Lionsgate has your first look at the brand new trailer for BEAST, starring Daniel MacPherson, Luke Hemsworth, and Oscar winner Russell Crowe (Actor in a Leading Role, Gladiator, 2000).
After years away from the cage, a once-feared MMA champion is pulled back in for the fight of his life when his younger brother is put in danger. Reuniting with the trainer who once made him a legend, he commits to one final showdown against the reigning title-holder — a brutal fighter determined to dismantle the ex-champ’s legacy in front of the world. Pushed to his breaking point, the contender’s stakes are simple: win, or lose everything he’s built.
Directed by Tyler Atkins with a screenplay by David Frigerio and Russell Crowe, BEAST opens in theaters April 10, 2026.
R for language throughout, some violence/bloody images and sexual material/nudity.
[L-R] Russell Crowe as “Sammy” and Daniel MacPherson as “Patton James” in the action/drama, BEAST, a Lionsgate release. Photo courtesy of Lionsgate.
Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring in ‘Nuremberg.’ Image: Scott Garfield. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics
Russell Crowe and Rami Malek give some of their career-best performances in the gripping historical drama NUREMBERG. Set immediately post-WWII, NUREMBERG focuses on an American Army psychiatrist, played by Rami, and Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering, played by Russell Crowe, as preparations are made for the international war crimes tribunal at Nuremberg, Germany.
The drama also centers on creating the post-WWII Nuremberg Nazi war crime tribunals, organized by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, which that held the remaining leaders of the Nazi Germany regime to account for the regime’s evil. The international trials were the first time that leaders of a nation that took the world to war were put on trial for crimes against humanity and against the peace of the world. This ground-breaking tribunal presented to the world evidence of Nazi evil and atrocities, and held the still-living architects of the Holocaust to account.
NUREMBERG presents the events the led to the creation of that international tribunal, an effort led by U.S. Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson (the excellent Michael Shannon), but particularly focuses on the Nazis’ second-in-command, Reichsmarschall Hermann Goering (Russell Crowe), and his interactions with the American Army psychiatrist, Dr. Douglas Kelley (Rami Malek), assigned to evaluate the Nazi prisoners for fitness to stand trial.
The drama’s other track focuses on U. S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Robert H. Jackson, who resisted Congress’s and others’ push for summary executions of the remaining Nazi regime and instead pushed for international war-crime trials, despite the lack of any precedent for them. Jackson hoped to establish the ascendancy of the rule-of-law over Nazi lawlessness, and to show to the world evidence of the Nazis’ war crimes and the Holocaust.
The film opens on the last day of WWII, in May 1945, with Russell Crowe’s Hermann Goering in a fancy touring car, driving up to some American soldiers on a crowded dirt road and surrendering, before asking them to get his luggage, in a perfect tip-off of his ego. Although Rami Malek’s Dr. Kelley is brought in to assess all the Nazi prisoners for fitness to stand trial, he also has personal ambitions to write a book about Goering and especially focused on trying to “psychologically define evil.” As the days unfold, Kelley slowly develops a complex relationship with his narcissistic yet charming subject.
Based partly on the book “The Nazi And The Psychiatrist” by Jack El-Hai, and written for the screen by the film’s director, James Vanderbilt, NUREMBERG is a powerful, classical-made historical drama that it strikingly timely. Director Vanderbilt uses the complicated relationship between cunning Nazi Goering and determine shrink Dr. Kelley, building a cat-and-mouse game between them that adds a psychological thriller aspect to the film. While the first part plays out much like a psychology drama/thriller, not just the cat-and-mouse between Nazi and psychiatrist but Justice Jackson’s maneuvering to get the international tribunal he believes is the best way to ultimately defeat Nazi evil and keep it from re-emerging. That portion is then capped by a riveting courtroom drama, where Goering takes the stand, and evidence of Nazi crimes are laid bare before the court, and the whole world.
Russell Crowe and Rami Malek give Oscar-worthy performances, among their careers’ best, but also lead a sterling cast the includes not only the always-excellent Michael Shannon as the Supreme Court justice. Richard K. Grant plays the British prosecutor Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe in this international effort, in this international effort, and Leo Woodall is Sgt. Howie Triest, the German-speaking American soldier translator for Kelley, someone with his own heartbreaking backstory. Colin Hanks plays Dr. Gustave Gilbert, another psychologist brought later to reassess Kelley’s work, and John Slattery is Col. Burton Andrus, who runs the Nuremberg prison where Nazis are held whose major job is to keep them alive so they can be executed after they are tried.
As preparations are made for the unprecedented war trials, Dr. Kelley engages in a cat-and-mouse discussions with Goering, as he also evaluates other Nazi leaders’ fitness for trial, and tries to keep them that way before the trial. Suicide is a concern, as the Allies want them to stay alive for execution.
Unlike previous films about the Nuremberg trials, this gripping drama gets to the courtroom portion later in the film, but it is the most powerful, emotional and timely portion, as the prosecutors present their case for the rule-of-law and Goering is put on the stand. Crowe’s Goering on the stand offers some of the film’s most compelling and timely moments, as Goering gives details on how the Nazis took power, their goals, and their rationalizations for what they did, with an echo of Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil.”
However, audiences should be aware that this gripping portion of the film also includes archival footage of concentration camps and death camps taken as Allied troops liberated those camps. That archival footage may be familiar to some yet it remains visceral and hard to watch. While the footage is needed to make its powerful point about Nazi horrors, some might want to look away from the screen at those moments.
NUREMBERG will be called an Oscar-bait drama by some, and it is, but it is Oscar-bait with a higher purpose, to revisit a time when the world held evil to account, and as a reminder, once again, what we all should remember: never again.
NUREMBERG opens Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in theaters.
Sony Pictures Classics has dropped the teaser for NURMEBERG.
The studio announced in June that they acquired the North American and worldwide airline rights to James Vanderbilt’s NUREMBERG from Walden Media and Bluestone Entertainment. The film, written and directed by Vanderbilt and produced by Walden Media, Bluestone Entertainment and Mythology Entertainment, is a thrilling drama set in post-war Germany based on the book “The Nazi and the Psychiatrist” by Jack El-Hai.
The film bows in US theaters nationwide on November 7, 2025 and November 14 in UK cinemas, ahead of the 80th anniversary of the Trials.
NUREMBERG chronicles the true story of the eponymous trials held by the Allies against the defeated Nazi regime. The film centers on American psychiatrist Douglas Kelley (Malek), who is tasked with determining whether Nazi prisoners are fit to stand trial for their war crimes and finds himself in a complex battle of wits with Hermann Göring (Crowe), Hitler’s right-hand man.
The film is produced by Richard Saperstein, Bradley J. Fischer, James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, and Walden Media’s Frank Smith, Benjamin Tappan, and Cherilyn Hawrysh, along with István Major of Filmsquad and George Freeman. Executive producers include Jack El-Hai, Brooke Saperstein, Annie Saperstein, Beau Turpin, W. Porter Payne, Jr., Paul Neinstein, and Széchenyi Funds Géza Deme and Tamás Hajnal.
“I am beyond thrilled to be reuniting with Michael and Tom and the whole Sony Pictures Classics team, who ten years ago took a chance on me as a first-time director, and whose legacy of championing great films makes them an incredible partner,” said writer-director James Vanderbilt. “NUREMBERG explores the fragile boundary between justice and vengeance in the aftermath of unimaginable atrocity. As we approach the 80th anniversary of this unprecedented moment in history, this story feels more urgent than ever, and I can’t wait for audiences to see it on the big screen.”
“Written and directed by James Vanderbilt, Nuremberg is a major work, a riveting subject, even more relevant today, that will speak to audiences of all ages. Russell Crowe, Michael Shannon, Rami Malek, and Leo Woodall are all at their career best here. Nuremberg will be a standout in theaters this Fall,” added Sony Pictures Classics.
James Vanderbilt previously wrote and directed TRUTH, starring Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford. He also wrote ZODIAC for David Fincher for which he was nominated for a WGA award. He has written and produced over 20 films.
Hitting theaters on Friday, December 13 is KRAVEN THE HUNTER. In this this new featurette, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director J.C. Chandor discuss the making of an old fashioned gangster story, as well as the choice to make an R-rated movie.
Official Synopsis:
Kraven the Hunter is the action-packed, R-rated, standalone story of how one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Kraven, a man whose complex relationship with his ruthless gangster father, Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe), starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
It will be interesting to see how Kraven’s half-brother is the Chameleon, whose real name is Dmitri Smerdyakov, fits into all of this.
Created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Kraven first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #15 (1964).
Kraven was one of the original members of The Sinister Six. This group of supervillains from Marvel Comics were the primary enemies of Spider-Man. It consisted of Doctor Octopus, Electro, Sandman, Kraven the Hunter, Mysterio, and Vulture.
Aaron Taylor Johnson in Columbia Pictures and Marvel KRAVEN THE HUNTER
Directed by J.C. Chandor, the film also features Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola and Christopher Abbott. The score is from Benjamin Wallfisch (ALIEN: ROMULUS, IT, SHAZAM!, THE INVISIBLE MAN).
KRAVEN THE HUNTER is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for the following reasons: strong bloody violence, and language.
Hitting theaters this December is KRAVEN THE HUNTER, the visceral, action-packed origin story of how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Kraven, a man whose complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe), starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared.
Check out the new trailer now.
More Spider-Man villains that never meet Spider-Man, however a Sinister-Six movie somewhere down the road would be fantastic. This group was formed by Doc Ock and recruited Sandman, Shocker, Vulture, Rhino and Electro. Each member of the six once fought against Spider-Man and was defeated. (Marvel)
Marvel has two films based on Marvel Comics opening this Fall. Sony Pictures has VENOM: THE LAST DANCE, starring Tom Hardy, bowing on October 25th, while KRAVEN THE HUNTER will open in cinemas on December 13, 2024.
The cast includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe.
Directed by J.C. Chandor, story by Richard Wenk, with a screenplay by Richard Wenk and Art Marcum & Matt Holloway. The score is from Benjamin Wallfisch (ALIEN: ROMULUS, IT, SHAZAM!, THE INVISIBLE MAN).
This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for the following reasons: strong bloody violence, and language.
(L-R) Liam Hemsworth as Kinney and Luke Hemsworth as Abel in the action film, LAND OF BAD, a release by The Avenue.
By Marc Butterfield (USAF Veteran)
Director William Eubank ’s LAND OF BAD is an interesting movie, a story about a fresh-faced young U.S. Air Force FAC, AF Sergeant JJ Kinney, played by Liam Hemsworth (Forward Air Controller, essentially works closely with the drone operator, played by Russell Crowe, to ensure that the ground unit has all of the close air support they need to accomplish the mission) out on his first mission in the Philippine Islands to find and extract a person who is their intelligence asset from a compound on the south end of the island.
Photo courtesy of The Avenue.
Getting to the point: it’s a good action movie, however feeling at times like there are two separate movies going on; The Russell Crowe movie about a 59 year old USAF captain, AF Captain Eddie Grimm ‘Reaper’, who is somehow been allowed to wear a Hawaiian shirt under his regulation jacket, along with smuggling about one hundred pounds over the allowance for a six foot tall officer. The tired trope of a man so dedicated to doing the job that he somehow flies in the face of authority while not getting ejected from the service. I don’t know, maybe that’s still a storyline, but it seems… tired.
As far as the Liam Hemsworth’s side of the story, it’s mostly really good. The fight scenes are good, some of the random accidents make sense in context. What makes it exciting is the combination of Agustin Claramunt’s cinematography, shot in Gold Coast and South East Queensland, the solid score from Brandon Roberts and deft editing by Todd E. Miller, taking the audience on a heart-pounding, action-packed journey. The film’s strong supporting cast played by Luke Hemsworth, Ricky Whittle and Milo Ventimiglia adds to the emotional bond and camaraderie between the team, along with an engaging script by Eubanks and co-writer, co-producer David Frigerio.
Don’t misunderstand, the movie is entertaining escapism action that delivers, and the acting talent is really there, making LAND OF BAD a really good romp.
Starring Russell Crowe, Karen Gillan, Márton Csókás, Thomas M. Wright, Harry Greenwood, and Tommy Flanagan, check out the trailer for the upcoming film SLEEPING DOGS.
Crowe plays ex-homicide detective Roy Freeman suffering from a memory loss and is forced to solve a brutal murder he can’t recall. As a man’s life hangs in the balance on death row, Freeman must piece together the brutal evidence from a decade-old murder investigation, uncovering a sinister web of buried secrets and betrayals linking to his past. But as evidence uncovers secrets tied to his forgotten past, he is led to a chilling truth – sometimes, it’s best to let sleeping dogs lie.
In Theaters on March 22, 2024, SLEEPING DOGS is directed by Adam Cooper (Allegiant in 2016, Assassin’s Creed in 2016 and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), and written by Adam Cooper & Bill Collage and based on “THE BOOK OF MIRRORS” by E.O. Chirovici.
Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film. Directed by J.C. Chandor, best known for writing and directing the films Margin Call, All Is Lost, A Most Violent Year, Triple Frontier, here’s a first look at the brand new trailer starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, Christopher Abbott and Russell Crowe.
Check out the trailer for the R-rated film.
The film has been in development since Summer 2018.
Sony has been setting up a SINISTER SIX movie since THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2. At the end of 2014’s sequel starring Andrew Garfield, the film teases the appearance of the Sinister Six. The Sinister Six was to include two characters that already appeared: the Green Goblin and the Rhino, and four new additions: Doctor Octopus, Kraven the Hunter, Vulture, and Mysterio.
According to MARVEL, in the comics, after consistently being defeated by Spider-Man, he joins with a pseudo family of Super Villains, the Sinister Six, led by Dr. Otto Octavius, AKA Doctor Octopus. The team includes William Baker, AKA Sandman, Adrian Toomes, AKA Vulture, Maxwell Dillon, AKA Electro, and Quentin Beck, AKA Mysterio.
Comicbook.com says: Sony Pictures was eyeing the character to be the next chapter in its shared Spider-Man universe (without Spider-Man). There have been three films released in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe thus far, withVenom andVenom: Let There Be Carnage holding the strongest connective tissue. 2022’sMorbius featured Jared Leto’s titular character making a brief reference to the symbiote.
News broke during the summer of 2019 that Kraven the Hunter would be getting his own film in Sony’s universe of Spider-Man spinoffs, with The Equalizer writer Richard Wenk attached to pen the script. “The writer recently confirmed initial details about the film, which includes a direct encounter with Spider-Man as well as influences from the seminal storyline “Kraven’s Last Hunt.”
Plus the story will also include Ariana DeBose as Calypso, Alessandro Nivola as Rhino, Fred Hechinger as Dmitri Smerdyakov / Chameleon, and Christopher Abbott as Foreigner.
As Deadline reported in March 2022: As for the character Abbott will be playing, fans are sure to be excited as The Foreigner played a major part in the Spider-Man comics over the years. While he had no superhuman abilities, the mercenary/assassin is one of the more trained martial artists in all of Marvel comics. While he had rare run-ins with Kraven, he would cross paths with everyone from Spidey himself to Silver Sable (who he would later marry) to Kraven’s brother, the Chameleon. Clearly, Abbott’s appearance in this film is likely just the start of his presence in the universe going forward.
Could the friendly neighborhood Spider-man have a cameo in the film? Find out when KRAVEN THE HUNTER hits theaters on October 6, 2023.
Inspired by the actual files of Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican (Academy Award®-winner Russell Crowe), The Pope’s Exorcist follows Amorth as he investigates a young boy’s terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Directed by Julius Avery, who helmed 2018’s OVERLORD, starring Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, and Sylvester Stallone in the excellent SAMARITAN, streaming on Prime Video, his new feature film opens in cinemas on April 14.
The film features Daniel Zovatto, Alex Essoe and Franco Nero. It is based on the books “An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories” by Fr. Gabriele Amorth.
This film is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for the following reasons: violent content, language, sexual references and some nudity.
Henry (Peter DeSouza-Feighoney), Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe), Father Esquibel (Daniel Zovatto) and Julia (Alex Essoe) in Screen Gems THE POPES EXORCIST.Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe, right) in Screen Gems THE POPES EXORCIST.
The first look photo has been released for the upcoming action thriller LAND OF BAD starring Academy Award® winner Russell Crowe (DreamWorks’ Gladiator, Universal Pictures’ A Beautiful Mind), Liam Hemsworth (Independence Day: Resurgence, The Hunger Games), Luke Hemsworth (HBO’s “Westworld”), Milo Ventimiglia (NBC’s “This is Us”), Ricky Whittle (STARZ’s “American Gods”), Daniel MacPherson (Poker Face, Apple TV+’s “Foundation”) and Chika Ikogwe (Netflix’s “Heartbreak High”).
Directed by Will Eubank (20th Century Fox’s Underwater, Focus Features’ The Signal) and co-written by Eubank and David Frigerio (Lionsgate’s Crypto, Focus Features’ The Signal), Highland Film Group has locked distribution deals in key territories for Land of Bad with Rialto Distribution for Australia and New Zealand, Wild Bunch for Germany, Blue Swan Entertainment for Italy, YouPlanet Pictures for Spain, NOS Lusomundo Audiovisuals for Portugal, Spentzos Film for Greece, Vertical Entertainment for Eastern Europe, Moviebox for Turkey, MovieCloud for Taiwan, Pictureworks for India, First Run Inc. for South Korea, Imagem Filmes for South America, Filmfinity for South Africa and Eagle Films for the Middle East. As previously announced, Land of Bad has also been sold to Signature Entertainment for the UK, Ireland, France and Scandinavian distribution.
Reaper (Russell Crowe) is an Air Force drone pilot supporting a Delta Force special ops mission in the South Philippines. After the mission goes terribly wrong, he has 48 hours to remedy what has devolved into a wild rescue operation. The Tier One team on the field is joined on the battlefield by Kinney (Liam Hemsworth), a green Air Force JTAC who is thrust into the middle of a high-stakes extraction. But the ground mission suddenly turns upside down and becomes a full-scale battle when the team is discovered by the enemy. With no weapons and no communication other than the drone above, Reaper becomes the young operator’s only ticket out of The Land of Bad.
The film is produced by Broken Open Pictures’ David Frigerio, Will Eubank, Volition Media Partners’ Adam Beasley and Michael Jefferson, R.U. Robot and Highland Film Group and executive produced by John Stalberg and Cindy Bru.
Shooting is underway on Land of Bad on Australia’s Gold Coast and South-East Queensland after starting production in September. Highland Film Group is representing international rights to the film.
Highland Film Group’s current sales slate includes Ben Brewer’s survival action-thriller Sand and Stones starring Nicolas Cage; William Eubank’s action thriller Land of Bad starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth and Luke Hemsworth; Rod Blackhurst’s Blood For Dust starring Scoot McNairy, Kit Harington and Josh Lucas; Adam Cooper’s crime thriller Sleeping Dogs starring Russell Crowe; Neil LaBute’s Fear the Night starring Maggie Q; Tim Sutton’s fictional music biopic Taurus starring Colson Baker, Maddie Hasson, Scoot McNairy and Ruby Rose; Daniel Casey’s Wardriver starring Dane DeHaan; Rusty Cundieff’s 57 Seconds starring Morgan Freeman and Josh Hutcherson; John Stalberg Jr.’s Muzzle starring Aaron Eckhart; Andy Fickman’s One True Loves starring Simu Liu, Phillipa Soo and Luke Bracey; Savage Salvation starring Robert De Niro, John Malkovich and Jack Huston and Adrian Grünberg’s shark actioner The Black Demon starring Josh Lucas.
