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Gillian Anderson & Rebecca Hall To Star As Illicit Lover & Wife On A Collision Course In Thriller ‘The Portrait’; Rocket Science & WME Launch For AFM

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Gillian Anderson (The Crown) and BAFTA and Golden Globe nominee Rebecca Hall (The Beauty) have been set to star in psychological thriller The Portrait from writer-director Sara Colangelo (The Kindergarten Teacher). The film will be produced by Talia Kleinhendler and Osnat Handelsman Keren of Pie Films (The Lost Daugh

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Alfonso Cuarón’s Horror Thriller ‘Ascension’ Casts Art Malik, Fred Loxley & Mirren Mack As Series Regulars

EXCLUSIVE: Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV series Ascension has added Art Malik (The Woman in Cabin 10, The Little Mermaid), Fred Loxley (Killa Bee, Number 10) and Mirren Mack (28 Years Later: The Bone Temple) as series regulars. They join previously announced Caitríona Balfe — who leads the cast and executive produces — Bill Nighy, Amanda [
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WTFilms Boards Italian Alps-Set Comedy-Thriller ‘The Dregs’ With Maddie Phillips & Stephen Lang – AFM

EXCLUSIVE: Genre specialist WTFilms has boarded comedy-thriller The Dregs, about a group of friends whose trip to the Italian Alps takes a terrifying turn after they drink a cursed bottle of Grappa, for an AFM sales launch. The movie brings together a buzzy cast, announced by Deadline earlier this year, featuring Stephen Lang (Don’t Breathe) [
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‘The Assassin’ Star Keeley Hawes Joins Season 2 Of George Kay’s ITV Thriller ‘Gone’

Keeley Hawes has boarded the second season of ITV thriller Gone from Lupin creator George Kay. Three-time BAFTA nominee Hawes will play Ruth Manning, a pre-eminent and devoted paediatric surgeon working at Bristol’s Makeway Hospital, who comes into the crosshairs of DS Annie Cassidy, played by Eve Myles, when it becomes apparent that, for the [
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CultuređŸ‡ș🇾 US
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Jessica Rothe SXSW Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Imposters’ Sells to Brainstorm Media for U.S., Racks Up International Deals Ahead of AFM (EXCLUSIVE)

“Imposters,” the SXSW 2026 sci-fi thriller from first-time feature director Caleb Phillips, has landed U.S. distribution with Brainstorm Media, which plans to open the film theatrically in early 2027. Jessica Rothe (“River”), Barnett (“Russian Doll”) and Vazquez (“Severance”) lead the cast. Phillips also wrote the screenplay. His short “Other Side of the Box

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Milo Hutton, Booboo Stewart & KaDee Strickland Board Horror Thriller ‘The Thing In The Hall’

EXCLUSIVE: Milo Hutton (The Night Agent), Booboo Stewart (Twilight franchise) and KaDee Strickland (Private Practice) have boarded The Thing in the Hall, a psychological horror thriller now shooting in Los Angeles. Inspired by E. F. Benson’s short story, the feature is the first from writer-director Logan Kishi. The story revolves around Francis Assheton (St

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Isabelle Fuhrman Set For Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Heartache’

EXCLUSIVE: Isabelle Fuhrman, of the Orphan franchise, is set to lead Heartache, a dramatic sci-fi thriller from first-time feature filmmaker Beth Fletcher. Currently shooting in Massachusetts, the film centers on a woman determined to discover love in a near-future world where heartbreak has become lethal, whose search for intimacy becomes increasingly entan

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Brenton Thwaites & Erin Moriarty Join Nicolas Cage In Cyber-Thriller ‘C.L.A.Y.’, Filming Underway In London

EXCLUSIVE: Brenton Thwaites (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Erin Moriarty (The Boys) are rounding out the cast of C.L.A.Y., the psychological cyber-thriller written, directed and produced by Simon Afram. They will star alongside the cast we’ve previously announced of Nicolas Cage, Michael Sheen, Jordi Mollà, Emilio Sakraya, Adrian Topo

CultuređŸ‡ș🇾 US
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Olga Kurylenko and Alex Pettyfer to Star in Crime Thriller ‘Breakwater,’ WestEnd Films Boards Sales (EXCLUSIVE)

Olga Kurylenko (“Quantum of Solace,” “Oblivion,” “Black Widow”) and Alex Pettyfer (“Magic Mike,” “The Butler,” “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare”) are set to star in crime thriller “Breakwater,” which has been boarded for world sales by WestEnd Films. The film, directed by Luc Walpoth (“In Tandem,” “Dead Money”), is set to begin production in April [
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Lucky Number Unveils First Image Of Hiam Abbass In Psychological Thriller ‘Daughter Of Eden’ – AFM

EXCLUSIVE: Lucky Number has released a first image of Succession star Hiam Abbass in London-set psychological thriller Daughter of Eden, in which she plays a woman suspected of having connections with the Saddam Hussein regime in a past life. The Paris-based sales company is gearing up for an AFM sales launch for the debut feature [
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‘The Difficult Bride’ Review: Feminist Body Horror Meets Social Inequality in Rubaiyat Hossain’s Visceral Breakout Thriller

It takes a bold director to combine body horror with Sylvia Plath, but then again Rubaiyat Hossain has never shied away from pushing the envelope. From her 2011 debut “Meherjaan,” widely attacked by conservative forces, to “Under Construction” and more recently “Made in Bangladesh,” the maverick director’s focus on gendered spaces and female sexuality have [

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Thriller ‘Games We Play’, With ‘Riverdale’ Star Casey Cott, Heads To AFM & Gets North American Release

EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment and Vertical have acquired Games We Play, the psychological thriller starring Riverdale actor Casey Cott. Directed by Rachael Dahl in her feature directorial debut, Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired international rights and will introduce the film to international buyers at the upcoming American Film Market (AFM). Vertical

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Goodfellas Unveils First Images For Toho’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Leviathan’ & Fall Lineup – AFM

EXCLUSIVE: Goodfellas has unveiled first images for Toho’s highly anticipated sci-fi thriller Leviathan, a live action adaptation of Shiro Kuroi’s best-selling manga, as it launches sales ahead of the AFM. Set in 2127, the film follows a group of students pitted against each other in a brutal battle for survival in the depths of space [
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Korea Box Office: Anime Hit ‘Chiikawa’ Retains Lead as Brad Pitt Thriller ‘Heart of the Beast’ Debuts

Japanese animated phenomenon “Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island” held the No. 1 position at the South Korean box office over the weekend of Oct. 30–Nov. 1, securing its third consecutive weekend atop the rankings. According to data from KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the Toho-distributed fantasy [
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Daniel Silva's newest novel 'Ransom' proves to be a superb and timely spy thriller - review

<img align='right' src='https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_2281,w_3937/744185' alt='10 DOWNING STREET, the residence of Britian’s prime ministers, is the site of an ingenious Russian drone attack in the plot of ‘Ransom.’ (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)' title='10 DOWNING STREET, the residence of Britian’s p

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Brittany O’Grady To Star In Thriller ‘State Of Emergency’ For ‘House Of The Dragon’ Director Greg Yaitanes & FilmNation — AFM

EXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment will launch AFM sales on thriller State Of Emergency under its genre production label Infrared Pictures. Starring Brittany O’Grady (The White Lotus), Golden Globe and Emmy-winning director Greg Yaitanes, known for his work on hit series including House of the Dragon, Presumed Innocent, and House, will direct. Infrared Pict

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Holt McCallany Serial Killer Thriller ‘Paradise Disturbed’ Heads To AFM With Stoic; See The First-Look Image

EXCLUSIVE: Stoic is launching world sales ahead of the AFM on Paradise Disturbed, which will see Mindhunter star Holt McCallany return to the serial killer genre. Stoic will be screening the completed film directed by James Khanlarian (The Ghost Trap) and based on the novel by James Robert Fuller. Also starring are Zak Steiner (Euphoria), [
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Liev Schreiber and Stephen Graham Lead Apple TV’s Gripping Serial Killer Thriller ‘Nocturne’: TV Review

Television has no shortage of thrillers, but the sinister twists and turns of Apple TV’s latest entry into the genre, “Nocturne” — based on Lars Kepler’s novels “Lazarus” and “The Sandman” — make it well worth your time. Created by Rowan JoffĂ©, the series follows Jonah Lynn (Liev Schreiber), a former homicide detective turned recluse [
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Amazon MGM Developing Series Adaptation Of Melinda Leigh Thriller ‘The Courier’; ‘Blindspot’s Martin Gero Showrunning

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is developing a series adaptation of The Courier, a new novel from bestselling thriller author Melinda Leigh, sources tell Deadline. The Courier is based on a concept from Blindspot creator Martin Gero, who will showrun, write and executive produce under his Quinn’s House banner, which along with producing partner Premeditated P

CultuređŸ‡ș🇾 US
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Chinese Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Variant’ Lands North American, European and Asian Deals (EXCLUSIVE)

Chinese film “Variant,” a sci-fi action thriller from director Qilin Li, is headed to North America with International Media Network (IMN), which acquired U.S. and Canadian rights. Sales company Cappu Films unveiled that deal and others across Europe, Asia and Latin America at TIFFCOM, the market of the Tokyo International Film Festival. MT Trading has [
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Tracee Ellis Ross, Lake Bell & Ken Leung Thriller ‘Blow The Horn’ Heads To AFM For Sales

EXCLUSIVE: Concourse Media has acquired worldwide sales rights to the completed ensemble psychological thriller, Blow The Horn, starring Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish), Lake Bell (In a World
), Ken Leung (Industry), Joshua Boone (A Jazzman’s Blues), Wrenn Schmidt (For All Mankind) and Dallas Roberts (Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story). The company wi

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