Shaun of the Dead Returns to Theaters for 20th Anniversary

Shaun of the Dead Returns to Theaters for 20th Anniversary

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…

Nosferatu Teaser Revealed by Focus Features

Nosferatu Teaser Revealed by Focus Features

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…

Third Downton Abbey Film Announced
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Third Downton Abbey Film Announced

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,…

New Trailer for The Bikeriders Released

New Trailer for The Bikeriders Released

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…

Back to Black Trailer Tells Amy Winehouse's Story
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Back to Black Trailer Tells Amy Winehouse’s Story

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…

The Holdovers to Stream Exclusively on Peacock
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The Holdovers to Stream Exclusively on Peacock

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…

Back to Black Release Date Set for May 2024

Back to Black Release Date Set for May 2024

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…

Alexander Payne on His Latest Comedy Triumph The Holdovers
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Alexander Payne on His Latest Comedy Triumph The Holdovers

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…

Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Reveals First Look

Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Reveals First Look

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…

Armageddon Time Review
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Armageddon Time Review

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…

The Northman Red Band
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The Northman Review: A Viking Fable of Blood and Fire

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…