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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 […]

After directing two feature films for the big screen, Olivia Wilde‘s next project will take her to the small screen as she will adapt an acclaimed book series. Deadline exclusively reported that Wilde is attached to direct TV adaptations of Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad and its sequel The Candy House via […]

One of 2022’s biggest surprises was Ti West’s X from A24. The slasher paid homage to the classics of the past like Friday the 13th and had a star-making performance(s) from star Mia Goth. The post-credits scene teased a prequel film, Pearl, which would then be released in the fall of the same year with […]