DC Studios’ newest feature film to hit the big screen will be in theaters worldwide this summer from Warner Bros. Pictures, starring Milly Alcock in the dual role of Supergirl/Kara Zor-El.
Craig Gillespie directs the film from a screenplay by Ana Nogueira.
When an unexpected and ruthless adversary strikes too close to home, Kara Zor-El, aka Supergirl, reluctantly joins forces with an unlikely companion on an epic, interstellar journey of vengeance and justice.
Alcock stars alongside Matthias Schoenaerts, Eve Ridley, David Krumholtz, Emily Beecham, and Jason Momoa.
DC Studios heads Peter Safran and James Gunn are producing the film, which is based on characters from DC, Supergirl based on characters created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The film is executive produced by Nigel Gostelow, Chantal Nong Vo and Lars P. Winther. Behind the camera, Gillespie is joined by director of photography Rob Hardy, production designer Neil Lamont, editor Tatiana S. Riegel, costume designer Anna B. Sheppard, Visual Effects Supervisor Geoffrey Baumann, and composer Ramin Djawadi.
DC Studios Presents a Troll Court Entertainment Production, The Safran Company Production, A Film by Craig Gillespie, “Supergirl,” which will be in theaters and IMAX® across North America on June 26, 2026, and internationally beginning 24 June 2026, distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
An unbelievable, action-packed true story comes home when THE COMMANDarrives on Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and Digital August 6 from Lionsgate.
An unbelievable, action-packed true story comes home when The Command arrives on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and Digital August 6 from Lionsgate. The film is currently available On Demand. Starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Léa Seydoux, and Academy Award® winner Colin Firth (2010, Best Actor, The King’s Speech), don’t miss the riveting story about the 2000 nuclear submarine disaster based on Robert Moore’s book, A Time to Die, directed by award winner Thomas Vinterberg (The Hunt, The Celebration, Far From the Madding Crowd), and written by Robert Rodat. The Command Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD will include the “Human Costs: Making The Command” featurette and will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.99 and $19.98, respectively.
Colin Firth stars in the unforgettable true story of the K-141 Kursk, a Russian flagship nuclear powered submarine that sank to the bottom of the Barents Sea in August 2000. As 23 sailors fought for survival aboard the disabled sub, their families desperately battled bureaucratic obstacles and impossible odds to find answers and save them.
BLU-RAY / DVD / DIGITAL SPECIAL FEATURES
“Human Costs: Making The Command” Featurette
CAST Matthias Schoenaerts Rust and Bone, The Danish Girl, Red Sparrow Léa Seydoux Spectre, The Lobster, The Grand Budapest Hotel Colin Firth The King’s Speech, Bridget Jones’s Diary
THE MUSTANG is an
impressive indie prison drama marking the directional debut of French actress Laure De Clermont. It tells
a moving story based on a real program involving inmates and wild horses.
THE MUSTANG is the story of Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts), an inmate at a Nevada State prison and a man of few words. Not only does his bald and hulking physique make for a threatening presence, his terse and brooding disposition adds to his menace. He’s a heavily-tattooed caged brute doing stints in and out of solitary confinement. His crime isn’t revealed until near the film’s end but it’s hinted that his beastly exterior masks a deep anguish. His relationship with his pregnant daughter Martha (Gideon Adlon), who visits, is strained, and he even loses his temper when she comes to ask him to sign some papers. She wants to make a better life for herself and her baby by selling her mother’s home and moving away, something he knows will divide them even further. A chance for redemption arrives when a prison psychiatrist (Connie Britton) recommends Roman for a rehabilitation program that involves training wild mustangs for eventual sale at a public auction.
The program’s manager Myles (Bruce Dern) assigns Roman to his most uncontrollable horse, whom the convict names Marquis. He’s given just twelve weeks to whip the animal into shape before the auction, which because of the untamed nature of both horse and prisoner, could be a challenge. Like Roman, Marquis has been penned up in an isolated enclosed cage, battering and kicking at the door. With the assistance of fellow inmate Henry (Jason Mitchell), Roman learns what it takes to discipline Marquis and, in so doing, becomes a better person. Things take a dangerous turn when Roman’s cellmate Dan (Josh Stewart) blackmails him into stealing horse tranquilizers, threatening the safety of his daughter if he refuses.
The metaphor between man and beast may seem a bit heavy-handed but director Clermont-Tonnerre tells this simple, minimalist story well. The music by Jed Kurzel and the cinematography by Ruben Impens are superb while the grim details of prison life seem real. De Clermont does a great job getting the right performances out of her cast. Matthias Schoenaerts doesn’t say much and when he does, it’s barely a whisper, but it’s a powerful turn, one where he seems like he could explode at any minute. Bruce Dern has a nice meaty role here with several excellent speeches. De Clermont also succeeds in hinting at the threat of violence that simmers beneath the surface, boiling over at unexpected moments. This is important because it serves as a reminder that this isn’t a film about men training horses but one about dangerous men training horses. When the details of Roman’s crime are revealed, it’s quite horrific, and dampen the sympathy the audience has developed for this character. THE MUSTANG is a highly-recommended gem.
Matthias Schoenaerts stars as Roman in Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s THE MUSTANG, a Focus Features release. Credit : Tara Violet Niami / Focus Features
Focus Features has released a brand new trailer for director Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s drama THE MUSTANG. Get your first look below.
Roman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an “outdoor maintenance” program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation. Spotted by a no-nonsense veteran trainer (Bruce Dern) and helped by an outgoing fellow inmate and trick rider (Jason Mitchell), Roman is accepted into the selective wild horse training section of the program, where he finds his own humanity in gentling an especially unbreakable mustang.
In 2013, Schoenaerts won the César Award for Most Promising Actor for his phenomenal work on RUST AND BONE.
Focus Features will open THE MUSTANG in select theaters on March 15, 2019 after its World Premiere at THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL in January.
Sparrows are said to be social creatures. They live in colonies, flocks with others. In addition, sparrows are primarily carnivorous by nature i.e. they are meat eaters. While novelist Jason Matthews, a former Central Intelligence Agency operative, came up with the title RED SPARROW, it’s director Francis Lawrence who seems to be taking the most joy in connecting the “social” interactions and carnivorous aspects of the bird to the lead of the story.
There are times where the body can be a platform for that which is beautiful and grotesque. This can most notably be seen in the films of David Cronenberg. Lawrence and cinematographer Jo Willems (who worked together on the last few HUNGER GAMES films) begin by presenting this theme in Grand Guignol fashion with a beautifully staged turned tragically horrific ballet. And that’s just the beginning, just you wait. From there, the story frequently portrays the body as both seductive and as a piece of meat that you can slice, beat, and break down so that it’s as tender as the butcher would like it.
The Sparrows (supposedly based on a real organization) are a specially trained class of young Russian Intelligence agents who are taught to use their body as a weapon – in more ways than one if you catch my drift. They mix seamlessly among the masses, just like the patterns of the bird of the same name. From there, they can draw a person in close and feed when necessary. Not literally feed, but get what they want from their prey so that they can then fly back to the nest with the intel from their mission.
Dominika (Jennifer Lawrence) is the Russian’s newest recruit. After she’s forced into the academy out of financial necessity to care for her ailing mother and by a little bit of coercion from her uncle, she becomes involved in a case revolving around a Russian double agent and American CIA operative, Nate Nash (Joel Edgerton).
If this sounds a bit like a John le Carré novel, you wouldn’t be totally off base. Unlike that writer’s panache for making even the dullest of government paper-pushers somewhat intriguing, Justin Haythe’s screenplay fails to lend any sense of intrigue or emotion to what should be fascinating characters. Every pawn in this often laborious chess match comes off as cold and wooden, leading to a rather one-note mood. That is until you’re suddenly jolted to life by abrasive and graphic imagery.
The first hour is very sensational and quite risqué in parts, especially given such a high-profile actress in the lead. The last half doesn’t quite have the same punch as it slips into a steady rhythm. While I wasn’t clutching my pearls, the brutal violence involving wires and knives as well as the shocking nudity and depictions of sexual assault (there is more than one instance of this) will leave some wishing for more spy drama escapism.
If you can accept the brutal reality of this world, RED SPARROW is actually very artfully done. The cinematography is absolutely captivating and James Newton Howard’s score is quite beautiful as a moody set of pieces that properly completes the puzzle. Fans of espionage tales will eat up the scenery and the globe-trotting exploits. But once again, all of these compliments reflect the surface level of the film.
Like many previous cinematic assassins who carry a burden or weight so too does Dominika. Her ailing mother is presented as the catalyst for taking on her new profession. While Lawrence’s fearless performance is admirable, she’s stuck with portraying a character that seems almost too in control of her emotions. RED SPARROW is structured and wound up so tightly around this idea of power and control in intimate situations, and in the process, it has pushed the audience away by focusing only on the body and not allowing us to explore what’s going on inside.
A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs.
A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit.
A master of seductive and manipulative combat.
When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.
Directed by Francis Lawrence, RED SPARROW stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons.
RED SPARROW hits theaters everywhere on March 2nd!
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20th Century Fox has released a new trailer and poster for the upcoming spy thriller RED SPARROW. Directed by Francis Lawrence, the film stars Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons.
Watch it now.
Dominika Egorova is many things.
A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs.
A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit.
A master of seductive and manipulative combat.
When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.
RED SPARROW hits theaters everywhere on March 2nd.
Jennifer Lawrence is starring alongside “javier bardem, ed harris and michelle pfeiffer in mother!, directed by darren aronofsky.” Due in theaters this Friday, it has been called “one of the most audacious and flat-out bizarre movies that a major studio has released in years.” (review)
Lawrence can next be seen in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming spy thriller RED SPARROW.
Directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Matthias Schoenaerts, Charlotte Rampling, Mary-Louise Parker and Jeremy Irons, the film hits theaters March 2nd, 2018.
Dominika Egorova is many things.
A devoted daughter determined to protect her mother at all costs.
A prima ballerina whose ferocity has pushed her body and mind to the absolute limit.
A master of seductive and manipulative combat.
When she suffers a career-ending injury, Dominika and her mother are facing a bleak and uncertain future. That is why she finds herself manipulated into becoming the newest recruit for Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people like her to use their bodies and minds as weapons. After enduring the perverse and sadistic training process, she emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow the program has ever produced. Dominika must now reconcile the person she was with the power she now commands, with her own life and everyone she cares about at risk, including an American CIA agent who tries to convince her he is the only person she can trust.
A sunny Italian island, rockstar privilege and a long-standing personal animosity come together in A BIGGER SPLASH.
Tilda Swinton stars a rock-and-roll legend named Marianne, who hiding out on the Italian island of Pantelleria with her younger photographer husband Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) while her voice heals from recent surgery. The couple’s quiet idyll is interrupted by the sudden arrival of Harry (Ralph Fiennes), Marianne’s former long-time producer and ex-lover, and his newly-discovered daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson). Harry is a non-stop talker and life of the party, determined to bring back the good old rock-n-roll party days and a tsunami of nostalgia.
Ralph Fiennes is the lightning rod at the center of this taut, sexy psychological thriller. The film is directed by Luca Guadagnino, the Italian director best known for I AM LOVE, the visually lush art-house hit that explored love in the world of the very rich. The mostly-English language A BIGGER SPLASH has some nice photography but not the same intense visual beauty.
The story takes place on Pantelleria, a real-world favorite of celebrities such as Madonna as a hide-out. The island is famous for its rocky, sunny landscape, quaint little villages, pervasive snakes, and as a way station for illegal immigrants from Africa arriving by boat – all of which appear in this film. The film is a loose remake of a 1969 Italian-French thriller named “The Swimming Pool.”
Much of the story does take place around the couple’s pool, and water figures heavily in the story. Due to her surgery, Swinton’s character bares speaks but her presence is strong nonetheless and her character is the center of what unfolds. It is immediately clear the three have a long history together, and in fact, Harry had introduced his friend Paul to Marianne. A certain tension, from long history and how lives diverge over time, fills the air from the start.
Fiennes is electric as Harry, the character who fires up the film. Harry is a lot of fun but he is also exhausting and self-centered. While Marianne and Paul decide that the presence of the young Penelope means no more skinny-dipping in the pool, Harry boldly strips down and dives in bare. A high-energy character never stops talking, a man who is not only the life of the party but determined that everyone must join the party too – whether they want to our not. Fiennes embraces this role with relish, dancing with goofy abandon to old Rolling Stones tunes, strutting about in the nude and exhibiting a child-like enthusiasm as he indulges his nostalgic impulses.
Harry’s energy is entertaining but he is also exhausting and unable to dial it back, and Fiennes captures that sense brilliantly as well. In an early scenes, Harry drags his reluctant hosts, who have been keeping a low profile, to a restaurant, and then name-dropping Marianne’s name to get them a table, much to the irritation of Paul. The scene illustrates much about Harry’s essential character, and how his strong-willed presence disrupts the couple’s quiet, restful break.
Director Guadagnino does a masterful job of creating a dynamic sense of people who have known each other well for years – and have lingering issues between them. Fiennes, Swinton and Schoenaerts are all excellent, and Johnson also does well in the smaller role of the daughter, mostly an observer in the growing tensions. Although the film is primarily in English, the sensibility is entirely European, with tensions slowly building to an explosion at the end. The drama also offers a telling commentary on the privileges of fame.
While not the visual treat of I AM LOVE, this re-pair of star Tilda Swinton and director Luca Guadagnino delivers a taut commentary on relationships and the power of fame, and one striking performance from Ralph Fiennes.
Opening on May 20th in St. Louis is A BIGGER SPLASH.
In A BIGGER SPLASH, rock legend Marianne Lane (Tilda Swinton) is recuperating on the volcanic island of Pantelleria with her partner Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) when iconoclast record producer and old flame Harry (Ralph Fiennes) unexpectedly arrives with his daughter Penelope (Dakota Johnson) and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an A-bomb blast of nostalgia from which there can be no rescue. A BIGGER SPLASH is a sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy and rock and roll, under the Mediterranean sun.
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A BIGGER SPLASH has been rated R by the MPAA for graphic nudity, some strong sexual content, language and brief drug use.
