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Actress Riley Keough ("Daisy Jones and the Six"), the grand-daughter of Elvis Presley, poses for the November 2024 issue of “Harper’s Bazaar” (Australia) magazine, wearing Chanel clothing and jewelry, photographed by David Roemer:

Keough made her feature film debut in the musical biopic "The Runaways" (2010), portraying 'Marie Currie'…

…followed by indie thriller "The Good Doctor" (2011), "Jack & Diane" (2012) and "Magic Mike" (2012).

Keough appeared in several additional independent films in 2012…

…including "Yellow" and "Kiss of the Damned", before appearing in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015).

Her breakthrough role was in the anthology TV series "The Girlfriend Experience" (2016)…

…followed by the features "American Honey" (2017), "It Comes at Night" (2017)…

…and "Logan Lucky" (2017).

She followed with roles in various thrillers including "The House That Jack Built" (2018)….

…”Under the Silver Lake" (2018) and "Hold the Dark (2018) .

Plot: Brothers tells the story of a reformed criminal whose attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother on a cross-country road trip for the score of a lifetime. Dodging bullets, the law, and an overbearing mother along the way, they must heal their severed family bond before they end up killing each other.

Review: Some of the best dramatic actors have started as comedic performers. The same can not always be said about the reverse. Peter Dinklage has proven himself skilled at any genre he puts his talents to, while Josh Brolin has not appeared in a role like this in a long time. Brothers boasts the creative team behind the time loop hit Palm Springs and the upcoming remake of The Toxic Avenger but lacks the creativity nor distinctiveness of those projects. Brothers feels like a relic from decades ago, with jokes that fall flat,...

(Welcome to Under the Radar, a column where we spotlight specific movies, shows, trends, performances, or scenes that caught our eye and deserved more attention ... but otherwise flew under the radar. In this edition: Jeremy Saulnier's action flick "Rebel Ridge," the coming-of-age comedy "Snack Shack," and the wonderful Studio Ghibli documentary "Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron.")

Don't look now, but 2024 is almost completely in our rearview mirror and you, our loyal /Film readers, must know what that means. Putting the finishing touches on our top 10 lists, engaging in unnecessarily angry debates about the buzziest Oscar-worthy movies, and cramming multiple disparate holidays into one hazy, months-long exercise in stream of consciousness are what the autumn and winter seasons were made for! But as this year in film begins to wind to a close, let not a single film enthusiast forget their most sacred duty of all. Of the many benefits of this column,...

Ever feel like you’ve stumbled upon a treasure trove but have no map to find more of the gold? That’s exactly how fans of Rebel Ridge are feeling these days—absolutely smitten by Jeremy Saulnier’s Netflix gem, but stumped on what to watch next.

Don Johnson and Aaron Pierre in Rebel Ridge | Credit: Netflix

Is it the unique blend of legal conspiracy and payback action that makes Rebel Ridge so addictive? This film truly stands out as one of Netflix’s finest. It offers a fresh take on the classic revenge narrative, featuring a breakout performance from Pierre, and showcases the director’s talent for ramping up the tension like no one else.

If you’ve recently treated yourself to Rebel Ridge and are on the hunt for more cinematic gems with a similar vibe, you’re in luck! We’ve put together a list that’ll...

Stars: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Daniel H. Chung, Dana Lee | Written and Directed by Jeremy Saulnier

It has been a while since Jeremy Saulnier gifted audiences with a film. After the one-two punch of 2013’s tense Blue Ruin and 2015’s masterful Green Room, Saulnier was solidified as a director worth watching. Since then, he has made 2018’s Hold the Dark, and worked on season 3 of True Detective. With Rebel Ridge, the writer/director has delivered another work that shows why he remains one of the most exciting filmmakers working today.

The story opens with the sight of Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre), a former Marine, cycling into the town of Shelby Springs. With Metallica blaring in his earbuds, this prominent character is shown to be singularly focused as he rides into town with $36,000 in cash, money intended to post bail for his cousin...

The thriller Rebel Ridge was announced back in 2019, but took five years to make its way out into the world because the production was delayed by the pandemic lockdowns, then by the departure of lead actor John Boyega a few weeks into filming, reportedly due to “family reasons.” Saulnier has said that the making of Rebel Ridge saw him “slamming right into the Hollywood I’ve tried to avoid,” and, “We came back three years in a row to make that movie.” But the troubles were worth it, because the finished film was well-received (you can read our 8/10 review Here) and a success on Netflix. Now, Saulnier is looking forward to his next movie – and he’s going back to his roots to tell a fun Halloween story.

Saulnier’s previous credits include Murder Party, Blue Ruin, Green Room, Hold the Dark, and episodes of True Detective season 3. During an interview on The Playlist podcast,...

Director Jeremy Saulnier, who has gone on to direct films like the revenge thriller Blue Ruin, the neo-Nazi horror film Green Room, the mystery thriller Hold the Dark, and the crime thriller Rebel Ridge, as well as episodes of True Detective season 3, made his feature debut back in 2007 with the awesome horror comedy Murder Party (watch it Here) – and now Murder Party, which was previously only available on DVD when it comes to physical media releases, is finally set to reach Blu-ray!

Variety reports that Ocn Distribution, sister company of the genre-centric home video label Vinegar Syndrome, has secured a deal with distributor Magnolia Pictures and their genre imprint Magnet Releasing to bring several of their titles on Blu-ray and 4K Uhd. Magnolia and Vinegar Syndrome previously teamed up to bring the 2021 British horror film Censor to Blu-ray, but the first movie to get a Blu-ray release as part of...

Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge dominated Netflix’s Top 10 list for the second week this week and it has gained acclaim with a certified fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating of 96% with an audience score of 69%. Our own Chris Bumbray says in his review, “But what makes Rebel Ridge such a must-watch movie are the action sequences, which are shot in a lean, mean, and realistic way. You see, in the film, Terry is a former close combat instructor, and those are the tactics he uses to take on his opponents, with Pierre thrillingly adept in the well-staged martial arts sequences. This kind of action role makes a guy like him a star, and one has to imagine that the suits at Marvel and DC will be keeping an eye on him.” The fights scenes are a standout for the film and one person who has ample experience with hardcore fighting is director Timo Tjahjanto.

It didn’t feel as though Rebel Ridge had a ton of buzz leading up to its premiere on Netflix, but Jeremy Saulnier’s action thriller is making up for that in a big way. For the second week in a row, Rebel Ridge is dominating Netflix’s Top 10 list, with 38.6 million views. Its closest competitor, the sci-fi movie Uglies, is lagging behind with 20.8 million views

Rebel Ridge stars Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond, a former Marine who “enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission– post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger. But when Terry’s life’s savings is unjustly seized by law-enforcement, he’s forced to go head to head with local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an unlikely ally in court clerk Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb) and the two become ensnared...

Throughout film history, there have been companies and, for certain stretches, whole studios notorious for churning out garbage. Obviously, American International Pictures had a rep for schlock, but they hit for a shockingly high average at their late 1950s and '60s peak. There's also Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus' Cannon Films, which sparkled with its constellation of B-list action stars like Chuck Norris and Charles Bronson, but Golan was a filmmaker himself with dreams of respectability who courted legit directors like Franco Zeffirelli, Jerry Schatzberg, and Andrei Konchalovsky to make Academy Awards-worthy movies for his exploitation factory.

One of the more outlandishly awful runs from any production entity was Hollywood Pictures, which was created by Disney to nurture fledgling executives and feed film-starved multiplexes — lacking in the wake of MGM/UA, Lorimar and Deg's financial difficulties — with new movies. Disney wasn't sending its best to Hollywood Pictures, so agents...

“Rebel Ridge” is the #1 movie on Netflix right now.

In its first week of release the movie, which stars Aaron Pierre as a former Marine who heads to a small town to post bail for his cousin and finds himself in an increasingly labyrinthine conspiracy, amassed a whopping 31.2 million views (according to Netflix). It also won killer reviews, including our own review, which described the movie as “exciting, engaging, stimulating entertainment.” Plus, every cool kid you follow on Letterboxd is watching, rating and talking about it. Just look.

And this kind of universal acceptance and acclaim would be a feat for any movie, really, but it seems like even more of an accomplishment given the journey that “Rebel Ridge” has been on. This is a movie whose production weathered a Covid-19 shutdown, an abrupt change in the movie’s main cast and a prolonged post-production process.

For writer/director Jeremy Saulnier,...

My first tryst with Jeremy Saulnier was the 2015 punk vs. nazi thriller Green Room. I had no idea what I was walking into. But the barn burner of a movie, where late Anton Yelchin delivered one hell of a performance, and Sir Patrick Stewart played a very against-type Nazi cult leader, did more than enough for me to check out the director’s other work. So I immediately jumped onto Blue Ruin, Saulnier’s previous film, where he gave a whole new spin to the usual revenge drama genre. It was as anxiety-inducing as Green Room, but much more methodical and subdued in approach. Both films, however, managed to put the name of Jeremy Saulnier in my semi-pro-level cinema enthusiast head. But I eventually moved on. Saulnier did come back to the scene with Hold the Dark, arguably his biggest film, boasting of a stellar cast and the backing of Netflix,...

Rebel Ridge takes the audience on a tense ride into the world of police corruption, but does hero Terry Richmond get justice in the end?

Netflix's new 2024 thriller is directed by Jeremy Saulnier, best known for his work on True Detective and Hold the Dark. 

While Rebel Ridge is not based on a true story, the film is grounded in the truth of things that could happen and explores how everyday people react to corrupt systems.

Read full article on The Direct.

Maybe there’s hope for quality Netflix originals apart from its awards contenders. “Rebel Ridge,” a topical thriller about an ex-Marine confronting a corrupt small-town sheriff, is #1 at Netflix. It stars Aaron Pierre — who stepped into the role after John Boyega walked off the production in June 2021. A respected actor and ascendant star, Pierre is not a household name like Mark Wahlberg or Adam Sandler or Eddie Murphy, all of whom recently took Netflix originals to #1.

Nor is it a flashy drama, or a big-budget production. Its director, Jeremy Saulnier, most recently directed “Hold the Dark” for Netflix in 2018 (along with a couple of episodes of “True Detective”). IndieWire has watched his career for years, but directors like these also have wound up at Netflix making films that lack edginess or creativity. This seems like a happy exception. Its success suggests that well-crafted stories driven by substantial characters can be popular,...

Rebel Ridge’s Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) didn’t sign up for this. Years after his service as a Marine, he works at a Chinese restaurant and tries to stay out of trouble. But that doesn’t stop trouble from coming for him — and come for him it does, when he’s pulled over on his bike by a pair of police officers in the fictional small town of Shelby Springs.

It’s a familiar circumstance that soon spirals into something else entirely. “While it rings true, I think the audience will be surprised by where the storyline actually goes,” writer-director Jeremy Saulnier told Netflix. Terry is on his way to bail his cousin Mike (C.J. LeBlanc) out of jail. But Terry hits a snag when the officers who stop him seize the cash he’s pulled together for bail money.

With that, Terry is tossed into a whirlwind of...

When Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) cycles into a small town on a mission of mercy in Rebel Ridge, he has no idea what he’s getting himself into. The ex-Marine is there to bail out his cousin, who’s currently under arrest. But before he can even reach the courthouse, Terry is hurled off his bike and into the center of a vast conspiracy that implicates every level of the town of Shelby Springs — and it’ll take all of his skills to get out.

Rebel Ridge’s writer-director Jeremy Saulnier told Netflix, “As a filmmaker, I dig grounded ’80s and ’90s action films that not only deliver on spectacle but succeed in tying on-screen mayhem to a real and true emotional component. Smaller scale, bigger impact. Less veneer, less artificiality. They’re rooted in a ‘kick up the dust’ level of craft and authenticity that I don’t see...

Jeremy Saulnier had a pretty solid three-movie run with Murder Party, Blue Ruin, and Green Room. And while those first two films are great, I think Saulnier surprised everyone with Green Room to such an extent that watching clips of that film befuddles people till this day. I mean, in 2015, Patrick Stewart was Professor Xavier to a lot of us who were still teenagers. So, seeing him as the leader of a group of neo-Nazis was nothing short of a shocker. And while the performances from Alia Shawkat and the late Anton Yelchin were expected, the grit shown by Imogen Poots, Callum Turner, and Joe Cole was stunning. On top of that, the claustrophobia of that one-location setting made for a nerve-wracking visual experience. So, the expectations from Saulnier’s fourth feature film, Hold the Dark, were through the roof. Sadly, the results were not satisfactory. Now, he is back with Rebel Ridge,...

Plot: A former marine (Aaron Pierre) takes on the corrupt police force of a small town.

Review: Jeremy Saulnier has always struck me as a talent to watch. From his small-scale debut, Blue Ruin, to his genre breakthrough, Green Room, he’s always had a talent for mixing bone-crunching violence with a surprising amount of soulfulness. While I thought his last film, Hold The Dark, was a mixed bag, it had one incredible shoot-out about mid-way through the movie that made me think that Saulnier, should he ever go that route, would make one heck of a legit action film.

Lucky for us, he went that route.

Rebel Ridge is probably Saulnier’s most conventional and accessible film to date, but it also ranks as one of the most entertaining films Netflix, which is dropping the film this week, has made in some time. Gorgeously shot and featuring a breakout...

Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier’s crackerjack combo of action thriller and social drama is one of the year’s most undeniably entertaining films

The worst thing about Netflix’s mysteriously dumped thriller Rebel Ridge is its abysmally generic title. Sounding like some anonymous action slop that might star a lesser-known Hemsworth, one might expect that, along with a brawn over brains trailer and a barely existent PR campaign, it’s yet another one of the streamer’s low-impact time-erasers. But there’s far more here to chew on, a full three-course meal cropping up on a platform that usually distracts us with snacks, and one of the most damning arguments to be made against a film-maker of note partnering with them, a movie that deserved the very most somehow saddled with the very least.

Writer-director Jeremy Saulnier, who broke out with Blue Ruin and then the magnificently gnarly Green Room,...

A ruthlessly efficient thriller fueled by boiling rage, Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge wastes no time setting the stakes. Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) is listening to metal music on his headphones, biking into the fictional small town of Shelby Springs, Louisiana, when a police cruiser crashes into him, forcing a tumble to the ground. He sold his car and a stake in a restaurant he had. With the resulting $36K in cash, he was on his way to bail out a cousin incarcerated for possession of marijuana. From the police’s point of view, he had been evading arrest over the two miles they’d tailed him. Despite only giving him a traffic violation, they enact civil asset forfeiture, seizing all of his cash under the suspicion it may be drug money. This sets the mysterious, resourceful, strong-willed Terry on a mission of combating this police corruption and overreach by...

If you want a high-velocity, muscular, and sharply tense dramatic thriller, which also doubles as a penetrating action film, more or less, in the parlance of the kids, we are so back. Or rather, the acclaimed indie director Jeremy Saulnier has finally returned with his long-awaited fifth feature film and, more importantly, returns to form after the minor misstep of 2019’s “Hold the Dark.” His best film since “Green Room,” and nearly as gripping, anxiety-inducing, and visceral, Saulnier’s “Rebel Ridge” is a no-fuss, no-muss dynamic action thriller.

Continue reading ‘Rebel Ridge’ Review: Jeremy Saulnier’s Fierce Acab Thriller Is An Intense Showcase For Aaron Pierre at The Playlist.

Throughout his series of 21st-century suspense pictures, director Jeremy Saulnier has figured out a number of ways to tighten the screws on his characters and his audience: forcing regular folks to face down horrific violence, stranding characters in the unnerving quiet of American backwoods, exploring and exposing the impractical messiness of revenge.

A big-screen adaptation of Scott Westerfeld’s dystopian sci-fi novel Uglies; Emily in Paris becoming Emily in Rome; Jeremy Saulnier’s latest genre piece; the latest installment of Ryan Murphy’s grisly crime anthology series; Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne playing sisters in a critically acclaimed family drama; and rom-com series toplined by the charming coupling of Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are some of the highlights among the new films and series hitting Netflix in September.

Buzzy filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier releases his latest feature, Rebel Ridge, on Netflix on Sept. 6. The action film stars up-and-coming Brit actor Aaron Pierre as a man who comes to a small town to bail out his cousin, but has his money seized by a corrupt local police force led by Chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson). He is then forced to use his skills to retrieve the money and exact revenge. Saulnier...

For Jeremy Saulnier, all’s well that ends well.

After releasing Hold the Dark in late 2018, Saulnier wasted no time putting together his follow-up Netflix film, Rebel Ridge, in late 2019. But then the pandemic had its way with his April 2020 production schedule, delaying the film’s principal photography until the following spring. However, the once-a-century pandemic turned out to be just the the first of several obstacles, as former lead actor John Boyega abruptly exited the thriller just a month into 2021’s production due to “family reasons.”

Rebel Ridge’s standstill was a frustrating setback for a filmmaker who’d been gaining more and more momentum since relaunching his directorial career with the critically acclaimed Blue Ruin at Cannes in 2013. His third feature film, Green Room (2015), received equal praise, putting Saulnier alongside Jeff Nichols in terms of the next great American filmmakers. (Oddly enough, Nichols also endured lengthy misfortune en...

With the summer movie season now quietly winding down, fall is upon us. As we do each year, after highlighting the best films offered thus far, we’ve set out to provide an overview of the titles that should be on your radar.

Featuring 40 films, the below preview includes both the best we’ve already seen (with full reviews where available) and the anticipated with (mostly) confirmed release dates over the next four months. A good amount will premiere these next few weeks at Telluride, Venice, TIFF, and NYFF, so check back for our reviews. Dates below are theatrical releases unless otherwise noted.

For more, explore our 20 most-anticipated films premiering at fall festivals that currently don’t have a fall release date confirmed.

Rebel Ridge (Jeremy Saulnier; Sept. 6 on Netflix)

A ruthlessly efficient thriller fueled by boiling rage, Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge wastes no time setting the stakes. Terry Richmond...

Ah, the fall. In the words of the great philosopher Calvin, "Bugs are dying by the truckload! Ha ha ha! Good riddance to 'em all!" We've still a few weeks left of summer on the calendar, but the days are already getting shorter and dead, crunchy leaves have suddenly begun turning up in my backyard. More relevant to this discussion, it's that time of year when Netflix's original slate typically becomes a whole lot more interesting. This is when the streamer starts rolling out the awards season hopefuls it acquired at film festivals earlier in the year, along with some of its more niche genre films and TV series.

Whatever you flavor is -- whether you're in the mood to traumatize yourself by viewing Studio Ghibli's harrowing animated masterpiece "Grave of the Fireflies" or hate-watch the second half of "Emily in Paris" season 4 or the new season of...

Exclusive: Jeremy Saulnier has signed with Grandview for representation.

Saulnier, whose credits include directing the first two episodes of True Detective Season 3 and features including Green Room, currently serves as director, writer, producer, and editor on the feature film Rebel Ridge, starring Aaron Pierre, AnnaSophia Robb and Don Johnson. The high-velocity thriller follows a former Marine as he grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.

Netflix will release the film worldwide September 6.

Saulnier made his feature directorial debut with Murder Party, which received rave reviews and won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. In 2013, he wrote and directed Blue Ruin, which won the Fipresci Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Rebel Ridge. (L-r) Don Johnson as Chief Sandy Burnne and Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond in Rebel Ridge. Cr. Allyson Riggs/Netflix © 2024.

Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission– post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger. But when Terry’s life’s savings is unjustly seized by law-enforcement, he’s forced to go head to head with local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an unlikely ally in court clerk Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb) and the two become ensnared in a deep-rooted conspiracy within the remote township. As the stakes turn deadly, Terry must call upon his mysterious background to break the department’s hold on the community, bring justice to his own family– and protect Summer in the process.

Rebel Ridge, the next film by Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room), comes to Netflix September 6th.

Heads up, folks: One of the best trailers of 2024 has just dropped.

Jeremy Saulnier, the writer/director behind films like "Green Room" and "Blue Ruin," has returned with "Rebel Ridge," a movie about a guy who is trying to bail his cousin out of jail, but whose life savings is unjustly taken from him by small-town police officers who seem to operate with impunity. After calmly explaining his case and trying to get his money back, the man takes things into his own hands -- and that's when the cops realize they've made a huge mistake: The dude they're harassing used to be a Marine, and he has no intention of meekly putting his tail between his legs and slinking away from this situation. Quite the opposite, actually: The guy becomes a one-man wrecking crew hellbent on justice, and he's going to make them regret ever messing with him in the first place.

Jeremy Saulnier brings his signature brutality to the new trailer for Rebel Ridge from Netflix. The film looks to follow in the vein of First Blood and the Reacher series and stars Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, and James Cromwell.

The film being described as a “high-velocity thriller that explores systemic American injustices through bone-breaking action sequences, suspense, and dark humor.” Now we finally know what it’s about, as Netflix has provided a synopsis: Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission– post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger. But when Terry’s life’s savings is unjustly seized by law-enforcement, he’s forced to go head to head with local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an unlikely ally...

"What if we just walk away? But then I was like, 'Nah...'" Netflix has revealed the first official trailer for Rebel Ridge, an intense action thriller film set for release in September streaming on Netflix. Alas this one is skipping festivals & theaters entirely. Rebel Ridge is the latest from acclaimed director Jeremy Saulnier, known for his indie hits Murder Party, Blue Ruin, Green Room, and Hold the Dark previously. In this new one, an ex-Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief. Bring it on, Saulnier. A "deeply human yet high-velocity thriller that explores corruption and morality in the context of bone-breaking action and ever-coiling suspense." Hell yes! Starring Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond, with Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee,...

With the dark thrillers “Blue Ruin” (2013) and “Green Room” (2015), filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier instantly put himself on the map as an indie darling filmmaker to watch. “Hold the Dark” came in 2018, but it’s been six years between movies. His latest, the long-awaited crime thriller “Rebel Ridge,” finally hits Netflix this September.

The thriller centers on an ex-Marine grappling with a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.

Continue reading ‘Rebel Ridge’ Trailer: Jeremy Saulnier’s Long-Awaited Thriller With Aaron Pierre Arrives September 6 at The Playlist.

Jeremy Saulnier, the plainspoken American auteur behind “Green Room,” “Blue Ruin” and “Hold the Dark,” has been toiling away for the past few years on a new movie for Netflix called “Rebel Ridge.” Now, that movie is finally here. And there’s even a new trailer, which you can watch below.

In the film Terry (Aaron Pierre from “The Underground Railroad”) attempts to bail his cousin out of jail, when he runs afoul of some morally questionable smalltown cops. What starts off as a minor infraction soon balloons, with Terry having to take matters into his own hands and bring down a systemically corrupt police chief (a snarling Don Johnson) and maybe whole chunks of the Shelby Springs government. His only ally is a young attorney (AnnaSophia Robb), who soon finds herself in over her head as well. As the trailer suggests, Saulnier will deliver the bone-crunching suspense set pieces he is so good at,...

Netflix has shared a first look at Rebel Ridge, which was written and directed by Jeremy Saulnier. Saulnier’s film credits include Hold the Dark, Green Room, Blue Ruin, and Murder Party.

The cast includes Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, and James Cromwell.

In the film, Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission—post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger.

But when law enforcement unjustly seizes Terry’s life’s savings, he’s forced to confront local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers.

Terry finds an unlikely ally in court clerk Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb), and the two become ensnared in a deep-rooted conspiracy within the remote township.

As the stakes turn deadly, Terry must call upon his mysterious background to break...

Coming our way from director Jeremy Saulnier, whose previous credits include Murder Party, Blue Ruin, Green Room, Hold the Dark, and episodes of True Detective season 3, the thriller Rebel Ridge was announced back in 2019… but we haven’t seen it yet, because the project was slowed down by the pandemic lockdowns, then by the departure of lead actor John Boyega a few weeks into filming, reportedly due to “family reasons.” With Aaron Pierre (M. Night Shyamalan’s Old) taking over the lead role, Rebel Ridge did make it through production on the third attempt. It wrapped in the summer of 2022, had a positive test screening, and is finally ready to make its way out into the world. Netflix has announced a September 6th premiere date for the film, and along with that announcement comes the unveiling of several first look images, which can be seen in this article.

Plot details...

Blue Ruin and Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge has finally appeared on Netflix’s slate, and is now confirmed to stream in September 2024. Hurrah!

We have a very happy update for you about Jeremy Salnier’s Rebel Ridge and when we might be able to watch it. According to Deadline, Saulnier’s new thriller will become available on Netflix on 6th September, which is definitely earlier than expected.

Netflix also released a bunch of new stills from the film, one of which you can see below.

Credit: Netflix

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10th July, 2024: There’s still no precise release date, but it’s better than nothing: director Jeremy Saulnier’s upcoming (and long delayed) thriller Rebel Ridge will stream on Netflix in 2024.

Saulnier’s latest film, following the superb indie thrillers Blue Ruin (2013) and Green Room (2015), as well as 2018’s Hold The Dark (2018), originally began...

After a handful of delays, Jeremy Saulnier’s Hold the Dark follow-up Rebel Ridge finally has a release date, and it’s much sooner than expected. Set to arrive on Netflix on September 6, the first images have now arrived for the film starring Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, David Denman, Emory Cohen, Steve Zissis, Zsané Jhé, Dana Lee, and James Cromwell.

Here’s the synopsis: “Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) enters the town of Shelby Springs on a simple but urgent mission– post bail for his cousin and save him from imminent danger. But when Terry’s life’s savings is unjustly seized by law-enforcement, he’s forced to go head to head with local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an unlikely ally in court clerk Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb) and the two become ensnared in a deep-rooted conspiracy within the remote township.

Actress Riley Keough ("Daisy Jones and the Six"), the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, poses for the new Chanel spring-summer 2024 collection photographed by Inez & Vinood:

Keough made her feature film debut in the musical biopic "The Runaways" (2010), portraying 'Marie Currie'…

…followed by indie thriller "The Good Doctor" (2011), "Jack & Diane" (2012) and "Magic Mike" (2012).

Keough appeared in several additional independent films in 2012, including "Yellow" and "Kiss of the Damned", before appearing in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015).

Her breakthrough role was in the anthology TV series "The Girlfriend Experience" (2016), followed by the features "American Honey" (2017), "It Comes at Night" (2017) and "Logan Lucky" (2017).

She followed with roles in various thrillers including "The House That Jack Built" (2018), "Under the Silver Lake" (2018), “Hold the Dark”(2018), “Zola” (2020) and “Daisy Jones and The Six” (2023).

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Andy and Barbara Muschietti, the filmmaking team behind the $1 billion grossing It movies and last year’s The Flash, have teamed up with Skydance to launch a brand new horror division.

Named Nocturna, the Muschiettis will co-own the label and will run its creative direction. The focus of Nocturna will be on high quality, genre features for global audiences in both theatrical and streaming, with the goal of producing two films per year.

Nocturna is not launching with an empty casket. The first project out of the gate will be They Will Kill You, written by Kirill Sokolov and Alex Litvak, with Sokolov, who wrote and directed the 2019 black action comedy Why Don’t You Just Die!, attached to direct.

“Under this label, we are excited to deliver the full range of emotions that our movies pack: Heart, humor and horror,” said the Muschiettis in a statement.

The division will be...

The Stockfish Film & Industry Festival in Reykjavík, Iceland, has created an award for short films to honor the legacy of late local filmmaker Eva Maria Daniels, it was announced Thursday.

Daniels, who produced such indie dramas as What Maisie Knew, Hold the Dark and Joe Bell, died in June after a battle with cancer. She was just 43.

With the support of Daniels’ husband, Moritz Diller, and son, Henry, one standout producer or director in the festival’s Shortfish (Sprettfiskur) competition will receive the inaugural Eva Maria Daniels Award for Vital Filmmaking. The winner will receive 1.5 million Icelandic króna (about $11,000) for their next project.

The 10th annual festival takes place April 4-14. Twenty short films will participate in the competition in the categories of best short narrative, best short documentary, best music video and best short experimental. The jury will be chaired by Daniels’ longtime producing partner, Riva Marker.

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Following beloved indies like “Blue Ruin,” “Green Room,” and 2018’s “Hold the Dark,” it’s been several years since we’ve heard from filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier. Saulnier does have a new movie in the can, “Rebel Ridge,” but in a new interview, he describes the making of it as “tumultuous” and admits it was shot three different times (or at least it sounds like there were three different times production attempted to begin).

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I have been a fan of director Jeremy Saulnier’s work ever since his feature debut Murder Party was given a home video release back in 2007, and it has been great to watch his career progress through Blue Ruin, Green Room, Hold the Dark, and episodes of True Detective season 3. Anything he does will have my attention, so I was excited when another Saulnier film called Rebel Ridge was announced back in 2019. Unfortunately, we still haven’t seen Rebel Ridge because the Netflix production was delayed by the pandemic lockdowns, then by the departure of lead actor John Boyega a few weeks into filming, reportedly due to “family reasons.” Saulnier did eventually manage to make the movie, though, and he talked about the troubled production during a recent interview with Film Stories.

Admitting that the making of Rebel Ridge saw him “slamming right into the Hollywood I’ve tried to avoid,...

Jeremy Saulnier’s thriller Rebel Ridge was disrupted by the pandemic and the sudden departure of John Boyega. He talks exclusively to us about its “tumultuous” production.

With such taut, superbly-shot thrillers as Blue Ruin and Green Ruin to his name, interest has been high in writer-director Jeremy Saulnier’s next film, Rebel Ridge. Bankrolled by Netflix and originally due to begin filming in April 2020, however, its production was beset by problems, including a pandemic-induced delay and the sudden departure of its star, John Boyega.

Speaking exclusively to Film Stories, Jeremy Saulnier – who’s promoting a new home release of his 2015 thriller, Green Room – described the making of Rebel Ridge as “tumultuous.”

“We came back three years in a row to make that movie,” he adds.

After Covid-19 saw Rebel Ridge’s production delayed in 2020, filming commenced in Louisiana the following spring, with Don Johnson, James Badge Dale, James Cromwell...

Being set around Halloween, Scream VI was packed with immediately recognizable horror costumes. Jason Voorhees. Freddy Krueger. Michael Myers. Pinhead. Not to mention Ghostface. They were all in there. But during a party scene, one of the characters is wearing a costume you might not recognize. It’s a knight’s suit of armor, but made out of cardboard. That’s the same costume the protagonist in the 2007 horror comedy Murder Party (watch it Here) wears. If you didn’t recognize it, then we have to tell you all about Murder Party – because it’s the Best Horror Movie You Never Saw.

Murder Party was the feature directorial debut of Jeremy Saulnier, who has gone on to direct films like the revenge thriller Blue Ruin, the neo-Nazi horror film Green Room, and the mystery thriller Hold the Dark, as well as episodes of True Detective season 3. Saulnier also wrote the screenplay for the film.

After Murder Party (2007), the Cannes Film Festival selected Blue Ruin (2013) and Green Room (2015) and TIFF selected Hold the Dark (2018), Jeremy Saulnier‘s fifth feature film faced the eye of multiple storms dead on. With the pandemic, casting change, this new film has been in post for just over one year now. Saulnier enlisted Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, James Badge Dale, James Cromwell, AnnaSophia Robb, Emory Cohen, Zsane Jhe and David Denman for the Netflix backed Rebel Ridge – and while the hefty price-tag is north of many Sundance budgets we feel this make actually stick a landing here.…...

Actress Riley Keough ("Daisy Jones and the Six"), the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley, poses for the latest issue of “Vanity Fair” magazine, photographed by Mario Sorrenti:

Keough made her feature film debut in the musical biopic "The Runaways" (2010), portraying 'Marie Currie', followed by indie thriller "The Good Doctor" (2011), "Jack & Diane" (2012) and "Magic Mike" (2012).

Keough appeared in several additional independent films in 2012, including "Yellow" and "Kiss of the Damned", before appearing in "Mad Max: Fury Road" (2015).

Her breakthrough role was in the anthology TV series "The Girlfriend Experience" (2016), followed by the features "American Honey" (2017), "It Comes at Night" (2017) and "Logan Lucky" (2017).

She followed with roles in various thrillers including "The House That Jack Built" (2018), "Under the Silver Lake" (2018) and "Hold the Dark (2018) .

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The Toxic Avenger is a cult classic superhero black comedy film from 1984, written and directed by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. The film tells the story of Melvin, a nerdy janitor who falls into a vat of toxic waste and becomes a grotesque mutant with superhuman strength and a sense of justice. The film spawned three sequels, a musical, a cartoon series, and a loyal fan base.

Now, Legendary Pictures is bringing The Toxic Avenger back to the big screen with a reboot that promises to be a “contemporary reimagining” of the original. The reboot is written and directed by Macon Blair, who is known for his indie films such as I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore and Blue Ruin. Blair has also collaborated with director Jeremy Saulnier on films like Green Room and Hold the Dark.

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The reboot will follow Winston, a...

Keeping it in the family is very much a Hollywood tradition at this point, and in the 21st century acting families are still thriving. Whether it be Cuba Gooding Jr.’s son Mason joining the cast of the last two Scream movies, Lily-Rose Depp leading The Idol, Maya Hawke becoming a fan favorite in Stranger Things, or Ethan Peck (grandson of Gregory) roaming the bridge of the Enterprise in Star Trek, there’s always a new generation of nepo babies lurching from crib to screen.

But one man is overwhelmingly leading the pack in terms of famous male offspring these days. A man who could conceivably consider the Kardashians his Warios. And that’s Stellan Skarsgård.

A Swedish gentleman well into his 70s with an effortlessly friendly demeanour and a soothingly craggy face, Skarsgård now has eight children, and it’s a solid bet that if you see the name...

Writer, producer and director Manny Coto, best known for his work on “American Horror Story,” “Dexter” and “24,” has died at the age of 62.

Coto died Sunday in his Pasadena home surrounded by family, a family representative told TheWrap. His death followed a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He worked as a writer, producer and director for nearly 40 years.

According to his family, Coto was first drawn to Hollywood due to his love of “Star Trek” and Super-8 moviemaking. Coto started his career as a writer on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” in 1988 and on “Tales from the Crypt” in 1991. This love of horror and sci-fi would pave the way for the rest of his career.

The Cuban-born writer and director’s first major project was Showtime’s “Odyssey 5,” which was created by Coto. The series followed five intergalactic traveler who witness Earth’s destruction and are given the opportunity to...

William J. Immerman, a veteran movie producer who held senior executive positions at studios including 20th Century Fox, died June 24 at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his widow, Ginger Immerman told TheWrap on Friday. He was 85.

He began his career in 1965 at American International Pictures, then in 1974 moved to Twentieth Century Fox, where he served as vice president of Business Affairs and senior executive vice president. He oversaw hits including “Star Wars,” “Young Frankenstein” and “The Omen.”

At Cinema Group, where he was Chairman of the Board and President, he also executive produced the comedy “Take This Job and Shove It” for Avco Embassy and Walter Hill’s action film “Southern Comfort,” both in 1981.

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