It’s been just a few hours since Nathalie Emmanuel has seen Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis for the first time, and she’s settling on the right words to describe the experience.
“It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen,” says the actress, talking over Zoom from London in late April, as she pauses for a second to collect her thoughts.
Coppola’s epic, which will have its red carpet world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, casts Emmanuel in a starring role opposite a stacked ensemble that includes Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne and Jason Schwartzman. “The movie feels like a real call to arms,” she says. “It asks big questions. In spite of all the horrible, hard and devastating realities of the world that we live in, how can we make it better? It feels like there’s hope or a possibility for something better.
“It’s like nothing I’ve ever seen,” says the actress, talking over Zoom from London in late April, as she pauses for a second to collect her thoughts.
Coppola’s epic, which will have its red carpet world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, casts Emmanuel in a starring role opposite a stacked ensemble that includes Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Aubrey Plaza, Shia Labeouf, Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Fishburne and Jason Schwartzman. “The movie feels like a real call to arms,” she says. “It asks big questions. In spite of all the horrible, hard and devastating realities of the world that we live in, how can we make it better? It feels like there’s hope or a possibility for something better.
- 5/14/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kevin Hart has become a popular face in the world of comic actors and is one of the most prolific comedians currently. The actor has entertained audiences over the years with his impeccable comic timing and unique humor. The success of his films in the 2010s like About Last Night, Get Hard, Central Intelligence, the Ride Along films, and the Jumanji franchise have made him a big star.
Kevin Hart in 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The actor has amassed a great fortune over the years with many box office hits. The actor was recently interviewed by 60 Minutes about his life and career. When asked whether he was a billionaire, Hart put on his sarcastic wit and provided a hilarious yet sensible answer to the question.
Kevin Hart Sets The Record Straight When Asked Whether He’s a Billionaire
In addition to films, Kevin Hart also hosts the...
Kevin Hart in 2017’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The actor has amassed a great fortune over the years with many box office hits. The actor was recently interviewed by 60 Minutes about his life and career. When asked whether he was a billionaire, Hart put on his sarcastic wit and provided a hilarious yet sensible answer to the question.
Kevin Hart Sets The Record Straight When Asked Whether He’s a Billionaire
In addition to films, Kevin Hart also hosts the...
- 4/22/2024
- by Rahul Thokchom
- FandomWire
Plot: A band of expert criminals led by Cyrus Whitaker is recruited to do what they do best — lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane— but they must do it mid-flight at 40,000 feet!
Review: The entire plot of the Quibi/Roku series Die Hart hinges on Kevin Hart wanting to break out of comedy roles so he can be taken seriously as an action hero. While that plot was played for laughs, it was not the first time Hart tried something different. Both his films The Upside and Fatherhood, as well as the Netflix limited series True Story gave Hart more opportunities to channel his dramatic talents, but Lift is the comedian’s first project that is straight action without the reliance on his being the butt of the joke. Cast in a role commonly saved for Hart’s friends Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg, Lift is a big-budget...
Review: The entire plot of the Quibi/Roku series Die Hart hinges on Kevin Hart wanting to break out of comedy roles so he can be taken seriously as an action hero. While that plot was played for laughs, it was not the first time Hart tried something different. Both his films The Upside and Fatherhood, as well as the Netflix limited series True Story gave Hart more opportunities to channel his dramatic talents, but Lift is the comedian’s first project that is straight action without the reliance on his being the butt of the joke. Cast in a role commonly saved for Hart’s friends Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg, Lift is a big-budget...
- 1/12/2024
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Courtesy of Netflix © 2023
Making his 4th Netflix Original Film in the last three years, actor/comedian/producer Kevin Hart is back on the platform with his latest venture, Lift, a heist-filled action “comedy” helmed by The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray from a script by 12 Rounds writer Daniel Kunka.
Making good on his Netflix megadeal he signed in early 2021, Hart has now made three starring films under his HartBeat Productions banner after a pair of critically panned films, Me Time opposite Mark Wahlberg & The Man from Toronto alongside Woody Harrelson, dropped in 2022. Lift is also co-produced by The Batman director Matt Reeves’ company 6th & Idaho, which also has an overall deal with Netflix.
The film follows a group of master art thieves led by Cyrus Whitaker (Hart) who live by a code of stealing art before it lands in the “wrong” hands. After their “master of disguise...
Making his 4th Netflix Original Film in the last three years, actor/comedian/producer Kevin Hart is back on the platform with his latest venture, Lift, a heist-filled action “comedy” helmed by The Fate of the Furious director F. Gary Gray from a script by 12 Rounds writer Daniel Kunka.
Making good on his Netflix megadeal he signed in early 2021, Hart has now made three starring films under his HartBeat Productions banner after a pair of critically panned films, Me Time opposite Mark Wahlberg & The Man from Toronto alongside Woody Harrelson, dropped in 2022. Lift is also co-produced by The Batman director Matt Reeves’ company 6th & Idaho, which also has an overall deal with Netflix.
The film follows a group of master art thieves led by Cyrus Whitaker (Hart) who live by a code of stealing art before it lands in the “wrong” hands. After their “master of disguise...
- 1/12/2024
- by Andrew Morgan
- Whats-on-Netflix
After parodying his attempts to become an action-movie star in the Quibi/Roku short film series Die Hart (later compiled into a Amazon Prime feature), Kevin Hart goes for the gold in the genre and attempts to do the real thing in Lift, an absurdly ridiculous, over the top but still entertaining heist movie that strains credibility at every turn — but who cares because it’s got Hart.
The latest bloated Netflix star-driven action epic on the scale of Red Notice and The Gray Man, this one has our star as master art thief Cyrus Whitaker, whom we meet with his team trying to pull off one of their signature thefts at a Venice Italy auction house involving an Nft (just to keep this as contemporary as they come), leading to a wild boat chase all over the colorful canals but not ending well for the gang.
But just when you think they are down,...
The latest bloated Netflix star-driven action epic on the scale of Red Notice and The Gray Man, this one has our star as master art thief Cyrus Whitaker, whom we meet with his team trying to pull off one of their signature thefts at a Venice Italy auction house involving an Nft (just to keep this as contemporary as they come), leading to a wild boat chase all over the colorful canals but not ending well for the gang.
But just when you think they are down,...
- 1/12/2024
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO’s The Last of Us really “clicked” with the Television Academy, judging from the first of two back-to-back 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremonies. The post-apocalyptic drama won the most awards of Night 1 on Saturday, January 6, taking home eight awards, including trophies for guest actors Nick Offerman and Storm Reid, pictured above. Tied for second place — with four Emmys apiece — were The Bear, Wednesday, and The White Lotus. Other honorees included Judith Light, Ed Sheeran, Sam Richardson, and “Weird Al” Yankovic, who all took home their first Primetime Emmys on Saturday’s ceremony. See a full list of winners from Night 1 below (via EW) — and watch the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Saturday, January 13, at 8/7c on Fxx, and the 75th Emmy Awards at 8/7c on Monday, January 15, on Fox. Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Kevin Hart, Die Hart 2: Die Harter Tim Robinson,...
- 1/7/2024
- TV Insider
Brian De Palma's "Carrie" was the film that defined a generation. Its blend of coming-of-age themes, fantastical magic, and slasher-style bloodshed makes it a genre-bending film that time just can't seem to forget.
The 1976 horror tells the story of a sheltered girl who lives under her obsessively religious mother's tyrannical rule, a dictatorship made all the worse by the onset of Carrie's period. Her mother's frenzy combined with a cruel prank at the prom pushes the shy young girl to a mental break, complete with telekinetic powers. The Stephen King adaptation launched some incredibly notable careers, including John Travolta, who plays high school bully Billy Nolan. Sadly, not all of the cast has lived to see the end of 2023, including Piper Laurie, whose performance as Carrie's mother earned her one of three Oscar nominations in her lifetime.
Laurie passed away in October of 2023, but many of the other main cast members are alive,...
The 1976 horror tells the story of a sheltered girl who lives under her obsessively religious mother's tyrannical rule, a dictatorship made all the worse by the onset of Carrie's period. Her mother's frenzy combined with a cruel prank at the prom pushes the shy young girl to a mental break, complete with telekinetic powers. The Stephen King adaptation launched some incredibly notable careers, including John Travolta, who plays high school bully Billy Nolan. Sadly, not all of the cast has lived to see the end of 2023, including Piper Laurie, whose performance as Carrie's mother earned her one of three Oscar nominations in her lifetime.
Laurie passed away in October of 2023, but many of the other main cast members are alive,...
- 12/24/2023
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
Who’s the next big action hero? Well, if Netflix has anything to do with it, it’ll be Kevin Hart, with them dropping the trailer for the comedian’s upcoming movie, Lift. A heist film in the vein of Fast & Furious, in it Hart plays the leader of a high-tech gang of crooks hired by the government to steal $500 million in gold that’s being used to fund a terror cell. What’s the catch? The gold is on a passenger plane, and the gang needs to steal it mid-flight.
While this sounds like it would be easy peasy for the Fast & Furious gang, Hart’s crew is a little less badass. It includes Billy Magnussen and Úrsula Corberó, who, it should be noted, isn’t new to stealing cash following a few seasons on Netflix’s Money Heist.
While Hart may not seem like the typical...
While this sounds like it would be easy peasy for the Fast & Furious gang, Hart’s crew is a little less badass. It includes Billy Magnussen and Úrsula Corberó, who, it should be noted, isn’t new to stealing cash following a few seasons on Netflix’s Money Heist.
While Hart may not seem like the typical...
- 11/5/2023
- by Chris Bumbray
- JoBlo.com
Before she was editing “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story,” Jamie Kennedy was already a massive fan of “Weird” Al Yankovic. “My partner and I are both huge fans of “Weird” Al. We’ve been to four of his concerts out here in L.A. since living out here. He is just our favorite artist,” she tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). She was able to land the gig of editing the film because of her work editing “Die Hart” for Eric Appel, who co-wrote and directed the film. Appel was still trying to get the project off the ground at the time. “I was like, please, please give me a call if that ever comes to fruition and he is like, I definitely will and then he definitely did and it was such an honor.”
SEELeo Birenberg and Zach Robinson interview: ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story...
SEELeo Birenberg and Zach Robinson interview: ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story...
- 8/15/2023
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Five TV composers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 Emmy Awards nominees. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Tuesday, August 8, at 6:00 p.m. Pt; 9:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Rob Licuria and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.
RSVP today to our entire ongoing contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.
Ginny and Georgia (Netflix)
Synopsis: Ginny Miller, an angsty 15-year-old, often feels more mature than her 30-year-old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller.
Bio: Lili Haydn and Ben Bromfield are Emmy nominees for songwriting in “Ginny and Georgia.” Other projects for Haydn have included “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power,...
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Ginny and Georgia (Netflix)
Synopsis: Ginny Miller, an angsty 15-year-old, often feels more mature than her 30-year-old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller.
Bio: Lili Haydn and Ben Bromfield are Emmy nominees for songwriting in “Ginny and Georgia.” Other projects for Haydn have included “Anita: Speaking Truth to Power,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Chris Beachum and Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
Spin up some margaritas and call over your gals, “Sweet Magnolias” Season 3 is here. Based on the book series by Sherryl Woods, Netflix’s sweet small-town drama follows the intertwined lives of three life-long best friends — Maddie Townsend, Dana Sue Sullivan and Helen Decatur — who call themselves the “Sweet Magnolias.”
Raised together in the idyllic yet gossip-hungry town of Serenity, the trio has been through it all, together. The series follows the stories of the Sweet Magnolias and their families, from the messy first loves and heartbreaks of their kids at Serenity High School to the (even messier) adult trials of romance, parenting and pursuing your dreams.
If you’re wondering who’s who in “Sweet Magnolias,” or who plays them, here’s a handy guide to the residents of Serenity and their tangled family ties.
Netflix
JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend
Recently divorced and rebuilding her life, Maddie...
Raised together in the idyllic yet gossip-hungry town of Serenity, the trio has been through it all, together. The series follows the stories of the Sweet Magnolias and their families, from the messy first loves and heartbreaks of their kids at Serenity High School to the (even messier) adult trials of romance, parenting and pursuing your dreams.
If you’re wondering who’s who in “Sweet Magnolias,” or who plays them, here’s a handy guide to the residents of Serenity and their tangled family ties.
Netflix
JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Maddie Townsend
Recently divorced and rebuilding her life, Maddie...
- 7/21/2023
- by Haleigh Foutch
- The Wrap
Seasoned media executive Gideon Khobane has joined Amazon as the director for Prime Video Africa.
Khobane joins with a remit to support the growth of the Prime Video service across sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa and Nigeria. Working closely with the Africa Originals team, headed up by Ned Mitchell, the content acquisitions team, led by Ayanna Lonian and product teams responsible for launching customer features, Khobane is tasked with helping to provide a mix of original and exclusive TV series and movies for existing Prime Video members and to attract new customers in sub-Saharan Africa.
The executive, whose experience over his 18-year career ranges from pay-tv to free-to-air broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa, most recently served as a group executive responsible for general entertainment for the Multichoice Group, and previous to that, served as CEO of SuperSport International and channel director at M-Net. Khobane will continue to be based in South Africa.
Khobane joins with a remit to support the growth of the Prime Video service across sub-Saharan Africa, including South Africa and Nigeria. Working closely with the Africa Originals team, headed up by Ned Mitchell, the content acquisitions team, led by Ayanna Lonian and product teams responsible for launching customer features, Khobane is tasked with helping to provide a mix of original and exclusive TV series and movies for existing Prime Video members and to attract new customers in sub-Saharan Africa.
The executive, whose experience over his 18-year career ranges from pay-tv to free-to-air broadcasters across sub-Saharan Africa, most recently served as a group executive responsible for general entertainment for the Multichoice Group, and previous to that, served as CEO of SuperSport International and channel director at M-Net. Khobane will continue to be based in South Africa.
- 7/3/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
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