Tag: Release date

  • Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Padre Pio’ gets release date

    Express News Service

    The makers of Shia LaBeouf’s upcoming drama Padre Pio have announced the release date of the film. Based on the life of Saint Francesco Forgione, the film will be out on June 2.

    Directed by Abel Ferrara, the script is written by the filmmaker along with Maurizio Braucci. The film had a premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2022.

    Padre Pio is a period drama that is set against the backdrop of World War 1 and follows Italian soldiers in their prime, who are on their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a place considered of poverty, and historic violence and where the rule of the church is supreme.

    As the titular character comes to the city, carrying an aura of charisma, and a sense of peace, a massacre that takes place in the city turns their world upside down.

    Padre Pio is a film about the spiritual journey of the great saint in parallel with that of Shia Labeouf who portrays him,” the director was quoted as saying.

    Cameron Moore, one of the distributors of the film said, “Padre Pio will become a much-discussed religious biopic for the unforeseeable future. Shia LaBeouf gives a show-stopping performance with superb direction from acclaimed director Abel Ferrara. We are excited to bring the film to viewers all across North America.”

    Other cast members include Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, and Salvatore Ruocco.

    (This story originally appeared on Cinema Express)

    The makers of Shia LaBeouf’s upcoming drama Padre Pio have announced the release date of the film. Based on the life of Saint Francesco Forgione, the film will be out on June 2.

    Directed by Abel Ferrara, the script is written by the filmmaker along with Maurizio Braucci. The film had a premiere at the Venice Film Festival in 2022.

    Padre Pio is a period drama that is set against the backdrop of World War 1 and follows Italian soldiers in their prime, who are on their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a place considered of poverty, and historic violence and where the rule of the church is supreme.googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });

    As the titular character comes to the city, carrying an aura of charisma, and a sense of peace, a massacre that takes place in the city turns their world upside down.

    Padre Pio is a film about the spiritual journey of the great saint in parallel with that of Shia Labeouf who portrays him,” the director was quoted as saying.

    Cameron Moore, one of the distributors of the film said, “Padre Pio will become a much-discussed religious biopic for the unforeseeable future. Shia LaBeouf gives a show-stopping performance with superb direction from acclaimed director Abel Ferrara. We are excited to bring the film to viewers all across North America.”

    Other cast members include Cristina Chiriac, Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Vincenzo Crea, Luca Lionello, Brando Pacitto, Stella Mastrantonio, and Salvatore Ruocco.

    (This story originally appeared on Cinema Express)

  • Tom Hanks’ ‘A Man Called Otto’ gets a release date 

    By Express News Service

    Tom Hanks, who was recently seen in Elvis and Pinocchio will next be seen in A Man Called Otto.

    But the fans have to wait a little longer to catch the film on the big screens as the release date has been pushed from early December to a wide release on January 13, 2023.

    The film is based on the New York Times best-selling novel A Man Called Ove by Swedish author Fredrik Backman.

    The film follows Hanks as the titular man called Otto, a grumpy old man who finds pleasure in judging and being mean to his neighbours. However, Otto’s tough exterior begins to break away as an unlikely friendship is stricken up with the pregnant neighbour Marisol.

    Hanks is joined in the film by Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Cameron Britton, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. 

    A Man Called Otto will get a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on December 25 which will be followed by a wide release on January 13, 2023.

    (This story originally appeared on Cinema Express)

    Tom Hanks, who was recently seen in Elvis and Pinocchio will next be seen in A Man Called Otto.

    But the fans have to wait a little longer to catch the film on the big screens as the release date has been pushed from early December to a wide release on January 13, 2023.

    The film is based on the New York Times best-selling novel A Man Called Ove by Swedish author Fredrik Backman.

    The film follows Hanks as the titular man called Otto, a grumpy old man who finds pleasure in judging and being mean to his neighbours. However, Otto’s tough exterior begins to break away as an unlikely friendship is stricken up with the pregnant neighbour Marisol.

    Hanks is joined in the film by Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Cameron Britton, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo. 

    A Man Called Otto will get a limited release in New York and Los Angeles on December 25 which will be followed by a wide release on January 13, 2023.

    (This story originally appeared on Cinema Express)

  • Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell’s musical drama ‘Spirited’ release date out

    By ANI

    WASHINGTON: Makers of the upcoming musical drama film ‘Spirited’ announced the release date of the film on Friday.

    Taking to Twitter, Ryan Reynolds shared new posters of the film, which he captioned, “For some reason, these are called iPosters. Spirited on @AppleTV November 18.”

    Helmed by Sean Anders, the film is all set to hit the theatres on November 11 and will premiere on the OTT platform Apple Tv+ on November 18.

    The musical drama film stars Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in the lead roles, and is a musical retelling of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol.’

    For some reason, these are called iPosters. Spirited on @AppleTV November 18. pic.twitter.com/1GLMK9YiVX

    — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) September 23, 2022

    According to a reporter from The Hollywood, Apple Original Films announced its release plans for the high-profile movie on Friday. It’s not yet clear how many cinemas Spirited will play in since many exhibitors aren’t keen to carry a film that’s hitting the home so quickly now that the box office is recovering from the pandemic.

    The film will be facing a big clash with Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ on November 11. Meanwhile, the ‘Deadpool’ actor is currently expecting his fourth child with actor Blake Lively.

    The duo are already proud parents of three daughters and are all set to embrace parenthood for the fourth time.

    Blake and Ryan’s eldest daughter James was born in 2014. In 2016, the two welcomed their second daughter Inez, and Betty in 2019.

    WASHINGTON: Makers of the upcoming musical drama film ‘Spirited’ announced the release date of the film on Friday.

    Taking to Twitter, Ryan Reynolds shared new posters of the film, which he captioned, “For some reason, these are called iPosters. Spirited on @AppleTV November 18.”

    Helmed by Sean Anders, the film is all set to hit the theatres on November 11 and will premiere on the OTT platform Apple Tv+ on November 18.

    The musical drama film stars Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell in the lead roles, and is a musical retelling of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol.’

    For some reason, these are called iPosters. Spirited on @AppleTV November 18. pic.twitter.com/1GLMK9YiVX

    — Ryan Reynolds (@VancityReynolds) September 23, 2022

    According to a reporter from The Hollywood, Apple Original Films announced its release plans for the high-profile movie on Friday. It’s not yet clear how many cinemas Spirited will play in since many exhibitors aren’t keen to carry a film that’s hitting the home so quickly now that the box office is recovering from the pandemic.

    The film will be facing a big clash with Marvel’s ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ on November 11. Meanwhile, the ‘Deadpool’ actor is currently expecting his fourth child with actor Blake Lively.

    The duo are already proud parents of three daughters and are all set to embrace parenthood for the fourth time.

    Blake and Ryan’s eldest daughter James was born in 2014. In 2016, the two welcomed their second daughter Inez, and Betty in 2019.

  • Cillian Murphy and a star’s charisma

    Express News Service

    Last week the first poster of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Oppenheimer dropped with a release date of July 21, 2023. It stars Cillian Murphy as the titular physicist and one of the frontmen in the creation of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy despite being a frequent collaborator with Nolan has never headlined a major role in any of their projects together.

    This will be the first and it’s a gargantuan role for one of the best actors who are not known for his star persona and screen presence, something he possesses a great deal of. He brings both to the screen whenever he appears, his chiselled face and natural grace lending any role a big screen quality. Ironically, Murphy’s best and biggest role belongs to the smaller screen—as Thomas Shelby in BBC and Netflix drama Peaky Blinders. 

    In Nolan’s Dunkirk, Murphy played a nameless role simply credited as Shivering Soldier, an army man overwhelmed by the deaths and mutilations of war, his future life already altered even before making out of the battlefield. In Peaky Blinders, a show created and written by Steven Knight, Thomas Shelby too is a decorated veteran having served during the Great War, at Somme. He returns to his Romani working-class family—his two brothers and best friends served along with him too—in Birmingham, all of them suffering from either alcoholism or different degrees of PTSDs. 

    ALSO READ: Cillian Murphy on Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’: Interested in the man, not mechanics

    But Thomas Shelby is a man on a mission. He looks around Small Heath, the working class neighbourhood of Birmingham with its factories and manufacturing units and how his brethren is looked down upon. At a time of great upheaval, Thomas Shelby takes it upon himself to uplift the family both in terms of wealth as well as social class, beginning with betting, illegal at first and licensed later, racing and manufacturing automobiles to selling liquor. 

    Peaky Blinders which concluded its final season on Netflix this year is an epic that charts the class war in the post-war UK when the underclass awakens to communism and socialism, the IRA is in its nascent but influential stages and the aristocrats go through a churn, nothing revolutionary but more of a nudge. Murphy’s Shelby plots a growth path for the big family, derogatively looked down as ‘gypsies’, taking on the local bourgeoisie and power centres like the police force and gradually moving to London, the Jewish and Italian mafia and all the way to Westminster Abbey. 

    Peaky Blinders employs great camerawork, compelling family dynamics, musical score and old-world storytelling coupled with brilliant performances to essentially depict a family at endless war with the outside world. One of the best-looking TV series in recent times, there is a discernible change in disposition when the series moved to Netflix in Season 4 when the anamorphic lenses were adopted to film the series that had expanded in scope. Everything becomes wider and deeper in focus, complementing the plot’s direction.

    But even though its weaker sections—which are arguably not many—the force holding the series together is Cillian Murphy. His gait, his natural air of authority that is at odds with his unassuming nature towards his comrades in the proletariat and a commanding dialogue delivery makes for an arresting portrayal that sits in the pantheon of great performances. 

    Murphy has a natural star charisma that flows out of the screen no matter what role he is playing, but Thomas Shelby is the biggest of them all with the widest spectrum of emotions and character arcs. It’s the one artwork that does justice to his talents and for that alone, Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a prospect to relish. Murphy is known to maintain a low profile outside of the screen, his disinterest and shyness are palpable during the few talk shows and promotional events he’s appeared in over the years but in front of a movie camera, he is rarely short of electric. Who better than Nolan to bring that to big cinema magic?

    Last week the first poster of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film Oppenheimer dropped with a release date of July 21, 2023. It stars Cillian Murphy as the titular physicist and one of the frontmen in the creation of the atomic bomb. Cillian Murphy despite being a frequent collaborator with Nolan has never headlined a major role in any of their projects together.

    This will be the first and it’s a gargantuan role for one of the best actors who are not known for his star persona and screen presence, something he possesses a great deal of. He brings both to the screen whenever he appears, his chiselled face and natural grace lending any role a big screen quality. Ironically, Murphy’s best and biggest role belongs to the smaller screen—as Thomas Shelby in BBC and Netflix drama Peaky Blinders. 

    In Nolan’s Dunkirk, Murphy played a nameless role simply credited as Shivering Soldier, an army man overwhelmed by the deaths and mutilations of war, his future life already altered even before making out of the battlefield. In Peaky Blinders, a show created and written by Steven Knight, Thomas Shelby too is a decorated veteran having served during the Great War, at Somme. He returns to his Romani working-class family—his two brothers and best friends served along with him too—in Birmingham, all of them suffering from either alcoholism or different degrees of PTSDs. 

    ALSO READ: Cillian Murphy on Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’: Interested in the man, not mechanics

    But Thomas Shelby is a man on a mission. He looks around Small Heath, the working class neighbourhood of Birmingham with its factories and manufacturing units and how his brethren is looked down upon. At a time of great upheaval, Thomas Shelby takes it upon himself to uplift the family both in terms of wealth as well as social class, beginning with betting, illegal at first and licensed later, racing and manufacturing automobiles to selling liquor. 

    Peaky Blinders which concluded its final season on Netflix this year is an epic that charts the class war in the post-war UK when the underclass awakens to communism and socialism, the IRA is in its nascent but influential stages and the aristocrats go through a churn, nothing revolutionary but more of a nudge. Murphy’s Shelby plots a growth path for the big family, derogatively looked down as ‘gypsies’, taking on the local bourgeoisie and power centres like the police force and gradually moving to London, the Jewish and Italian mafia and all the way to Westminster Abbey. 

    Peaky Blinders employs great camerawork, compelling family dynamics, musical score and old-world storytelling coupled with brilliant performances to essentially depict a family at endless war with the outside world. One of the best-looking TV series in recent times, there is a discernible change in disposition when the series moved to Netflix in Season 4 when the anamorphic lenses were adopted to film the series that had expanded in scope. Everything becomes wider and deeper in focus, complementing the plot’s direction.

    But even though its weaker sections—which are arguably not many—the force holding the series together is Cillian Murphy. His gait, his natural air of authority that is at odds with his unassuming nature towards his comrades in the proletariat and a commanding dialogue delivery makes for an arresting portrayal that sits in the pantheon of great performances. 

    Murphy has a natural star charisma that flows out of the screen no matter what role he is playing, but Thomas Shelby is the biggest of them all with the widest spectrum of emotions and character arcs. It’s the one artwork that does justice to his talents and for that alone, Nolan’s Oppenheimer is a prospect to relish. Murphy is known to maintain a low profile outside of the screen, his disinterest and shyness are palpable during the few talk shows and promotional events he’s appeared in over the years but in front of a movie camera, he is rarely short of electric. Who better than Nolan to bring that to big cinema magic?