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Acclaimed filmmaker Alex Garland has made a shocking decision. Before his latest A24 film, Civil War, releases in theaters, the filmmaker announced his next steps. Speaking to The Guardian, Garland told the outlet that he’s “not planning to direct again in the foreseeable future.” This could be due to a loss of passion. Later in […]

Alex Garland’s Civil War is tracking well at the box office. The new film could make A24 history if reports are accurate. Civil War’s box office tracking The Hollywood Reporter is saying that Civil War is projecting a $21 million domestic debut. This is thanks to “interest among younger males, and even among younger females.” […]

Alex Garland’s Civil War, not to be confused with the MCU’s Captain America film of the same name, has premiered at SXSW. That means the first critics reactions are in, and it’s looking good for the A24 film. What’s Civil War about?  The new Garland film follows a set of journalists covering the Second American […]

A24 is coming to the big screens… I mean BIG screens. Several of the studio’s films will be released on IMAX screens on a monthly basis continuing into 2025, IndieWire reported. The indie studio is collaborating with IMAX and will start with its release of Alex Garland’s 2014 film Ex Machina on March 27. It […]

Ari Aster will follow up Beau Is Afraid with a Western, Eddington. Here’s everything you need to know about the new A24 film. Eddington’s cast It’s being reported that Aster is assembling another all-star cast for Eddington. Once again, he will collaborate with Beau Is Afraid star Joaquin Phoenix for his next film. Recent two-time […]

In a surprising turn of events, indie film powerhouse A24 found itself on the brink of a groundbreaking deal with none other than the NFL, Essentiallysports reports. Known for its boundary-pushing and unconventional approach to filmmaking, A24 sought to bring its distinctive style to the realm of American football, envisioning a collaboration that would merge […]

Benny Safdie’s A24 film The Smashing Machine already cast Dwayne Johnson. Emily Blunt could be joining the cast as well. Jungle Cruise reunion?  Jeff Sneider of The InSneider is reporting that Blunt is in talks for The Smashing Machine. She previously starred alongside Johnson in Jungle Cruise for Disney in 2021. The Smashing Machine is […]

The final installment in Ti West‘s X trilogy for A24, MaXXXine, has gotten a huge update. After the first two films in the trilogy, X and Pearl, were released in 2022, the third film has taken a while to come out. Speaking to What’s Under the Bed, West revealed that the film is almost done […]

A24 has always levered itself well. The studio is known for its independent films, but they also sell merchandise. One of their latest creations is a Zac Efron action figure as Kevin Von Erich in Sean Durkin‘s The Iron Claw. An official Zac Efron action figure On January 18, A24 announced the new Efron action […]

Alex Garland’s Civil War has gotten an exciting release update from A24. The move should favor IMAX moviegoers. Earlier than expected It was announced that A24 has moved up the release date of Civil War to April 12, 2024. The film will be released nationwide and will be featured in large-format auditoriums like IMAX. Opening […]

Paramore will be working with A24 on a tribute album to Talking Heads. This new album will feature 16 artists covering the setlist from Stop Making Sense, the band’s 1984 live album, Variety reports. Talking Heads cover album is in the works with A24 Hayley Williams, Paramore’s frontwoman, is featured in a teaser video. In […]

While The Iron Claw has largely earned positive reactions from fans of both professional wrestling and cinema alike, one aspect of the A24 film that has been thoroughly panned by fans has been Aaron Dean Eisenberg’s depiction of Ric Flair, which has been described as everything from laughable to a downright character assassination. Did Eisenberg […]

Alex Garland’s upcoming film, Civil War, makes A24 history with its budget. The biggest budget ever? Yesterday, the runtime rumors for Civil War were swirling. It was originally pegged as over three hours long, but the film is actually under two hours long. However, IndieWire has a huge update regarding the film’s budget. Civil War’s […]

Alex Garland’s new movie, Civil War, does not have a runtime of 3 hours and 15 minutes. IMDb incorrectly labeled this lengthy runtime when it’s under two hours at 109 minutes, Variety reports. A24’s Civil War runtime revealed The new movie by the Oscar-nominated Garland has a stellar cast that includes Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, […]

The Iron Claw is A24’s acclaimed Von Erich family biopic from Sean Durkin. However, the film notably omitted done brother, Chris Von Erich, and the director recently addressed this. Too much tragedy? Talking to the LA Times, Durkin says the inclusion of Chris Von Erich would have been redundant. He was included in earlier drafts […]

While the world of professional wrestling has plenty of “royal families,” no family may have endured more triumphs or tragedies than the Von Erich family in Texas. It was the latter, though, that the director of The Iron Claw haunted him growing up as a wrestling fan and especially as a fan of the family […]

Director Alex Garland has never been one to shy away from dark themes and stories, and the trailer for his latest film, Civil War, looks no different as the U.S. begins to fall apart from the inside. The trailer offers a first look at the chaotic state the U.S. has fallen into as a result […]

Dwayne Johnson has found a new role. The former WWE Champion will transition to the Octagon and play UFC fighter Mark Kerr in a new A24 film from Benny Safdie. WWE-to-UFC On December 13, A24 announced the casting of Johnson in the new film, The Smashing Machine. The film is a biopic of Kerr’s career […]

In a major multiyear deal with A24, Warner Bros. Discovery is bringing its films exclusively to HBO, Max, and Cinemax when theatrical runs end. Earlier, A24 had a deal with Paramount Global’s Showtime that started in 2019. However, that has expired, according to Variety. A24  and Max land a major streaming deal So, what does […]

Christopher Nolan praised indie film distributor, A24. A24’s “Incredible and challenging movies”  During a recent interview, Nolan went to bat for physical media and praised the studio. He first talked about his sophomore feature film, Memento, and how hard it’d be to make it these days. “Getting Memento made was not easy,” Nolan said. “We […]

Elon Musk is getting the biopic treatment from Oscar-nominated director Darren Aronofsky and A24. An A24 joint Variety is reporting that the Must biopic is in development. The film will be based on Walter Isaacson’s biography from September. They added that there was a lot of competition from studios and filmmakers to be involved in […]

A24’s upcoming Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd-led unicorn movie is adding some big names. Amongst those are Richard E. Grant, Téa Leoni, Stephen Park, and, most notably, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 star, Will Poulter. Adam Warlock meets Ant-Man, Wednesday Addams Deadline first reported the new castings to the A24 film. They added that […]

The Mandalorian and The Last of Us star Pedro Pascal has superbly high praise for Celine Song’s Past Lives. What is Past Lives? Past Lives is Song’s directorial debut. She previously served as a writer on Prime Video’s The Wheel of Time. Her second film, Materialists, is currently filming. The film follows two childhood friends […]

A new report indicates that indie darling studio, A24, could be aiming for a big shift. Despite nearly 50 Oscar nominations and over a dozen wins, A24 wants to get bigger. Typically, the studio is known for distributing smaller indie films such as The Florida Project, Moonlight, and Eighth Grade. Getting big The Wrap is […]

A new trailer for A24’s Von Erich brothers biopic, The Iron Claw, has dropped. It shows Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, and more in action. “Ever since I was a child, people said my family was cursed,” Kevin Von Erich (Efron) says at the beginning of the trailer as he’s shown running the ropes. “Mom […]

No, Jacob Elordi didn’t watch Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis in preparation for Priscilla (lucky man!). While Austin Butler’s recent portrayal of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll would seem like an ideal research subject, Elordi opted against that for his turn in Sofia Coppola’s film. “Not portrayals, no,” the Priscilla star told IndieWire of watching other […]

Dicks: The Musical, an A24 R-rated movie, grossed $220,867 during its limited opening on seven screens across New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. It will expand its release in the same cities next weekend before rolling out nationally on Oct. 20, Deadline reported. The film is based on comedians Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson’s […]

Just days after it was reported that the Halloween franchise’s rights were being shopped, a frontrunner for the TV rights has surfaced. Bloody Disgusting, who also broke the news of Halloween being shopped, is reporting that A24 and Miramax are the frontrunners for the TV rights. A24 is “leading the charge.” This is perhaps a […]

Ti West and A24’s X was a 1970s slasher film, and the prequel Pearl was an ode to the Golden Age of Hollywood. The upcoming third film, MaXXXine, will feature another genre shift. According to Scream Horror Magazine, MaXXXine is being billed as a “whodunnit slasher.” Taking place in 1985, A24’s MaXXXine will continue the […]

After a rave response to Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla film out of its Venice Film Festival premiere, A24 has moved the awards player’s release date. Deadline is reporting that Priscilla will now go wide on November 3, not October 27. This may be due to Dune: Part Two moving to March 2024, which opens more theatrical […]

Peter Jackson, director of The Lord of the Rings series, heaped praise upon A24’s latest horror film, Talk to Me, from RackaRacka duo Danny and Michael Philippou. In a statement to one of Talk to Me’s distributors across Aotearoa and Australia, Jackson called the film (via Newshub) “relentlessly scary and distributing.” He’d go even further, […]

Unsurprisingly, A24 has greenlit a sequel to Talk to Me from directors Michael and Danny Philippou (RackaRacka). Variety is reporting that the Talk to Me sequel is in the works. The Philippou brothers will return after making their feature-length directorial debut with the first film. Bill Hinzman co-wrote the first film’s script with Danny Philippou, […]

A24’s latest horror hit, Talk to Me, has been banned in Kuwait over the sexuality of one of the film’s stars, Zoe Terakes. The actor has responded. The Hollywood Reporter broke the initial news of Talk to Me’s ban in Kuwait. Its ban has nothing to with the film or its ocntent. Rather, it’s due […]

“I’ll challenge you to a deathmatch,” Danny Philippou said to his brother, Michael. The two brothers behind A24’s new horror film, Talk to Me, are very clearly siblings. Their playful banter shows how two siblings are able to work with each other. That said, it’s not as if they don’t get annoyed at each other. […]

All of the talk of the town has been about Barbie and Oppenheimer. However, A24’s Talk to Me, directed by filmmaking duo Danny and Michael Philippou, has been flying high as well. The film has grossed over $10 million during its first week in theaters, already placing it in the top quarter of A24’s highest-grossing […]

The Iron Claw, a new wrestling film from A24 starring Zac Efron, The Bear star Jeremy Allen White, and AEW World Champion MJF, has gotten a major release update amid the SAG-AFTRA strike. Variety is reporting that The Iron Claw will be released nationwide on December 22. It will share its release date with another […]

A new film led by Jenna Ortega and Paul Rudd from A24 has been given the green light to film during the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. Variety announced a list of productions that SAG-AFTRA approved to shoot during the strike. All 39 projects are independent films and were confirmed to not be tied to AMPTP […]

Coming off of a role in Paramount’s Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Hugh Grant is in talks for his next project. It’s being reported that Grant is in talks for Heretic, a new horror film from the creators of A Quiet Place, Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. A24 will distribute the film. While the […]

Beau is Afraid is, if nothing else, one trippy movie. However, star Joaquin Phoenix was a hilarious warning to fans before seeing Ari Aster’s latest film. Speaking to Fandango, Phoenix gave one warning ahead of seeing Beau is Afraid: Don’t take mushrooms beforehand. “I was told from someone in college that there was this college […]