Der erste Trailer von Sean McNamaras Biopic über Ronald Reagan wurde veröffentlicht. In den US-Kinos startet der Film mit Dennis Quaid in der Titelrolle am 30. August.
Das Leben des 40. US-Präsidenten Ronald Reagan wurde von Sean McNamara in „Reagan“ verfilmt. Dennis Quaid spielt die Titelrolle. Jetzt gibt es den ersten Trailer. Mit Rückblenden in Reagans Kindheit in Dixon, Illinois nach Hollywood, wo er Schauspieler war, in die Politik und ins Weiße Haus, aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen zum Präsidenten, der American Dream par excellence. In Erinnerung geblieben ist seine Rede am Brandenburger Tor, in der er Gorbatschow aufforderte, die Berliner Mauer niederzureißen: „Tear that wall down!“
Zur weiteren Besetzung von „Reagan“ gehören Penelope Ann Miller als Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari als Reagans erste Frau Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down als Margaret Thatcher, David Henrie als jugendlicher Reagan und Kevin Dillon als Jack Warner. Ursprünglich sollte der Film im Jahr 2023 in die Kinos kommen, doch...
Das Leben des 40. US-Präsidenten Ronald Reagan wurde von Sean McNamara in „Reagan“ verfilmt. Dennis Quaid spielt die Titelrolle. Jetzt gibt es den ersten Trailer. Mit Rückblenden in Reagans Kindheit in Dixon, Illinois nach Hollywood, wo er Schauspieler war, in die Politik und ins Weiße Haus, aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen zum Präsidenten, der American Dream par excellence. In Erinnerung geblieben ist seine Rede am Brandenburger Tor, in der er Gorbatschow aufforderte, die Berliner Mauer niederzureißen: „Tear that wall down!“
Zur weiteren Besetzung von „Reagan“ gehören Penelope Ann Miller als Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari als Reagans erste Frau Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down als Margaret Thatcher, David Henrie als jugendlicher Reagan und Kevin Dillon als Jack Warner. Ursprünglich sollte der Film im Jahr 2023 in die Kinos kommen, doch...
- 5/25/2024
- by Barbara Schuster
- Spot - Media & Film
‘Reagan’ Trailer Features Dennis Quaid as the 40th U.S. President and His Journey to the White House
The trailer for Reagan features Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan and his journey from childhood to the White House.
The new footage from the Sean McNamara-directed biopic on the 40th President of the United States was released on Thursday.
“From dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, Reagan is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former Kgb agent who followed Reagan’s ascent, Reagan captures the indomitable spirit of the American dream.”
Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the trailer kicks off with Quaid, who portrays Reagan as an older man, saying, “There’s nothing a retired governor can do but a president, now he can do a thing or two.”
The film includes major events throughout Reagan’s life, including confrontations with childhood bullies,...
The new footage from the Sean McNamara-directed biopic on the 40th President of the United States was released on Thursday.
“From dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, Reagan is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds,” the film’s synopsis reads. “Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former Kgb agent who followed Reagan’s ascent, Reagan captures the indomitable spirit of the American dream.”
Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the trailer kicks off with Quaid, who portrays Reagan as an older man, saying, “There’s nothing a retired governor can do but a president, now he can do a thing or two.”
The film includes major events throughout Reagan’s life, including confrontations with childhood bullies,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Director Sean McNamara‘s Reagan, the first full-length feature on the 40th U.S. president, is out with its first trailer.
A biopic starring Dennis Quaid and set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the film follows Reagan’s journey from his childhood in Dixon, Illinois, to Hollywood, and then on to the White House. It begins with an aging Petrovich (Jon Voight), now 90 years old, being visited by an up-and-coming Russian leader who wants to know how the Soviet Union was lost.
Petrovich, the spy who knows everything there is to know about Reagan, begins recounting the tale of his adversary: the man he mockingly nicknamed “The Crusader,” beginning in 1922, when 11-year-old Ronald Reagan faces his first life crisis.
Additional cast for Reagan includes Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari as Reagan’s first wife Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down as Margaret Thatcher, David Henrie as teenage Reagan,...
A biopic starring Dennis Quaid and set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the film follows Reagan’s journey from his childhood in Dixon, Illinois, to Hollywood, and then on to the White House. It begins with an aging Petrovich (Jon Voight), now 90 years old, being visited by an up-and-coming Russian leader who wants to know how the Soviet Union was lost.
Petrovich, the spy who knows everything there is to know about Reagan, begins recounting the tale of his adversary: the man he mockingly nicknamed “The Crusader,” beginning in 1922, when 11-year-old Ronald Reagan faces his first life crisis.
Additional cast for Reagan includes Penelope Ann Miller as Nancy Reagan, Mena Suvari as Reagan’s first wife Jane Wyman, Lesley-Anne Down as Margaret Thatcher, David Henrie as teenage Reagan,...
- 5/25/2024
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
Well, the first trailer for Dennis Quaid’s Ronald Reagan biopic has debuted. The actor plays the 40th President of the United States in the feature, which promises to span the major events of Reagan’s life, including his confrontation with childhood bullies, his acting career and time leading the Screen Actors Guild and his ascendant rise in politics bolstered by anti-communist rhetoric. Set to a cover of Tears for Fears’ ’80s hit “Everybody Wants to Rule the World,” the trailer tracks how Reagan wanted to rule the free world — and did.
“I was a lifeguard on a river. And I learned how to read the currents — not just the ones on the surface, but also the ones deep underneath the water,” President Reagan says in the trailer, drawing a comparison to his own eye for geopolitical tensions. The footage also teases more well-known moments from the conservative President’s tenure,...
“I was a lifeguard on a river. And I learned how to read the currents — not just the ones on the surface, but also the ones deep underneath the water,” President Reagan says in the trailer, drawing a comparison to his own eye for geopolitical tensions. The footage also teases more well-known moments from the conservative President’s tenure,...
- 5/25/2024
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
"There's nothing a retired governor can do about the Soviets..." ShowBiz Direct has revealed a trailer for a movie called Reagan, a brand new biopic about the 40th President of the United States of America. This will open in theaters at the end of August this summer. Actor Dennis Quaid stars as Ron, who worked as an actor before getting into politics. "I've always been told bits and pieces of the stories of Ronald Reagan's life, but this movie puts the whole story together. I've played quite a few real people over the years, and I like to play them from their point of view, without judgment. It was a big challenge for me to get behind the public persona of the man and also to move beyond my own feelings of admiration for him." Set against the backdrop of the Cold War, the film was shot in Oklahoma...
- 5/24/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
ShowBiz Direct has released the first trailer for Reagan, the biopic starring Dennis Quaid as Ronald Reagan, the 40th president of the United States. If it feels like we’ve been hearing about this one for a while, it’s because we have; Reagan actually wrapped production almost four years ago.
The film follows Ronald Reagan from “his humble beginnings to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, and finally on to his biggest role as Commander in Chief set on the world stage… Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former Kgb agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first catches the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating.“
In addition to Dennis Quaid, Reagan stars Penelope Anne Miller as Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight as Viktor Petrovich, Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Kevin Dillon as Jack L. Warner,...
The film follows Ronald Reagan from “his humble beginnings to the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, and finally on to his biggest role as Commander in Chief set on the world stage… Told through the voice of Viktor Petrovich, a former Kgb agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first catches the Soviets’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating.“
In addition to Dennis Quaid, Reagan stars Penelope Anne Miller as Nancy Reagan, Jon Voight as Viktor Petrovich, Mena Suvari as Jane Wyman, Kevin Dillon as Jack L. Warner,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
“Reagan” is a new biopic feature, directed by Sean McNamara, starring Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller, Lesley-Anne Down, David Henrie, Kevin Dillon and Jon Voight, opening August 30, 2024 in theaters:
“…from dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, ‘Reagan’ is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds.
“Told through the voice of ‘Viktor Petrovich’, a former ‘Kgb’ agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first caught the ‘Soviet’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating.
“A story that transcends the boundaries of a traditional biopic, offering a profound exploration of the enduring impact of the power of one man who overcame the odds, sustained by the love of a woman who supported him in his journey…”
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“…from dusty small-town roots, to the glitter of Hollywood, and then on to commanding the world stage, ‘Reagan’ is a cinematic journey of overcoming the odds.
“Told through the voice of ‘Viktor Petrovich’, a former ‘Kgb’ agent whose life becomes inextricably linked with Ronald Reagan’s when Reagan first caught the ‘Soviet’ attention as an actor in Hollywood, this film offers a perspective as unique as it is captivating.
“A story that transcends the boundaries of a traditional biopic, offering a profound exploration of the enduring impact of the power of one man who overcame the odds, sustained by the love of a woman who supported him in his journey…”
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- 5/24/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
It will become steadily easier for horror fans around the world to catch The Substance the latest film from Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) at a cinema, digital platform or streaming service nearest them. Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid we shared with you earlier this month that Mubi had acquired the body horror flick for North America, UK, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux. Early this morning, after the dust settled from Marche du Film Variety is reporting that sales outfit The Match Factory closed a metric tonne more territories. The Match Factory has sold to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra...
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- 5/24/2024
- Screen Anarchy
Good afternoon Insiders, Jesse Whittock back again to take you through the week’s news in the entertainment industry, as the Cannes Film Festival nears its close.
What More Cannes I Say?
Stand up for the standouts: After a quiet opening, the Cannes Film Festival received a shot of life as several buzzy titles finally hit the screen. The excitement on the ground began with The Substance, the much-anticipated blood-splattered horror thriller from French director Coralie Fargeat, which was met with a 13-minute ovation, the longest for a title at this year’s festival until Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf) took that crown last night. Fargeat’s pic, which stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, is a punk rock fable centered around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people into the best version of themselves. It’s an offer that comes with a twist.
What More Cannes I Say?
Stand up for the standouts: After a quiet opening, the Cannes Film Festival received a shot of life as several buzzy titles finally hit the screen. The excitement on the ground began with The Substance, the much-anticipated blood-splattered horror thriller from French director Coralie Fargeat, which was met with a 13-minute ovation, the longest for a title at this year’s festival until Gilles Lellouche’s Beating Hearts (L’Amour Ouf) took that crown last night. Fargeat’s pic, which stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid, is a punk rock fable centered around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people into the best version of themselves. It’s an offer that comes with a twist.
- 5/24/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Imagine a constellation of stars—not in the sky but arrayed across the shimmering surface of a Vanity Fair cover. Who could outshine the radiant glamour of Matt Damon and Tom Hanks when gathered with their companions in this vintage picture of 13 iconic Hollywood A-listers in 2003?
2003’s Vanity Fair special on the ‘Kings of Hollywood’ showcased some of the most prominent faces in the industry, including Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, and Brad Pitt. However, it was not until you delved further into the magazine that you discovered the other eight actors in the picture.
A still from Ocean’s Eleven | Warner Bros.
That being said, the star-studded lineup featuring Cruise, Nicholson, Ford, and Pitt has left some aficionados pondering: How does one truly measure the magnitude of stardom in the glittering hierarchy of Tinseltown?
Iconic Hollywood Throwback: A-Listers Who (Still) Ruled the Silver Screen
Our dream came...
2003’s Vanity Fair special on the ‘Kings of Hollywood’ showcased some of the most prominent faces in the industry, including Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, and Brad Pitt. However, it was not until you delved further into the magazine that you discovered the other eight actors in the picture.
A still from Ocean’s Eleven | Warner Bros.
That being said, the star-studded lineup featuring Cruise, Nicholson, Ford, and Pitt has left some aficionados pondering: How does one truly measure the magnitude of stardom in the glittering hierarchy of Tinseltown?
Iconic Hollywood Throwback: A-Listers Who (Still) Ruled the Silver Screen
Our dream came...
- 5/24/2024
- by Siddhika Prajapati
- FandomWire
The Match Factory has finalized global sales for the Cannes competition title “The Substance,” directed by Coralie Fargeat and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
The Match Factory has sold to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), the former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97). A deal is finalized for Japan, and Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal and South East Asia are undergoing negotiations. Metropolitan previously acquired the film for distribution in France.
Mubi, the global film distributor and streaming service, retains all rights in North America, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, with plans for theatrical releases this year. Additionally, Mubi has acquired rights for Turkey and India.
The Match Factory has sold to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), the former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97). A deal is finalized for Japan, and Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal and South East Asia are undergoing negotiations. Metropolitan previously acquired the film for distribution in France.
Mubi, the global film distributor and streaming service, retains all rights in North America, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, with plans for theatrical releases this year. Additionally, Mubi has acquired rights for Turkey and India.
- 5/24/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Buyers are hot for The Substance.
The Demi Moore body horror film from director Coralie Fargeat, one of the buzziest films in this year’s Cannes competition, has all but sold out worldwide following its rapturous reception at last week’s world premiere.
The Match Factory, which is handling world sales on the movie, closed deals in Cannes for Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97). Metropolitan has previously acquired the film for distribution in France.
Match Factory’s parent company Mubi holds all rights for The Substance in North America, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America, and Benelux, and is planning a theatrical rollout later this year.
The Demi Moore body horror film from director Coralie Fargeat, one of the buzziest films in this year’s Cannes competition, has all but sold out worldwide following its rapturous reception at last week’s world premiere.
The Match Factory, which is handling world sales on the movie, closed deals in Cannes for Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97). Metropolitan has previously acquired the film for distribution in France.
Match Factory’s parent company Mubi holds all rights for The Substance in North America, the U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America, and Benelux, and is planning a theatrical rollout later this year.
- 5/24/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Während Dennis Quaid aktuell in dem Cannes-Wettbewerbstitel „The Substance“ zu sehen ist, stellen HanWay und UTA das SciFi-Drama „The Blue is Mine“ vor, in dem Quaid jetzt ebenfalls eine Rolle übernommen hat.
Dennis Quaid, hier beim Fotocall zu „The Substance“ in Cannes, übernimmt eine Rolle in dem Cannes-Markttitel „The Blue is Mine“ (Credit: Imago / APress)
Schauspieler Dennis Quaid, der in Coralie Fargeats aktuellem Cannes-Wettbewerbstitel „The Substance“ einen Filmproduzenten spielt, hat jetzt eine Rolle in dem SciFi-Drama „The Blue is Mine“ übernommen, das HanWay und UTA aktuell auf dem Marché du Film anbieten.
Im englischsprachigen Debüt der in Brasilien geborenen Regisseurin Iuli Gerbase spielt Quaid Arthur, der bei einem Familienurlaub für eine Überraschung sorgt, als er seine schöne und rätselhafte Freundin Ivy (Elizabeth Debicki) mitbringt. Doch Ivys Anwesenheit und ihr merkwürdiges Verhalten gerät das ohnehin schon heikle Verhältnis zwischen Arthur und seinen Töchtern noch mehr aus dem Gleichgewicht. Connie (Zazie Beetz...
Dennis Quaid, hier beim Fotocall zu „The Substance“ in Cannes, übernimmt eine Rolle in dem Cannes-Markttitel „The Blue is Mine“ (Credit: Imago / APress)
Schauspieler Dennis Quaid, der in Coralie Fargeats aktuellem Cannes-Wettbewerbstitel „The Substance“ einen Filmproduzenten spielt, hat jetzt eine Rolle in dem SciFi-Drama „The Blue is Mine“ übernommen, das HanWay und UTA aktuell auf dem Marché du Film anbieten.
Im englischsprachigen Debüt der in Brasilien geborenen Regisseurin Iuli Gerbase spielt Quaid Arthur, der bei einem Familienurlaub für eine Überraschung sorgt, als er seine schöne und rätselhafte Freundin Ivy (Elizabeth Debicki) mitbringt. Doch Ivys Anwesenheit und ihr merkwürdiges Verhalten gerät das ohnehin schon heikle Verhältnis zwischen Arthur und seinen Töchtern noch mehr aus dem Gleichgewicht. Connie (Zazie Beetz...
- 5/24/2024
- by Jochen Müller
- Spot - Media & Film
The Match Factory has agreed a string of sales for Coralie Fargeat’s buzzy Cannes Competition title The Substance, starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid.
The Match Factory has sold the body horror to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg Film), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97).
A deal is finalised for Japan and Switzerland, while Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal...
The Match Factory has sold the body horror to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg Film), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97).
A deal is finalised for Japan and Switzerland, while Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal...
- 5/24/2024
- ScreenDaily
The Match Factory has finalized a raft of international deals for Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes Palme d’Or contender The Substance, following its buzzy premiere over the weekend in the presence of co-stars Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid.
The blood-spattered body horror has sold to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97).
Deals have also been struck for Japan and Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal and South East Asia and are in final negotiations. Metropolitan previously acquired the film for distribution in France.
Mubi acquired worldwide rights for the film on the eve of Cannes. The global film distributor and streaming service retained all rights in North America,...
The blood-spattered body horror has sold to Italy (I Wonder Pictures), Spain (Elastica Films), Scandinavia (Nonstop Entertainment), South Korea (Challan), Hong Kong (Golden Scene Company), Cis (Vlg.Film Ltd.), Ukraine and Baltics (Adastra Cinema), Taiwan (Catchplay), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (Monolith), Greece (Feelgood Entertainment), Former Yugoslavia (McF Megacom), Bulgaria (Beta Film) and Romania (Independenta Film 97).
Deals have also been struck for Japan and Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Portugal and South East Asia and are in final negotiations. Metropolitan previously acquired the film for distribution in France.
Mubi acquired worldwide rights for the film on the eve of Cannes. The global film distributor and streaming service retained all rights in North America,...
- 5/24/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh from his appearance in mega-buzzy Cannes competition entry ‘The Substance,’ Dennis Quaid is now set to join Zazie Beetz and Elizabeth Debicki in another wild-sounding project, “This Blue is Mine.”
First announced by Variety ahead of the festival and being launched in the market by HanWay and UTA, “This Blue is Mine” is described as an “original, sexy sci-fi drama,” and marks the English-language debut of Brazilian-born director Iuli Gerbase.
The story is set amidst a family holiday at a tropical resort, where Arthur (Quaid), a guilt-free bon viveur, surprises everyone by bringing his new beautiful and enigmatic girlfriend, Ivy (Debicki). Ivy’s arrival and her odd behavior throws the already delicate dynamics off balance with Arthur and his daughters. Connie (Beetz) is still recovering from the trauma of a recent miscarriage and her older half-sister Laura can be a bit suffocating in her efforts to support her. One evening,...
First announced by Variety ahead of the festival and being launched in the market by HanWay and UTA, “This Blue is Mine” is described as an “original, sexy sci-fi drama,” and marks the English-language debut of Brazilian-born director Iuli Gerbase.
The story is set amidst a family holiday at a tropical resort, where Arthur (Quaid), a guilt-free bon viveur, surprises everyone by bringing his new beautiful and enigmatic girlfriend, Ivy (Debicki). Ivy’s arrival and her odd behavior throws the already delicate dynamics off balance with Arthur and his daughters. Connie (Beetz) is still recovering from the trauma of a recent miscarriage and her older half-sister Laura can be a bit suffocating in her efforts to support her. One evening,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Coralie Fargeat made a splash with her debut Revenge. But she was only standing in a puddle, endearing niche corners of the global cinephile community to her cinematic bloodlust for sexually violent men and gore-horror filmmaking. With her second, The Substance, she’s fully submerged in the ocean and making waves.
Meet Elisabeth Sparkle, a Demi Moore-esque A-lister (played by Demi Moore) whose stardom has long since faded, leaving her, to great displeasure, in the instructor’s seat of a glam morning-fitness class called “Sparkle Your Life.” We learn about her iconic career through a cleverly designed timelapse that opens the film––a bird’s-eye view of her Hollywood Walk of Fame star being minted, premiered, adorned, celebrated, surrounded, stood on, passed, ignored, and eventually forgotten.
Much more displeasing to Elisabeth is a phone call she overhears with Harvey, the show’s batshit, ludicrously evil, executive-type producer who screams things like,...
Meet Elisabeth Sparkle, a Demi Moore-esque A-lister (played by Demi Moore) whose stardom has long since faded, leaving her, to great displeasure, in the instructor’s seat of a glam morning-fitness class called “Sparkle Your Life.” We learn about her iconic career through a cleverly designed timelapse that opens the film––a bird’s-eye view of her Hollywood Walk of Fame star being minted, premiered, adorned, celebrated, surrounded, stood on, passed, ignored, and eventually forgotten.
Much more displeasing to Elisabeth is a phone call she overhears with Harvey, the show’s batshit, ludicrously evil, executive-type producer who screams things like,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Luke Hicks
- The Film Stage
The 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival continues on Day 11 with the world premieres of The Seed of the Sacred Fig and The Most Precious of Cargoes.
As the festival comes to a close in anticipation of tomorrow’s awards ceremony, legendary filmmaker George Lucas will be honored with the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, May 25.
The Jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig will be tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in the Competition.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere Photos: Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf, Aubrey Plaza & More
The jury includes Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green and Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino,...
As the festival comes to a close in anticipation of tomorrow’s awards ceremony, legendary filmmaker George Lucas will be honored with the prestigious Honorary Palme d’Or on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, May 25.
The Jury, chaired by director Greta Gerwig will be tasked with awarding the Palme d’Or to one of the 22 films in the Competition.
Related: ‘Megalopolis’ Cannes Film Festival Premiere Photos: Francis Ford Coppola, Adam Driver, Shia Labeouf, Aubrey Plaza & More
The jury includes Turkish screenwriter and photographer Ebru Ceylan, American actress Lily Gladstone, French actress Eva Green and Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, as well as Spanish director and screenwriter Juan Antonio Bayona, Italian actor Pierfrancisco Favino,...
- 5/23/2024
- by Robert Lang
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: French film industry veteran Nicolas Royer, who was line and executive producer on Coralie Fargeat’s Cannes buzz title The Substance, has boarded Catherine Hardwicke’s upcoming feature A French Pursuit, starring Toni Collette.
The production, which is remake of Caroline Vignal’s 2020 French hit My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes), starring Laura Calamy, is due to shoot in the Cévennes region in south-central France this summer.
Royer will line and executive produce the movie, which is lead produced by Christopher Simon at New Sparta Productions and Collette under her Vocab Films banner.
The new production will be first official gig for Royer’s company Voulez-Vous Production Services, which he created in 2023 to build on his work on The Substance.
Royer was line and executive producer on the body horror, lead produced by the UK’s Working Title and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
The production, which is remake of Caroline Vignal’s 2020 French hit My Donkey, My Lover & I (Antoinette Dans Les Cévennes), starring Laura Calamy, is due to shoot in the Cévennes region in south-central France this summer.
Royer will line and executive produce the movie, which is lead produced by Christopher Simon at New Sparta Productions and Collette under her Vocab Films banner.
The new production will be first official gig for Royer’s company Voulez-Vous Production Services, which he created in 2023 to build on his work on The Substance.
Royer was line and executive producer on the body horror, lead produced by the UK’s Working Title and starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid.
- 5/23/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
The star-studded world premiere of The Substance brought A-list glamour to the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Saturday night. Leading the red carpet charge were acting legends Demi Moore and Dennis Quaid, joined by rising talents Margaret Qualley and director Coralie Fargeat.
All eyes were on Moore, 61, who defied age in a champagne Schiaparelli gown. The ageless beauty exuded confidence as she posed fiercely for photographers on the famed Palais des Festivals red carpet.
Moore’s co-star Quaid, 69, looked dapper in a classic tuxedo. The veteran actor flashed his trademark grin alongside his younger on-screen love interest, the 28-year-old Qualley.
Qualley, the daughter of Andie MacDowell, has been earning raves for her breakout performance in the psychological thriller. She stunned in a pretty white and pink dress with finely embroidered designs and feathers along the bottom edge.
French director Fargeat, who turned heads in a pale pink dress, rounded out the film’s glamorous quartet.
All eyes were on Moore, 61, who defied age in a champagne Schiaparelli gown. The ageless beauty exuded confidence as she posed fiercely for photographers on the famed Palais des Festivals red carpet.
Moore’s co-star Quaid, 69, looked dapper in a classic tuxedo. The veteran actor flashed his trademark grin alongside his younger on-screen love interest, the 28-year-old Qualley.
Qualley, the daughter of Andie MacDowell, has been earning raves for her breakout performance in the psychological thriller. She stunned in a pretty white and pink dress with finely embroidered designs and feathers along the bottom edge.
French director Fargeat, who turned heads in a pale pink dress, rounded out the film’s glamorous quartet.
- 5/22/2024
- by Lauren Ramsey
- Uinterview
We know the drill: When Hollywood actresses hit a certain age, they’re pushed off the industry conveyor belt. Some find a few roles, or perhaps a gig as a brand ambassador, spokesperson, or fitness guru. That’s the world of Elisabeth Sparkle, as played by Demi Moore, in Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror industry satire “The Substance.” However, this film represents the best role in the 61-year-old Moore’s career.
In the mid-1990s, Moore was a star after “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Ghost,” “A Few Good Men,” “Indecent Proposal,” “Disclosure.” She hit her financial peak with the 1996 “Striptease” — $12 million, which inspired snarky asides of “Gimme Moore” — but the reviews were bad and the box office not much better. Her career shifted into smaller movies and smaller roles (including a standout turn in 2011’s “Margin Call”), many of which didn’t deserve her presence and, well, sparkle.
This year Moore had...
In the mid-1990s, Moore was a star after “St. Elmo’s Fire,” “Ghost,” “A Few Good Men,” “Indecent Proposal,” “Disclosure.” She hit her financial peak with the 1996 “Striptease” — $12 million, which inspired snarky asides of “Gimme Moore” — but the reviews were bad and the box office not much better. Her career shifted into smaller movies and smaller roles (including a standout turn in 2011’s “Margin Call”), many of which didn’t deserve her presence and, well, sparkle.
This year Moore had...
- 5/22/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
David Cronenberg has opened up on putting his film The Shrouds to Netflix executives as a television series, who greenlit writing a first episode before rejecting the director’s project.
The sci-fi drama, which aired in Cannes to a three-and-a-half minute applause before Cronenberg spoke to the audience, follows Karsh (Vincent Cassel), a prominent businessman and widower who, inconsolable since the death of his wife (Diane Kruger) invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor the decomposition of deceased loved ones in their graves.
Cronenberg spoke at Cannes’ press conference for the film on Tuesday, explaining how he envisioned the story working well as a series. He flew to Los Angeles to speak with two Netflix execs who financed the writing of a first episode – which they loved. But after the second, they did not want to go any further.
“They said – and this is a...
The sci-fi drama, which aired in Cannes to a three-and-a-half minute applause before Cronenberg spoke to the audience, follows Karsh (Vincent Cassel), a prominent businessman and widower who, inconsolable since the death of his wife (Diane Kruger) invents a revolutionary and controversial technology that enables the living to monitor the decomposition of deceased loved ones in their graves.
Cronenberg spoke at Cannes’ press conference for the film on Tuesday, explaining how he envisioned the story working well as a series. He flew to Los Angeles to speak with two Netflix execs who financed the writing of a first episode – which they loved. But after the second, they did not want to go any further.
“They said – and this is a...
- 5/21/2024
- by Lily Ford
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Cannes audience gave a respectful embrace to David Cronenberg’s chilly drama The Shrouds, the latest from the Canadian king of horror.
Cronenberg joined castmembers Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt and Elizabeth Saunders to hit the Croisette for the film’s premiere Monday. Cronenberg rocked the red carpet wearing a pair of white rimmed wrap-around 1990s-style plastic sunglasses.
The film was met with applause that went on for three and a half minutes before Cronenberg put an end to it by taking the mic and thanking the crowd. The director explained that it was the first time he had seen the movie with an audience and added, “And it is completely different.”
Its reception was rather reserved, perhaps in keeping with the film’s subject matter of grief and death. The connection to the director’s own experience was made clear with Cassel’s character Karsh,...
Cronenberg joined castmembers Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, Sandrine Holt and Elizabeth Saunders to hit the Croisette for the film’s premiere Monday. Cronenberg rocked the red carpet wearing a pair of white rimmed wrap-around 1990s-style plastic sunglasses.
The film was met with applause that went on for three and a half minutes before Cronenberg put an end to it by taking the mic and thanking the crowd. The director explained that it was the first time he had seen the movie with an audience and added, “And it is completely different.”
Its reception was rather reserved, perhaps in keeping with the film’s subject matter of grief and death. The connection to the director’s own experience was made clear with Cassel’s character Karsh,...
- 5/20/2024
- by Scott Roxborough and Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Demi Moore is living her best life at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival. She and her The Substance co-stars received a 13-minute standing ovation as the “body horror with a feminist take” concluded at the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès. The 61-year-old has also debuted nearly 10 gorgeous and unique looks as they promote the film in the chic city in southwest France.
On May 17, Moore debuted her first Cannes look at the Kinds Of Kindness red carpet. The Ghost star doesn’t star in the dark comedy anthology film. But she earned a rightful place at the premiere with her starring role in The Substance. The horror-thriller movie follows a TV aerobics star (Moore) who ingests a drug that makes people a younger, better version of themselves. Margaret Qualley stars as Moore’s new and “improved” self.
Demi Moore at the ‘Kinds Of Kindness’ red carpet at Cannes...
On May 17, Moore debuted her first Cannes look at the Kinds Of Kindness red carpet. The Ghost star doesn’t star in the dark comedy anthology film. But she earned a rightful place at the premiere with her starring role in The Substance. The horror-thriller movie follows a TV aerobics star (Moore) who ingests a drug that makes people a younger, better version of themselves. Margaret Qualley stars as Moore’s new and “improved” self.
Demi Moore at the ‘Kinds Of Kindness’ red carpet at Cannes...
- 5/20/2024
- by Ali Hicks
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
As ever, Cannes is providing serious buzz. It’s a key part of the festival circuit – films screen, conversation proliferates, and exciting must-sees come out of it all. And amid the myriad takes on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, the debut of Kevin Costner’s Horizon, and the arrival of another new Yorgos Lanthimos joint Kinds Of Kindness, there’s one film that’s got everybody talking: The Substance. It’s an upcoming body horror from French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat (previously behind Revenge), and has provoked all kinds of conversation – in part for giving Demi Moore her biggest role in years.
Since The Substance has been acquired for distribution by Mubi, there’s already a teaser for the film. It’s only brief, but give it a watch here:
There’s not a huge amount to go off here, but the cryptic teaser does offer hints at the premise – of...
Since The Substance has been acquired for distribution by Mubi, there’s already a teaser for the film. It’s only brief, but give it a watch here:
There’s not a huge amount to go off here, but the cryptic teaser does offer hints at the premise – of...
- 5/20/2024
- by Ben Travis
- Empire - Movies
Demi Moore is using her juiciest leading role in years to make a statement against the sexism of Hollywood.
Moore stars in Coralie Fargeat’s body horror Hollywood satire “The Substance,” which premiered in competition at Cannes to rave reviews. The actress plays an aging star who acquires a mysterious serum that births a younger, more ideal version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley. The two women are nude throughout the film, which shows the horrors of women going to extremes to preserve their self-image in Hollywood. Moore credited Qualley for being a “great partner” during a nude scene they share together.
“We were obviously quite close at some moments…and naked,” Moore said during the Cannes press conference (via The Hollywood Reporter). “But there was also a levity [in shooting those scenes].”
Moore explained that the gross-out horror feature, which debuted at Cannes Sunday night, undermines the “male perspective of the ideal woman” to a harrowing degree.
Moore stars in Coralie Fargeat’s body horror Hollywood satire “The Substance,” which premiered in competition at Cannes to rave reviews. The actress plays an aging star who acquires a mysterious serum that births a younger, more ideal version of herself, played by Margaret Qualley. The two women are nude throughout the film, which shows the horrors of women going to extremes to preserve their self-image in Hollywood. Moore credited Qualley for being a “great partner” during a nude scene they share together.
“We were obviously quite close at some moments…and naked,” Moore said during the Cannes press conference (via The Hollywood Reporter). “But there was also a levity [in shooting those scenes].”
Moore explained that the gross-out horror feature, which debuted at Cannes Sunday night, undermines the “male perspective of the ideal woman” to a harrowing degree.
- 5/20/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance is out in front on Screen’s Cannes jury grid with 2.7.
The comedy horror scored one star four (excellent) from the UK’s The Telegraph and eight three stars (good). This was followed by two two stars (average) while Mathieu Macharet gave it a zero (bad).
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid star in the Fargeat’s English-language debut in a tale of a fading star who takes drastic measures to stay youthful.
Also arriving on the jury was Kirill Serebrennikov’s Limonov: The Ballad which received an average of 2.2.
The biopic starring Ben Whishaw...
The comedy horror scored one star four (excellent) from the UK’s The Telegraph and eight three stars (good). This was followed by two two stars (average) while Mathieu Macharet gave it a zero (bad).
Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid star in the Fargeat’s English-language debut in a tale of a fading star who takes drastic measures to stay youthful.
Also arriving on the jury was Kirill Serebrennikov’s Limonov: The Ballad which received an average of 2.2.
The biopic starring Ben Whishaw...
- 5/20/2024
- ScreenDaily
Many were left scratching their heads when Cannes topper Thierry Frémaux made The Substance a part of the competition (and conversation) and the reason being that while the midnight films are a welcome inclusion in the overall line-up of the fest they are indeed a rarity in the competition line-up. Perhaps as he suggested Titane influenced his decision. Coralie Fargeat moved into English language terrain with her sophomore feature and judging by last night’s reaction this will indeed draw a strong … reaction among patrons. Filmed at the beginning of 2022, Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley get top billing in what is a two-handed serve – Dennis Quaid is a supporting character (who replaced Ray Liotta).…...
- 5/20/2024
- by Eric Lavallée
- IONCINEMA.com
Demi Moore said performing in Coralie Fargeat’s body horror shocker The Substance required accepting a “level of vulnerability and rawness” with regard to her own body on screen.
Moore put it all out there for the film, a gory, campy satire on beauty standards, toxic masculinity and female self-hatred, with the movie’s frequent and prominent nudity, as well as its gruesome violence, attracting a lot of attention after its world premiere in Cannes. Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, an acclaimed actress turned celebrity host of a daytime exercise program who gets replaced by a younger, more beautiful star (Margaret Qualley), sparking a confrontation between the two women. One of the more graphic scenes in the movie shows Moore and Qualley having a naked, no-holds-barred bloody fight. The Cannes audience loved it, giving the film a rapturous reception Sunday night.
“I had someone who was a great partner,” said Moore of Qualley.
Moore put it all out there for the film, a gory, campy satire on beauty standards, toxic masculinity and female self-hatred, with the movie’s frequent and prominent nudity, as well as its gruesome violence, attracting a lot of attention after its world premiere in Cannes. Moore plays Elisabeth Sparkle, an acclaimed actress turned celebrity host of a daytime exercise program who gets replaced by a younger, more beautiful star (Margaret Qualley), sparking a confrontation between the two women. One of the more graphic scenes in the movie shows Moore and Qualley having a naked, no-holds-barred bloody fight. The Cannes audience loved it, giving the film a rapturous reception Sunday night.
“I had someone who was a great partner,” said Moore of Qualley.
- 5/20/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Demi Moore’s new film, the feminist body horror “The Substance,” sees her bare it all, with several scenes featuring full nudity. At the Cannes Film Festival press conference for the film on Monday, the 61-year-old actor discussed the “vulnerable experience.”
“Going into it, it was really spelled out — the level of vulnerability and rawness that was really required to tell the story,” Moore said. “And it was a very vulnerable experience and just required a lot of sensitivity and a lot of conversation about what we were trying to accomplish.”
In the film from “Revenge” helmer Coralie Fargeat, Moore plays a fading celebrity who uses a black market drug the film is named for — a cell-replicating device that winds up creating a young, better version of herself (Margaret Qualley). Not only must she share a space with this new creature, she has to spend half her time in a...
“Going into it, it was really spelled out — the level of vulnerability and rawness that was really required to tell the story,” Moore said. “And it was a very vulnerable experience and just required a lot of sensitivity and a lot of conversation about what we were trying to accomplish.”
In the film from “Revenge” helmer Coralie Fargeat, Moore plays a fading celebrity who uses a black market drug the film is named for — a cell-replicating device that winds up creating a young, better version of herself (Margaret Qualley). Not only must she share a space with this new creature, she has to spend half her time in a...
- 5/20/2024
- by Matt Donnelly and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Demi Moore is officially back in The Substance or, as her co-star Dennis Quaid called it for her at the pic’s Cannes Film Festival press conference Monday, “an incredible third act” for the actress.
“Man, it’s inspirational,” said Quaid who also praised the movie’s filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, framing the body horror pic that wowed at its world premiere Sunday night as “the birth of a great auteur.”
The trio, after a 13-minute standing ovation here in Cannes, the longest so far at the 77th edition, also received a roaring applause as they took their seats in the fest’s press room today.
Related: Cannes Film Festival 2024: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
The movie is billed as a body horror with a feminist take, revolving around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people into a better, younger version of themselves. It’s...
“Man, it’s inspirational,” said Quaid who also praised the movie’s filmmaker Coralie Fargeat, framing the body horror pic that wowed at its world premiere Sunday night as “the birth of a great auteur.”
The trio, after a 13-minute standing ovation here in Cannes, the longest so far at the 77th edition, also received a roaring applause as they took their seats in the fest’s press room today.
Related: Cannes Film Festival 2024: All Of Deadline’s Movie Reviews
The movie is billed as a body horror with a feminist take, revolving around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people into a better, younger version of themselves. It’s...
- 5/20/2024
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Demi Moore made her debut in the Cannes Film Festival’s official selection Sunday evening with the competition title The Substance. The much-anticipated blood-splattered horror thriller from French director Coralie Fargeat was met with 13-minute ovation, the longest for a title so far at this year’s festival.
The applause was consistent from the minute the credits hit the screen on the pic, which also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. It is billed as a body horror with a feminist take, revolving around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people in the best version of themselves of their dreams. It’s an offer that comes with a twist.
Although The Substance premiere screening started late by 20 minutes, there was thunderous applause for the movie by the time it wrapped around 1 a.m., with rhythmic clapping for this big comeback movie from Moore.
Moore, Qualley and...
The applause was consistent from the minute the credits hit the screen on the pic, which also stars Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. It is billed as a body horror with a feminist take, revolving around a new product called The Substance that promises to transform people in the best version of themselves of their dreams. It’s an offer that comes with a twist.
Although The Substance premiere screening started late by 20 minutes, there was thunderous applause for the movie by the time it wrapped around 1 a.m., with rhythmic clapping for this big comeback movie from Moore.
Moore, Qualley and...
- 5/19/2024
- by Nancy Tartaglione and Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Cannes Film Festival went apeshit for the jaw-dropping, nauseating, defiant, hilarious “The Substance” — a body horror thriller from French director Coralie Forgeat starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley — on Sunday night with an 11-minute standing ovation.
It’s the tale of a once-great actress (Moore) whose certain age has relegated her to a Jane Fonda-style fitness show. When she’s fired, she is offered a trial of the medical treatment the film is named for. It promises a younger, better version of herself through a cell replicating process.
Moore takes a leap of faith and winds up on the bathroom floor, spine split open like a Christmas ham, when this new version — played by Qualley — comes slithering out of her back. Young, supple and brimming with possibilities, the two characters are allowed to coexist with one important caveat: they must trade one week on, one week off in each body.
It’s the tale of a once-great actress (Moore) whose certain age has relegated her to a Jane Fonda-style fitness show. When she’s fired, she is offered a trial of the medical treatment the film is named for. It promises a younger, better version of herself through a cell replicating process.
Moore takes a leap of faith and winds up on the bathroom floor, spine split open like a Christmas ham, when this new version — played by Qualley — comes slithering out of her back. Young, supple and brimming with possibilities, the two characters are allowed to coexist with one important caveat: they must trade one week on, one week off in each body.
- 5/19/2024
- by Matt Donnelly and Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
The Substance, a gruesome body-horror flick, had its world premiere Sunday night in competition at the Cannes Film Festival and was greeted with a nine-minute standing ovation from the crowd at the Grand Lumiere Theatre.
The sophomore directorial effort and English-language debut of the French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat — she also wrote, produced and edited the film — stars Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid and Margaret Qualley (Qualley also appears in another competition title at this year’s fest, Kinds of Kindness), all of whom were on hand for the screening.
A gory fantasia that is a twisted cross between the classic films Sunset Boulevard and Freaks, it is one of the most out-there Cannes competition films since Titane — and, with the right mix of jurors, could follow that film to a major festival award, if not for the film, then perhaps for Moore.
Produced by Working Title’s art house mavens Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner,...
The sophomore directorial effort and English-language debut of the French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat — she also wrote, produced and edited the film — stars Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid and Margaret Qualley (Qualley also appears in another competition title at this year’s fest, Kinds of Kindness), all of whom were on hand for the screening.
A gory fantasia that is a twisted cross between the classic films Sunset Boulevard and Freaks, it is one of the most out-there Cannes competition films since Titane — and, with the right mix of jurors, could follow that film to a major festival award, if not for the film, then perhaps for Moore.
Produced by Working Title’s art house mavens Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Certainly the grossest, most way-out-there, and dare-you-to-lose-your-dinner film to debut in the Cannes competition so far, Coralie Fargeat’s “Revenge” follow-up “The Substance” premiered in the Palais Sunday night after a morning press screening that saw plenty of expected walkouts. Surely the same volume of repulsed exiters carried over to the premiere public screening, where Greta Gerwig’s jury got their first glimpse of the otherwise since-secretive film whose synopses and press notes tell you little. Mubi has distribution rights, which the company purchased just before the festival started. IndieWire’s David Ehrlich calls it an “instant classic.”
In this audacious, two-plus-hour feminist body horror, Demi Moore bares all to play a once-decorated actress quote-unquote past her prime named Elisabeth Sparkle, now resigned to Jane Fonda-esque fitness videos. But her time is finally up. She’s fired for being too old, sent packing home back to her sparse LA apartment,...
In this audacious, two-plus-hour feminist body horror, Demi Moore bares all to play a once-decorated actress quote-unquote past her prime named Elisabeth Sparkle, now resigned to Jane Fonda-esque fitness videos. But her time is finally up. She’s fired for being too old, sent packing home back to her sparse LA apartment,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” is a body horror film with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. It smashes you over the head with its ideas and imagery, making even the fleeting moments of supposed beauty its characters are desperately chasing into something gloriously gruesome. It’s also great fun, pushing itself to greater heights and increasingly ludicrous lows at every turn as it riffs on the perils of youth and aging. It’s a lurid, loud and lewd film that comes at you.
The garishness of it all is Fargeat’s way of taking society’s often painfully narrow beauty standards and turning them all inside out. The filmmaker does so literally and figuratively, making it one of the most utterly ridiculous and unrestrained films to show at a festival this year. Few come even close.
While not as sensational as body horror films of festivals past, namely “Raw” and “Titane,...
The garishness of it all is Fargeat’s way of taking society’s often painfully narrow beauty standards and turning them all inside out. The filmmaker does so literally and figuratively, making it one of the most utterly ridiculous and unrestrained films to show at a festival this year. Few come even close.
While not as sensational as body horror films of festivals past, namely “Raw” and “Titane,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Chase Hutchinson
- The Wrap
Shocking and resonant, disarmingly grotesque and weirdly fun, “The Substance” is a feminist body-horror film that should be shown in movie theaters all over the land. By that, I don’t mean that it’s some elegant exercise in egghead darkness like the films of David Cronenberg, or a patchy postmodern punk curio like “Titane.” Coralie Fargeat, the writer-director of “The Substance,” has a voice that’s italicized, in-your-face, garishly accessible and thrillingly extreme. She draws on much of the hyperbolic flamboyance that’s come to define megaplex horror. But unlike 90 percent of those movies, “The Substance” is the work of a filmmaker with a vision. She’s got something primal to say to us.
“The Substance” tells the story of an aging Hollywood actress-turned-aerobics-workout-host, named Elisabeth Sparkle and played by Demi Moore, who gets fired from a TV network because she is now deemed too old. In a rage of desperation,...
“The Substance” tells the story of an aging Hollywood actress-turned-aerobics-workout-host, named Elisabeth Sparkle and played by Demi Moore, who gets fired from a TV network because she is now deemed too old. In a rage of desperation,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Have you ever dreamed about being a better version of yourself? With her second film, Coralie Fargeat not only addresses this question but takes aim at ageism and sexism in the entertainment industry with a riotous, dreamlike horror-thriller that ends in a delirious symphony of blood, guts and otherwise undefinable viscera. Imagine David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive fused in a telepod with David Cronenberg’s Dead Ringers, add the unbelievably dynamic pairing of Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley, process it through the ultra-vivid color palette that is Fargeat’s hyper-saturated imagination, sprinkle a bit of J.G. Ballard on top, and you have the perfect breakout genre movie of the year.
If you had “Demi Moore to make a hagsploitation body horror splatter movie” on your 2024 bingo card, you stand to make a fortune, but, come on, it’s not very likely; there’s been nothing in her filmography so far...
If you had “Demi Moore to make a hagsploitation body horror splatter movie” on your 2024 bingo card, you stand to make a fortune, but, come on, it’s not very likely; there’s been nothing in her filmography so far...
- 5/19/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
An immensely, unstoppably, ecstatically demented fairy tale about female self-hatred, Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” will stop at nothing — and I mean nothing — to explode the ruthless beauty standards that society has inflicted upon women for thousands of years, a burden this camp-adjacent instant classic aspires to cast off with some of the most spectacularly disgusting body horror this side of “The Fly” or the final minutes of “Akira.”
If the “Revenge” director’s immaculately crafted debut tried to dismantle male toxicity with a shotgun blast square to the balls, Fargeat’s Cannes-approved follow-up turns that same attention inwards, allowing her to take aim at both the pointlessness she’s been conditioned to feel as a forty-something woman, and also at the resentment she’s been conditioned to feel toward her younger self. Squelching with fury at how a woman’s “fuckability” is used as the ultimate measure of her worth,...
If the “Revenge” director’s immaculately crafted debut tried to dismantle male toxicity with a shotgun blast square to the balls, Fargeat’s Cannes-approved follow-up turns that same attention inwards, allowing her to take aim at both the pointlessness she’s been conditioned to feel as a forty-something woman, and also at the resentment she’s been conditioned to feel toward her younger self. Squelching with fury at how a woman’s “fuckability” is used as the ultimate measure of her worth,...
- 5/19/2024
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Not long into Coralie Fargeat’s campy body horror The Substance, Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) is unceremoniously fired from her gig as the celebrity host of a daytime exercise program. The former actress’ credentials — an Academy Award, a prominent place on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — aren’t enough to save her Zumba-meets-Jillian-Michaels-style show, fittingly called Sparkle Your Life. Her producer, an oily personality conspicuously named Harvey (Dennis Quaid), wants to replace Elisabeth with a younger, more beautiful star. In his words: “This is network TV, not charity.”
The Substance, which premiered at Cannes in competition, is Fargeat’s second feature. It builds on the director’s interest in the disposability of women in a sexist society, a theme she first explored in her hyper-stylized and gory 2017 thriller Revenge. She gave that film a subversive feminist bent by turning the trophy girlfriend — a sunny blonde who is raped and murdered — into a vengeance-seeking hunter.
The Substance, which premiered at Cannes in competition, is Fargeat’s second feature. It builds on the director’s interest in the disposability of women in a sexist society, a theme she first explored in her hyper-stylized and gory 2017 thriller Revenge. She gave that film a subversive feminist bent by turning the trophy girlfriend — a sunny blonde who is raped and murdered — into a vengeance-seeking hunter.
- 5/19/2024
- by Lovia Gyarkye
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Demi Moore teased details of her role in Taylor Sheridan’s upcoming Paramount+ drama Landman and revealed she expects to be back on set for a second season in early 2025.
“It’s a very interesting world in the boomtown of Fort Worth, Texas. It’s kind of this subculture that we haven’t seen before, which is what I think Taylor does so well,” said Moore, in a talk at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
“I play an oil tycoon’s wife… lots of nice clothes. The substance of it is really exploring the issues around oil, petroleum, on all sides…and then of course there’s – as Taylor does so well – there’s delicious drama within and family dynamics.”
Other cast members include Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm as rival oil tycoons, with Hamm playing Moore’s husband.
On playing opposite Hamm again,...
“It’s a very interesting world in the boomtown of Fort Worth, Texas. It’s kind of this subculture that we haven’t seen before, which is what I think Taylor does so well,” said Moore, in a talk at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.
“I play an oil tycoon’s wife… lots of nice clothes. The substance of it is really exploring the issues around oil, petroleum, on all sides…and then of course there’s – as Taylor does so well – there’s delicious drama within and family dynamics.”
Other cast members include Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm as rival oil tycoons, with Hamm playing Moore’s husband.
On playing opposite Hamm again,...
- 5/19/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore are teased as playing the same character for feminist body-horror thriller “The Substance.”
The Cannes feature, which premieres in competition at the festival, has already been picked up by Mubi for worldwide distribution. French director Coralie Fargeat helms her sophomore film, following her debut “Revenge” which premiered at TIFF in 2017.
“The Substance” is titled for a mysterious serum that transforms users into the ideal versions of themselves. The elusive official synopsis reads: “It generates another you. A new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect you. And there’s only one rule: You share time. One week for you. One week for the new you. Seven days each. A perfect balance. Easy. Right? If you respect the balance…what could possibly go wrong?”
The teaser shows Moore intently watching an ad for the substance injection and contemplating undergoing its cellular division. Could Qualley be who Moore transforms into?...
The Cannes feature, which premieres in competition at the festival, has already been picked up by Mubi for worldwide distribution. French director Coralie Fargeat helms her sophomore film, following her debut “Revenge” which premiered at TIFF in 2017.
“The Substance” is titled for a mysterious serum that transforms users into the ideal versions of themselves. The elusive official synopsis reads: “It generates another you. A new, younger, more beautiful, more perfect you. And there’s only one rule: You share time. One week for you. One week for the new you. Seven days each. A perfect balance. Easy. Right? If you respect the balance…what could possibly go wrong?”
The teaser shows Moore intently watching an ad for the substance injection and contemplating undergoing its cellular division. Could Qualley be who Moore transforms into?...
- 5/17/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Seven years have gone by since director Coralie Fargeat made her feature directorial debut with a very cool revenge movie that was appropriately titled Revenge – you can read our 8/10 review of the film at This Link. Back in 2022, we heard that Fargeat was moving ahead with her second feature, an “explosive feminist take on body horror” called The Substance, with Demi Moore (Ghost) and Margaret Qualley (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) on board to star. It’s been a wait, but The Substance is finally making its way out into the world, with its premiere set to take place at the Cannes Film Festival this weekend and Mubi having recently acquired theatrical distribution rights. In anticipation of the premiere screening, a teaser trailer for / clip from The Substance has arrived online – but you’ll have to click over to Deadline to watch it. The 39 second teaser shows Moore’s...
- 5/17/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Director Coralie Fargeat (Revenge) is back this year with brand new body horror movie The Substance, and the first look teaser trailer was debuted over on Deadline this morning.
The teaser runs just 40-seconds long – and you’ll have to head over to Deadline to watch it – but it gives us our first look at Demi Moore in the movie while revealing the storyline.
Update: The teaser has now made its way onto YouTube. Check it out below.
Here’s how the Cannes Film Festival website describes the film…
“Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? You should try this new product: The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another version of yourself, younger, more beautiful, more perfect… Just share the time. One week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days. Easy isn’t it?
“If you follow the instructions,...
The teaser runs just 40-seconds long – and you’ll have to head over to Deadline to watch it – but it gives us our first look at Demi Moore in the movie while revealing the storyline.
Update: The teaser has now made its way onto YouTube. Check it out below.
Here’s how the Cannes Film Festival website describes the film…
“Have you ever dreamed of a better version of yourself? You should try this new product: The Substance. It changed my life. With The Substance, you can generate another version of yourself, younger, more beautiful, more perfect… Just share the time. One week for one, one week for the other. A perfect balance of seven days. Easy isn’t it?
“If you follow the instructions,...
- 5/17/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
The world premiere of Agathe Riedinger’s Wild Diamond in Cannes Competition is the only one by a first-time filmmaker and heralds Riedinger as part of a new wave of French female directors to arrive en force on the Croisette.
The film explores western society’s obsession with beauty and fame and the omnipresence of social media through the story of a 19 year-old girl who sets out to earn a spot on a reality TV show.
Also in Competitoin is France-born Coralie Fargeat’s second feature The Substance. The body horror is produced by the UK’s Working Title Films and stars Demi Moore,...
The film explores western society’s obsession with beauty and fame and the omnipresence of social media through the story of a 19 year-old girl who sets out to earn a spot on a reality TV show.
Also in Competitoin is France-born Coralie Fargeat’s second feature The Substance. The body horror is produced by the UK’s Working Title Films and stars Demi Moore,...
- 5/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Stephen Curry has netted a new scripted project as the basketball superstar continues making inroads as a Hollywood playmaker.
Curry’s producing banner Unanimous Media and David Henrie’s Cedar Hill are developing the basketball-focused comedy feature Trick Shot. A director has yet to be attached to the film that has a script from Jay Longino, whose previous writing credits include Uncle Drew (2018) and Skiptrace (2016).
Trick Shot centers on a middle school student who is dismal at basketball until a freak accident occurs, and he suddenly can’t miss a shot. His newfound hoops talent leads him to become an unexpected NBA rookie, where he is soon an integral member of his favorite team.
Producers include Curry and Erick Peyton for Unanimous Media, David Henrie and James Henrie for Cedar Hill and Ben Everard for Everard Entertainment. Longino and Unanimous’ Brian Testuro Ivie serve as executive producers.
Curry is a...
Curry’s producing banner Unanimous Media and David Henrie’s Cedar Hill are developing the basketball-focused comedy feature Trick Shot. A director has yet to be attached to the film that has a script from Jay Longino, whose previous writing credits include Uncle Drew (2018) and Skiptrace (2016).
Trick Shot centers on a middle school student who is dismal at basketball until a freak accident occurs, and he suddenly can’t miss a shot. His newfound hoops talent leads him to become an unexpected NBA rookie, where he is soon an integral member of his favorite team.
Producers include Curry and Erick Peyton for Unanimous Media, David Henrie and James Henrie for Cedar Hill and Ben Everard for Everard Entertainment. Longino and Unanimous’ Brian Testuro Ivie serve as executive producers.
Curry is a...
- 5/16/2024
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When an estimated 1,000 international TV buyers descend on Los Angeles for the annual TV event known as the LA Screenings, they will see a contracted market still recovering from the twin Hollywood strikes of last year and, to a somewhat lesser extent, the pandemic.
It kicks off with the LA Screenings Independents, held May 15-17 for smaller studios and distributors at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, which are then followed by screenings at the major studios’ respective lots across May 18-22 where they present their latest shows. They may also host a variety of events for their clients during those days, which may include cocktail receptions and luncheons or dinners with talent and executives.
While stalled projects ramped up as soon as the strikes ended, some delays were inevitable. “A couple of months ago I was wondering if we were going to be entertaining [buyers],” says Lisa Kramer, president, International Content Licensing,...
It kicks off with the LA Screenings Independents, held May 15-17 for smaller studios and distributors at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel, which are then followed by screenings at the major studios’ respective lots across May 18-22 where they present their latest shows. They may also host a variety of events for their clients during those days, which may include cocktail receptions and luncheons or dinners with talent and executives.
While stalled projects ramped up as soon as the strikes ended, some delays were inevitable. “A couple of months ago I was wondering if we were going to be entertaining [buyers],” says Lisa Kramer, president, International Content Licensing,...
- 5/14/2024
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
Henry Kissinger may have only died in November, but the controversial politician is already set to get the satirical comedy treatment.
Tim Roth, Robin Wright, Mary-Louise Parker, Lucy Hale, David Cross, Jimmy O. Yang, Rob Corddry and Dylan Penn are in talks to star in the feature film “Kissinger Takes Paris,” set during Kissinger’s younger, pre-Vietnam War years.
Roth (“The Hateful Eight,” “Sundown”) will star as Kissinger, while Jeff Stanzler will direct from his screenplay, and Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures (“To Leslie”) are producing along with Stanzler. CAA Media Finance and Concourse Media are co-representing domestic rights, and Concourse is handling international rights, with sales launching at Cannes.
The film — likened to political satires such as “Don’t Look Up” and “Wag the Dog” — is set to tell the (mostly) true story of when Kissinger, described as “a middle-aged, politically washed-up Harvard professor,” traveled to...
Tim Roth, Robin Wright, Mary-Louise Parker, Lucy Hale, David Cross, Jimmy O. Yang, Rob Corddry and Dylan Penn are in talks to star in the feature film “Kissinger Takes Paris,” set during Kissinger’s younger, pre-Vietnam War years.
Roth (“The Hateful Eight,” “Sundown”) will star as Kissinger, while Jeff Stanzler will direct from his screenplay, and Claude Dal Farra and Brian Keady of Bcdf Pictures (“To Leslie”) are producing along with Stanzler. CAA Media Finance and Concourse Media are co-representing domestic rights, and Concourse is handling international rights, with sales launching at Cannes.
The film — likened to political satires such as “Don’t Look Up” and “Wag the Dog” — is set to tell the (mostly) true story of when Kissinger, described as “a middle-aged, politically washed-up Harvard professor,” traveled to...
- 5/14/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Don’t be surprised if you see Demi Moore on the Croisette — like, a lot. The veteran actress is set to make a mark at the Cannes Film Festival this year with a film in competition and a packed schedule to match.
Moore stars in filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance opposite Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. Little is known about Fargeat’s sophomore feature — she debuted with 2017’s stylish Revenge — other than that it’s being referred to as a feminist take on body horror.
Cannes has given The Substance a late-night slot for its world premiere on Sunday, May 19, confirming a busy weekend for Moore. As previously announced, the actress will also take on the role of godmother for luxury jewelry house Chopard’s Trophée Chopard gala ceremony. The event, at Carlton Beach Club on May 17, will see rising star honors presented to Challengers star Mike Faist and...
Moore stars in filmmaker Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance opposite Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid. Little is known about Fargeat’s sophomore feature — she debuted with 2017’s stylish Revenge — other than that it’s being referred to as a feminist take on body horror.
Cannes has given The Substance a late-night slot for its world premiere on Sunday, May 19, confirming a busy weekend for Moore. As previously announced, the actress will also take on the role of godmother for luxury jewelry house Chopard’s Trophée Chopard gala ceremony. The event, at Carlton Beach Club on May 17, will see rising star honors presented to Challengers star Mike Faist and...
- 5/14/2024
- by Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ed Harris — recently seen starring alongside Kristen Stewart in “Love Lies Bleeding” — is getting back behind the camera to direct his own adaptation of Kim Zupan’s acclaimed novel “The Ploughmen.” Owen Teague, currently playing the lead in “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” Nick Nolte and Bill Murray have come on board to star in the neo-noir crime thriller, which will go into production in Montana this Fall. Amy Madigan and Lily Harris are also set for the film.
“The Ploughmen” will mark Harris’ third feature as director after his Western “Appaloosa” and multi-Oscar nominated “Pollock.” Described being in the vein of “Hell or High Water” and “Wind River,” the film is set in the wilderness of Montana, where a strange friendship develops between a haunted young deputy sheriff and a notorious old murderer. John Gload (Nolte) is a killer so adept at his job that only now has he been apprehended.
“The Ploughmen” will mark Harris’ third feature as director after his Western “Appaloosa” and multi-Oscar nominated “Pollock.” Described being in the vein of “Hell or High Water” and “Wind River,” the film is set in the wilderness of Montana, where a strange friendship develops between a haunted young deputy sheriff and a notorious old murderer. John Gload (Nolte) is a killer so adept at his job that only now has he been apprehended.
- 5/13/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
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