Steven Soderbergh
Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña, Steven Soderbergh to Keynote Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto Film Festival has unveiled speakers for its 2024 edition next month, to include discussions with Cate Blanchett, Zoe Saldaña and Steven Soderbergh. Blanchett will be in Toronto along with two of her latest projects: Alfonso Cuarón’s TV series Disclaimer and Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson and Guy Maddin’s Rumours, which bowed in Cannes. The […]
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Locarno: Stacey Sher on Quentin Tarantino, Steven Soderbergh and the Films That Got Away
Few filmmakers can claim to have helped shape an entire era of cinema, but the boom in 1990s indie cinema is impossible to imagine without producer Stacey Sher. “If you say, U.S. independent cinema of the ’90s, whatever film touched your feelings, your emotions and your memory, most probably, it has Stacey involved in it,” […]
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Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Presence’ Gets International Premiere as Centerpiece Selection at Toronto
Steven Soderbergh’s spooky ghost story Presence — starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and newcomer Callina Liang — will receive its international premiere as part of the Centerpiece sidebar at the 2024 Toronto Film Festival. Soderbergh first screened Presence at Sundance earlier this year, some 35 years after the debut of his breakout film, Sex, Lies […]
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Steven Soderbergh Spy Drama ‘Black Bag’ Set for March 2025 Release
Steven Soderbergh’s spy drama Black Bag has been set for a March 14, 2025, release date by Focus Features. Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender are set to star in the feature alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. David Koepp penned the screenplay for the film that is set to be […]
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Producer Jon Landau, James Cameron’s Right-Hand Man on ‘Titanic’ and the ‘Avatar’ Films, Dies at 63
Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer who made the dreams of James Cameron come to life by overcoming extreme logistical challenges to bring the filmmaker’s Titanic and Avatar blockbusters to the big screen, has died. He was 63. Landau’s son Jamie Landau confirmed his death to The Hollywood Reporter. He died Friday in Los Angeles after […]
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Steven Soderbergh on Struggles for Control, Why Sex Scenes Are “Ridiculous” and Taylor Swift
Steven Soderbergh has been all over the Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary in recent days. On Monday, he shared his takes and insights on such topics as AI, sex scenes, movie release windows, Hollywood’s current “correction,” new projects and even the success of Taylor Swift with a group of reporters. The prolific director, producer, screenwriter and […]
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Orson Welles to Steven Soderbergh: Karlovy Vary Curators on Hollywood’s “Kafkaesque” Cinema
When it comes to celebrated Czech writer Franz Kafka, filmmakers the world over have long been inspired to either adapt his work outright or make movies that are decidedly “Kafkaesque,” filled with the kind of angst, alienation and absurdity the made the novelist one of the most prominent and distinctive figures in 20th century literature. […]
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Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl, Clive Owen to Receive Karlovy Vary Film Festival Honors
Viggo Mortensen, Daniel Brühl and Clive Owen will receive Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) honors at the Czech fest’s 58th edition this year. Organizers revealed on Wednesday that actor-director Mortensen will receive the KVIFF President’s Award on opening night, June 28, and also present his feminist western The Dead Don’t Hurt, which he wrote and directed, […]
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Coleman Hough, Screenwriter on Two Steven Soderbergh Films, Dies at 62
Coleman Hough, who received solo screenplay credit on the quirky Steven Soderbergh-directed improvisational films Full Frontal and Bubble, has died. She was 62. Hough died Feb. 24 at the Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease, her friend Jennifer Romine told The Hollywood Reporter. She was diagnosed with […]
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‘Cold Wallet’ Review: Raúl Castillo Is Compelling as a Desperate Financial Scam Victim in Tense Vigilante Thriller
Melonie Diaz, Tony Cavalero and Josh Brener also star in Cutter Hodierne’s account of a Robin Hood heist and the crypto criminal playing mind games with his assailants.
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Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Black Bag’ Lands at Focus
Focus Features has it in the bag. The studio had landed the rights to Black Bag, a Steven Soderbergh package that hit the town last week. As The Hollywood Reporter previously revealed, the movie will star Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. Jurassic Park screenwriter David Koepp penned the script for the spy thriller. Casey Silver […]
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Sundance at 40: The Most Infamous Fistfights, Freak-outs, Walk-Outs and Firsts
How a broken movie projector almost ruined "Reservoir Dogs," why Harvey Weinstein lost his temper in an Italian restaurant, what that camel was doing in Utah and other unforgettable events.
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