Arrow Video has unveiled the new trailer for writer and director Tereza Nvotová’s Nightsiren. Following her 2017 debut feature Filthy, this is a spellbinding contemporary drama that expertly blends psychological and supernatural horror to explore the intersections of misogyny and religious zealotry.
Synopsis:
In the wake of a tragic past, Šarlota (Natália Germáni) returns to her mountainous hometown after years of absence. After befriending Mira (Eva Mores), a spirited young herbalist, Šarlota stumbles upon the forgotten tale of an ancient witch and a wild child. Together, they embark on a quest to unearth the village’s buried secrets. But as Šarlota delves deeper into the mysteries, she becomes entangled in a web of ancient legends turned reality. Accused of witchcraft and murder by fearful villagers, she must explore the darkness at the heart of the town to clear her name and confront the shadows of her past.
Tereza Nvotová has created a captivating cinematic experience which has wowed audiences and critics alike on the international festival circuit, including Locarno where it won the Golden Leopard – Filmmakers of the Present award. Beguiling and atmospheric, Nightsiren is a superb effort from one of the most exciting new voices in cinema.
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
• Original stereo audio and 5.1 surround audio
• Optional English subtitles
• New audio commentary by film critic Kat Ellinger
• Witches and Sisterhood, a brand new video essay on witches and the idea of “sisterhood” as it pertains to both biological bonds and feminist collectivity by film critic and author Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
• Taboo, a brand new video essay exploring the relationship of femininity, the unknown and sexuality in Nightsiren by film critic and festival programmer Justine Smith
• Theatrical trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Beth Morris
• Double-sided foldout poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Beth Morris
• Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film by Anton Bitel, Cerise Howard and Alexandra West
Nightsiren is released on Blu-ray by Arrow Video on June 3rd.
We’re heading back into The Matrix (if you believe we ever left), though this time it’ll be Drew Goddard helming the project, not the Wachowski sisters. It’ll be the first time that a Matrix film hasn’t involved franchise creators Lana and Lilly Wachowski, though Lana will reportedly act as an executive producer on this latest film.
Plot details are locked tight in the vault, but the studio did reveal that Drew Goddard had approached them with a new idea to extend the film series: “Drew came to Warner Bros. with a new idea that we all believe would be an incredible way to continue the Matrix world, by both honoring what Lana and Lilly began over 25 years ago and offering a unique perspective based on his own love of the series and characters,” said Warner Bros. Motion Pictures president of production Jesse Ehrman. “The entire team at Warner Bros. Discovery is thrilled for Drew to be making his new Matrix film, adding his vision to the cinematic canon the Wachowskis spent a quarter of a century building here at the studio.”
Goddard’s appointment seems like an exciting step forward for The Matrix, after a lacklustre return to screens in 2022 with Matrix: Resurrections. The filmmaker’s credits include The Martian, The Cabin in the Woods (for which he served as both co-writer and director), World War Z, and Bad Times at the El Royale, as well as having written for Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Lost. He also created Netflix’s Marvel series Daredevil. On the feature writing side, Goddard penned Cloverfield for director Matt Reeves.
Stay tuned for further details on what to expect from this unexpected new instalment to the Matrix franchise!
Craig Gillespie is in talks to direct Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, joining the slate of filmmakers constructing a new era for DC Studios under the guidance of James Gunn and Peter Safran.
Gillespie has a high-profile and varied filmography: most notable are his skating biopic I, Tonya, starring Margot Robbie, the Australian comedy-drama Lars and the Real Girl, the Emma Stone-starring live-action Disney flick Cruella, and most recently, Dumb Money, the biographical comedy that chronicles the GameStop short squeeze of January 2021. In television, Gillespie notably directed and executive produced Pam & Tommy, starring Sebastian Stan and Lily James.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow stars House of the Dragon‘s Milly Alcock, who will play Kara Zor-El, Superman’s cousin. The feature is reportedly inspired by the Tom King and Bilquis Evely comic and will therefore mark a departure from the character audiences may have gotten to know in the CW Supergirl series.
Ana Nogueira penned the script for the project, which does not have a release date. DC Studios is currently in production on Superman, its first feature. Woman of Tomorrow is part of Chapter 1 in Gunn and Safran’s DC slate. Also included in this chapter are the Batman feature The Brave and the Bold helmed by Andy Muschietti and a series starring Viola Davis as her Suicide Squad character Amanda Waller.
“Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen (Schafer) leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family,” reads the synopsis. “Arriving at their future residence, they are greeted by Mr. König (Dan Stevens), her father’s boss, who takes an inexplicable interest in Gretchen’s mute half-sister Alma. Something doesn’t seem right in this tranquil vacation paradise. Gretchen is plagued by strange noises and bloody visions until she discovers a shocking secret that also concerns her own family.”
Also starring in the film are Jessica Henwick, Jan Bluthardt, Marton Csokas, Greta Fernández and Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey. Singer writes and directs the film, which premiered at Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year before screening at South by Southwest.
The MCU’s upcoming Fantastic Four just keeps stacking its talent, with news that Julia Garner will be playing its Silver Surfer. WandaVision director Matt Shakman is helming the feature, which stars Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing.
The film has a planned release date of July 25th, 2025, and has been reported to take place in the 1960s, the era in which Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby first introduced the super team that launched the Marvel Universe in comic books. Eric Pearson (Black Widow) is screenwriter on the film.
The Silver Surfer was a character introduced as the herald of Galactus, a planet-eating entity. That version of the Surfer was an alien astronomer also known as Norrin Radd (who was portrayed by Doug Jones in the 2007 Rise Of The Silver Surfer film). Julia Garner is reportedly playing a different version of the surfer, known as Shalla-Bal, who was Norrin Radd’s lover.
Garner is best known as a three-time Emmy winning actress on Ozark. Up next, she’s starring opposite Christopher Abbott in the Universal and Blumhouse werewolf thriller, Wolf Man.
You may remember we recently reported that Freaky Friday stars Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan were returning for a sequel to the fan-favourite Disney body-swap comedy… Well, the studio has just tapped Nisha Ganatra to direct, ahead of a planned summer shoot.
Andrew Gunn, who produced the 2003 movie, is producing alongside former Disney executive Kristin Burr. Ann Marie Sanderlin will executive produce. It is still unknown whether the film will receive a cinema release or if it’ll premiere on Disney+. The 2003 film that starred Lohan, Curtis, and Mark Harmon was the third film adaptation of the 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers, following the 1976 film starring Barbara Harris and Jodie Foster, and a 1995 TV movie with Shelly Long and Gaby Hoffmann. Disney Channel also adapted Freaky Friday again since, turning it into a musical in 2018 starring Cozi Zuehlsdorff and Heidi Blickenstaff.
Nisha Ganatra is a Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee for her work as the director of Transparent. She’s directedthe comedy The High Note starring Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota Johnson, as well as the Sundance favourite Late Night, which starred Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling. The filmmaker has also made a splash in television, directing episodes of Dear White People, Mr. Robot, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Last Man on Earth, and more.
Try to hold back those sad howls, because Universal Pictures is moving its release date from Wolf Man, the werewolf thriller fromInvisible Man’s Leigh Whannell and Blumhouse. Originally scheduled for a pre-Halloween release on October 25th, 2024, the Christopher Abbott-starring horror will now open in cinemas from January 17th, 2025.
Jason Blum produces the film that reinvents the classic Universal monster and co-stars Julia Garner. Plot details are still fairly vague, but the story will reportedly focus on a man whose family is being terrorized by a lethal predator. The 1941 original film told the story of Larry, a man who returned to his Welsh ancestral home from the United States upon learning of his brother’s passing. It’s there that, when he tries to save a rural girl named Jenny from a werewolf attack, he gets bitten by the supernatural creature and starts a life-changing transformation.
Wolf Man isn’t the only Blumhouse film being pushed back by Universal Pictures, however. The studio have announced that The Woman in the Yard, which was slated to release January 10th, 2025, has been taken off the calendar. They’ll announce a new release date at a later time.
The Woman in the Yard is directed by Black Adam filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra, and stars Till‘s Danielle Deadwyler. The plot is undisclosed, but we do know it’s an original horror with a script from Sam Stefanak.
The Hugo Awards is a major indicator of the state of science fiction, as Worldcon members tend to be the genre’s most dedicated fans. They consume a great many new works of science fiction every year and are willing to travel across the world to attend genre book conventions. For this reason, the Hugos are followed closely by fans and professionals alike.
Congratulations to everyone nominated.
The full list follows:
Best Novel
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty (Harper Voyager, Harper Voyager UK)
The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom)
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
Starter Villain by John Scalzi (Tor, Tor UK)
Translation State by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
Witch King by Martha Wells (Tordotcom)
1420 ballots were cast for 576 nominees. Finalists range 91-172.
Best Novella
“Life Does Not Allow Us to Meet”, He Xi / 人生不相见, 何夕, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
Mammoths at the Gates by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom)
The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older (Tordotcom)
Rose/House by Arkady Martine (Subterranean)
“Seeds of Mercury”, Wang Jinkang / 水星播种, 王晋康, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher (Tor, Titan UK)
962 ballots were cast for 187 nominees. Finalists range 106-186.
Best Novelette
I AM AI by Ai Jiang (Shortwave)
“Introduction to 2181 Overture, Second Edition“, Gu Shi /〈2181序曲〉再版导言, 顾适 translated by Emily Jen (Clarkesworld, February 2023)
“Ivy, Angelica, Bay” by C.L. Polk (Tor.com 8 December 2023)
“On the Fox Roads” by Nghi Vo (Tor.com 31 October 2023)
“One Man’s Treasure” by Sarah Pinsker (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
“The Year Without Sunshine” by Naomi Kritzer (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2023)
755 ballots were cast for 212 nominees. Finalists range 40-117.
Best Short Story
“Answerless Journey”, Han Song / 没有答案的航程, 韩松, translated by Alex Woodend (Adventures in Space: New Short stories by Chinese & English Science Fiction Writers)
“Better Living Through Algorithms” by Naomi Kritzer (Clarkesworld May 2023)
“How to Raise a Kraken in Your Bathtub” by P. Djèlí Clark (Uncanny Magazine, January-February 2023)
“The Mausoleum’s Children” by Aliette de Bodard (Uncanny Magazine, May-June 2023)
“The Sound of Children Screaming” by Rachael K. Jones (Nightmare Magazine, October 2023)
美食三品 (“Tasting the Future Delicacy Three Times”), 宝树 / Baoshu (银河边缘013：黑域密室 / Galaxy’s Edge Vol. 13: Secret Room in the Black Domain)
720 ballots were cast for 612 nominees. Finalists range 27-69.
Best Series
The Final Architecture by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
Imperial Radch by Ann Leckie (Orbit US, Orbit UK)
The Last Binding by Freya Marske (Tordotcom, Tor UK)
The Laundry Files by Charles Stross (Tordotcom, Orbit UK)
October Daye by Seanan McGuire (DAW)
The Universe of Xuya by Aliette de Bodard (Gollancz; JABberwocky Literary Agency; Subterranean Press; Uncanny Magazine; et al.)
677 ballots were cast for 228 nominees. Finalists range 79-117.
Best Graphic Story or Comic
Bea Wolf, written by Zach Weinersmith, art by Boulet (First Second)
Saga, Vol. 11 written by Brian K. Vaughan, art by Fiona Staples (Image Comics)
Shubeik Lubeik, Deena Mohamed (Pantheon); as Your Wish Is My Command (Granta)
三体漫画：第一部 / The Three Body Problem, Part One, adapted from the novels by 刘慈欣 (Liu Cixin), written by 蔡劲 (Cai Jin),戈闻頔 (Ge Wendi), and 薄暮 (Bo Mu), art by 草祭九日东 (Caojijiuridong) (Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House)
The Witches of World War II written by Paul Cornell, art by Valeria Burzo (TKO Studios LLC)
Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, art by Phil Jimenez, Gene Ha and Nicola Scott (DC Comics)
457 ballots were cast for 256 nominees. Finalists range 25-151.
Best Related Work
All These Worlds: Reviews & Essays by Niall Harrison (Briardene Books)
中国科幻口述史, 第二卷, 第三卷，(Chinese Science Fiction: An Oral History, vols 2 and 3) ed. 杨枫 / Yang Feng (8-Light Minutes Culture & Chengdu Time Press)
A City on Mars by Kelly Weinersmith and Zach Weinersmith (Penguin Press; Particular Books)
The Culture: The Drawings, by Iain M. Banks (Orbit)
雨果X访谈 (Discover X), presented by 王雅婷 (Tina Wong)
A Traveller in Time: The Critical Practice of Maureen Kincaid Speller, by Maureen Kincaid Speller, edited by Nina Allan (Luna Press Publishing)
775 ballots were cast for 246 nominees. Finalists range 36-343.
Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form
Barbie, screenplay by Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, directed by Greta Gerwig (Warner Bros. Studios)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, screenplay by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein and Michael Gilio, directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Paramount Pictures)
Nimona, screenplay by Robert L. Baird and Lloyd Taylor, directed by Nick Bruno and Troy Quane (Annapurna Animations)
Poor Things, screenplay by Tony McNamara, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (Element Pictures)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, screenplay by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Dave Callaham, directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson (Columbia Pictures / Marvel Entertainment / Avi Arad Productions / Lord Miller / Pascal Pictures / Sony Pictures Animation)
流浪地球2 / The Wandering Earth II, based on the novel by 刘慈欣 Liu Cixin, screenplay by 杨治学 Yang Zhixue, 郭帆 / Frant Gwo, 龚格尔 Gong Geer, and 叶濡畅 Ye Ruchang, script consultant 王红卫 Wang Hongwei, directed by 郭帆 / Frant Gwo (中影创意（北京）电影有限公司 / CFC Pictures Ltd, 郭帆（北京）影业有限公司 / G!Film (Beijing) Studio Co. Ltd, 北京登峰国际文化传播有限公司 / Beijing Dengfeng International Culture Communication Co, Ltd, 中国电影股份有限公司 / China Film Co. Ltd)
763 ballots were cast for 189 nominees. Finalists range 69-212.
Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form
Doctor Who: “The Giggle”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Chanya Button (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)
Loki: “Glorious Purpose”, screenplay by Eric Martin, Michael Waldron and Katharyn Blair, directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (Marvel / Disney+)
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”, written by Craig Mazin and Neil Druckmann, directed by Peter Hoar (Naughty Dog / Sony Pictures)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Those Old Scientists”, written by Kathryn Lyn and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Jonathan Frakes (CBS / Paramount+)
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: “Subspace Rhapsody”, written by Dana Horgan and Bill Wolkoff, directed by Dermott Downs (CBS / Paramount+)
Doctor Who: “Wild Blue Yonder”, written by Russell T. Davies, directed by Tom Kingsley (Bad Wolf with BBC Studios for The BBC and Disney Branded Television)
490 ballots were cast for 318 nominees. Finalists range 46-115.
Best Game or Interactive Work
Alan Wake 2, developed by Remedy Entertainment, published by Epic Games
Baldur’s Gate 3, produced by Larian Studios
Chants of Sennaar, developed by Rundisc, published by Focus Entertainment
DREDGE, developed by Black Salt Games, published by Team17
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, produced by Nintendo
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, developed by Respawn Entertainment, published by Electronic Arts
334 ballots were cast for 165 nominees. Finalists range 26-157.
Best Editor Short Form
Scott H. Andrews
Neil Clarke
刘维佳 (Liu Weijia)
Jonathan Strahan
Lynne M. Thomas & Michael Damian Thomas
杨枫 (Yang Feng)
530 ballots were cast for 179 nominees. Finalists range 40-146.
Best Editor Long Form
Ruoxi Chen
Lindsey Hall
Lee Harris
Kelly Lonesome
David Thomas Moore
姚海军 (Yao Haijun)
254 ballots were cast for 103 nominees. Finalists range 16-81.
Best Professional Artist
Micaela Alcaino
Rovina Cai
Galen Dara
Dan Dos Santos
Tristan Elwell
Alyssa Winans
270 ballots were cast for 219 nominees. Finalists range 17-66.
Best Semiprozine
Escape Pod, editors Mur Lafferty and Valerie Valdes; assistant editors Benjamin C. Kinney, Premee Mohamed and Kevin Wabaunsee; hosts Tina Connolly and Alasdair Stuart; producers Summer Brooks and Adam Pracht; and the entire Escape Pod team
FIYAH Literary Magazine, publisher and executive editor DaVaun Sanders, poetry editor B. Sharise Moore, special projects manager L. D. Lewis, art director Christian Ivey, acquiring editors Rebecca McGee, Kerine Wint, Joshua Morley, Emmalia Harrington, Genine Tyson, Tonya R. Moore, sponsor coordinator Nelson Rolon
GigaNotoSaurus, editor LaShawn M. Wanak, associate editors Mia Tsai and Edgard Wentz, along with the GNS Slushreaders Team
khōréō, produced by Aleksandra Hill, Zhui Ning Chang, Kanika Agrawal, Isabella Kestermann, Rowan Morrison, Sachiko Ragosta, Lian Xia Rose, Jenelle DeCosta, Melissa Ren, Elaine Ho, Lilivette Domínguez, Jei D. Marcade, Jeané Ridges, Isaree Thatchaichawalit, Danai Christopoulou, M. L. Krishnan, Ysabella Maglanque, Aaron Voigt, Adil Mian, Alexandra Millatmal, E. Broderick, K. S. Walker, Katarzyna Nowacka, Katie McIvor, Kelsea Yu, Marie Croke, Osahon Ize-Iyamu, Phoebe Low, S. R. Westvik, Sara S. Messenger
Strange Horizons, by the Strange Horizons Editorial Collective
Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky.
338 ballots were cast for 82 nominees. Finalists range 32-159.
Best Fanzine
Black Nerd Problems, editors Omar Holmon and William Evans
The Full Lid, written by Alasdair Stuart and edited by Marguerite Kenner
Idea, editor Geri Sullivan
Journey Planet, edited by Michael Carroll, Vincent Docherty, Sara Felix, Ann Gry, Sarah Gulde, Allison Hartman Adams, Arthur Liu, Jean Martin, Helena Nash, Pádraig Ó Méalóid, Yen Ooi, Chuck Serface, Alan Stewart, Regina Kanyu Wang, James Bacon and Christopher J. Garcia
Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together, editors Roseanna Pendlebury, Arturo Serrano, Paul Weimer; senior editors Joe Sherry, Adri Joy, G. Brown, Vance Kotrla.
Unofficial Hugo Book Club Blog, editors Olav Rokne and Amanda Wakaruk
286 ballots were cast for 80 nominees. Finalists range 20-70.
Best Fancast
The Coode Street Podcast, presented by Jonathan Strahan and Gary K. Wolfe
Hugos There, presented by Seth Heasley
Octothorpe, by John Coxon, Alison Scott, and Liz Batty
Publishing Rodeo, presented by Sunyi Dean and Scott Drakeford
科幻Fans布玛 (Science Fiction Fans Buma), production team 布玛（Buma)，刘路（Liu Lu)，刘倡（Liu Chang)
Worldbuilding for Masochists, presented by Marshall Ryan Maresca, Rowenna Miller, Cass Morris and Natania Barron
693 ballots were cast for 230 nominees. Finalists range 28-104.
Best Fan Writer
Bitter Karella
James Davis Nicoll
Jason Sanford
Alasdair Stuart
Paul Weimer
Örjan Westin
363 ballots were cast for 134 nominees. Finalists range 27-134.
Best Fan Artist
Iain J. Clark
Sara Felix
Dante Luiz
Laya Rose
Alison Scott
España Sheriff
180 ballots were cast for 96 nominees. Finalists range 16-43.
Lodestar Award for Best YA Book
Abeni’s Song by P. Djèlí Clark (Starscape)
Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer (Fairwood Press)
Promises Stronger than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders (Tor Teen)
The Sinister Booksellers of Bath by Garth Nix (Katherine Tegen Books, Gollancz and Allen & Unwin)
To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose (Del Rey)
Unraveller by Frances Hardinge (Macmillan Children’s Books; eligible due to 2023 U.S. publication by Amulet)
345 ballots were cast for 178 nominees. Finalists range 33-56.
Astounding Award for Best New Writer (sponsored by Dell Magazines)
Moniquill Blackgoose (1st year of eligibility)
Sunyi Dean (2nd year of eligibility)
Ai Jiang (2nd year of eligibility)
Hannah Kaner (1st year of eligibility)
Em X. Liu (1st year of eligibility)
Xiran Jay Zhao (eligibility extended at request of Dell Magazines)
349 ballots were cast for 167 nominees. Finalists range 35-50.
The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but declined nomination:
Best Novel – System Collapse, by Martha Wells
Best Novelette – 极北之地 (“The Far North”) by 海漄 (Hai Ya)
Best Related Work: Bigolas Dickolas Wolfwood’s promotional tweets for This Is How You Lose the Time War
Best Editor, Long Form: Natasha Bardon
Best Fan Writer: Camestros Felapton
The following nominees received enough votes to qualify for the final ballot, but were not eligible for specific reasons:
Best Novel – 天帆 (Cosmo Wings) by 江波 (Jiang Bo) – publication in 2024
Best Fancast (1) – 雨果X访谈 （Discover X）interviews by 王雅婷 Tina Wong – professional production; also qualified in the Best Related Work category.
Best Fancast (2) – 铥铥科幻电波 (Diu Diu Sci Fi Radio) – also a professional production.
The awards also include The Lodestar Award (for Young Adult Fiction) and The Astounding Award for new writers. These latter awards are technically not Hugo Awards, despite being presented at the same ceremony and having the same level of prestige; they just have a differently shaped award handed to the winner.
Dear White People and Haunted Mansion filmmaker Justin Simien is teaming up with writer Christopher Yost and Tommy Oliver’s Confluential Films to adapt Heist: Or, How to Steal a Planet, a science fiction crime thriller from Vault Comics. Yost, the comics author who wrote the screenplays for Thor: Ragnarokand The Mandalorian, will write the script.
The comics, created by Paul Tobin and artist Arjuna Susini, is set on the planet Heist, home to billions of the worst criminals in the galaxy. The ruling pan-galactic government has no idea what to do with the planet, but a conman named Glane Breld and his band of thieves know exactly what to do with Heist… steal it. The story follows Breld on his madcap scheme to pull of the biggest heist in the history of the galaxy.
“How to Steal Planet wowed me and I’m humbled by the challenge of bringing a genre bending dose of afro-futurism to the culture,” said Simien in a statement. Said Oliver, “Vault’s How to Steal a Planet is just a good time. I can’t imagine a better duo than Justin Simien and Christopher Yost to bring this to the screen, especially as a part of Confluential’s growing slate of tentpole films from creators of color.”
Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively are returning for Real Aviation gin martinis (with a twist), glamorous outfits, and killer secrets in A Simple Favor2 from director Paul Feig.
Amazon MGM Studios have announced that they’ve greenlit the sequel to the 2018 mystery-thriller, which is a co-production with Lionsgate and is aiming to begin filming this spring. Feig (who directed 2016’s Ghostbusters) is back to helm with Henry Golding, Andrew Rannells, Bashir Salahuddin, Joshua Satine,, Ian Ho and Kelly McCormack reprising their roles from the original feature. In fact, the whole team is back together, with original scribe Jessica Sharzer also returning to pen the sequel.
In A Simple Favor, Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily Nelson (Lively), a secretive upper-class woman with has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing however, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.
Now, (spoilers ahead!) you may remember that Emily ends up going to prison to serve a 20-year sentence, yet in A Simple Favor 2, we’ll reportedly see Stephanie and Emily heading to the island of Capri for the latter’s lavish wedding. Though fans will have to wait and see how Emily got out of that particular snafu, the synopsis goes on to promise that the itinerary for the destination nuptials between Emily and a wealthy Italian businessman is set to include murder (of course) and betrayal (goes without saying).
