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Focus Features announced today the return of Edgar Wright’s cult classic horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead to theaters across the US in celebration of the film’s 20th anniversary. Beginning August 29th at 7 p.m., Shaun of the Dead will be re-released exclusively at Dolby Cinema at AMC Theatres screens for a limited engagement. The beloved …

Focus Features has released the official trailer for Conclave, the adaptation of the Robert Harris book opening in select theaters on November 1. The film will expand nationwide on November 8. From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting a …

Focus Features has released the official teaser trailer for Robert Eggers’ highly anticipated horror film Nosferatu, which will open in theaters on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Nosferatu marks Focus Features’ ongoing collaboration with Eggers following the 2022 release of the Viking epic The Northman. The film also reunites Eggers with veteran producer Chris Columbus, who …

Focus Features and Carnival Films have officially announced the third film in the beloved Downton Abbey franchise. Downton Abbey 3 will open in theaters globally on September 12, 2025. The third film is written by Downton Abbey creator and Academy-Award winner Julian Fellowes, as well as produced by BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning Gareth Neame, Fellowes, …

Focus Features has released a new trailer for the upcoming feature film The Bikeriders, written and directed by Jeff Nichols. The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival to critical acclaim. Opening in theaters on Friday, June 21, The Bikeriders is rated R for language throughout, violence, some drug use, and brief sexuality. The ensemble …

Focus Features has released the Back to Black trailer, which previews the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. The film will open in theaters on May 17, 2024. Back to Black is the extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her …

Focus Features’ The Holdovers, which reunites Sideways‘ Alexander Payne and Paul Giamatti in a holiday story of three lonely, shipwrecked people at a New England boarding school over winter break in 1970, streams exclusively on Peacock on December 29. The Holdovers is the latest addition to Peacock’s film collection, including Blumhouse’s The Exorcist: Believer and …

Focus Features will release Back to Black in the U.S. on May 10, 2024. The film is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script written by Matt Greenhalgh following their successful collaboration on Nowhere Boy in 2009. Back to Black stars Marisa Abela (Industry) in the coveted lead role alongside Jack O’Connell (Ferrari), Eddie Marsan …

This past, weekend Focus Features launched the new Alexander Payne (Sideways, Election) comedy The Holdovers on six screens in New York and Los Angeles, where it took in an impressive $200,000 ($33K average), not to mention its current Rotten Tomatoes score of 96%. If that isn’t enough to convince you to see the film, Vital …

STUDIOCANAL, Focus Features, and Monumental Pictures announced today they will partner on Back to Black, the feature film about Amy Winehouse and her vibrant years living in London in the early aughts and intense journey to fame. Acclaimed filmmaker and visual artist Sam Taylor-Johnson will direct and executive produce the film, with break-out star Marisa …

James Gray‘s coming-of-age film, Armageddon Time, is set in 1980. Most audiences would likely anticipate a nostalgic trip back in time, full of musical pop culture needle drops, lots of magic hour horizon shots, and big emotional Oscar bait moments with actors like Anthony Hopkins, Jeremy Strong, or Anne Hathaway giving heartfelt soliloquies as the …

In director Jim Archer’s new film Brian and Charles, Brian is a lonely middle-aged man living in rural England. Despite his dreary surroundings, he keeps himself busy as an inventor. While Brian has a fantastic imagination, his inventions are less than stellar. He invented a bag with pinecones glued to it, a cuckoo clock on …

Focus Features, Endeavor Content, and Makeready have announced the start of production on Book Club 2 – The Next Chapter, a sequel to the successful and beloved 2018 comedy Book Club. The first film grossed $104.4 million at theaters worldwide. The legendary quartet is reunited with returning icons Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, and …

Focus Features and Carnival Films have brought online the new trailer and poster for Downton Abbey: A New Era, which will be opening in theaters on Friday, May 20, 2022. The original principal cast has returned for the second film, along with new additions Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, and Dominic West. The screenplay …

Equal parts beautiful and desolate like a part of Iceland’s own volcanic countryside, The Northman is auteur Robert Eggers’ most straightforward film, making up in style what it gives up in the complexity of his previous films. Grabbing relentlessly from the tales of Hamlet and Beowulf, Eggers delves back into his continued curiosity about the …

Focus Features has revealed the new poster for The Northman movie, which is scheduled to open in theaters on April 22, 2022. Scroll down to view the new poster. From visionary director Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse, The Witch), the film was written by Eggers and Sjón. The Northman movie is an action-filled epic that follows …

NBCUniversal is celebrating the Focus Features 20th Anniversary today! Focus has united cinema’s most fearless filmmakers and gifted actors to create unforgettable experiences in theaters around the world. To kick off its two decades of powerful storytelling and remarkable filmmaking, the studio is commemorating the incredible milestone with a new reel, looking back at some …

This week, Focus Features provided updates about two of its upcoming films, including Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul, and You Won’t Be Alone. Focus announced that Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul, from Daniel Kaluuya’s 59% Productions, will open in theaters and stream on Peacock on Labor Day weekend, Friday, September 2, 2022. In …

Focus Features and Carnival Films have revealed the official Downton Abbey: A New Era trailer and poster! You can watch the Downton Abbey: A New Era trailer on YouTube, and you’ll find the poster by scrolling down. Downton Abbey: A New Era will be released in the United States on Friday, May 20, 2022. Universal …

For nearly twenty years, Participant Media has been producing quality films that have been socially relevant while also striving to entertain and educate. Directors like Steven Soderbergh, Steven Spielberg, Ana DuVernay, and Stillwater’s Tom McCarthy, under the Participant banner, have found award-winning success with films that feel relevant and urgent, but those filmmakers also know …