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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘It's feral, it's raw': Lily James teases ‘real re-imagining' of Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger
Lily James has teased the Cliffhanger reboot is a 'real re-imagining' of the original movie. The 36-year-old actress will star in the new take of Sylvester Stallone's 1993 action flick as Naomi Cooper, and James has now revealed Cliffhanger is 'definitely different' to the first flick. Speaking with Screen Rant, she said: 'I don't want to say too much to give it away right now. What I will say is I had one of the most thrilling experiences of my life. We shot in the Dolomites. We were there for six weeks on the mountains. 'I was really hanging off mountains. We had to shut down multiple times because of freak snowstorms. 'The story is very much through Naomi and her sister Sydney. I would hope that we are maintaining what people love about the original cliffhanger, but it's definitely different. 'It's feral, it's raw. It's a real re-imagining, and I am producing it too.' The Baby Driver star added she 'loved working with' director Jaume Collet-Serra, and gushed it was 'just a dream' to collaborate with Pierce Brosnan - who is portraying her mountaineer father Ray Cooper in the film. She said: 'I loved working with Jaume Collet-Sera, who's directing it. We have a wonderful cast. Pierce Brosnan is just a dream, and we're in the edit phase now, but I'm really, really excited to share this one. 'And I fell completely in love with rock climbing. I became utterly obsessed. And getting physically strong for that was one of the biggest challenges. 'But getting to really do it and really do all that climbing was seriously empowering really. And I loved it.' Stallone was initially due to reprise his role as ranger Gabriel 'Gabe' Walker in the new Cliffhanger movie, though the actor ultimately left the project and it was subsequently overhauled with James and Brosnan leading the reboot instead. The official synopsis reads: 'In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. 'During a weekend trip with a billionaire's son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray's older daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes.' The cast for Cliffhanger also includes Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba and Bruno Gouery. In order to prepare for Cliffhanger, James underwent real training to learn how to climb to achieve the epic shots seen in the movie. Collet-Serra said in a statement: 'Shooting our movie on location in the Dolomites using large format cameras was imperative for us to show the scope and scale of the story we're telling. 'We're going to bring the audience a truly thrilling and visceral, premium theatrical experience. Lily in particular has gone above and beyond for the role, putting in real training and learning to climb. 'Her dedication has allowed us to capture some incredible shots we couldn't have achieved otherwise, and the whole crew is blown away by her commitment.'
Perth Now
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
‘It's feral, it's raw': Lily James teases ‘real re-imagining' of Sylvester Stallone's Cliffhanger
Lily James has teased the Cliffhanger reboot is a 'real re-imagining' of the original movie. The 36-year-old actress will star in the new take of Sylvester Stallone's 1993 action flick as Naomi Cooper, and James has now revealed Cliffhanger is 'definitely different' to the first flick. Speaking with Screen Rant, she said: 'I don't want to say too much to give it away right now. What I will say is I had one of the most thrilling experiences of my life. We shot in the Dolomites. We were there for six weeks on the mountains. 'I was really hanging off mountains. We had to shut down multiple times because of freak snowstorms. 'The story is very much through Naomi and her sister Sydney. I would hope that we are maintaining what people love about the original cliffhanger, but it's definitely different. 'It's feral, it's raw. It's a real re-imagining, and I am producing it too.' The Baby Driver star added she 'loved working with' director Jaume Collet-Serra, and gushed it was 'just a dream' to collaborate with Pierce Brosnan - who is portraying her mountaineer father Ray Cooper in the film. She said: 'I loved working with Jaume Collet-Sera, who's directing it. We have a wonderful cast. Pierce Brosnan is just a dream, and we're in the edit phase now, but I'm really, really excited to share this one. 'And I fell completely in love with rock climbing. I became utterly obsessed. And getting physically strong for that was one of the biggest challenges. 'But getting to really do it and really do all that climbing was seriously empowering really. And I loved it.' Stallone was initially due to reprise his role as ranger Gabriel 'Gabe' Walker in the new Cliffhanger movie, though the actor ultimately left the project and it was subsequently overhauled with James and Brosnan leading the reboot instead. The official synopsis reads: 'In this reboot of Cliffhanger, seasoned mountaineer Ray Cooper (Brosnan) and his daughter Sydney run a mountain chalet in the Dolomites. 'During a weekend trip with a billionaire's son, they are targeted by a gang of kidnappers. Ray's older daughter Naomi (James), still haunted by a past climbing accident, witnesses the attack and escapes.' The cast for Cliffhanger also includes Nell Tiger Free, Franz Rogowski, Shubham Saraf, Assaad Bouab, Suzy Bemba and Bruno Gouery. In order to prepare for Cliffhanger, James underwent real training to learn how to climb to achieve the epic shots seen in the movie. Collet-Serra said in a statement: 'Shooting our movie on location in the Dolomites using large format cameras was imperative for us to show the scope and scale of the story we're telling. 'We're going to bring the audience a truly thrilling and visceral, premium theatrical experience. Lily in particular has gone above and beyond for the role, putting in real training and learning to climb. 'Her dedication has allowed us to capture some incredible shots we couldn't have achieved otherwise, and the whole crew is blown away by her commitment.'
Perth Now
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Carry-On director Jaume Collet-Serra lands rare Netflix film deal
Carry-On director Jaume Collet-Serra has signed a multi-year deal with Netflix. The 51-year-old filmmaker has put pen to paper on a rare overall agreement with the streaming giant after his 2024 action thriller - which starred Jason Bateman and Taron Egerton - became Netflix's second highest viewed film of all time, clocking up 185 million views. He told Variety: 'From production to release, my experience making Carry-On with the Netflix team was everything a filmmaker could hope for. 'I'm thrilled to call Netflix my creative home and excited to keep pushing boundaries together, beginning with An Innocent Girl.' The upcoming psychological thriller will have Collet-Serra at the helm as director and producer, alongside Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. The film will follow a young and ambitious woman who gets seduced by a high powered couple in Washington D.C. as she gets pulled into a world of power, sex and murder. Netflix film vice president Doug Belgrad praised Collet-Serra as 'one of the most in-demand directors out there right now". He added: "And for good reason — he knows how to deliver big, high-stakes stories that audiences love. "The fact that he chose to make this deal with us, especially after the great experience we had together on Carry-On, says a lot. "He's never been hotter, and we look forward to keeping that momentum going with him.' According to Deadline, the director - who most recently worked on survival thriller Play Dead - has has another project lined up for his Netflix deal. As well as An Innocent Girl, his slate includes a reimagining of 1993 mountain rescue action movie Cliffhanger, which starred Sylvester Stallone alongside John Lithgow, Michael Rooker and Janine Turner. The new version will star Lily James and Pierce Brosnan. Fans shouldn't necessarily expect a Carry-On sequel as part of the Netflix agreement, as he revealed back in January that a follow-up to the airport action thriller was "not in the cards" at the time. However, he did tell Variety: "I would like to definitely make another one. "When we started with the movie, it certainly felt like one unique story in a moment in time with a set of characters. "If an idea comes to us that feels like we can do something that is as original as the first one, and that can connect with the audience in the same way, then we'll explore that.' The film followed young TSA officer Ethan Kopek (Egerton) who gets blackmailed by the mysterious Traveler (Bateman) into letting a enrve agent on board a Christmas Eve flight carrying 250 people. Previously, Collet-Serra has shown his diversity as a filmmaker with a wide range of projects. As well as Disney blockbuster Jungle Cruise - based on the theme park attraction of the same name - he's also directed horror films like House of Wax, Orphan and The Shadows.
Gizmodo
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Summer Game Fest Doesn't Just Try Its Best, It Tries Too Hard
Half a decade into its life, Summer Game Fest still just can't get out of its own way. After a PlayStation showcase earlier in the week, the annual video game promo circuit for the summer began in earnest with that two-hour showcase by the name of Summer Game Fest, which had teases, sequels, and wholly new games galore. Par for the course for SGF and host Geoff Keighley, both of which have endeavored to step up during this decade as the once and glorious trade show king E3 has gradually died off. But this year's carried an odd air about it, even before a Splitgate 2 developer walked onstage with a 'Make FPS Great Again Hat' (really) before smacktalking 'the same Call of Duty' and revealing his shooter's battle royale mode. A lot of that weirdness is because the games industry is going through it right now. It's been over a week since EA killed its Black Panther game and developer Cliffhanger, and industry layoffs have only continued since. Time stops for no one, and since 2023, there've been reductions by the dozens or hundreds, sometimes on a daily, even hourly basis. What we thought was just 'survive til '25' in 2023 or 2024 is now just 'survive' as games and their studios die in the blink of an eye. Combined with what feels like a weirdly muted Nintendo Switch 2 launch and the United States government going through another round of bullshit, of course this trade show feels funky. Other factors to this strange feeling are owed entirely to Summer Game Fest. Never is it more clear when the industry is chasing trends than an event like this, which had plenty of souls and roguelikes and shooters of the space, competitive, and extraction variety. The two genres' popularity seemed to wear on viewers and remind us how we easily tire of things we once liked. Compared to PlayStation's showcase earlier in the week, SGF also felt less consistent in what it had to offer: Resident Evil Requiem and Wu-Tang: Rise of the Deceiver were agreeable highs, other trailers seemed to show up to be polite or didn't really land. More problematically, five years in, Summer Game Fest still feels like it has no real identity of its own beyond an extension of the annual year's end Game Awards. Those ceremonies and accompanying game reveals have a substantially different energy thanks to musical performances, celebrity appearances and usually delightful Muppet gags. Without those, SGF feels less 'fun,' for lack of a better word. It wants to be E3, but the big pressers we tuned in for could sometimes be bad as figureheads for game publishers were high off their own supply or overindulged in nonsense they seemed to think was funny. This can't be that, both because publishers have their indvidual, more regular showcases, and it doesn't want to be perceived as disrespectful to the medium and its audience happy to receive recognition but not the criticism that comes with it. Previously, Keighley has caught flack for failing to properly acknowledge the industry's struggles, or doing so in a clumsy manner. This year's Summer Game Fest opened with him highlighting 2025's current crop of best-selling games, some of which came from teams much smaller than your average triple-A studio. Expedition 33's been the biggest and worst offender of this 'honor'; since the RPG's reveal and launch, it's been lauded as a triumph for a developer with a headcount in the small dozens. But its seven-minute credits show that's not the true story: yes, Sandfall has 33 or 34 employees, but it also had third-party animators, QA contractors, and localizers (and more!) that helped make for a fantastic debut title. Keighley's stressing of those small teams—one guy made a brawler with just the help of nine of his friends!—turns what was likely a well-intentioned acknowledgment of into additional fuel for the fiery divide between indie and triple-A developers at a bad time for both. The narrative around game development (and who makes them) is bad enough thanks to ongoing layoffs and increased player harassment, and this will likely exacerbate things. It's a moment that best represents the double-edged sword of Summer Game Fest's prominence and this particular industry figurehead: sooner or later, amid all the flash and celebration this window into the industry provides, someone sours things by putting their foot in their mouth.
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Finalists revealed for 2025 Cumbria Tourism Awards
Trailblazing tourism businesses from across the county will step into the spotlight next month (Tuesday, July 8) for the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2025. The prestigious awards shine a light on operators who go above and beyond to deliver world-class visitor experiences, with the winners crowned during a VIP celebration evening at Kendal's Castle Green Hotel hosted by author and mountaineer Nigel Vardy. The 2025 finalists are: Dock Museum, Barrow finalist (Image: Supplied) The Dock Museum, Barrow-in-Furness Bendrigg, Kendal Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Lindeth Fell Country House, Bowness-on-Windermere Sunnyside Guest House, Keswick Wheatlands Lodge - Windermere Solway Holiday Park, Silloth Park Cliffe, Windermere The Quiet Site, Ullswater Ullswater Heights Holiday Home and Lodge Park, Penrith Double award nominee, Pures Lakes Skincare's new BEATRIX range (Image: Supplied) Shed One Distillery, Ulverston - Make Your Own Distilled Spirit Cliffhanger Escape Rooms, Backbarrow - Bank Diamond Heist Pure Lakes Skincare, Far Sawrey - Soap Making Masterclass Honister Slate Mine - Guided Mine Tours Castlerigg Hall Caravan Camping Glamping, Keswick The Cottage in the Wood, Whinlatter Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire The Swan Hotel & Spa, Newby Bridge Low Wood Bay Resort & Spa, Windermere Another Place, The Lake, Ullswater Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, the only business to be nominated in three categories (Image: Supplied) Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Muncaster Castle, Gardens and Hawk & Owl Centre Honister Slate Mine Queens Head Troutbeck The Brackenrigg Inn, Ullswater The Royal at Dockray Pennington's Tea and Coffee Ltd, Kendal CoolCrafting, Kendal Pure Lakes Skincare, Far Sawrey Nigel Vardy, host of the Cumbria Tourism Awards 2025 (Image: Supplied) Grange Bridge Cottage, Borrowdale E-Bike Safaris Ltd, Kendal Langdale Chase, Windermere Farlam Hall Hotel & Restaurant, Carlisle Willowbeck Lodge, Carlisle Dufton Barn Holidays, Appleby-in-Westmorland Fair Rigg by Cradel Haus, Windermere Netherby Hall, Carlisle The Ruskin Museum, Coniston Mirehouse and Gardens, Keswick Quaker Tapestry Museum, Kendal SOURCE at Gilpin Hotel, Windermere Storrs Hall Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere Pentonbridge Inn, Carlisle The Cottage In The Wood, Whinlatter The Cumbria Tourism Awards 2025 will be held next month (Image: Supplied) Sunset Café Silecroft Beach Bassenthwaite Lake Station Force Walkers Café & Terrace, Ambleside Peter Hill, Cumbrian Heavy Horses, Nr Millom Claire Winter-Moore, Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Margaret Craig, Embleton Spa Hotel Judith Talbot, The Melbreak Hotel Askham Hall and Bank Barn, Nr Penrith Hidden River Barn, Longtown Storrs Hall Hotel, Bowness-on-Windermere Eden Barn Ltd, Kirkby Stephen
