Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
The Toronto International Film Festival has revealed its first world premiere with Rian Johnson’s “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” set to debut. The first “Knives Out” similarly had its debut in 2019 at the festival.
The sequel will follow Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to Greece as he attempts to solve yet another mystery. Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista co-star. [Source: TIFF]
Nope
The U.S. ratings board the MPAA has handed out an R-rating for Jordan Peele’s highly-anticipated horror movie “Nope,” labelling it has having violence, bloody images, and strong language – the same as Peele’s two prior films “Get Out” and “Us”. [Source: MPAA]
Clerks 3
Filmmaker Kevin Smith has confirmed that the first trailer for “Clerks III” will arrive this time next week (July 6th). Dante, Randal, Becky, Jay and Silent Bob all return for the new film which begins a screening tour starting in September. [Source: Twitter]
Eight Billion Genies
Amazon Studios has landed the film and TV rights to Charles Soule and Ryan Browne’s comic “Eight Billion Genies”. No writer or filmmaker is attached as yet but the plan is for a cross-media universe starting with a feature.
The eight-issue limited series turns on the premise that every single person on the planet got a genie and one wish? Within seconds, the world is transformed into a collision of desires as varied as the humans who made them. [Source: THR]
