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Daily Mail
16 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
Julia Roberts rom-com in sequel talks nearly 30 years after the original
Julia Roberts earned a Golden Globe nomination for her work in the beloved romantic comedy My Best Friend's Wedding and now, nearly three decades later, there's talk of a sequel. Roberts, 57, who was turned in to a blonde bombshell for the new thriller After The Hunt, starred as a food critic in the 1997 rom-com co-starring Dermot Mulroney as the friend whose wedding she tried to destroy after realizing she was in love with him. It was Mulroney, 61, who first hinted at the second chapter in the story while promoting his latest project The Hunting Wives on Netflix. He told The New York Post 'there is talk of a sequel,' but when asked for more details he only answered, 'I know nothing about it. Last I heard, quote, lawyers were talking, unquote.' My Best Friend's Wedding starred Roberts as a food critic who panics when she learns her bestie, Michael, played by Mulroney is getting married. The two had promised each other if they were still single by age 28, they would marry each other. After receiving the big news, Roberts' Julianna (Jules) decides to break up the engagement and claim Michael for herself. The film provided a launching pad for a budding actress named Cameron Diaz, 52, who starred as the young bride Roberts' Julianne wanted to be jilted at the alter. It also introduced Rupert Everett, 66, to American audiences as Jules' gay best friend George. No word on who the director will be or if Roberts, Mulroney, Diaz or Everett will be part of the sequel's cast. Collider offered some more juicy details revealing that Materialists writer and director Celine Song has been tapped to write the script. The romantic comedy stars Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal and has earned more than $52 million so far. Song previously proved her box office bankability with Past Lives, starring The Morning Show's Greta Lee and Teo Yoo. My Best Friend's Wedding opened at number two when it debuted in theaters behind Batman & Robin. It went on to earn $299,288,605 globally with Roberts and Everett earning Golden Globe nominations. The movie, which featured a fun sing-along scene with the cast performing Diana King's I Say a Little Prayer. Variety ranked My Best Friend's Wedding as 100 of the Greatest Movies of All Time. In doing so, the publication called the movie 'the most delectable and heartbreaking rom-com of its era.'
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘After the Hunt' is the latest Best Picture hopeful to open the New York Film Festival
Luca Guadagnino is going to be on the road a lot in the coming months. One day after the Italian filmmaker's latest feature, After the Hunt, joined the Venice Film Festival lineup as an out of competition selection, the New York Film Festival announced that the Amazon MGM-released film will play as the opening night selection of its 63rd edition. "We are excited to open this year's festival with Luca Guadagnino's latest, which confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today," NYFF artistic director Dennis Lim said in a statement. "Brilliantly acted and crafted, After the Hunt is something rare in contemporary cinema: a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment." More from Gold Derby 'The Fantastic Four: First Steps': Instant Oscar odds Jim Jarmusch's 'Father Mother Sister Brother' set for North American premiere at New York Film Festival In his own statement, Guadagnino called NYFF "an arbiter of global cinema," and provided a quick preview of the movie's themes. "I, alongside the incredible cast and crew and our companions at Amazon MGM Studios who made After the Hunt possible, am elated and thrilled to bring to New York our tale of morality and power." That tale plays out against the backdrop of an Ivy League campus where celebrated professor Alma Olsson (Julia Roberts) becomes embroiled in a "he said, she said" case involving two close colleagues: her fellow scholar Hank Gibson (Andrew Garfield) and her pupil Maggie Price (Ayo Edebiri). Their tight-knit relationship unravels when Maggie accuses Hank of assault, a charge that opens up a can of worms in Alma's own past. Introducing After the Hunt's first trailer at CinemaCon earlier this year alongside Edebiri and Guadagnino, Garfield promised that the film would be a conversation-starter throughout award season. "[Luca] has a rare gift of exploring the complexity of what it is to be human," the actor said. "That's why we're so excited for audiences to see After the Hunt. I have a feeling it's a film that needs to be seen in a cinema, because I think it's gonna spark a lot of conversations." Those conversations are sure to fill the Lincoln Center lobby following the movie's NYFF bow on Sept. 26. It's the first time that one of Guadagnino's films has opened the festival, and the director joins a long list of filmmakers who have seen their own opening night selections go on to join the Best Picture race. Just last year, for example, RaMell Ross's Nickel Boys — another Amazon MGM release — went on to the 10 Best Picture nominees after kicking off the 62nd edition of NYFF. But arguably the most famous NYFF-to-Oscar transfer remains David Fincher's The Social Network, which had its world premiere at Lincoln Center in 2010 and went on to receive eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director. While it lost those statuettes to The King's Speech and its director Tom Hooper, the movie did win three awards: Best Sound Mixing, Best Original Score and Best Adapted Screenplay for Aaron Sorkin, who recently revealed that he's working on a sequel. The 63rd New York Film Festival runs Sept. 26-Oct. 13. See the full list of NYFF opening night presentations below; Best Picture nominees are double starred. 2025: After the Hunt (Luca Guadagnino, U.S.)2024: Nickel Boys (RaMell Ross, U.S.)**2023: May December (Todd Haynes, U.S.)2022: White Noise (Noah Baumbach, U.S.)2021: The Tragedy of Macbeth (Joel Coen, U.S.)2020: Lovers Rock (Steve McQueen, U.K.)2019: The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, U.S.)**2018: The Favourite (Yorgos Lanthimos, Ireland/U.K./U.S.)**2017: Last Flag Flying (Richard Linklater, U.S.)2016: 13th(Ava DuVernay, U.S.)2015: The Walk (Robert Zemeckis, U.S.)2014: Gone Girl (David Fincher, U.S.)2013: Captain Phillips (Paul Greengrass, U.S.)**2012: Life of Pi (Ang Lee, U.S.)**2011: Carnage (Roman Polanski, France/Poland)2010: The Social Network (David Fincher, U.S.)**2009: Wild Grass (Alain Resnais, France)2008: The Class (Laurent Cantet, France)2007: The Darjeeling Limited (Wes Anderson, U.S.)2006: The Queen (Stephen Frears, U.K.)**2005: Good Night, and Good Luck (George Clooney, U.S.)**2004: Look at Me (Agnès Jaoui, France)2003: Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, U.S.)**2002: About Schmidt (Alexander Payne, U.S.)2001: Va savoir (Jacques Rivette, France)2000: Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, Denmark)1999: All About My Mother (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)1998: Celebrity (Woody Allen, U.S.)1997: The Ice Storm (Ang Lee, U.S.)1996: Secrets & Lies (Mike Leigh, U.K.)**1995: Shanghai Triad (Zhang Yimou, China)1994: Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, U.S.)**1993: Short Cuts (Robert Altman, U.S.)1992: Olivier Olivier (Agnieszka Holland, France)1991: The Double Life of Véronique (Krzysztof Kieślowski, Poland/France)1990: Miller's Crossing (Joel Coen, U.S.)1989: Too Beautiful for You (Bertrand Blier, France)1988: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Pedro Almodóvar, Spain)1987: Dark Eyes (Nikita Mikhalkov, Soviet Union)1986: Down by Law (Jim Jarmusch, U.S.)1985: Ran (Akira Kurosawa, Japan)1984: Country (Richard Pearce, U.S.)1983: The Big Chill (Lawrence Kasdan, U.S.)**1982: Veronika Voss (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany)1981: Chariots of Fire (Hugh Hudson, U.K.)** (Best Picture Winner)1980: Melvin and Howard (Jonathan Demme, U.S.)1979: Luna (Bernardo Bertolucci, Italy/U.S.)1978: A Wedding (Robert Altman, U.S.)1977: One Sings, the Other Doesn't (Agnès Varda, France)1976: Small Change (François Truffaut, France)1975: Conversation Piece (Luchino Visconti, Italy)1974: Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full (Pascal Thomas, France)1973: Day for Night (François Truffaut, France)1972: Chloe in the Afternoon (Eric Rohmer, France)1971: The Debut (Gleb Panfilov, Soviet Union)1970: The Wild Child (François Truffaut, France)1969: Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (Paul Mazursky, U.S.)1968: Capricious Summer (Jiří Menzel, Czechoslovakia)1967: The Battle of Algiers (Gillo Pontecorvo, Italy/Algeria)1966: Loves of a Blonde (Miloš Forman, Czechoslovakia)1965: Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, France)1964: Hamlet (Grigori Kozintsev, Soviet Union)1963: The Exterminating Angel (Luis Buñuel, Mexico) Best of Gold Derby Everything to know about 'The Batman 2': Returning cast, script finalized Tom Cruise movies: 17 greatest films ranked worst to best 'It was wonderful to be on that ride': Christian Slater talks his beloved roles, from cult classics ('Heathers,' 'True Romance') to TV hits ('Mr. Robot,' 'Dexter: Original Sin') Click here to read the full article. 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Yahoo
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Luca Guadagnino's 'After the Hunt' to open New York Film Festival
NEW YORK (AP) — Luca Guadagnino's 'After the Hunt' will open the 63rd New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced Wednesday. 'After the Hunt' will first premiere at the Venice Film Festival, but on Sept. 26, it will kick off the New York Film Festival. An Amazon MGM Studios release due out this fall, it stars Julia Roberts as a Yale philosophy professor whose comfortable life is tested after her protege (Ayo Edebiri) accuses the professor's longtime colleague (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Dennis Lim, artistic director of the festival, said Guadagnino's film 'confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today.' 'Brilliantly acted and crafted, 'After the Hunt' is something rare in contemporary cinema: a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment,' Lim said in a statement. Guadagnino will return to the festival that last year hosted his William S. Burroughs adaptation 'Queer,' and that also selected his 2017 film 'Call Me by Your Name.' 'I have always found the New York Film Festival to be an arbiter of global cinema,' said Guadagnino. 'For over 60 years it has been a festival that makes audiences open their minds and hearts to the most daring and compelling global cinema from both established and emerging filmmakers.' The New York Film Festival runs Sept. 26 through Oct. 13.
The Independent
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Luca Guadagnino's 'After the Hunt' to open New York Film Festival
Luca Guadagnino 's 'After the Hunt' will open the 63rd New York Film Festival, Film at Lincoln Center announced Wednesday. 'After the Hunt' will first premiere at the Venice Film Festival, but on Sept. 26, it will kick off the New York Film Festival. An Amazon MGM Studios release due out this fall, it stars Julia Roberts as a Yale philosophy professor whose comfortable life is tested after her protege (Ayo Edebiri) accuses the professor's longtime colleague (Andrew Garfield) of sexual assault. Dennis Lim, artistic director of the festival, said Guadagnino's film 'confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today.' 'Brilliantly acted and crafted, 'After the Hunt' is something rare in contemporary cinema: a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment,' Lim said in a statement. Guadagnino will return to the festival that last year hosted his William S. Burroughs adaptation 'Queer,' and that also selected his 2017 film 'Call Me by Your Name.' 'I have always found the New York Film Festival to be an arbiter of global cinema,' said Guadagnino. 'For over 60 years it has been a festival that makes audiences open their minds and hearts to the most daring and compelling global cinema from both established and emerging filmmakers.' The New York Film Festival runs Sept. 26 through Oct. 13.
New York Times
23-07-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Julia Roberts Drama Will Open the New York Film Festival
'After the Hunt,' a Luca Guadagnino drama starring Julia Roberts as a professor caught up in a campus sexual assault case, will open the 63rd edition of the New York Film Festival, the organization announced Wednesday. In the film, Roberts plays a Yale academic whose close friend and colleague, played by Andrew Garfield, is accused of sexual assault by her star student (Ayo Edebiri). In a statement, Dennis Lim, the festival's artistic director, described 'After the Hunt,' from Amazon MGM Studios, as 'a complex, grown-up movie with a lot on its mind that also happens to be a deeply satisfying piece of entertainment.' He also said that Guadagnino's latest 'confirms his status as one of the most versatile risk-takers working today.' The prolific director released two movies last year, the tennis love-triangle drama 'Challengers,' with Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist, and the William S. Burroughs adaptation 'Queer,' starring Daniel Craig. Guadagnino made his mark in Hollywood with 'Call Me by Your Name,' the romance starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer that netted an Oscar for best adapted screenplay (for James Ivory) along with three other nominations. Michael Stuhlbarg, who co-starred in that film, also appears in 'After the Hunt.' The director said in a statement that he was 'elated and thrilled to bring to New York our tale of morality and power.' The New York Film Festival, which is presented by Film at Lincoln Center, runs Sept. 26 through Oct. 13. For more information, go to
