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Making a documentary somewhat resembles a construction project: it takes gathering materials (reality footage, archive, interviews, animation, motion graphics, as the case may be) and fastening them together into a coherent narrative. A bit like constructing a Lego set, you might say. That analogy…

EXCLUSIVE: Mare of Easttown star Angourie Rice and Spike Fearn (Ella McCay) are leading a UK-set romcom for Focus Features, Working Title and Parkville Pictures. CC: Emily is the debut directorial feature project for Alicia MacDonald, who has helmed episodes of Lena Dunham’s Too Much, Stephen…

EXCLUSIVE: Focus Features' Edward Berger directed papal drama, Conclave, is opening the 47th Mill Valley Film Festival on Thursday, October 3. The Ralph Fiennes-starring feature, which delves into the enigmatic world of a papal conclave, is already set to make its international premiere at the…

Focus has taken worldwide rights on Chloé Zhao's next film Hamnet starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley and will be a creative partner on the project. Universal Picture International will handle international distribution for the studio.Universal Pictures will handle international distribution. Zhao…

Edgar Wright's cult classic horror-comedy Shaun of the Dead will be back in theaters across the U.S. in late summer as Focus Features re-releases the Edgar Wright film to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Starting August 29, Shaun of the Dead will begin an exclusive limited engagement at Dolby Cinema…

Peacock announced on Wednesday that the motorcycle crime thriller The Bikeriders, starring Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Academy Award nominee Austin Butler (Elvis) and Academy Award nominee Tom Hardy (The Revenant), will begin streaming exclusively on the service on August 9. Written and…

Focus Features said Tuesday that it has set Steven Soderbergh's upcoming spy drama Black Bag for a March 14, 2025 theatrical release. The high-stakes mystery stars Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender alongside Regé-Jean Page, Marisa Abela, Naomie Harris, Tom Burke and Pierce Brosnan. Producers are…

Focus Features on Thursday morning unveiled the first trailer for Conclave, its papal thriller teaming Oscar-winning filmmaker Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) and two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes (The Menu), which is expected to be a major awards contender this year. An adaptation…

On the surface, Touch seems to be a sudden change of pace for Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur, a quiet and polished film-of-the-book (in this case, the novel of the same name by fellow countryman Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson) that could easily pass for a BBC…

Focus Features has scheduled the Longshot Films and Dark Castle Entertainment title Last Breath for February 28, 2025. Currently, Last Breath is the only prolific title on that weekend. The thriller starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu and Finn Cole and directed by Alex Parkinson is based on a true…

Focus Features and Universal Pictures International have set a Sept. 12, 2025 theatrical release for Downton Abbey 3 which is currently lensing in the UK under filmmaker Simon Curtis. Curtis helmed the previous chapter, Downton Abbey: A New Era. The third film in the Downton franchise is…

Focus Features on Monday morning debuted the first trailer for one of the year’s most anticipated films: the gothic horror Nosferatu from filmmaker Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), which is slated for release on Wednesday, December 25, 2024. Written and directed by Eggers, Nosferatu is billed as a…