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Bono aims to give viewers what they’re looking for as he gets personal with Apple TV+‘s Bono: Stories of Surrender. Available for streaming May 30, the film includes stories from the star’s life and performances of some of U2‘s iconic songs. The project is based on his memoir of the same name and reimagines his one-man stage show, Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…, which he launched in the fall of 2022. The movie also features never-before-seen footage from those shows at Beacon Theatre in New York City...

“Sinners” director Ryan Coogler is currently at the top of Hollywood off the success of his IMAX-shot vampire epic, which has so far grossed more than $168 million worldwide. But the “Creed” and “Black Panther” franchise filmmaker has said that his next project will indeed be returning to another piece of I.P., a long-rumored revival of “The X-Files,” the beloved Emmy-winning Fox series about FBI agents investigating the U.S. government’s collaboration with extraterrestrials. Gillian Anderson, who played FBI agent Dana Scully in the series that wrapped on Fox in 2002 but returned for two subsequent seasons in 2016 and 2018, has now revealed she’s open to appearing in another version. Especially with Coogler — the “perfect person” to remake it, as she says — at the helm. Anderson said that she contacted “Sinners” filmmaker Coogler after it was rumored in 2023 he would be reviving the series. “I spoke to him, and what I said was, ‘If anyone were to do it, I think you are the perfect person and, best of luck, call me,’” Anderson said. “At some point, if the phone rings, and it’s good, and it feels like the right time — perhaps.“The X-Files” first aired from 1993 to 2002 on Fox, with Anderson and David Duchovny as FBI special agents investigating paranormal cases that revealed a government collusion with extraterrestrials. The series spurred two films — “The X-Files” in 1998 and “I Want to Believe” in 2008 — in addition to its follow-up seasons...

Netflix has come to the rescue of Genndy Tartakovsky’s 2D adult-animated “Fixed,” which was dropped by New Line in 2023 via Warner Bros. Discovery in a cost-cutting measure similar to the “Coyote vs Acme” hybrid and “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie,” which were picked up by Ketchup Entertainment. The R-rated co-production with Sony Pictures Animation was picked up by the streamer and will premiere on August 13. “Fixed,” from a story by Tartakovsky, Steve Greenberg, Rich Lufrano, and Jon Vitti, follows Bull (Adam Devine), an average blue bloodhound who discovers that he’s going to be neutered in the morning. As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his pack of best friends as these are the last 24 hours with his balls. He also has a crush on the dog next door (Kathryn Hahn). The pals includes characters voiced by Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Moynihan, Beck Bennett, Michelle Buteau, and River Gallo. The 2D animation was done in a Warner Bros. style by Renegade Animation and Lightstar Studios, with Tartakovsky (“Primal,” “Samurai Jack”) pushing the envelope in style and humor...

The New York City Alamo Drafthouse‘s employee strike is now over. After 58 days on strike following a formal complaint with the National Labor Relations Board against Alamo Drafthouse and parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment for the alleged Refusal to Furnish Information and Refusal to Bargain/Bad Faith Bargaining (as filed on February 3), members of the NYC Alamo United announced that the boycott on the two NYC Alamo locations is over. The strike itself formally began on February 14. (A concurrent strike by Drafthouse workers at three Colorado locations ended in March.)...

Nearly three years since it commenced shooting and almost five years since the original film first hit Netflix, the streamer’s hit action franchise “The Old Guard” is finally readying to release its sequel. The streamer today announced that “The Old Guard 2,” the second film in the Charlize Theron-starring comic book adaptation series, will start streaming globally on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. The film, directed by Victoria Mahoney (who takes over from original director Gina Prince-Bythewood) comes with a script by Greg Rucka (who wrote the original comic book miniseries the films are based on) and Sarah L. Walker. And Theron, who also produces, is joined by an array of both new and returning stars, including KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngô, Henry Golding, Uma Thurman, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Last year, Theron told Variety that the release hold-ups had been a product of various changes at both Netflix and beyond. “Netflix went through quite a changeover. We got kind of stuck in that and our post-production shut down, I think, five weeks into it,” she said. “They were going through a lot of changes, and I totally understand it. We finally picked it back up and I’m really excited about it.”...

“Poker Face” and “Russian Doll” star Natasha Lyonnne is set to make her feature directorial debut based on a script she co-wrote with “The OA” and “Another Earth” writer Brit Marling. But what really sets the film apart is that it will be a live-action feature film that will blend with it generative AI animation. Lyonne is also teaming with Jaron Lanier, the futurist, author, VR pioneer, and visual effects artist, on the project to give the film a new look and show what they believe AI can really do. The film too is about that very gulf between live-action and AI and why even as the technology has improved immensely, audiences are still a ways away from completely accepting it. The film is called “Uncanny Valley,” and it’s set in a parallel present universe in which a teenage girl named Mia begins to lose her grip on reality as a globally popular augmented reality video game starts glitching feverishly with increasingly dangerous real-world consequences. Generative AI will be used to envision the open world video game depicted in the film.

Aldeas — A New Story is in development from Scholas Occurrentes, the worldwide educational movement that the late Pope founded. Scorsese is a producer on the movie that focuses on the Aldeas cinema initiative that aimed to combine Pope Francis’ interest in education, film production and community building. The film centers on the behind-the-scenes stories for the scripted short films being made across the globe through the Aldeas project. Aldeas — A New Story will include previously unseen conversations between Scorsese and Pope Francis, along with the late Pope’s final in-depth on-camera interview for a feature...