Disney’s Searchlight Pictures is developing a brand new film “The Defender”, which will be directed by George Tillman Jr and will star Sterling K. Brown. The film is based on E. Nicholas Mariani’s 2018 Black List script and tells the story of heroic lawyer Scipio Africanus Jones (who will be played by Sterling K.Brown”, who […]
Disney’s Searchlight Pictures has released the first look at an upcoming film “Rye Lane”, which stars Vivian Oparah (Class) and David Jonsson (Deep State). The film is a romantic comedy about two youngsters reeling from bad breakups who connect over an eventful day in South-London. Here’s the first image release from “Rye Lane”: “Rye Lane” […]
New casting details have been revealed for the upcoming Searchlight Pictures comedy-thriller “The Menu”, which is about a young couple who travel to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises. The film will star Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit), Ralph Fiennes […]
Disney’s Searchlight Pictures is currently developing a brand new comedy movie called “The Menu”, and according to Deadline, Nicholas Hoult, has joined the cast. Nicholas Hoult has previously starred as Beast in many of the X-Men films and played the writer of the “Lord of the Rings” books in Tolkien. It’s unknown what role he […]
Disney’s Searchlight Pictures has cast Hong Chau in the upcoming psychological thriller “The Menu”, which is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centring on a young couple who visit an exclusive restaurant on a remote island where an acclaimed chef has prepared a lavish tasting menu. The actress […]
Disney has released a new featurette for the upcoming Searchlight Pictures documentary ” In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion. Over the course of six weeks in the summer […]
Disney’s Searchlight Pictures is developing a new dark comedy called “The Menu” and is currently in negotiations with Anya Taylor-Joy and Ralph Fiennes to star in the film. “The Menu” is a darkly comedic psychological thriller set in the world of eccentric culinary culture, centring on a young couple who visit an exclusive restaurant on […]
Disney’s Searchlight Pictures has acquired the short film, “Wiggle Room”, for its Searchlight Shorts program. The short was acquired during the Sundance Festival. The short is directed by Julia Baylis and Sam Guest. It follows Daisy (Deanna Gibson), a teenage paraplegic who is determined to save her wheelchair ramp from repossession and confronts the shady […]
Disney has announced that the Searchlight Pictures film “Nomadland” will be coming to Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Canada on Friday 30th April. “Nomadland” will also be coming to cinemas when they reopen, but with the current restrictions in place, cinemas can’t reopen until mid-May at the earliest. It was recently announced […]
Disney has announced that the Searchlight Pictures film “The Aftermath” will be coming to Disney+ in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Friday 26th March. In postwar Germany in 1946, Rachael Morgan (Keira Knightley) arrives in the ruins of Hamburg to be reunited with her husband Lewis (Jason Clarke), a British colonel who’s rebuilding the […]
Disney has announced that the Searchlight Pictures film “NOMADLAND” will be coming to Disney+ in Canada on April 9th. The film follows Fern (McDormand), a woman who, after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as […]
During the Sundance festival, Disney’s Searchlight Pictures has secured the global distribution rights to a new documentary, Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised). The documentary will be coming to cinemas first, before heading to Hulu in the United States, Star+ in Latin America and to Disney+ internationally. This film has […]
With some cinemas still closed due to local restrictions and small audiences willing to go, Disney has announced that the Searchlight Pictures movie “Nomadland” will be coming to Hulu and selected theatres in the United States on February 19th. Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her […]
Disney’s Searchlight Pictures has acquired the screenplay to “Hound”, which has been written by Lisa Duva, with Set It Up’s Zoey Deutch set to both star in and produce the film. The story follows a timid dog-groomer, Callie (who will be played by Zoey Deutch), who after being bitten by a mysterious stray dog, she’s […]
Disney has announced that the Searchlight Pictures animated movie “Isle Of Dogs” will be coming to Disney+ in the US and Canada on Friday, January 15th 2021. When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alone in a miniature […]