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24-05-2025
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Fantastic Four Alum Kate Mara Shares A Lovely Take On Why She's Open To Seeing First Steps
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Kate Mara might have a few regrets about Josh Trank's panned Fantastic Four film. However, she isn't haunted by the 2015 flick, not even a little. A decade after playing Sue Storm in the box office disappointment, the actor is leaning into the future of upcoming Marvel movies and the First Family's 2025 movie schedule entry, The Fantastic Four: First Steps. To that point, Mara shared a sweet take on the notion of seeing Marvel Studios' reboot when it comes out. Kate Mara caught up with THR, during which she opened up about her love of movies, her excitement for the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and why the upcoming superhero film doesn't stir up baggage from her time in spandex. When asked if she has any interest in seeing the MCU movie for herself, the former Sue Storm actress responded enthusiastically: I love going to the movies. It's my favorite thing to do, especially with my husband Jamie [Bell] and our kids. We have an 11-year-old. So I'm sure we'll go, especially for a movie like that where you want to see it on a big screen with an audience and popcorn. Absolutely. It's totally different than ours [2015's Fantastic Four], so why not? I really love the cast. I love Pedro Pascal. Yeah, I would totally see the new Marvel. (Laughs.) The House of Cards alum's comments come one month before the 10th anniversary of her film's release and the debut of the latest iteration of the team. First Steps boasts a fantastic cast, including Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Joseph Quinn, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who are stepping into the roles of the Fantastic Four. It's sweet for Mara to lend her support to the franchise's newcomers. Kate Mara and husband Jamie Bell -- who played Ben Grimm a.k.a. The Thing -- helped bring these characters to life in the 2015 Fox-produced version of the franchise. However, the Shooter star's response to the new film isn't based on comparison. Her comments to THR suggest that the past doesn't influence her view of the latest movie. What truly matters to her is her love of going to the movies. That's not nothing, especially when you consider how much Josh Trank's Fantastic Four became defined by behind-the-scenes chaos: clashing visions, reshoots, and a director's cut that never saw the light of day. But, through it all, Mara met Jamie Bell, whom she married and started a family with. That chapter has a silver lining for her that has nothing to do with the abysmal Rotten Tomatoes score. Disney+: from $9.99 a month w/ ad-supported planStream 2015's Fantastic Four and other Marvel films using Disney+. There's an ad-supported tier that starts at $9.99 a month, and there's an ad-free option that costs $15.99 a month. Users can also save 16% by paying a total of $159.99 for a whole Deal Kate Mara's perspective is also especially refreshing in a genre that too often eats its own. Superhero actors who don't make it into the Marvel canon usually go quiet or go bitter. The former Sue Storm does neither. It's also easy to understand why Mara would express an interest in seeing the film. The Fantastic Four: First Steps feels like a fresh start for the classic property. With Matt Shakman, who directed WandaVision (streaming with a Disney+ subscription), at the helm, this movie seems set to bring Marvel's famously dysfunctional family into the MCU in a fun way. Expectations are pretty high, especially with Kate Mara giving it the thumbs up (even i it wasn't exactly needed). Still, it adds a nice touch as fans get excited for this reboot. Fans can flock to their local cinemas to see The Fantastic Four: First Steps when it's released on July 25.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
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How Low Can You Go: Even at Cannes, Longevity Means Living Lean
📩 Industry insight, unfiltered. Subscribe and check the 'In Development' box. ✉️ Tell us what you think: dana@ or call/text: 323-435-7690 More from IndieWire Kate Mara on Treating 'Friendship' Like a 'Dramatic' Indie and the Surprisingly 'Weird' Connection to Werner Herzog 'Renoir' Review: An 11-Year-Old Girl Ponders the Mysteries of the Universe in Chie Hayakawa's Extremely Low-Key Coming-of-Age Drama 👋 Hello! The Cannes Film Festival was a blur, the American Pavilion was packed, and IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking summit was a huge success. Today I'm flying to Paris for two well-earned days visiting my sister, but here's my take on what Cannes had to tell us about sustainable film careers. Turns out Beverly Hills' sister city had a quite a bit to say. (As always, if you've got anything to say to me reach out at the contacts above.) Richard Linklater on the down low Zero is a minimum guarantee Minimalism is a superpower Here's Richard Linklater's best advice to aspiring filmmakers: 'Keep your overhead low.' Given our location, that might sound ridiculous. We're at the American Pavilion in Cannes and I've asked him how he might advise today's filmmakers, who operate in a world very different than the one that shaped his at IndieWire's Future of Filmmaking summit, the director of Cannes Competition title 'Nouvelle Vague' got real about how much the industry has changed since his 'Slacker' days. 'I don't know if guilty's the word, but when I talk to young filmmakers… it was such a different time that just doesn't exist anymore.' This was my 10th Cannes Film Festival, but my first since 2013. To the naked eye, little changed: massive Carlton Hotel billboards for the latest 'Mission: Impossible'; a stunning Emma Stone on the red carpet, even while being attacked by a bee; and guest appearances by shameless strivers. (The faux Bezos-Sanchez couple was mightily convincing until they were seated in the nosebleed section of the Palais.) However, after talking with independent producers, filmmakers, and sales agents, it's clearly a different world. A $1 million film may make money; $3 million and up is cause for anxiety. We live in the era of the zero m.g., where theatrical distribution doesn't necessarily mean the filmmakers were paid. Negotiations for the advance (or, the minimum guarantee) can start at zero and sometimes that's where they stay. As two producers noted, in separate conversations: 'The worst part is they expect you to be grateful.' So how do you make it work? One unlikely role model is a filmmaker I met in Cannes, Elizabeth Blake-Thomas. Her career doesn't look anything like Linklater's. Originally a U.K. theater director, she's made more than two dozen low-budget genre films you might find on TVODs like Amazon or Tubi, with actors like Mena Suvari or Casper Van Dien. Sometimes the cast includes her daughter and producing partner, Isabella. Blake-Thomas' first film cost $26,000; she's had budgets up to $3 million. Whatever the number, she's never gone over. That applies to her own life as well. She keeps overhead low — very low. Elizabeth and Isabella live in a one-bedroom apartment in the Valley and share a Fiat 500. No debt; no vacations; yes savings. 'If a job wasn't to come straight away, you can still live,' she said. 'That would be awful if I was in that situation.'Most of all, she said, this isn't temporary. Her lean and focused life leaves her the energy to focus on making movies that make money for her investors, which means she can keep making more. 'I don't put time and effort into things that don't matter,' she said. 'I have my dog and my daughter. We love our life. That lets me put my full energy into filmmaking but I have to be really intentional about it, because it takes everything.' This won't be the first time Hollywood's compared to gambling, but: The less you spend at the casino, the longer you last. Aspiring filmmakers need a runway — the time required to meet people, make things, make mistakes. And time is money. 'Everything you do, you're taking a leap,' Linklater said at the summit. 'I tell filmmakers: If no one wants to support you, that just means you are not ready yet. People [need] to believe in you, and that's usually you believing in yourself. You can't fake that. You have to earn that through your own experience, your own confidence, your own hard work and dedication. But I think the timing works out when it's ready.' Not every sustainable career requires sleeping on a sofa bed, but creative lives constantly face factors beyond their control. For people like Blake-Thomas, minimalism means controlling her destiny. Keep it simple, keep costs down, and keep making movies. 'It means I get to be here,' she said from our table overlooking the Mediterranean, 'and do this.' Future of Filmmaking has partnered with Universal Studio Group for a series of virtual panels about the making of TV shows like 'Hacks,' 'Man on the Inside,' and 'The Four Seasons.' Quinta Brunson of 'Abbott Elementary' will also be joining IndieWire at Vidiots on May 20 for another installment of 'Pass the Remote.' Check out USG University: Consider This, starting May to attend 'Pass the Remote' at Vidiots on May 20. 5. by Charles Bastille Pretty self-explanatory from the title and we wish it was more helpful, but this list published on Medium draws a troubling portrait of Trump's effect on American arts programming even before he started bringing up tariffs. From theaters to city parks funding, a huge bite has been taken out of cultural curation in this country and it's time we started recognizing it as an injustice in the same way this piece does. 4. by Dhar Mann Ignoring the eye-catching lead-in, Mann's post on Linkedin this week acknowledges a very important conversation happening in many spaces around Hollywood: Is the creator economy taking over? People tend to balk at the idea of new money and that's what Mann represents with his newly formed YouTube content creation studio in Burbank, but every pipeline we now consider traditional had to start somewhere. 3. by Jon Reiss* With his substack 8 Above, Reiss digs into the fluctuating nuances of global film distribution. For his most recent write-up, he breaks down modern strategies for getting your project seen, with emphasis on eventizing the work for theatrical, as well as building a digital following. 2. by That Final Scene As much as we're intrigued by the creator economy and the opportunities it may bring, we still have an overall appreciation for what some may call 'traditional cinema' and trying to get others to as well is kind of our bag. This seems to be the case with Sophie from That Final Scene as well, who's framework of 'cinema as cultural gyms' might be the most genius marketing tool we've heard in a while. No surprise, considering Sophie was at one point in film marketing herself. 1. by Ted Hope* There's a lot of meat to this breakdown from American film producer Ted Hope via his substack Hope for Film. Some of it is positive, but it mostly serves as a necessary wake-up call. The system that allowed independent filmmaking to thrive has been broken and we deserve better. In an industry that has become all about factoring risk against reward, Hope suggests it's time to be bold in new ways just for the hell of it. *paid subscription Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
Gizmodo
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
The Mario Movie Sequel May Have Accidentally Got Its Title
Train to Busan's Yeon Sang-ho is crafting a new viral thriller. Get one last look at Ballerina before it releases. Plus, what's coming on the next Last of Us. To me, my spoilers! Super Mario World An NBCUniversal press release about upcoming movies that will stream on Peacock unintentionally revealed that the sequel to the Super Mario Bros. Movie will be named Super Mario World, in reference to 1990 SNES classic, however mentions of the movie title were scrubbed hours after publication, so make of that what you will. She Kills Them Variety reports Kate Mara will star in She Kills Them, 'a vampire romantic comedy' described as 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Fleabag.' Directed by Dan Clark, the story follows 'Chloe Jacobs, a woman in her late 30s living a dangerous double life. By night, she seduces and slays vampires as part of a secret government operation. By day, she's just another jaded New Yorker trying to figure out her personal life. But when she meets Eric–someone she actually connects with–her two worlds collide.' Flesh of the Gods Speaking of vampires, Deadline reports Elizabeth Olsen will star alongside Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac in Flesh of the Gods, an 80s-set vampire drama taking place in a 'glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.' Directed by Panos Cosmatos (Mandy), the story concerns Raoul and Alex, 'a married couple in glittering '80s L.A. who descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm. When they cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic Nameless (Elizabeth Olsen) and her hard-partying cabal, Raoul and Alex are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills and violence.' Colony Variety also reports Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) will direct Colony, a new horror-thriller starring Gianna Jun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook and Shin Hyun-been. In the film, 'a biotechnology conference descends into chaos when a rapidly mutating virus transforms the infected, forcing authorities to seal off the facility with survivors trapped inside.' Headless Deadline additionally reports Peter and Michael Spierig (Fall 2, Jigsaw) are attached to direct Headless, a contemporary Headless Horseman movie 'with nods to Mad Max and The Terminator.' The story is said to follow 'a rudderless hitchhiker and a driven woman avenging her family's death [who] must stop a motorcycle-riding semi-immortal ghoul that feeds off the carnage it causes on desert highways by decapitating it and getting its head far enough away, long enough, from its relentlessly pursuant still-living body.' Fear Street: Prom Queen Two new Fear Street posters over at Fangoria pay tribute to Carrie and Prom Night. Superman Here's a quick teaser for the new Superman trailer ahead of the full release later today. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina Lionsgate has also released a final trailer for its new John Wick spinoff, Ballerina, starring Ana de Armas. The Last of Us Spoiler TV has photos from 'The Price,' this Sunday's episode of The Last of Us. More at the link. Sakamoto Days Finally, Netflix has released a trailer for the second half of Sakamoto Days' first season premiering this July 14.
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Kate Mara to Star in Vampire Romantic Comedy ‘She Kills Them' by Director Dan Clark, Hailing From Tea Shop Films, the Project (EXCLUSIVE)
Kate Mara ('House of Cards,' 'A Teacher') will star in the vampire romantic comedy 'She Kills Them' directed by Dan Clark. The high-concept feature is produced by London-based Tea Shop Films, whose credits include 'The Surfer,' '47 Meters Down' and 'Fall,' and Paris-based the Project. Matthew E. Chausse is on board as producer. 'She Kills Them' sees Mara playing Chloe Jacobs, a woman in her late 30s living a dangerous double life. By night, she seduces and slays vampires as part of a secret government operation. By day, she's just another jaded New Yorker trying to figure out her personal life. But when she meets Eric — someone she actually connects with — her two worlds collide. More from Variety Cannes President Iris Knobloch on Female Directors Gaining Ground, Festival's 'Netflix Rule,' Relationship With U.S. Industry and Trump's Proposed Tariffs on Foreign Films Shih-Ching Tsou's 'Left-Handed Girl' Kicks Off Cannes Critics' Week as Taiwan Sees Growth in Global Ventures Kristen Stewart to Discuss Directorial Debut 'The Chronology of Water' With Kim Gordon at Breaking Through the Lens Cannes Gala (EXCLUSIVE) 'Imagine if 'Buffy' grew up to become 'Fleabag,'' said Clark, who's best known for directing and starring in the popular BBC comedy 'How Not to Live Your Life.' 'While there's action and vampires, this is ultimately a grounded, character-driven romantic comedy — think 'Silver Linings Playbook' with the occasional kick-ass fight sequence.' The helmer also previously directed the indie feature 'A Kind of Kidnapping.' Tea Shop Films and the Project said in a statement, 'We love seeing a romantic comedy with a twist — something that speaks to rom-com fans, genre lovers and young adult audiences all at once. This project is fresh, clever, and genuinely entertaining, with a heroine you can't help but root for.' Mara is represented by CAA, Untitled, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern, and Viewpoint. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
13-05-2025
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Kate Mara to Star in Vampire Romantic Comedy ‘She Kills Them' by Director Dan Clark, Hailing From Tea Shop Films, the Project (EXCLUSIVE)
Kate Mara ('House of Cards,' 'A Teacher') will star in the vampire romantic comedy 'She Kills Them' directed by Dan Clark. The high-concept feature is produced by London-based Tea Shop Films, whose credits include 'The Surfer,' '47 Meters Down' and 'Fall,' and Paris-based the Project. Matthew E. Chausse is on board as producer. 'She Kills Them' sees Mara playing Chloe Jacobs, a woman in her late 30s living a dangerous double life. By night, she seduces and slays vampires as part of a secret government operation. By day, she's just another jaded New Yorker trying to figure out her personal life. But when she meets Eric — someone she actually connects with — her two worlds collide. More from Variety Cannes President Iris Knobloch on Female Directors Gaining Ground, Festival's 'Netflix Rule,' Relationship With U.S. Industry and Trump's Proposed Tariffs on Foreign Films Shih-Ching Tsou's 'Left-Handed Girl' Kicks Off Cannes Critics' Week as Taiwan Sees Growth in Global Ventures Kristen Stewart to Discuss Directorial Debut 'The Chronology of Water' With Kim Gordon at Breaking Through the Lens Cannes Gala (EXCLUSIVE) 'Imagine if 'Buffy' grew up to become 'Fleabag,'' said Clark, who's best known for directing and starring in the popular BBC comedy 'How Not to Live Your Life.' 'While there's action and vampires, this is ultimately a grounded, character-driven romantic comedy — think 'Silver Linings Playbook' with the occasional kick-ass fight sequence.' The helmer also previously directed the indie feature 'A Kind of Kidnapping.' Tea Shop Films and the Project said in a statement, 'We love seeing a romantic comedy with a twist — something that speaks to rom-com fans, genre lovers and young adult audiences all at once. This project is fresh, clever, and genuinely entertaining, with a heroine you can't help but root for.' Mara is represented by CAA, Untitled, Sloane Offer Weber & Dern, and Viewpoint. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
