. But we agree they were executed with more visual and technical mastery.

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A two-time Oscar-nominated actor known for his serious chops, Jude Law, has been spreading his wings a little bit and trying out the world of franchises in recent years. His first foray into that blockbuster domain was “Sherlock Holmes” with Robert Downey Jr. In recent years, he did a stint in Marvel’s “Captain Marvel” alongside Brie Larson, and next month in December, he joins the “Star Wars” universe in Lucasfilm’s upcoming series, “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.”

We recently caught up with Law to discuss his upcoming FBI/white supremacy drama, “The Order,” directed by Justin Kurzel (“Macbeth”) and co-starring Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, and many more.

Continue reading Jude Law Says Sticking Around For More ‘Star Wars’ & Marvel Are Up To Those Studios, But ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ Has A New Script at The Playlist.

A sprawling lineup of filmmakers, including Sean Penn, Tim Burton, Alfonso Cuaron, Justine Triet, Ava DuVernay and David Cronenberg will attend the Marrakech Film Festival and take part in conversations in front of audiences.

In total, 18 directors, actors, screenwriters and producers from six continents will participate in on-stage discussions to reflect on their craft, lives and careers at the festival, which kicks off Nov. 29 and runs until Dec. 7.

Surpassing the talent roster of major international festivals such as Cannes or Venise, this year’s Marrakech conversations program will also includes Iranian director, screenwriter and producer Mohammad Rasoulof; Australian director and screenwriter Justin Kurzel; French director and screenwriter François Ozon; British actor Gemma Arterton; Brazilian director and screenwriter Walter Salles; Russian director and screenwriter Kirill Serebrennikov; Mauritanian director and screenwriter Abderrahmane Sissako (“Timbuktu”); Moroccan filmmakers Alaa Eddine Aljem (“The Unknown Saint”), Yasmine Benkiran (“Queens”), Ismaël El Iraki (“Zanka Contact”) and Kamal Lazraq...

Actors have to face multiple challenges on set, many of which require them to push their boundaries. Several A-listers have had to come out of their comfort zones to deliver path-breaking emotional and or physical scenes.

Nude scenes similarly have been a part of the debate for different Hollywood actors. Some might shy away from filming such raw scenes, but Sydney Sweeney is certainly not one of them. The Euphoria star also believes in motivating her co-stars for the stance. Referencing the same, she cheered for Jude Law and his bold movie for an upcoming film.

The controversial take: Sydney Sweeney’s bold support Sydney Sweeney in Euphoria | Credits: HBO

Sydney Sweeney has been in the industry for several years, appearing in phenomenal shows like Criminal Minds, Pretty Little Liars, Grey’s Anatomy, and more. She also showed her brilliance in The Handmaid’s Tale and Everything Sucks!

However, it was her...

“What a thrill to be here in the Criterion … cupboard,” said Jude Law as he cheekily hinted at his British sensibilities within what is actually — quite famously — known as the Criterion Closet. Though America has many faults, this is not one of them and we will forgive Law this grievous correction.

Taking a stop in the closet amidst promoting his period cop thriller “The Order” and the upcoming Disney+ series “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew,” Law took home six films that reflect his broad appreciation for cinema and all it can offer. After pulling off Andrei Tarkovsky’s “Stalker” and discussing its “stillness” alongside another one of the filmmaker’s epic works, “Andrei Rubelev,” the actor selected a classic French film with connections to one of his earliest roles.

“So this holds a very special place in my heart. ‘Purple Noon’ or ‘Plein Soleil,’ which was the first realization of ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley...

Marc Maron, Gaby Hoffmann and David Krumholtz have joined the cast of Jeremy Allen White’s Bruce Springsteen biopic “Deliver Me From Nowhere.”

Maron will play Chuck Plotkin, the music producer who mastered Springsteen’s “Nebraska” album, turning his unprocessed cassette demos into a high-quality record. Hoffmann will portray Springsteen’s mother, Adele Springsteen, a singer in her own right who died at age 98 earlier this year. Krumholtz will play Al Teller, a record label executive who oversaw the release of “Nebraska.”

From Disney’s 20th Century Studios, “Deliver Me From Nowhere” follows Springsteen during the creation of his 1982 album “Nebraska,” a stripped-down record that marked a creative shift from the anthemic “Born to Run” and “The River.” The movie is currently filming in New Jersey and New York. Springsteen, who is involved in the making of the film, visited the set earlier this week and was photographed hugging White.

Justin Kurzel’s timely thriller “The Order,” starring Jude Law as a FBI agent fighting neo-Nazi terrorists, will open the Marrakech International Film Festival with Law and producer Stuart Ford in tow.

The festival – which runs Nov. 29 to Dec. 7 in the ancient Moroccan city – has announced its lineup of more than 70 films which, as is customary, mixes known titles and fresh fare.

“The Order” will screen as part of the event’s gala screenings that also comprise French-Moroccan auteur Nabil Ayouch’s feminist musical drama “Everybody Loves Touda,” Walter Salles’ “I’m Still Here” and Mohammad Rasoulof’s “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” all of which will be accompanied by their directors.

The 14-title competition dedicated to first and second works includes Moroccan director Saïd Hamich Benlarbi’s melodrama “Across the Sea,” about North African exiles in Marseilles, and Hind Meddeb’s doc “Sudan, Remember Us,” which pays homage to...

The Marrakech Film Festival unveiled its 2024 lineup on Thursday and set that Luca Guadagnino would replace Thomas Vinterberg as its jury president. The other jury members will be Andrew Garfield, Jacob Elordi, Virginie Efira, and Ali Abbasi. Vinterberg “had to excuse himself for family reasons,” festival organizers said.

The Marrakech fest on Thursday also unveiled the lineup for its competition, 11th Continent, and Moroccan Panorama sections, as well as gala and special screenings. In the competition, 14 films will compete for the Étoile d’Or, or Golden Star.

The 21st edition of the fest in Morocco will also honor Sean Penn, David Cronenberg and, posthumously, pay homage to Moroccan star Naïma Elmcherqui. The Marrakech fest takes place Nov. 29-Dec. 7.

Check out the full lineup for the 2024 edition below.

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Across The Sea (LA Mer Au Loin)

by Saïd Hamich Benlarbi / France, Morocco, Belgium

with Ayoub Gretaa, Anna Mouglalis, Grégoire Colin, Omar Boulakirba,...

Das Marrakech International Film Festival hat den Eröffnungsfilm und das Programm für seine von 29. November bis 7. Dezember stattfindende Ausgabe sowie eine Änderung beim Juryvorsitz bekannt gegeben.

„The Order“ eröffnet das Marrakech International Film Festival (Credit: Michelle Faye)

In Anwesenheit von Regisseur Justin Kurzel und Produzent Stuart Ford wird „The Order“ (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung), der in Venedig seine Weltpremiere gefeiert und das Zurich Film Festival eröffnet hatte, am 29. November das Marrakech International Film Festival eröffnen. Das gaben die Veranstalter jetzt bekannt.

Der auf wahren Begebenheiten beruhende Thriller mit Jude Law in der Hauptrolle eines FBI-Agenten, der eine rechtsextreme Terrorzelle aushebt, wird beim Marrakech International Film Festival, das bis 7. Dezember dauert, im Rahmen eines Gala-Screenings gezeigt, wie u.a. auch Mohammad Rasoulofs deutscher Oscarkandidat „Die Saat des heiligen Feigenbaums“.

Das Programm des Marrakech International Film Festival umfasst insgesamt 70 Filme aus 32 Ländern. Unter den 14 Filmen, die in den Wettbewerb eingeladen wurden, befinden sich...

Justin Kurzel’s political thriller The Order starring Jude Law will open the 21st Marrakech International Film Festival in the presence of the director and producer Stuart Ford later this month.

The film is among seven films that will be showcased as gala screenings at the Moroccan film festival, which unveiled its line-up on Thursday.

The galas also feature a trio of Best International Feature Film Oscar entries, Nabil Ayouch’s Everybody Loves Touda (Morocco), Walter Salles’s I’m Still Here (Brazil) and Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany), all of which will screen in the presence of their directors.

The festival will screen 70 features from 32 countries across sections spanning the Official Competition, Gala Screenings, Special Screenings, the 11th Continent, the Moroccan Panorama, Cinema for Young Audiences & Families, and films shown as part of the Tributes program.

The 14 first and second films in competition include French...

Marrakech International Film Festival has unveiled the full line-up for its 21st edition which will open with Justin Kurzel’s crime thriller The Order onNovember 29 and run to December 7.

Kurzel’s debut featureSnowtownwon thefestival’s jury prize in 2011, and the filmmaker returned in 2022 to serve on the jury.

This year’s jury will be presided over by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, replacing Thomas Vinterberg, and will award the Étoile d’Or for best film to one of 14 first- and second-time features in the international competition.

In total, the festival will screen 70 films from 32 countries, including 14 documentaries, 12 Moroccan titles, nine world...

Oscar nominee Dev Patel (The Green Knight) is set to star in The Journeyman, a new crime thriller fro director Tarsem Singh (The Fall) and Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios, which will produce and fully finance the project.

AGC International reps the film’s international distribution rights and will introduce it to buyers at AFM.

Scripted by the husband-and-wife duo of Bryan and Alexis Roberts, aka The Roberts, The Journeyman is the story of a struggling pro tennis player who is lured into an illegal match-fixing ring to support his family and finds himself trapped in a ruthless world of corruption and violence he may never escape.

Oscar nominee Scott Franklin is producing alongside Ford for AGC, Mason Eways for Lbi Entertainment, and Patel’s Minor Realm, with Shamier Anderson and Stephan James exec producing for Bay Mills. CAA Media Finance is handling domestic alongside AGC, with EVP of Legal...

Justin Kurzel and Zack Baylin team up to create the American crime thriller The Order. The film is based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s 1989 nonfiction novel The Silent Brotherhood, which follows an FBI agent going after a white supremacist group called the Order. The gritty, intense, high-stakes action thriller stars Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult and Tye Sheridan. The Order played at the 2024 AFI Film Festival.

The Order Review

The Order is set in 1983 when an Idaho-based FBI agent follows a pattern of bank robberies, armored car heists, and counterfeiting operations terrorizing the Pacific Northwest. The agent sets out to prove that a radical leader named Bob Matthews is leading the charge, not a prototypical organized crime.

The heist-crime genre is by far one of my favorite movies. What Justin Kurzel captures within The Order is nothing short of spectacular. Several jaw-dropping moments throughout this film will haunt you because of the sheer,...

Jude Law’s most beloved character Mr. Napkin Head almost had a very different origin story.

While fans of Nancy Meyers’ 2006 “The Holiday” are well-versed in the lore of Law’s single father character donning a white napkin over his face and wearing glasses, it turns out that the bit was originally for an entirely different movie: “Alfie.”

Law told Variety that the Mr. Napkin Head scene was cut from the 2004 feature, and Meyers took inspiration from it.

“I’d actually done Mr. Napkin Head before,” Law says. “I did ‘Alfie’ with Charles Shyer, who had been married to Nancy Meyers. And Charles included Mr. Napkin Head in ‘Alfie,’ but the scene got cut. And then I did Nancy’s film, and Mr. Napkin Head was in that.”

“Alfie,” which was a remake of the Michael Caine-led original, starred Law as the titular ladies’ man who cheats on his...

The ‘Harry Potter’ film franchise is one of the most popular of all time. However, that popularity seemingly didn’t help the “Fantastic Beasts” franchise, as the spinoff films earned far less than the ‘Hp’ films. And so much money was lost, it appears the franchise won’t get to finish its story, according to a couple of ‘Fantastic Beasts’ stars.

Speaking to Variety, while promoting his upcoming film “The Order,” Jude Law was asked about the status of the ‘Fantastic Beasts’ films.

Continue reading ‘Fantastic Beasts’: Both Jude Law & Eddie Redmayne Believe The Film Series Is Dead at The Playlist.

I can’t keep up with him.

On a recent September afternoon, Jude Law is running away from the set of “Black Rabbit,” a Netflix miniseries where he plays a Manhattan nightclub owner who welcomes his troublemaker brother back into his life. Today’s setup, shot in the South Street Seaport, involves a flashback sequence between Law’s character and his scraggly sibling, played by Jason Bateman. Law and I are supposed to meet in the lobby of a hotel after the scene wraps, but filming goes over, and his assistant, Ryan, texts me that Law wants to talk to me as he walks to his trailer a few blocks away. But by the time I make it outside, he’s already a distant figure on the horizon.

Is he that man in blue? “No, he’s in the gray,” Ryan says. “He’s fucking quick.” Unless we sprint — and...

Is Juror #2 Clint Eastwood”’s swan song?

“Who knows? He’s been saying that for a long time” exclaimed Eastwood’s longtime producer Tim Moore last night at the world premiere of the Warner Bros movie. Juror #2 was played the Tcl Chinese Theatre in Hollywood as AFI Fest’s closing night film.

Moore continued, “At 94 years old, he’s still making films. I’ve been with him for 23 years. I always said I’d retire before he did and I haven’t retired yet.” Moore credits with Eastwood including the 4x Oscar winner’s highest grossing title, American Sniper ($547.6M) as well as The Mule, J. Edgar and more.

Juror #2 follows Nicholas Hoult as Justin Kemp, a recovering alcoholic-journalist who is awaiting his first child with his wife. He gets called to the jury of a murder trial in Georgia, and soon realizes he might be closer to the victim than originally realized.

Clint Eastwood’s 42nd and possibly last film as director (hope not), Juror #2, also happens to be his best since American Sniper. At 94, this remarkable filmmaker not only still has it, he actually has it in spades over some half his age.

Delivering a classic courtroom drama — not a genre he has worked in much — Eastwood has made not just a riveting suspenseful thriller and family drama but also one with penetrating themes such as moral complexity and dealing with a crisis of conscience. It asks the question: What would you do in a similar circumstance but doesn’t answer that with easy solutions. It’s complicated, to say the least.

Eastwood, working with a fine original screenplay by Jonathan Abrams, has made one of the most compelling human dramas of his career, one that inevitably will resonate with smart adult audiences. You could hear a pin drop at Sunday...

Nicholas Alexander Chavez is rubbing shoulders with some famous faces amid the success of his Netflix series Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story!

The 25-year-old actor, who also stars in Ryan Murphy‘s new series Grotesquerie, attended the CAA Tastemaker Screening of the new movie The Order on Tuesday (October 15) in Los Angeles.

At the event, Nicholas posed for photos with the film’s cast, including Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, and Jurnee Smollett.

Other stars in attendance at the event included Jason Bateman and Saturday Night actor Gabriel Labelle.

Here’s the film’s synopsis: “For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and the public panicked throughout the Pacific Northwest. As the attacks become increasingly violent, FBI agent Terry Husk (Law) becomes convinced that the robberies are the work of a domestic terrorist gang that plan to...

El thriller policiaco está basado en hechos reales. © Vertical

Vertical ha publicado el primer tráiler y póster de The Order, el thriller policíaco dirigido por Justin Kurzel y escrito por el guionista Zach Baylin, que tuvo su estreno mundial en el Festival Internacional de Cine de Venecia.

La película, basada en los hechos reales descritos en el libro de 1989 The Silent Brotherhood, de Kevin Flynn y Gary Gerhardt, se ambienta en el noroeste del Pacífico en los años 80. El agente del FBI Terry Husk (Law) se convence de que una serie de audaces y violentos atracos a bancos y furgones blindados a plena luz del día son obra de una banda de supremacistas blancos, liderada por Bob Mathews (Hoult), que planea utilizar el dinero para financiar atentados terroristas a gran escala contra el gobierno de Estados Unidos.

El reparto de la película está encabezado por Jude Law (El talento de...

I am generally indifferent to collage style posters, particularly when designers transitioned from hand-painted to photoshop. However, I do admire the commitment to verticality taken by design house, Fable, for Justin Kurzel's neo-nazi procedural, The Order. The pull quotes, the above the line credits, festival laurel, the title, even the American flag, and Nicholas Hoult's pump action all emphasize the top-down approach here. The only outlier here is Jude Law pointing his firearm off screen. As an aside, Law is giving a magnificently haggard character-actor performance here, riffing on a specific kind Nick Offerman americana. Given its early 1980s setting, the poster here goes with a burnt cream (not sepia!) colour palette, which I am also digging here. The whole package comes together without looking too busy...

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Nicholas Hoult and Jude Law were kept apart for the first few weeks while they were filming new thriller 'The Order'.The actors star in Justin Kurzel’s crime movie with Law playing an FBI agent named Terry Husk tasked with investigating a white supremacist group called the Order with Hoult playing the group's leader Bob Mathews - and the pair were not allowed to meet until their filmed their first scene together to amp up the tension.During a screening of the film in Los Angeles on Tuesday (15.10.24), Hoult told the audience: "We’d shot for three, maybe four, weeks before that [first meeting]."It added to the energy on set, where I’d get a little buzz. The crew loved keeping us separate, and everyone was like, ‘Jude’s going over here. Keep Nick [away!]’ It got me all jazzed up."Law also spoke about the film - which is set...

The stars of The Order are very aware that their forthcoming thriller film, although set in the 1980s, tackles themes that feel as relevant as ever.

Director Justin Kurzel’s fact-based crime movie is set to hit theaters Dec. 6 from Vertical after premiering over the summer at the Venice Film Festival. Starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Jurnee Smollett and Tye Sheridan, the film follows an FBI agent (Law) investigating a white supremacist group called the Order and its possible connection to a string of robberies and other crimes in the Pacific Northwest.

Law, Hoult and Smollett took part in an onstage panel conversation about the project following a screening organized by SAG-AFTRA in Los Angeles on Tuesday. During the chat, Law, who is also a producer for The Order, discussed the contemporary resonance for the film that screenwriter Zach Baylin adapted from authors Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s 1989 nonfiction book The Silent Brotherhood.

A slew of Oscar hopefuls has already been released in theaters. Among these are two leading Best Picture contenders — “Dune: Part 2” and “Sing Sing,” which came out in March and July respectively. However, their main competition at the Academy Awards has yet to screen for the public. Scroll down to find out the release dates for the rest of the Oscars contenders.

Many of these movies have played the festival circuit and built up buzz in advance of their commercial releases. Eight of our predicted top 10 Best Picture nominees will be released between now and the end of the year.

Oscar nomination voting runs from Jan. 8 to Jan. 12 with the slate of finalists revealed on Jan. 17. Final voting is from Feb. 11 to Feb. 18 and the 2025 Oscars take place on March 2.

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Nach seiner Weltpremiere in Venedig hatte Justin Kurzels Thriller „The Order“ mit Jude Law in der Hauptrolle Anfang Oktober das Zurich Film Festival eröffnet. Jetzt wurde der Trailer veröffentlicht.

Justin Kurzels auf wahren Begebenheiten basierender Thriller „The Order“ (hier unsere Spot-Besprechung) hatte auf der Mostra seine Weltpremiere gefeiert und am 3. Oktober das Zurich Film Festival eröffnet. Jude Law spielt darin einen FBI-Agenten, der eine rechtsextreme Terrorzelle aushebt.

„The Order“ startet am 6. Dezember in den US-Kinos, einen deutschen Kinostarttermin gibt es aktuell noch nicht.

Justin Kurzel directs The Order, about an FBI agent trying to stop a US domestic terrorist group. Here’s the first trailer.

If we told you that Jude Law’s next film would see him play a ‘tenacious FBI agent hunting down a neo-Nazi terrorist group,’ your curiosity would want to know more, wouldn’t it? Crikey, hope so. We’ve done 300 words or so here, and we need the clicks.

And if we then told you that the film’s bad guys ‘had been behind a recent string of bank robberies and car heists in order to finance an armed uprising against the US government,’ (that’s according to The Hollywood Reporter’s synopsis) you’d probably think that sounded worth scrolling down a bit and clicking on an advert or something.

In fact though, the upcoming film is based on true events that occurred in 1980s Washington State,...

You’ve never seen Jude Law like this. The handsome British two-time Academy Award nominee puts on a dramatic hairline and a mustache to play a harried FBI agent investigating a neo-Nazi group in the ‘80s in the new historical crime thriller “The Order,” which got a new trailer on Thursday.

Here’s the official logline for the film, which comes out in theaters this winter from Vertical: “Based on a true story, an alarming surge in violent bombings and bank robberies in the Pacific Northwest leads a weathered FBI agent into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a charismatic domestic terrorist plotting to overthrow the US government.” Emmy nominee Nicholas Hoult stars as Bob Mathews (no relation), founder of the Order, the titular white supremacist group that was responsible for a harrowing crime spree between 1983 and 1984. The cast also includes Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Odessa Young, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron.

From Macbeth to True History Of The Kelly Gang to Nitram, across eras and genres Australian director Justin Kurzel has proven himself to be a firebrand filmmaker, capable of grabbing an audience by the throat and never letting them go through jaw-slackening imagery, tension-filled storytelling, and — to pinch a popular phrase — a seriously locked-in directorial sensibility. And his latest, true story inspired thriller The Order — in which Jude Law plays an FBI agent caught in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a Neo-Nazi (Nicholas Hoult) in 1980s Washington State — looks every bit as thrillingly tense as the Aussie helmsman's past works. Check out the official trailer below:

At a moment in time where the political temperature is rising once again across the pond, it looks like Kurzel's new movie — which begins with Nicholas Hoult's Aryan Nation leader Bob Mathews declaring that "in every revolution, someone has to fire the first...

"It's happening. The war has begun." Vertical has revealed an official trailer for The Order, the latest film from Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel, making his first film set in America this time around. The Order premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival recently, the same place his last film Nitram premiered. A series of bank robberies and car heists frightened communities in the Pacific Northwest. A lone FBI agent believes that the crimes were not the work of financially motivated criminals, rather a group of domestic terrorists. Based on a true story, an alarming surge in violent bombings & robberies leads a weathered FBI agent into a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a charismatic domestic terrorist plotting to overthrow the US government. All of this really happened, bad Americans like this do exist. Jude Law stars as the FBI agent, along with Nicholas Hoult as white supremacist Bob Mathews, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett,...

Working at quite a steady clip, Justin Kurzel followed up True History of the Kelly Gang and Nitram with The Order, which premiered this fall at Venice Film Festival. Starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron, the film tells the true story of FBI agents tracking down robberies carried out by white supremacists. Ahead of a December 6 release, the first trailer and poster have now arrived.

Here’s the synopsis: “For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and the public panicked throughout the Pacific Northwest. As the attacks become increasingly violent, FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) becomes convinced that the robberies are the work of a domestic terrorist gang that plan to use the loot to finance an armed uprising against the U.S. government. Based on a true story, The Order...

Vertical Entertainment has just sent over the trailer to their official Venice and TIFF selection — the tense thriller The Order. Justin Kurzel is in the director’s chair. Based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt’s novel The Silent Brotherhood, The Order stars Jude Law (Closer, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow), Nicholas Hoult (Superman, Renfield, Mad Max: Fury Road), and Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One, X-Men: Apocalypse, Mud).

The official synopsis reads,

“For over a year, a series of bold daylight bank robberies and armored car heists leaves law enforcement baffled and the public panicked throughout the Pacific Northwest. As the attacks become increasingly violent, FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) becomes convinced that the robberies are the work of a domestic terrorist gang that plan to use the loot to finance an armed uprising against the U.S. government.

Based on a true story,...

In just three years, Academy Award nominee Zach Baylin has established himself as one of the hottest writers in Hollywood. He already had two films in theaters this year, “Bob Marley: One Love” and “The Crow,” and Justin Kurzel‘s true crime-thriller “The Order” make three. Based on the 1989 book “The Silent Brotherhood,” Kurzel’s film chronicles the activities of the white-supremacist militant group notorious for organized crime perpetrated in the 1980s Pacific Northwest.

Continue reading ‘The Order’ Trailer: Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult & More Star In Justin Kurzel’s White Supremacist Drama at The Playlist.

Jude Law has been on fire in 2024, with “Firebrand” debuting and an announced collaboration with “City on Fire,” “Queer,” and “Challangers” screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes. Now, Law is laying down the law — literally — as an FBI agent in Justin Kurzel’s “The Order.”

Based on a true story, “The Order” follows Law’s character Terry Husk as he investigates a string of violent robberies in the Pacific Northwest. It turns out all those crimes are part of a domestic terrorist plot to overthrow the federal government. Sound familiar?

Per the official synopsis, “As the militia builds a war chest of over $4 million, Husk pursues the malevolent racist Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult) to a final bloody standoff that will go down in U.S. history.” Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron co-star.

The film is written by “King Richard” scribe Zach Baylin, with Law and “Nitram” director Kurzel both...

Jude Law is a tenacious FBI agent hunting down a neo-Nazi terrorist group who has been behind a recent string of bank robberies and car heists in order to finance an armed uprising against the U.S. government in The Order.

Based on real events in 1980s Washington State, the trailer for Justin Kurzel’s cat-and-mouse thriller (below) sees Law as agent Terry Husk, who is convinced the robberies are not the work of petty criminals but instead of a domestic terrorist gang looking to spark a race war to overthrow the government.

The trailer points to the white supremacists who are recruiting and training new members, fund-raising, killing opponents and launching terror attacks. Ultimately, Husk’s manhunt leads to Bob Mathews, a zealous racist played by Nicholas Hoult, who fronts a terror group called The Order.

“You’re not from here, huh?” a weary Mathews asks Husk from the cab...

Even though The Order is based on a true story from the 1980s, it doesn't feel like a coincidence that it's getting the big screen treatment in 2024. The Justin Kurzel-directed film takes aim at white supremacy in the United States by following a neo-Nazi group called The Order (a.

Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

Sequels have been a dominant part of the Best Adapted Screenplay conversation the past couple years, and though those productions show no signs of stopping, we have finally leveled out this year, with only two or three sequels that are seriously in the screenplay awards conversation serving as follow-ups to scripts that have already been nominated for the Oscar.

Though there is a lot of trickiness around how to campaign “Dune: Part Two,” being that voters do not often flock toward the second film in a proposed trilogy,...

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Skyler Samuels returns in the second prequel of the Aurora Teagarden Mysteries on Hallmark+, along with Evan Roderick, Marilu Henner and When Calls the Heart star, Kavan Smith.

In the movie, one of Aurora’s students is found dead, and she, Sally and Arthur are on the case, trying to find out the murderer. Read on to find out more about the new mystery movie and its cast.

Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Lesson In Murder on Hallmark+ Photo: Skyler Samuels, Marilu Henner

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The next in the prequel movies for the popular Aurora Teagarden Mysteries is set to premiere on Hallmark+ as part of the streamer’s increasing programming. According to IMDb, Aurora teaches a true crime literature class at the local university.

One night when she is supposed to help a student, she...

Jude Law traveled to Zurich to receive a special honor!

The 51-year-old actor hit the red carpet for the opening night of the 2024 Zurich Film Festival on Thursday (October 3) at Kongresshaus in Zurich, Switzerland.

Jude‘s new movie The Order was the opening night selection for the festival and he was also honored with the Golden Eye Award.

On Friday (October 4), Jude participated in a Q&a for the Zff Master series.

“Jude Law is an absolute dream guest,” Christian Jungen, artistic director at the Zurich Film Festival, said. “He is not only the leading actor in the thriller The Order, which he carries from A to Z with his charisma, but also is the producer. Although the film is set in 1983, it revolves around the machinations of right-wing extremist circles in the USA and is therefore highly topical. On the opening night, we will be awarding Jude Law a...

AGC Studios CEO Stuart Ford has called for a reset of the relationship between U.S. theatrical distributors and the independent production world, saying it is “the hot button issue of the moment”.

“If we want to return to a period of efficiency in the independent film world, there needs to be a collective solution to U.S. theatrical: how it’s done, what the economics of it are and how U.S. theatrical distributors interact with film owners, because I think that relationship is broken at the moment,” said Ford.

He was speaking on a panel exploring monetizing independent film at the Zurich Film Festival’s Zurich Summit industry event, alongside 30West Executive Vice President Maren Olsen, UTA agent Alex Brunner, Anton CEO Sébastien Raybaud and Katie Irwin, agent & Co-Head of International WME.

Ford was also in Zurich this year as the producer of Justin Kurzel’s The Order...

Christian Jungen und Roger Crotti riefen – und ganz Zürich kam. Auch weil sich am Eröffnungsabend zum 20. Jubliäum des Zurich Film Festivals keiner den Auftritt von Superstar Jude Law entgehen lassen wollte, der die Hauptrolle im Eröffnungsfilm „The Order“ spielt und einen Golden Eye Award erhielt.

Christian Jungen und Jude Law (Credit: Spot)

Ein rauschendes Fest hatten Artistic Director Christian Jungen und der neue Präsident Roger Crotti im Interview mit Spot angekündigt. Ein rauschendes Fest ist die Eröffnung der 20. Jubiläumsausgabe des Zurich Film Festival geworden. Im Kongresshaus hatte sich die Society von Zürich versammelt, um dem Ruf des Zff, es bringe Hollywood an die Limmat, zu entsprechen. Gut gelaunt stimmte man sich bei kleinen Köstlichkeiten und Getränken von Sponsor Moët Chandon ein auf den Main Event, die feierliche Gala, mit der der Startschuss gegeben wurde für zehn Tage Kino pur, „ein Once-in-a-lifetime-Festival“, wie Roger Crotti verspricht.

Die Bühne gehörte zunächst Christian Jungen,...

The Zurich Film Festival kicks off its 20th edition Thursday with a lineup of new European discoveries, some of the most acclaimed films of the year, a new center and wide-ranging industry forum.

In addition to an impressive roster of international stars, including Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Richard Gere and Pamela Anderson, the event offers a deep dive into some of the most pressing issues facing the industry at its annual Zurich Summit Conference.

Opening the fest will be Justin Kurzel’s neo-Nazi thriller “The Order,” starring Law, who will receive the festival’s Golden Eye career achievement award.

Organizers this year have streamlined the festival, eliminating its German-language Focus Competition and trimming the lineup down to 107 films, 41 fewer than last year. Zurich now has just two main competitions, for feature films and documentaries, in addition to such sidebars as Gala Premieres, Signatures, Border Lines, Hashtag #BigCityLife, Sounds and Zff for Kids.

Exclusive: The Yellow Affair has boarded world sales (excluding Australia) on Justin Kurzel’s documentary Ellis Park, his upcoming film about musician Warren Ellis.

A key member of iconic bands The Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, multi-instrumentalist Ellis has cut an unorthodox figure in music for more than three decades. The film will see the Australian musician give a guided tour through his world and an animal sanctuary dear to his heart in the forests of Sumatra. The sanctuary was co-founded by Ellis and spearheaded by the indomitable Femke den Haas, whose team of conservationists rescues trafficked and mistreated animals and then devotes years to nursing them back to health.

Having debuted at the Melbourne Film Festival in August, the movie is next set to play at the London Film Festival on October 19.

Pic is written, directed and executive produced by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel,...

AFI Fest is primed and ready to roll out.

The American Film Institute revealed the full lineup for this month’s festival, scheduled to take place in Los Angeles from Oct. 23-27. Joining the previously announced roster of films will be Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5, Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light, Samir Oliveros’ The Luckiest Man in America, Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault’s abortion rights documentary Zurawski v Texas (executive produced by Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and Jennifer Lawrence), and Paul Schrader’s Oh, Canada, among many others.

The lineup includes six red carpet premieres, 12 special screenings, 13 luminaries picks, 15 discovery films, 12 world cinema films, 14 documentaries, four after-dark titles, 54 films in the short film competition and 28 films from the AFI Conservatory Showcase presented by AMC Networks. Other notable titles include Durga Chew-Bose’s Bonjour Tristesse with Chloë Sevigny; Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste; Paolo Sorrentino...

“September 5,” “All We Imagine as Light,” “The Luckiest Man in America,” “Zurawski v Texas,” and “Oh, Canada” are among the titles that round out the 2024 AFI Fest lineup, organizers announced on Tuesday.

This year’s AFI Fest takes place in Los Angeles from October 23 to October 27.

The festival will open with the world premiere of “Music By John Williams,” the upcoming documentary about the Oscar-winning composer John Williams. The film will have a limited theatrical release before arriving on Disney+.

Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No. 2” will close the festival before it premieres in theaters on November 1.

Other big screenings at AFI Fest include “Here,” “Heretic,” “Maria,” “Nightbitch,” “Bird,” “A Real Pain,” “The Room Next Door,” “The Fire Inside,” “I’m Still Here,” “The Order,” and “Unstoppable.” AFI also plans to honor Robert Zemeckis, director of the upcoming film “Here,” which reunites the “Forrest Gump” Oscar winner with Tom Hanks and Robin Wright.

With one month to go before showtime at the 47th Denver Film Festival, festival organizers have peeled back the curtain to reveal this year’s official selections, honorees and jurors.

Presented by Denver Film, the festival will kick off with the opening night presentation of Malcolm Washington’s directorial debut The Piano Lesson from Netflix on Nov. 1. Hitting the screen at the McA Denver at the Holiday Theater, The Piano Lesson is an August Wilson adaptation starring Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Stephan James, Erykah Badu and more.

The festival runs Nov. 1-10, and during that time 185 features, documentaries and shorts will screen in the Colorado capital. Justin Kurzel’s The Order starring Jude Law as an FBI agent on the trail of a white supremacist group in the Pacific Northwest will serve as a centerpiece presentation on Nov. 8. The film, which also...

After a successful run hosting last year’s Spirit Awards, former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Aidy Bryant is returning for the event’s 40th anniversary. Now four decades strong, the awards have become a key fundraiser for Film Independent’s year-round initiatives.

“We couldn’t ask for a better host for our 40th anniversary! As we prepare to celebrate this incredible milestone honoring the outstanding achievements and contributions within the independent world, we welcome Aidy back with open arms. After her unforgettable turn last year, we can once again anticipate an evening filled with laughter, inspiration, and recognition of excellence,” said Josh Welsh, president of Film Independent.

Bryant was on “SNL” for 10 years, earning three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including two for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also co-created and starred in the Hulu show “Shrill,” for which she earned an Emmy nomination in 2021 for Outstanding...

Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to Michael Tyburski’s romantic comedy Turn Me On, which world premiered in the New Directors competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

The deal was brokered by UTA’s Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers and the release is set for early 2025.

London and Paris-based Film Constellation handles worldwide sales, with UK distribution recently announced with Signature Entertainment.

Starring Bel Powley and Nick Robinson, Turn Me One is set in a world where the inconvenience of human emotion has been eradicated by a daily vitamin.

Vertical has acquired North American distribution rights to Michael Tyburski’s romantic comedy Turn Me On, which world premiered in the New Directors competition at the San Sebastian International Film Festival.

The deal was brokered by UTA’s Independent Film Group and CAA Media Finance on behalf of the filmmakers and the release is set for early 2025.

London and Paris-based Film Constellation handles worldwide sales, with UK distribution recently announced with Signature Entertainment.

Starring Bel Powley and Nick Robinson, Turn Me One is set in a world where the inconvenience of human emotion has been eradicated by a daily vitamin.

Oscar race contenders Justin Kurzel’s The Order, Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist and Tim Fehlbaum’s September 5 have joined the lineup for the Austin Film Festival, which has unveiled the full screening lineup for its 31st edition.

The Order, the neo-Nazi crime thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult, will be a Centerpiece Film presentation, with writer Zach Baylin and star Tye Sheridan attending. And the Oct. 24 to 31 festival will open with Malcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson, which stars Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Deadwyler. Virgil Williams, who co-wrote the Netflix stage-to-screen adaptation produced by Denzel Washington, will attend.

Also headed to Austin is Maria, Pablo Larrain’s Maria Callas biopic for Netflix that stars Angelina Jolie. This year’s world premieres include the paranoia-thriller Crossword, co-written, directed and also starring Michael Vlamis in his directorial debut; the folk-horror pic The Fetch, starring Robert Longstreet...

AFI Fest continues to roll out selections for next month’s festival ahead of the reveal of the full lineup.

The latest additions, billed as red carpet premieres, include the Hugh Grant-starrer Heretic from Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, and Pablo Larraín’s Maria starring Angelina Jolie as the famed opera singer.

Heretic comes first, with its L.A. premiere scheduled for Oct. 24, while Maria will hit the big screen on Oct. 26. Both will screen at Hollywood’s historic Tcl Chinese Theatre. Heretic, to be released by A24 on Nov. 8, follows two missionaries (Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical man. Larraín’s Maria casts Jolie as Callas and follows her on her final days in Paris. The film, released by Netflix this fall, also stars Pierfrancesco Favino, Alba Rohrwacher, Haluk Bilginer and Kodi Smit-McPhee.