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Leigh Whannell‘s Wolf Man soundtrack will infect vinyl on April 25 from Mutant.

The score is composed by Benjamin Wallfisch, who previously worked with Whannell on The Invisible Man in addition to scoring such heavy hitters as It, Blade Runner 2049, Shazam, and Alien: Romulus.

Priced at $30, the album is pressed on 140-gram colored vinyl exclusive to Mutant.

“Ben’s score evokes the lush classic sounds of the original 1940s movie,” Mutant previews. “It’s a beautifully light score featuring incredible orchestration, evoking the mystery within the woods. The score is scary and brutal but also delicate and human when necessary. It’s evocative and rich and helps add grounding to this very contemporary telling of this tale.”

The new take on the classic monster is in theaters now, and Wallfisch’s score is available on digital and streaming as of today.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her review, “Leigh Whannell...

Annually, Rotten Tomatoes hands out Golden Tomatoes to the best-reviewed movies and TV series from the past year.

Previous winners include Oppenheimer, The Last of Us, Top Gun: Maverick, Spider-Man: No Way Home, and House of the Dragon, but Dune: Part Two has reigned supreme this time.

Shōgun largely dominated the TV side, though there were noteworthy wins for both The Penguin and X-Men '97. Unfortunately, neither Deadpool & Wolverine nor Agatha All Along have received any love, even in the newly created "Fan Favorite Movies" category.

The winners and nominees are determined by an adjusted score formula, which is a weighted ranking that compensates for the variation in the number of reviews when comparing movies or TV shows within a specified time frame.

Critics have always had something of a complicated relationship with comic book adaptations, particularly in recent years. However, between this and other televised award shows, it's clear...

The total box office at German cinemas in 2024 fell almost 8% year-on-year, according to provisional figures from Comscore.

Overall ticket sales totalled €792.5m, down 7.8% on 2023’s € 859m, while total admissions slipped year-on-year by 7.3% from 87.2m to 80.9m.

This compared to the 23.7% year-on-year increase in box-office takings and 18.5% in admissions that had been posted between 2022 and 2023.

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Walt Disney Pictures’ Inside Out 2 was the year’s most successful new release, grossing $56.9m and garnering 5.7m admissions since its opening week on 678 screens on June 12.The performance of Inside Out 2 as well as other releases such asDeadpool & Wolverine,...

Alien, Aliens, Alien: Covenant, and Alien: Romulus have all received the Pop! treatment in the past, and now it’s Alien 3‘s turn.

Funko has recreated the film’s most iconic scene, in which Ellen Ripley comes face-to-face with a xenomorph, as a Pop! Moment for $34.99.

The Runner Alien is also available separately as a 4.75″ Super Pop! for $24.99.

The vinyl figures are expected to arrive in February.

David Fincher made his feature directorial debut on the 1992 sequel, which saw Ripley crash-land on a maximum-security prison planet along an unwelcome visitor.

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The rage virus is back. This year brings the long-awaited 28 Years Later, plunging audiences back into the horror saga that Danny Boyle and Alex Garland began over two decades ago. It’s a bonafide cinema event, and the infected have even taken over the pages of Empire – this month’s issue features a major look at what’s in store in Boyle and Garland’s comeback.

You’ll find the issue on newsstands from Thursday 16 January (order a copy online here) – but first up, here’s a sneak peek inside its pages.

28 Years Later

Start running now. Danny Boyle and Alex Garland bring Empire into the heart of their horror sequel – also speaking to Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes and more about evolving the infected apocalypse.

The Monkey

Last year, Osgood Perkins changed the horror game with Longlegs. In 2025, he’s going even wilder with Stephen King adaptation The Monkey – an absurdist,...

At the end of the day, it wasn’t as bad as expected. That’s the overriding sentiment among international distribution executives and other industry watchers regarding how 2024’s overseas and global box office panned out. Yes, we continue to need more consistency to foster the cinema-going habit, as well as more good movies that hit their mark, and Asia was soft for Hollywood while local product becomes more resonant there. But, the outlook is brighter as 2025 and beyond take shape.

First, let’s look at some stats. Overall, the international box office landed at an estimated $21.2 billion, per Gower Street Analytics. That’s 10% down versus 2023, and does not include China in the equation. As one international distribution exec asserts, “You have to back out China because China’s got such a disproportionate influence” on the total. This is true enough as China struggled in 2024 owing to economic concerns and...

Alien: Romulus was a significant success at the box office while also proving to be a big hit with critics, so it wasn't exactly a huge surprise when 20th Century Studios boss Steve Asbell confirmed that early plans are in pace for a sequel last year.

Though director Fede Álvarez still hasn't officially signed on to return, it sounds like it's close to being a done deal. During a new interview with Empire, the filmmaker confirmed that he is in the process of working on the sequel's script, and promises that the movie will take the classic sci-fi horror franchise "into uncharted waters."

“Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are working on that right now. We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while.

On Wednesday, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced its 78th annual BAFTA Awards nominees, with expected contenders Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez nominated for Best Film.

Conclave led all films with 12 nominations, including bids for Best Film, Best British Film, Best Director for Edward Berger, Best Adapted Screenplay for Peter Straughan, Best Actor for Ralph Fiennes, and Best Supporting Actress for Isabella Rossellini. It’s the second time BAFTA voters have widely embraced a Berger feature in three years after giving All Quiet on the Western Front 14 nominations in 2023.

In second, just behind the nominations leader, was Emilia Pérez. Netflix’s top contender landed 11 BAFTA Award nominations, including Best Film, Best Film Not in English Language, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jacques Audiard, Best Actress for Karla Sofia Gascón, and Best Supporting Actress for Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldaña.

Other...

Ah, awards season, when cinema stans obsessively track the goings-on at all the film fétes in America and that one in England. While not necessarily as big of an indicator for the Academy Awards race as U.S. shows like the Golden Globes, Oscars prognosticators will factor what goes on...

Director Fede Alvarez enjoyed success with Alien: Romulus, but says his planned sequel will show us “things you’ve never seen before.”

It’s fair to say that most people who went to see last year’s Alien: Romulus had a good time. The film’s audience score stands at a generally favourable 70 on Metacritic and the lure of a new Alien movie from a filmmaker fresh to the franchise drew in plenty of people. The film earned $350m at the box office and did so from a production budget of $80m, a smaller price tag than either of the Ridley Scott prequel films that preceded it.

This meant that the film had made a healthy profit for 20th Century Studios (and its owner Disney) by the time its theatrical run had ended, and as a result, Alvarez is now working on a sequel.

According to an Empire interview with Alvarez,...

Alien: Romulus arrived in theaters last August, earning glowing reviews (it's "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes at 80%) and an impressive $350 million at the worldwide box office.

The movie was widely considered a return to form for the long-running sci-fi/horro franchise and Hot Toys is going all in on the movie with another 1/6th scale figure. They revealed a terrifying Scored Xenomorph a couple of months ago and that's been followed by an eerily realistic take on Cailee Spaeny's (Civil War) Rain.

The likeness is extremely impressive and, given what a first fan-favourite the character has already become, we're not exactly shocked to see her get the Hot Toys treatment. Will any other characters follow? If so, David Jonsson's Andy will be high up on the wishlists of many Alien fans.

After all, both he and Rain are expected to return in Fede Alvarez's sequel. "Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and...

Director Fede Álvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review Here), was a success – so it was no surprise to hear, just a couple of months after the film’s theatrical release, that 20th Century Studios was working with Álvarez to develop a sequel to the film. Now, Álvarez has commented on the sequel, promising that it will take the Alien series into uncharted waters.

It has been said that the story Álvarez and co-writer Rodo Sayagues crafted for Alien: Romulus is not directly connected to the other films in the Alien franchise (which isn’t exactly true), but it’s not ignoring any of the other entries, either. Álvarez has been clear about the fact that his story takes place within the established franchise continuity. In fact, it slots right in between the events of Alien and Aliens. It has the following official...

The box office success of Alien: Romulus last year has given the franchise a fresh dose of new life, and director Fede Alvarez is currently hard at work on cracking a sequel.

Speaking with Empire Online this week, Alvarez provides an update on Alien: Romulus 2. “Rodo [Sayagues] and I are working on that right now,” Alvarez tells Empire.

“We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters,” Alvarez continues.

As 20th Century Studios head Steve Asbell noted last year, a sequel to Alien: Romulus would likely follow the characters played by Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson in Alien: Romulus, who survived the harrowing events of last year’s movie. Spaeny’s...

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will announce its nominations on Wednesday, Jan. 15, casting a spotlight on an unpredictable awards season. This year’s nods come amid a somber backdrop as the devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have left communities grappling with loss. I’m sure the BAFTA’s announcement will mention the City of Angels and the first responders, the true heroes battling the blazes.

For the approximately 13,500 international members of BAFTA — representing a diverse range of disciplines across film and television — this year’s nominations serve as a cultural barometer, often influencing the Oscar race. With ballots for the Academy Awards due on Friday, Jan. 17, following its announced voting extension, BAFTA (who voted before the wildfires broke out) may provide a clearer picture of where AMPAS’ influential international voting bloc will likely land.

BAFTA’s acting categories have been somewhat unpredictable in recent years due...

With Alien: Romulus, director Fede Alvarez aimed to make something that neatly slotted between Alien and Aliens – returning to the original two classics, while also liberally referencing everything from Alien: Resurrection and Prometheus, to the beloved Alien: Isolation video game. As a result, his film brought new characters and variations on the Alien mythology – but was all about capturing that legendary iconography anew.

If a Romulus sequel does happen, though, it seems Alvarez plans to go in the opposite direction – taking Alien somewhere more unexpected. “Rodo [Sayagues, co-writer] and I are working on that right now,” the filmmaker tells Empire. “We’re excited about where it can go. We’ve almost checked all of the boxes of things that I want to see [in Romulus], and brought back a lot of the things I hadn’t seen in a while. Wherever we go now, we can go into uncharted waters.” The plan, he hints,...

“Dune: Part Two” led all films in nominations for the 233 annual Ves Awards, the Visual Effects Society announced on Tuesday. Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic received seven nominations in the Ves Awards’ eight non-animated feature film categories, followed by “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” with six, “Better Man” with four and “Mufasa: The Lion King” with three.

In the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature category, the category that corresponds most closely to Best Visual Effects at the Oscars, the nominees were “Better Man,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Mufasa: The Lion King” and “Twisters.”

All 10 of the films on the Oscars’ Best Visual Effects shortlist received Ves nominations. In addition to the five nominees in the Ves Outstanding Visual Effects category, “Civil War” and “Gladiator II” received two nominations and “Alien: Romulus,” “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Wicked” each received one.

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2024 was a great year for sci-fi fans, as many brilliant movies like Dune: Part Two came out this year. The sci-fi genre has always been one of the most beloved among cinephiles as it gives us a new look at a particular technology or our world. So, let’s check out which of the best sci-fi movies that came out last year you should not miss.

The Substance (Mubi & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – Mubi

The Substance is a sci-fi body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. The 2024 film follows Elisabeth Sparkle, an aging celebrity who is slowly losing her fame. She soon discovers a black market drug that can create a younger version of herself, but that comes with unexpected side effects. The Substance stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Edward Hamilton Clark, Gore Abrams,...

Though Alien: Romulus received a mostly positive response from critics and fans, one aspect of the movie that was met with almost universal backlash was the likeness of a deceased actor being used for a new character via VFX.

When Rain Carradine and her crew arrive on the derelict space station, they learn that the ship's android is still functional despite clearly being in very bad shape after a Xenomorph attack. They plug him in to discover what happened, and we see that the synthetic is the same model as Ash from Ridley Scott's original movie.

The late Ian Holm was "resurrected" (with permission from the actor's estate) to achieve this, but even setting aside the controversy surrounding the practice of "digital necromancy," the effects used to portray the character were... not the best.

Some shots looked okay, but for the majority of Rook's screen-time, his face basically...

Sonic The Hedgehog 3 Worldwide Box Office: Set To Beat It Ends With Us & Alien: Romulus (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is on track to sabotage not one but the global haul of two films soon. It is awfully close to surpassing the worldwide collections of It Ends With Us and Alien: Romulus. It has also beaten the critically acclaimed and financially successful animated feature of 2024, The Wild Robot. Keep scrolling for the deets.

It Ends With Us made a lot of news owing to the feud between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. It is still ongoing, but keeping the scandal aside, the film is a remarkable success as it had an estimated budget of $25 million and raked in a marvelous $350.99 million globally. Meanwhile, Alien: Romulus is also a box office success, which earned over $100 million in China. The worldwide collection of Fede Alvarez’s movie is $350.86 million.

Director Fede Alvarez recently shared with ‘Empire Magazine’ that the digital recreation of the late actor Ian Holm, who portrayed the android Rook, was improved after the film’s theatrical release.

In ‘Alien: Romulus,’ Rook is a disembodied head from the same model of android as Holm’s character, Ash, from the original 1979 ‘Alien’ film. Since Holm passed away in 2020, the filmmakers got permission from his estate to use his likeness for this new android character.

The movie received various criticisms, with one of the main complaints being about the Rook character, especially the use of CGI. Many viewers found the digital effects less than convincing. Alvarez explained that, due to time constraints during post-production, the team wasn’t able to perfect the CGI in time for the movie’s theatrical release.

“I wasn’t 100 percent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention,...

Many studios choose to unveil big new trailers during the Super Bowl, but Warner Bros. Discovery will reveal the latest look at one of their most anticipated movies of the year during the Puppy Bowl instead. THR reports that a special sneak preview of Superman will debut during the Puppy Bowl, with James Gunn set to appear with his dog Ozu, who was the inspiration for Krypto. The Superman director will also deliver a “special message” to viewers.

The Puppy Bowl will air on February 9th. The event features a number of puppies playing with balls and toys in their own little stadium as it raises adoption awareness. “Animal Planet’s Puppy Bowl serves as an annual pop culture programming event that continues to expand in reach, awareness and of course, puppies, every year,” said Howard Lee, chief creative officer of U.S. networks and president of Discovery Networks. “Win or lose,...

“Alien: Romulus” director Fede Álvarez said in an interview with Empire magazine that he understands why some viewers reacted negatively to the appearance of late actor Ian Holm in the film. Holm played the android Ash in Ridley Scott’s original “Alien” film and died in 2020 at 88 years old. The actor’s likeness was resurrected in “Romulus” via CGI for a new android character named Rook, but many viewers complained that Rook’s appearance was mostly bad visual effects that looked like a muddled Ian Holm deepfake. Álvarez would seem to agree.

“We just ran out of time in post-production to get it right,” the director admitted to Empire. “I wasn’t 100 percent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention. So, for people that react negatively, I don’t blame them.”

Álvarez revealed that he corrected Rook’s visual appearance for...

For fans of “Alien: Romulus” looking to watch from home, the controversial Ian Holm CGI has been corrected for folks awaiting the home entertainment release, director Fede Álvarez assured. He said it looks “way better” than what fans saw in theaters.

“We fixed it,” Álvarez told Empire in a recent interview, acknowledging that a lot of fans thought the film fumbled its CGI recreation of Holm, who reappeared in the film as android Rook, the same make and model of the iconic Ash in the original “Alien.”

Holm, however, died in 2020, and “Alien: Romulus” got permission from his widow to incorporate his likeness into the film using CGI technology.

Álvarez said the initial illusion was created through a “mix of techniques.”

“We made it better for the release right now … It’s way better,” Álvarez continued. “I convinced the studio we need to spend the money and make sure we...

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Director Fede Álvarez’s contribution to the Alien franchise, Alien: Romulus (you can read our review Here), had only been in theatres for a matter of hours before it stirred up a SPOILERy controversy on social media. That’s because one of the film’s cast members has been dead for several years, so Álvarez and his collaborators decided to resurrect them with CGI… and the CGI wasn’t exactly convincing. Alien: Romulus has since made its way to home video – and if you have watched it in the comfort of your own home, you may have noticed that an attempt was made to fix that unconvincing CGI.

Of course, what we’re talking about here is the fact that the android character Rook was given the face of the late, great Ian Holm (with his estate’s permission), who played the android Ash in the original Alien.

After the original "Alien" in 1979, every subsequent film seems to have featured certain elements that immediately resulted in backlash among audiences. James Cameron's sequel was criticized for stripping away the horror and replacing it with dumbed-down action, while "Alien 3" represented fan discontentment on a grand scale by killing off beloved heroes Newt and Hicks ... before doing the same with its own leading lady, Ripley. Both of Ridley Scott's prequel films rubbed many viewers the wrong way, despite gaining more and more appreciators over the years, but it's safe to say that last year's "Alien: Romulus" was meant as a much-needed return to form.

In many ways, it did exactly that -- perhaps a little too well, as /Film's Chris Evangelista wrote about in his review -- but it also continued the franchise's grand tradition of alienating (pun most definitely intended) audiences with another divisive creative choice.

This time around,...

Creating a film as iconic as Alien: Romulus comes with its fair share of challenges, especially when it involves reimagining beloved characters. Director Fede Alvarez faced such a challenge with the introduction of Rook, an android based on Ian Holm’s Ash from the original Alien.

A still from Alien: Romulus | Credits: 20th Century Studios

While the film captivated audiences, some fans were left questioning the character’s appearance. On the same topic, the filmmaker has recently opened up about the process of refining Rook for the home release. So, what changes did he make to improve the character’s look?

What made Fede Alvarez rethink Rook’s CGI in Alien: Romulus?

In Alien: Romulus, Fede Alvarez brought new life to the Alien franchise, mixing classic sci-fi elements with fresh ideas. One of the standout features of the movie was the android character Rook, who was brought to life through CGI.

The most controversial aspect of Fede Alvarez’s Alien: Romulus last year was the use of late actor/original Alien star Ian Holm’s likeness in the film, with the digitally resurrected Holm playing an android named Rook, the same model as his character Ash from Ridley Scott’s original classic. The effects work for the uncanny cameo, well, it left much to be desired.

Turns out, even Fede Alvarez wasn’t happy with how the digital necromancy in Alien: Romulus turned out. As he explains to Empire, the effects were retooled for the home video release.

“We just ran out of time in post-production to get it right,” Alvarez tells Empire. “I wasn’t 100 per cent happy with some of the shots, where you could feel a bit more the CG intervention. So, for people that react negatively, I don’t blame them.”

“We fixed it,” he continues. “We...

When Alien: Romulus arrived last summer, it brought cinema’s greatest sci-fi-horror franchise screaming into new life, chestbursting a new Xenomorph rampage onto the big screen. And for the most part, Fede Alvarez’s film – set between the events of Alien and Aliens – revelled in played around with the established iconography of the series so far, touching on everything from Prometheus to Alien: Resurrection, while also liberally paying homage to Ridley Scott and James Cameron’s classics.

Those callbacks didn’t always come without controversy – one surprise awaiting audiences was the arrival of android character Rook, given the face of the late, great Ian Holm (with his estate’s permission), who played nefarious ‘bot Ash in Scott’s original Alien. The result on screen, though, was somewhat uncanny – which became the subject of much discussion among fans. Even Alvarez wasn’t quite convinced. “We just ran out of time in post-production to get it right,...

Sonic The Hedgehog North America Box Office: Set To Beat Bad Boys: Ride Or Die ( Photo Credit – Instagram )

The casting of Keanu Reeves in a negative role in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 has been doing wonders for the film. It has been consistently in the top 3 of the US box office chart, and now it’s gearing up to enter 2024’s top 10 grosser list. The action-adventure comedy flick is close to overtaking not only Bad Boys: Ride or Die but also the domestic haul of Kung Fu Panda 4. Scroll below for the deets.

Bad Boys: Ride or Die is the 4th installment in the Bad Boys franchise starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The film is #11 in the 2024’s highest-grossers list at the US box office, while Kung Fu Panda 4 is #10. Will’s movie received mixed reviews but ultimately became a box-office success.

Sonic the Hedgehog 3 collected...

To kick off the new year, IMDb invited three of Hollywood’s rising young talents for its first-ever roundtable interview, “Stars to Watch Spotlight.” Moderated by IMDb producer Tre Wesley, the half-hour video features actors Rhenzy Feliz (“The Penguin,” Encanto), Isabela Merced (Alien: Romulus, Madame Web), and Sophie Thatcher (“Yellowjackets,” Heretic) discussing their breakout performances, their first IMDb credit, industry leaders they’d love to work with, and more.

Audiences can see Isabela Merced in two of 2025’s most anticipated titles: Superman and Season 2 of “The Last of Us.” In addition to last year’s Alien: Romulus and Madame Web, she has starred in Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Transformers: The Last Knight, and Sicario: Day of the Soldado.

Sophie Thatcher was recently in A24’s Heretic and can be seen next in Season 3 of the Showtime series “Yellowjackets” and Companion. Her previous acting credits include “The Book of Boba Fett,” MaXXXine, The Boogeyman, and Prospect.

Rhenzy Feliz recently co-starred with Colin Farrell in “The Penguin,” playing Oswald Cobb’s henchman-in-training, Victor. He also provided the voice for Camilo in Disney’s Encanto. Next on the horizon for Feliz is director Kelly Reichert’s crime drama The Mastermind.

Watch the full interview here.

The Art Directors Guild Awards has announced the nominations for its 29th annual kudos, and all five of this year’s predicted production design Oscar nominees received bids from the guild on Thursday: The Brutalist and Gladiator II in the period race, Dune: Part Two and Wicked in the fantasy category, and Conclave in the contemporary contest.

This group, which celebrates excellence in theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, and music videos, has an impressive track record for previewing the Academy Awards. Over the past 28 years, the eventual Oscar winner for Best Production Design has always numbered among the Adg nominees in the various categories, including last year when Poor Things prevailed at both events.

This year’s honors will be distributed on Feb. 15 during a ceremony hosted by comedian and actress Rachael Harris at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. (See the complete list of names below.) Final voting for guild members opens on Jan.

The Art Directors Guild has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. Production design is all about worldbuilding, and so it’s fitting that the nominees are spread out by the kinds of worlds production designers are asked to create and the demands of their setting. The feature film nominee categories are amongst period settings, contemporary settings, and fantasy settings and the television shows are divided further by format between single-camera hourlong, half-hour, multicamera series, limited series, and TV movie, among others.

But the nominees themselves align with IndieWire’s predicted frontrunners for the Oscar category. “Dune: Part Two” and “Wicked,” among others, are nominated in the fantasy feature film category, while “The Brutalist,” and “Conclave” each received nominations in period feature and contemporary feature, respectively. On the TV side, “Shōgun” continues its conquest of guild nominations with one for period single-camera series, but “Squid Game,...

The Art Directors Guild (Adg, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards, set to be held Feb. 15 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

Feature nominees include the production designers on A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night in the period film category; Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Dune: Part Two, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and Wicked for fantasy film; and Civil War, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance and Twisters in the contemporary film category.

Over the past six years, the winner of the Adg’s fantasy film prize has gone on to win the Academy Award for production design three times: Poor Things in 2024, Dune in 2022 and Black Panther in 2019. During that time, the winner of the period film prize won the production design Oscar twice: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2020 and Mank in 2021. In 2023, the...

“The Substance,” “Conclave” and “Wicked” are among the films nominated by the Art Directors Guild (IATSE Local 800) for its 28th Excellence in Production Design Awards in motion pictures, television, commercial and music video categories.

The Adg divides live-action features into three categories: period feature film, fantasy feature film and contemporary feature film. “A Complete Unknown,” “The Brutalist,” “Gladiator II,” “Nosferatu” and “Saturday Night” were nominated in the period feature film category. In the fantasy film category, “Alien: Romulus, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, “Dune: Part Two,” “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” and “Wicked” all landed nods. “Civil War,” Conclave,” “Emilia Pérez” and “The Substance” and “Twisters” earned contemporary film nominations.

While it’s difficult to use the Adg winners as a precursor to the Academy Awards, last year’s winner “Poor Things” (Shona Heath and James Price) went on to win the Oscar. Previously, 2023 winners “Dune” (Patrice Vermette and Zsuzsanna Sipos) also won the Oscar for production design.

Awards-season regulars A Complete Unknown, The Brutalist, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, Conclave, Emilia Pérez and The Substance are among the nominees revealed Thursday for the Art Directors Guild’s 29th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards.

A Complete Unknown and The Brutalist, the latter coming off a Best Picture – Drama win at the Golden Globes on Sunday, are nominated in the Period Feature Film Category, joined by Gladiator II, Nosferatu and Saturday Night. In the Fantasy category, Dune 2 and Wicked are up against Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

This year’s Contemporary nominees are Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Substance, Civil War and Twisters.

Last year, the Adg bestowed its top movie honors to Poor Things for Fantasy, Oppenheimer for Period and Saltburn for Contemporary, with Poor Things and designers James Price and Shona Heath going on to win the Oscar for Production Design.

In TV,...

Here on Bloody Disgusting we’ve published multiple articles (find them all here) covering *our* favorite horror movies of last year, but it’s always interesting to take a look at year-in-review roundups from other places as well. Letterboxd, for example, kicks off each new year by spotlighting the previous year’s top hits, and their full 2024 Year in Review is now live.

As always, films are broken up into various categories based on highest user ratings, including the 10 Highest Rated Horror Movies of 2024. That list is unsurprisingly topped by Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, which just barely became a 2024 release when it was unleashed in theaters on Christmas Day. Other films, well, you might be surprised to see them make the list.

Here are Letterboxd’s 10 Highest Rated Horror Movies of 2024:

1) Nosferatu 2) The Substance 3) Dead Talents Society 4) Bramayugam 5) Chime 6) Alien: Romulus 7) Exhuma 8) I Saw the TV Glow 9) Your Monster 10) Strange Darling...

Update: The Academy has extended the nomination voting period by two days to Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. Pt. As a result, this year’s nominations for the 97th Oscars will be revealed on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Oscar nomination voting is now officially open.

As of 9 a.m. Pt, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can officially cast their ballots for the 2024 Oscar nominations. With voting open for the next five days, every twist, turn, and headline in the awards race will be magnified in what’s shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent memory.

The nearly 10,000 eligible Academy members now face the daunting task of sifting through a year brimming with cinematic achievements. From box office blockbusters to festival darlings, the race offers no shortage of contenders—and no single film has emerged as the definitive frontrunner.

Adding to the excitement,...

It’s not hyperbole to suggest that Robert Eggers has spent decades thinking about Nosferatu. In elementary school in New Hampshire, the filmmaker saw a picture of Max Schreck as Count Orlok in F.W. Murnau’s 1922 silent classic Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror and “lost my mind.” After he became obsessed with the film on VHS, a teenage Eggers directed a black-and-white stage version of Nosferatu, complete with actors painted in black and white. In 2016, after Eggers’ breakout film, The Witch, immediately made him a name to watch among cineastes, Eggers said he hoped to make Nosferatu his follow-up feature.

However, almost a decade passed before Eggers made Nosferatu. The wait has been worth it for the filmmaker and fans.

“The reaction has been pretty overwhelming. Even before the movie was released, it has just been a lot bigger than anything I’ve ever been involved with in terms of marketing,...

Gold Derby’s top news stories for Jan. 7, 2025. BAFTA Rising Star Award nominees announced

Marisa Abela (Back to Black), Jharrel Jerome (Unstoppable), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), Mikey Madison (Anora), and Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera) are the 2025 BAFTA Rising Star Award nominees. Now in its 20th year, the Rising Star Award is the only BAFTA honor voted on by the British public. The award has historically gone to Brits, which bodes well for Abela, Jonsson, and Rizwan (all of whom have also been on Industry). Last year’s winner was How to Have Sex star Mia McKenna-Bruce. Past winners include Tom Hardy, Juno Temple, Will Poulter, John Boyega, Tom Holland, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, and Lashana Lynch. The last American champ was Kristen Stewart in 2010.

Abela and Madison could find themselves with two nominations as both were longlisted last week in Best Actress for their respective performances. BAFTA nominations will be announced Wednesday,...

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El 21 de noviembre, Alien: Romulus se estrenó en Disney+ en la mayoría de territorios, pero no en España. Nos tocó esperar. Pero, ahora, ya sabemos cuándo aterrizará en la plataforma de streaming en nuestro país: el 15 de enero. ¡Sí, la semana que viene!

Ambientada entre los eventos de Alien de 1979 y su secuela Aliens de 1986, Alien: Romulus, dirigida por Fede Álvarez, nos lleva de vuelta a las raíces de la franquicia que cautivó a millones. Un grupo de jóvenes colonizadores espaciales se encuentra cara a cara con la forma de vida más aterradora del universo cuando rebuscan en las profundidades de una estación espacial abandonada.

La película está protagonizada por Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson (Matar es fácil), Archie Renaux (Sombra y Hueso), Isabela Merced (The Last of Us), Spike Fearn (Aftersun) y Aileen Wu.

Este thriller de terror y ciencia ficción se convirtió en...

The Cinema Audio Society (Cas) has nominated the sound teams behind A Complete Unknown, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II and Wicked in its live-action feature category for the 2025 Cas Awards celebrating excellence in sound mixing.

All five films have been Oscar shortlisted in the sound category, which since 2021 has encompassed both sound editing and mixing. The five additional shortlisted films are Alien: Romulus, Blitz, Emilia Pérez, Joker: Folie à Deux and The Wild Robot. Traditionally, the winner of the Cas award in the live-action feature category has mirrored the Academy Award winner for sound. However, last year, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn took home the Oscar for The Zone of Interest while Cas awarded Oppenheimer.

In the animated motion picture category, Cas nominated Inside Out 2, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, The Wild Robot and Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Elton John: Never Too Late,...

The Cinema Audio Society announced nominations on Tuesday, Jan. 7, honoring the best in cinematic sound mixing. Nominees for live-action motion picture sound mixing are A Complete Unknown, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II, and Wicked. That includes four of the top five contenders in Gold Derby’s current racetrack odds for Best Sound. Deadpool & Wolverine is the outlier, ranked 10th in our odds. Missing from the Cas nominations list were the Golden Globe-leading Emilia Pérez, as well as three other films shortlisted by the Motion Picture Academy: Blitz, Alien: Romulus, and Joker: Folie à Deux.

The Cas Awards used to correlate with the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing, but that category was consolidated with Best Sound Editing for the 93rd annual awards honoring the best films of 2020. Now the Oscars present a single award for Best Sound. The Oscar champs since them have been Sound of Metal (2020), Dune: Part One...

Nosferatu Box Office (United Kingdom): Beats Alien: Romulus (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu was released in the United Kingdom a few days back, and its opening exceeded all expectations. It is giving competition to Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and Mufasa: The Lion King. The gothic horror has beaten the opening of Alien: Romulus to achieve an amazing feat. Scroll below for the deets.

Alien: Romulus was released last year and is part of the Alien franchise. The film was directed by Fede Alvarez and was set between the events of Alien and Aliens. It features Cailee Spaeny in the lead role alongside David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu in crucial roles. The sci-fi flick has collected $105.3 million in the US and a total of $350.86 million worldwide.

Trade analyst Luiz Fernando has shared the weekend actuals of Nosferatu at the UK box office here.

Anora star Mikey Madison, David Jonsson and Marisa Abela are among BAFTA’s 2025 Rising Star nominees.

The full list this year includes Jharrel Jerome (Unstoppable) and Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera) alongside Abela (Back To Black), Madison and Jonsson (Alien: Romulus). The five named were unveiled on Tuesday during a London press conference at The Savoy Hotel.

The Rising Star award, now in its 20th year, is the only prize voted for by the British public. The voting window is now open and the final round to determine 2025’s winners runs Jan. 19-Feb. 13. The Ee BAFTA Film Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 16.

Last year’s BAFTA Rising Star award winner was How To Have Sex‘s Mia McKenna-Bruce, who was up against Jacob Elordi, Phoebe Dynevor, Ayo Edibiri and Sophie Wilde. Previous winners of the award include the likes of Kristen Stewart, Emma Mackey and Lashana Lynch.

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The British Academy has unveiled the nominees for its 2025 Rising Star award for up-and-coming onscreen talent, the only honor among the BAFTA film awards to be voted on by the public.

Announced more than a week before the full lineup of BAFTA nominations is revealed on Jan. 15, the latest lineup of Rising Star nominees — the award’s 20th edition — includes some of the most talked-about names from the last year in film. The five-strong list is made up of Marisa Abela (“Back to Black”), Jharrel Jerome (“Unstoppable”), David Jonsson (“Alien: Romulus”), Mikey Madison (“Anora”) and Nabhaan Rizwan (“In Camera”). Coincidentally, three of the five — Abela, Jonsson and Rizwan — all starred in the TV series “Industry.”

The nominees were announced in London at the Savoy Hotel by Jack O’Connell, who himself was a Rising Star winner in 2014 and starred alongside Abela in “Back to Black.”

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The 2025 nominees for BAFTA’s Rising Star Award have been revealed and the list includes actors Marisa Abela, Mikey Madison, and Jharrel Jerome.

The full list of five nominees this year are: Marisa Abela (Back To Black), Mikey Madison (Anora), Jharrel Jerome (Unstoppable), David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus), and Nabhaan Rizwan (In Camera).

The nominees were announced today during a press conference at The Savoy Hotel in London. The press conference was hosted by film critic Ali Plumb.

Now in its 20th year, the Rising Star award is the only BAFTA voted for by the British public. The voting window is now open. The final round of voting to determine BAFTA winners takes place between January 19 and February 13. The BAFTA Film Awards ceremony takes place on February 18. Last year’s BAFTA Rising Star prize How To Have Sex star Mia McKenna-Bruce. Previous winners include Lashana Lynch, Kristen Stewart, and Letitia Wright.

Bafta has announced the five actors nominated for the 2025 Ee Rising Star award.

They are: Marisa Abela, Jharrel Jerome, David Jonsson, Mikey Madison and Nabhaan Rizwan.

The nominees were announced by actor and previous Rising Star winner Jack O’Connell at an event at London’s Savoy Hotel. Abela, Jonsson and Rizwan were in attendance, with Jerome and Madison sending video messages from the US.

Nominees are not directly selected for a single performance, although they have typically received acclaim in the past year for one particular role.

For Abela it is Back To Black; for Jerome it is Unstoppable; for...

UK and Ireland box office takings in 2024 hold steady, but sequels dominate the top ten chart for the year. More here.

The official numbers are in for UK cinema takings in 2024, and for the second time since the first lockdowns of 2020, the total number eclipsed the £1bn mark. This is still a fair way down from the £1.35bn of 2019, but a fair way up from the £597m of 2021.

According to official numbers released by Comscore in the UK, the number of new cinema releases increased over 2023, from 1015 to 1114, and the number of what are declared ‘saturation’ releases (think: shedloads of screens) was up from 176 to 200 (higher even than 2019).

The total take in cinemas was a smidge down on 2023, falling around £3m, which in the grand scheme of things is negligible when the overall number is measured in billions. Very cautious optimism might even be allowed.

Furthermore, the official top ten...

Season 2 of the HBO series adaptation of the video game The Last of Us is pretty close! According to the latest teaser trailer (embedded above) it’s coming in just a few months, with it getting an April release date. The trailer gives us a look at a weeping Joel, as well as our introduction to some of the new characters. Check it out!

The story of the The Last of Us video game is set years after a fungal plague wiped out much of humanity, transforming most into vicious zombie-like monsters, the story follows Joel, who’s living in a militarized quarantine zone. He has a close relationship with Tess, who operates in the black market of this community. Together, they’ve become known by the local criminal underworld for their ruthlessness. On a mission to reclaim their stolen guns, they run into the leader of the Fireflies, a resistance group,...

The Golden Globes were, without a doubt, brimming with celebrities, but Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively weren’t among them. The pair didn’t walk the red carpet before sitting down for the ceremony that kicked off Hollywood’s awards show season. Why? It wasn’t reportedly the It’s Ends With Us legal drama.

Ryan Reynolds’ ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was up for an award at the Golden Globes

The Golden Globes didn’t come with a Lively-Reynolds sighting despite Deadpool & Wolverine’s nomination. The movie, which brought together Reynolds and his longtime friend and The Wolverine star Hugh Jackman, received a Cinematic and Box Office Achievement nomination. Deadpool & Wolverine premiered on July 26, 2024. It quickly became the ninth movie to open to over $200 million (via Rotten Tomatoes).

Wicked ultimately took home the Golden Globe beating out Deadpool & Wolverine, as well as other nominees Alien: Romulus, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,...