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A24 Has a Series in the Works with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun
A24 is staying in the Steven Yeun business, and business is booming. Fresh off his Oscar nomination for A24’s Minari on Monday (the first Asian American to ever be nominated for Best Leading Actor), a bidding war has broken out for a new series produced by the hit studio, starring Yeun and Ali Wong. Netflix, Amazon, FX, and Apple are all […] More
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A24 Acquires ‘Red Rocket’
A24 and Sean Baker are reuniting, as the studio has acquired North American distribution rights to his latest project, Red Rocket. FilmNation Entertainment owns the global rights for the film. Red Rocket will be Baker’s first film since 2017’s The Florida Project, which A24 also distributed, a collaboration that earned the film high praise and plenty of awards attention, including […] More
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A24 Wants to Be in the ‘Pleasure’ Business
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival ended last week, with plenty of acclaimed films still without a home for distribution. One that is no longer on the market, however, is Ninja Thyberg’s porn industry drama Pleasure, which has officially been acquired by A24 for its U.S. distribution. A24 will release a full uncensored version of the film, as […] More
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Film Review: ‘Saint Maud’ is Finally Here, Answering Your Prayers
If you’ve paid attention to Twitter – particularly the chaotic faction known as Film Twitter – at any point last year, there were loud calls for A24 to release writer-director Rose Glass’ feature debut Saint Maud. Film Twitter, much to its chagrin, has to wait until July (hopefully) for A24’s other desperately sought-after title The […] More
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Darren Aronofsky is Teaming with A24 for his Next Film
Darren Aronofsky is looking to return behind the camera for the first time since his 2017 film mother!, bringing an adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter’s stage play The Whale to the big screen. Deadline reports that A24 is producing the project alongside Aronofsky’s Protozoa Pictures. Hunter is adapting his play for the screen, telling the story of a 600lb. father who has isolated from […] More
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Montclair Film Festival Review: ‘Minari’ is an Intimate Look at Assimilation
A darling for nearly all who have seen it since its debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Minari is undeniably lovely. It makes sense, too, since this scratches so many of the itches that are necessary to turn an independent drama into a crossover success. At the same time, for someone like myself who likes […] More
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Film Review: ‘On the Rocks’ is a Perfect Vehicle for Bill Murray and a Love Letter to New York City
There is an element of On the Rocks that takes on an added significance during our current times. Surely, filmmaker Sofia Coppola had no idea the world would more or less come to a halt in the months following her production of this movie, but watching it now, it’s impossible not to notice the New […] More
