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Sofia Carson and Noah Centineo have been appointed as ambassadors for the 31st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which will stream live on Netflix on Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. Et/5 p.m. Pt.

Each year, the SAG Awards select ambassadors who “exemplify the utmost values of the acting profession, serve as positive role models for the next generation of performers and actively use their platform to advocate for humanitarian and public service endeavors.”

As ambassadors, Carson and Centineo will provide viewers with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the ceremony, participate in select SAG Awards pre-show events and raise awareness for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation and its programs, including the Disaster Relief Fund. Previous ambassadors have included Taylor Zakhar Perez, Yara Shahidi, Joey King, Alexandra Daddario, Ross Butler, Jurnee Smollett, Haley Lu Richardson, Phil Dunster, Logan Browning, Antonia Gentry and Harry Shum Jr.

Carson is an award-winning actor, singer and producer known for...

When Zack Snyder made Man of Steel with Henry Cavill, there were no plans of building a Dceu. However, DC executives were eager to catch up with Marvel, who were thriving with their superhero franchise. In their misguided vision for a DC franchise, the studio tried many things unsuccessfully before opting for a complete restructuring under James Gunn.

James Gunn with Dcu actors David Corenswet and Rachel Brosnahan | Credits: @jamesgunn/Instagram

The Dceu already underwent several course corrections before the restructuring, resulting in a bunch of canceled or abandoned projects. After the new regime took over control, all planned films in the former Dceu were effectively canceled.

10. Hourman Cameron Gellman as Hourman in DC’s Stargirl | Credits: The CW

The Hourman film was announced by Wbd in March 2021 about a superhero who can use his power only one hour at a time. Gavin James and Neil Widener were attached as the writers.

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Mayfair Witches is a supernatural gothic horror thriller drama series created by Michelle Ashford and Esta Spalding. Based on the Lives of the Mayfair Witches books by Anne Rice, the AMC series follows neurosurgeon Dr Rowan Fielding as she discovers that she comes from a long line of powerful witches who are haunted because of a sinister past. Mayfair Witches stars Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, Ben Feldman, and Alyssa Jirrels. So, if you loved the gothic horror, thrilling dark fantasy elements, and compelling characters in Mayfair Witches, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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A Discovery of Witches is a fantasy romance drama series created by Deborah Harkness. Based on Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, the Sky One series follows Diana Bishop, a historian who...

After multiple issues, controversies, personnel changes, and mergers, the Dceu is finally done and dusted, with James Gunn taking over the reins as co-chief of DC Studios along with Peter Safran. The franchise, which was supposed to be a competitor to the MCU, crashed and burned but it was not without some genuinely good films.

The SnyderVerse is never happening. It is a miracle that fans even got the Snyder Cut. However, like how Gunn took the disastrous Suicide Squad and gave it a good direction with The Suicide Squad, there are a few more films from the Dceu that deserved better. Here are four films that need a second chance in the Dcu.

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This one had every obstacle thrown at it and while it is admirable that The Flash finally did release, the underwhelming quality of the film ultimately...

Viewers who enjoyed Netflix's thriller movie Carry-On have several upcoming Taron Egerton films and a brand-new television series to look forward to. Egerton leads the cast of Carry-On alongside Jason Bateman (Ozark), Sofia Carson (Descendants), Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson), and Theo Rossi (The Penguin). Carry-On received a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88% and has remained one of the top movies on Netflix since it was released on the streaming platform on December 13, 2024.

Carry-On was directed by Jaume Collet-Serra based on a screenplay written by T.J. Fixman (Ratchet & Clank). It follows Egerton's protagonist Ethan Kopek, a young Tsa agent who is blackmailed by a mysterious traveler (Bateman) into letting a dangerous package slip through securtiy and onto a crowded flight on Christmas Eve. Egerton, who is best known for his roles in the Kingsman spy action films and the Elton John biopic Rocketman, hasn't starred in a feature film since 2023's Tetris.

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

Between the Temples (Nathan Silver)

In a state of arrested development after his wife unexpectedly died from a freak accident, Ben Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman) is suicidal, pleading to a truck to just run him over and begging that he be fired from his job as cantor at the local Jewish temple in upstate New York. While this set-up may not scream comedy, Between the Temples is in fact hilarious, packed with endless jokes and adoration for physical gags while we witness Ben find new meaning in life through an unexpected acquaintance. Above all, Nathan Silver’s feature, from a script he co-wrote with C. Mason Wells,is a thrillingly alive, nimble piece of filmmaking: shot on 16mm by Sean Price Williams with...

The Order (2024) is a brooding investigative thriller that puts another feather in director Justin Kurzel’s cap. After following the chilling character portraits in ‘Nitram’ and ‘The Snowtown Murders,’ Kurzel returns with an equally harrowing depiction of evil in human beings. This time, he shifts his focus toward a White Supremacist terrorist group that was active in the 1980s. He paints the picture of a small American town mainly through the eyes of an FBI agent, who ends up in a cat-and-mouse chase with the terrorist group’s members. Although the plot essentially leads us toward its leader’s capture, it is more interested in interrogating the human tendencies that affect the usual order of any place; and how people react in such situations of change.

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The Order (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis:

‘The Order’ starring Jude Law offers a grim portrait of an FBI investigation in the 1980s...

“The Order” is a thriller movie starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, and Tye Sheridan. It is written by Zach Baylin, and directed by Justin Kurzel.

This cinematic tour de force, set against the backdrop of 1980s Pacific Northwest, plunges viewers into a harrowing world of violent bank heists and armored car robberies that sent shockwaves through the region.

At the heart of this gripping narrative lies a chilling truth: these aren’t your run-of-the-mill criminals, but a group of Aryan supremacists led by the charismatic and dangerous Bob Mathews, brilliantly portrayed by Nicholas Hoult. Their audacious goal? To finance an armed uprising against the U.S. government, a premise that sends shivers down the spine and keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.

Enter FBI agent Terry Husk, brought to life by the ever-versatile Jude Law. As Husk delves deeper into the treacherous world of white supremacists, the film ratchets up the tension,...

Directed by Justin Kurzel and written by Zach Baylin, The Order is a gripping 2024 action thriller based on the acclaimed non-fiction book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt.

Bringing to life one of the most chilling chapters in modern American history, the film explores the rise of a violent white supremacist terrorist group in the 1980s and the relentless FBI pursuit to bring it to justice. It stars Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron.

We sat down for a chat with actor Jude Law to talk about his role as producer and actor in the film. We also talked about the importance of retelling such important stories, especially during these dark times. Finally we couldn’t resist the temptation to ask hi8m about The Holiday, a Christmas movie that has continued to inspire and delight audiences almost 2 whole decades after it was first released.

A critically acclaimed thriller starring Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult is getting a VOD release. Known for The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, two films that earned him Academy Award nominations, Law has maintained an impressive catalog across his 38-year career. The actor currently leads the Star Wars: Skeleton Crew cast on Disney+, a particular bright spot for the franchise in terms of audience reception, and has appeared in other major blockbusters over the years, including Sherlock Holmes, Captain Marvel, and Fantastic Beasts. Law also starred in fan-favorite romantic movies Closer and The Holiday.

When it comes to Hoult, whose star has been on the rise for the past decade, X-Men: First Class and Warm Bodies seemed to kickstart his mainstream career. Since then, he has taken on various projects that achieved commercial success and/or garnered praise from audiences, reprising his role as Beast in multiple X-Men sequels...

As much as Jurnee Smollett is an actor, she could also be considered an archivist — given how much of her 38-year career she’s spent capturing elements of untold history.

Smollett has been in front of the camera since she was 10 months old, but began acting in earnest when she was 5, appearing on sitcoms like “Full House” and “Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper.” Since then, Smollett played Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter” (8-year-old Sheyann Webb) in the 1999 TV movie “Selma, Lord Selma”; the sole female debater at a historically Black college in 1935 Texas in 2007’s “The Great Debaters”; a woman who escapes slavery in the 2016 series “Underground”; and a fiery Civil Rights activist fighting both societal and supernatural monsters in 2020’s “Lovecraft Country,” HBO’s acclaimed sci-fi drama for which Smollett earned her first Emmy nomination.

In her latest film, “The Order,” Smollett plays an FBI agent (a...

RaMell Ross’ Nickel Boys and Malcolm Washington’ The Piano Lesson dominated the nominations for the 25th Black Reel Awards with 13 and 12 noms, respectively. The films will square off in 10 categories including Outstanding Film, Director, Screenplay and Ensemble.

Titus Kaphar’s Exhibiting Forgiveness is next with nine nominations, followed by Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice with seven. See the full list spanning 22 categories below.

Winners will be honored during the silver anniversary ceremony held virtually on February 10 and streaming live on BlackReelAwards.com.

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“As we commemorate 25 years, we are proud to highlight the transformative power of Black cinema,” Black Reel Awards Founder Tim Gordon said. “This year’s nominees represent not only excellence in storytelling but also groundbreaking achievements that push boundaries and elevate our culture.”

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“Nickel Boys” leads the nominations at the 25th annual Black Reel Awards, a ceremony exclusively dedicated to recognizing African American contributions to cinema.

The Amazon MGM Studios film garnered 13 nominations, followed closely by Netflix’s “The Piano Lesson” with 12; both films were nominated for outstanding film and outstanding director, plus their stars earned individual nods.

Rounding out the best film nominees are “Challengers,” “Exhibiting Forgiveness” and “Sing Sing” and joining Ross and Washington in the outstanding director category are Titus Kaphar (“Exhibiting Forgiveness”), Zoë Kravitz (“Blink Twice”) and Steve McQueen (“Blitz”). Other top-performing films include “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (nine nominations), “Blink Twice” (seven nominations) and “Sing Sing” (six nominations).

Key individual nominees include Zendaya, who earned dual recognition as an actor and producer of “Challengers,” as well as Ellis-Taylor, who got two nominations in the outstanding supporting performance category for “Nickel Boys” and “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” and Brian Tyree Henry, nominated in...

Peacock is planning a reboot of Friday Night Lights, but do we need a new version of the acclaimed show?

Reboots are all the rage in Hollywood; everyone knows that. TV shows just can't get enough as we've got Dexter: Original Sin, a new version of Suits, and more in the works. So it's not too shocking that Peacock has announced plans for a new take on Friday Night Lights.

Per TV Line, the project comes from the original shows' executive producers Jason Katims, Peter Berg, and Brian Grazer. The show is intended to be a true reboot of the original series with new characters and perhaps setting, with the logline hinting it's a tale of how the football team helps a small Texas town deal with tragedy.

"Following a devastating hurricane, a ragtag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas...

So many celebrities stepped out to celebrate the start of awards season at the SAG Awards Season Celebration on Thursday night (December 12) in Los Angeles.

The event was hosted at Chateau Marmont and featured a star-studded guestlist including the likes of Cynthia Erivo, Zoe Saldana and Kathryn Hahn, Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez.

We pulled together photos of more than 80 of the biggest stars in attendance. That way you could see who was there and what they wore for the special occasion.

Head inside to see all of the photos…

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Cynthia Erivo

Zoe Saldana

Jason Segel

Kathryn Hahn

Jimmy Akingbola

Cooper Koch

Ashley Madekwe

Nicholas Alexander Chavez

Fyi: Nicholas is wearing Tod’s.

Kiernan Shipka

Anna Camp

Brenda Song

June Squibb

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Jude Law gets support from members of his family at the ceremony for his Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday (December 12) in Hollywood, Calif.

The 51-year-old actor was joined at the event by his wife Phillipa Coan and his two oldest children – son Rafferty, 28, and daughter Iris, 24.

Other attendees included Jurnee Smollett and director David Lowery.

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For the occasion, Jude paired a blazer with dark pants. His son looked sharp in gray dress pants, which he wore with a dark blazer. Iris opted for a white dress with a gold belt and a dramatic jacket. Phillipa looked chic in black.

Rafferty was also joined by his girlfriend of two years Rosa Ramirez.

Jude shares Rafferty, Iris and Rude with his ex-wife Sadie Frost. He welcomed a 15-year-old daughter named Sophia with Samantha Burke and is also a dad to nine-year-old Ada,...

Everardo Gout has signed on to direct action thriller Clementine, a co-production between Stuart Ford’s AGC Studios and Yeardley Smith and Ben Cornwell’s U.S. independent production company Paperclip Ltd.

Gout will direct from the 2022 Black List script by David L. Williams, with Paperclip’s Jordan Foley, Nick Smith and Ben Cornwell and AGC’s Ford producing. Paperclip’s Smith, AGC’s Lorelle Lynch and Gout will executive produce. AGC Studios will fully finance the film and AGC International will handle worldwide sales. Casting is underway for an early 2025 start.

Set in real time, Clementine is a young mother in Miami who barely escapes a pawn shop shootout and goes on the run from her violent ex-husband, a terrifying mob boss, and a relentless hitwoman, all while protecting her young diabetic daughter.

“As a thriller, Clementine has the real-time...

Friday Night Lights is getting the reboot treatment, and Deadline reports that Peacock has scooped up the project after a competitive bidding war with Netflix.

This new iteration will “be set following a devastating hurricane, when a rag tag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship and become a beacon of light for their town.“

The franchise is based on the non-fiction novel Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team and a Dream by H.G. Bissinger. Peter Berg directed a feature film based on the novel in 2004, which starred Billy Bob Thornton, Lucas Black, Derek Luke, Garrett Hedlund, Jay Hernandez, and more. Two years later, Berg developed the acclaimed TV series of the same name. Revolving around a high school football team in the fictional town of Dillion, the series was led by Kyle Chandler as Coach...

Clear eyes, full hearts, must reboot…?

A new iteration of Friday Night Lights, from executive producers Jason Katims, Peter Berg and Brian Grazer, is officially in development at Peacock, TVLine has learned. The news comes roughly one month after Puck News first reported that potential reboot had received bids from multiple streamers, including Peacock, Netflix and Amazon.

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The new Friday Night Lights is not a revival. Though sources previously told TVLine that the...

The “Friday Night Lights” reboot series has landed at Peacock in a highly competitive situation, Variety has confirmed.

The series is now in development at the NBCUniversal streaming service. It was reported in November that a new version of the series was in the works, but it was not set up at a streaming service at that time.

The official logline for the new series states, “Following a devastating hurricane, a rag tag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship becoming a beacon of light for their town.”

Original series showrunner and executive producer Jason Katims is also leading the new series, along with original director and executive producer Peter Berg and original executive producer Brian Grazer. Kristen Zolner will join as executive producer for Imagine Entertainment. Universal Television will serve as the studio.

The original “Friday Night Lights...

When thinking about why he wanted to star in a film like “The Order” during this time in history, Jude Law reflects that the idea of division through hatred is something that’s been around forever but also highlighted a story that he felt needed to be amplified. “It shone light on the early forming of hate groups and extremist groups in the States and by going back, telling a story that somehow has these uncomfortable relevances to today is a great way of talking and having a conversation starter,” he tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the video interview above). He adds, “By concentrating on getting that authentic, it seemed to be effective as a piece that’s commenting on where we are now.”

“The Order,” currently in theaters and being distributed by Vertical, stars Law as Husk, an FBI agent. Husk goes to Idaho to investigate...

Exclusive: Peacock has made it into the end zone with clear eyes and a full heart after scoring the Friday Night Lights reboot series.

Deadline understands that the NBCU streamer beat out Netflix to land a new adaptation of the high school football series in a competitive battle that has played out over the last few days.

Universal Television will produce the series, which comes from Jason Katims, who was the original showrunner, original director Peter Berg and producer Brian Grazer. The trio will exec produce alongside Kristen Zolner for Imagine Entertainment.

The new series, which is now in development at Peacock, will be set following a devastating hurricane, when a rag tag high school football team and their damaged, interim coach make an unlikely bid for a Texas High School State Championship and become a beacon of light for their town.

Friday Night Lights began life as a book – Friday Night Lights: A Town,...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series highlighting the scripts behind the awards season’s buzziest films continues with The Order, Justin Kurzel’s period crime drama based on a chilling and timely true story. The screenplay was written by Oscar-nominated King Richard scribe Zach Baylin.

The film starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett has been hitting the fall festival circuit beginning with its world premiere at Venice. It has since opened the Zurich and Marrakesh film festivals and hit theaters in limited release this past weekend via Vertical.

Baylin’s script, adapted from the book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, centers on a string of violent robberies and other crimes beginning in the early 1980s Pacific Northwest that the FBI, and specifically veteran agent Terry Husk (Law), figured out were being perpetrated by a white supremacist group plotting to overthrow the government.

Actor Denzel Washington’s passion for directing led him to film The Great Debaters, which he recruited many young stars to film. One of those stars was Jurnee Smollett, who he called out after noticing she wasn’t performing to her full potential in the film.

How Jurnee Smollett responded to being put on the spot by Denzel Washington Jurnee Smollett and Denzel Washington | Mat Hayward/Getty Images

Washington was the one who originally reached out to Smollett, brother of Jussie Smollett, first for 2007’s The Great Debaters. She was one of many younger actors who’d be cast as a student on a debate team in the 1930s. But although Washington had Smollett in mind to star, she still had to prove herself by performing alongside the Oscar-winner.

“I was in South Africa over a year ago and Denzel wanted the casting director to reach out to me, and...

Director Justin Kurzel was not at all familiar with the story of Bob Mathews until he started reading the script for “The Order” written by Zach Baylin. “I’d sort of read the first 15 pages and I was like, oh wow, this reminds me of these great seventies films that Friedkin and Lumet used to kind of do,” he reveals to Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the video interview above).

As he read the script he found himself more and more captivated by the subject of American extremism. “I wasn’t aware of ‘The Turner Diaries.’ I wasn’t aware of this sort of organization such as The Order. I was curious. I’ve been interested in the past with films that I’ve done here about how communities can be influenced by figures that can manipulate them to believe in their own kind of ideology.”

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Jude Law, Jurnee Smollett, and Tye Sheridan in ‘The Order’ (Photo Courtesy of Vertical)

What a disheartening reflection on our times that The Order ranks among the most relevant dramas of the last ten years. It shouldn’t. 2024 should not see us still struggling with the issues of white supremacy and armed extremist groups. Yet here we are.

The Order is based on the true story of Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult) and his followers, a violent neo-Nazi group responsible for a series of bank robberies, bombings, and murders in the 1980s. FBI Agent Terry Husk (two-time Oscar nominee Jude Law) is sent to the Pacific Northwest to investigate the Aryan Nation with little in the way of support. The local sheriff is willfully blind to the extensive presence of Nazis in his community and tries to blow off Agent Husk. But deputy sheriff Jamie Bowen steps forward, volunteering his help...

Early in “The Order,” the ’80s-set historical crime thriller, there is a chillingly timely stand-off between the staid establishment and the insurgent next generation. Aryan Nation founder Richard Butler (Victor Slezak) attempts, and fails, to defuse Bob Matthews (Nicholas Hoult), the charismatic young leader of an ultra-violent and extremely organized splinter group planning an armed white supremacist revolution. “Robert, you have a gift … a voice,” says Butler, clad in a conventional trench coat over a full suit and tie. Eye-to-eye on the dusty dirt road, Matthews stands defiant in a weathered waffle shirt barely tucked into belted, worn-in jeans.

“Justin [Kurzel, the director] and I wanted Bob to feel really recognizably all-American,” costume designer Rachel Dainer-Best told IndieWire. “He’s super simple — wearing jeans and a T-shirt for basically the whole movie.” Because photos of the real Matthews and his acolytes proved rare, she studied ‘70s and ‘80s images of the Aryan Nation...

An army of indies are populating the last few weeks of the year in a fall box office that’s the most buoyant it’s been in years but still picks and chooses among specialty fare which travels from festival standouts to the Odyssey to Y2K.

The latter is A24’s dial-up disaster hijinks, the directorial debut of SNL veteran Kyle Mooney, opening on about 2,100 screens. Premiered at Sxsx, see Deadline review.

On the last night of 1999, two high school juniors crash a New Years Eve party, only to find themselves fighting for their lives in this disaster comedy. Stars Rachel Zegler, Jaeden Martell, Julian Dennison, Mason Gooding, Lachlan Watson, The Kid Laroi, Fred Durst and Alicia Silverstone. The distributor’s cross-country nostalgia-fueled takeover included partnerships with Yahoo!, a throwback college tour packed with 90s-themed parties and screenings, and a Y2K microsite.

Bleecker Street revisits Homer’s epic...

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Warning: Minor Spoilers for The Order!Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult are on opposite ends of the law in the new crime thriller The Order, with Law playing FBI agent Terry Husk and Hoult playing Bob Mathews, the leader of a white supremacist terrorist cell. The former tracking the latter makes up much of the narrative, but director Justin Kurzel seems more concerned with the effect each man's respective ethos has on their life and surroundings. Mathews has constructed a community based on his extreme hatred, while Husk's dogged pursuit of Good has alienated him from his community — meaning both live in very different warped realities.

The Order is based on a true story, and Zach Baylin's screenplay is inspired by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt's book, The Order: Inside America's Racist Underground. Tye Sheridan and Jurnee Smollett join...

This review was originally published on August 31, 2024, as a part of our Venice Film Festival coverage.

The Order is about hate, though not quite in the way you'd expect. It seems an obvious theme, given the story follows a white supremacist terrorist cell and the FBI's effort to stop them, and some space is given to the hateful doctrine they live by. But the movie is less interested in hate ideologically as it is in the feeling. And director Justin Kurzel is less interested in explaining that feeling than he is in observing it and its effects. Surround that goal with across-the-board quality, and you have a consistently tense crime thriller that leaves a lasting mark.

A lone FBI agent, stationed in a small Idaho town, uncovers a disturbing connection between a series of violent bank robberies and a white supremacist group known as The Order. As the investigation deepens,...

Plot: A burnt-out FBI agent (Jude Law) tries to shut down a right-wing militia run by a white supremacist (Nicholas Hoult) who’s planning an armed insurrection.

Review: The Order is a slickly made, true-crime thriller that tells a pretty compelling story; in the mid-eighties, a group calling themselves The Order pulled off a series of violent robberies and also bombed synagogues and porn theatres, all of which was inspired by a book called “The Turner Diaries”, which was written by the leader of the National Alliance, which was one of the most powerful Neo Nazi organizations in the United States.

In The Order, Nicholas Hoult, in a role that casts him way against type, plays Robert Jay Mathews, who put together a violent, heavily armed militia that began carrying out a series of brutal assassinations and robberies. In the film, this puts them in the crosshairs of Jude Law’s Agent Husk,...

During the pandemic lockdown and in the frigid months of more recent years, many home viewers became hooked on “true crime” stories that were once the lifeblood of broadcast TV news “magazine” shows, but now have entire cable networks devoted to them. And the streaming apps are simply bursting with documentaries and “limited” series that are comprised of recreations and “talking head” interviews. While motion pictures had been the showcase for non-fiction law enforcement tales, recently we’ve seen more of the “over the top” “stunt-heavy” action blockbusters. Now, in between the year-end family fantasies and the somber “Oscar bait”, here’s a nifty thriller that evokes the feel of those zippy “B pictures”. Ah, but there’s a twist in that much of the story still resonates today, several decades later. Yes, on a cold day almost four years ago, the country was dealing with the legacy of The Order.

When Justin Kurzel set out to direct The Order— he couldn’t have known how its real-life history of white supremacy and anti-government would continue to evolve and become yet more significant.

The film, written by Zach Baylin and based on the book The Silent Brotherhood by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, follows the 1980s story of real-life white supremacist group The Order led by Bob Matthews (Nicholas Hoult) and the FBI agent determined to stop him, played by Jude Law, who also served as producer on the project.

In his doctrine, Matthews had heavily referenced William Luther Pierce’s 1978 novel, The Turner Diaries, which depicts a right-wing assault on the Capitol. And Kurzel recalls how as the events of January 6 unfolded, a chilling present-day parallel emerged.

“I just remember watching that event,” Kurzel says, “and then also seeing some of the photographs and imagery that were coming in from the day.

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The Order is as much a crime thriller as it is a psychological drama, and the fact that it's based on a true story makes it all the more fascinating. The movie, which is directed by Justin Kurzel (True History of the Kelly Gang) from a screenplay penned by Zach Baylin (King Richard), where follows FBI agent Terry Husk (Jude Law) as he investigates violent bank robberies and their connection to white supremacist cult leader Bob Mathews (played by Nicholas Hoult).

Law's veteran officer is joined by colleagues Jamie Bowen (Tye Sheridan) and Joanee Carney (Jurnee Smollett), going toe-to-toe with Hoult's charming and calculating neo-nazi Mathews. The Order peers into the soul of each character, testing them when they are up against a truly reckless individual. Bowen in particular comes across as a more naive member of the force, and an interest...

On June 18th, 1984, Alan Berg was assassinated outside of his home in Denver, Colorado. The confrontational talk-radio host had made a name for himself by arguing on-air with, among others, anti-Semites and white supremacists. A group known as “The Order,” who had taken their name from the fictional hate-mongers in the novel The Turner Diaries, had been responsible for Berg’s murder. They were also behind a series of bank robberies throughout the Pacific Northwest, as well as stealing $3.6 million from a brinks truck in Ukiah, California. The goal was...

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Jude Law gives a spellbinding performance in The Order, where he portrays FBI agent Terry Husk, whose investigations lead to the work of a dangerous white supremacist, Bob Mathews (played by Nicholas Hoult). Directed by Justin Kurzel from a screenplay penned by Zach Baylin, the crime thriller is based on a shocking true story and borrows from Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt's book, The Order: Inside America's Racist Underground.

Law's veteran officer Husk and Hoult's neo-nazi Mathews may be on opposite ends of the moral spectrum, but asThe Order progresses, they are each revealed to be reckless when it comes to their fervent causes. Though primarily a crime story, The Order also relishes in breaking down the psychology of Husk and Mathews, and how their actions impact their subordinates. Their cat-and-mouse game drives the narrative, but the leads are also bolstered...

Since it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival back in September, The Order has been at the top of many lists for contenders this awards season. From director Justin Kurzel, The Order boasts stellar performances from Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, and Jurnee Smollett. Tackling a true story that occurred in 1983 and 1984, which general audiences may not be familiar with, The Order is a stark and gritty thriller with a mesmerizing performance by Jude Law. Our own Chris Bumbray gave it a solid review, which you can read here.

The Order tells the story of the police officers and FBI agents tracking down a splinter group from the Aryan Nation led by Bob Mathews (Nicholas Hoult). Mathew’s group, known as The Order, follows a novel that claims to outline the six steps needed to cleanse the United States of minorities and take down the federal government. Terry...

“The Order” is a new crime thriller, directed by Justin Kurzel, based on the 1989 book “The Silent Brotherhood” by Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt, starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver and Marc Maron, releasing December 6, 2024 in theaters:

“…an honest, Idaho-based ‘FBI’ agent spots a pattern in recent bank robberies, counterfeiting operations and armored car heists terrorizing communities across the Pacific Northwest.

“He sets out to prove it is not the work of a traditional organized crime unit, but a radical group led by ‘Bob Mathews’…”

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Zach Baylin knows the buzzwords already: “timely,” “prescient,” “controversial.” But the screenwriter behind such true stories as “King Richard” and “Gran Turismo” is also a student of history, so when it comes to his latest film, which follows the unnerving true story of a homegrown white supremacist militant group, he doesn’t get too caught up in the quickie designations. After all, he knows something about following a story beyond just cawing headlines and catchy descriptors.

Baylin’s latest, the Justin Kurzel-directed “The Order,” tracks the final days of neo-Nazi militant Bob Matthews (Nicholas Hoult), as he gathers together his eponymous terrorist group (a rag-tag assemblage of white supremacists) as they plot bank robberies, car heists, and government overthrow in the Pacific Northwest in the early ’80s. But Matthews’ aims are noticed by FBI agent Terry Husk (based on real-life agent Wayne Manis), and when Husk starts gathering his...

Lovers of true crime and action movies alike can look forward to lots of options for watching The Order. This tense historical crime thriller stars Jude Law as an FBI agent fighting a militant white-supremacist group called "The Order." With an Oscar-nominated screenwriter (Zach Baylin) and a premise based on a true story from the 1980s, The Order has earned an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Early reviews are making a good case for its potential to succeed.

The movie places Jude Law in the lead role of Terry Husk, a real-life person who worked as an FBI agent. The Order's trailer shows Husk traveling across the Pacific Northwest as he hunts down white-supremacist militia-leader Bob Matthews, played by Nicholas Hoult. All this is set against a backdrop of bombings, bank robberies, and a plot to overthrow the US government. Audiences will be able to watch The Order in theaters starting...

Known for his haunting dramas, such as “Macbeth” and “Nitram”—artistic endeavors routinely invited to premiere in Cannes or at the Venice Film Festival—Australian filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s latest film is “The Order.”

Starring the superb cast of Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, Odessa Young, and Marc Maron, “The Order” is Kurzel’s version of a 1970s Sydney Lumet-directed crime drama.

Continue reading Justin Kurzel Talks ‘The Order,’ Working With Jude Law, Future Projects With Jacob Elordi & More at The Playlist.

As 2024 comes to a close, much of the month will be dedicated to wrapping up the year in cinema with a plethora of year-end features (bookmark here for those), but let’s take a deeper look at the December line-up. Featuring some of the most-praised films of the year, including my favorite shortest and longest works, and much more, it’s a great time for holiday movie-going.

We should note also that a number of notable films are getting Oscar-qualifying runs before the end of the year, which we’ll feature on this in proper when they get their official releases.

15. A Complete Unknown (James Mangold; Dec. 25)

Nabbing the last spot on this for sheer fascination with Bob Dylan alone and not much else, James Mangold in biopic mode is often far less interesting than some of his other work. However, with what seems to be a committed Timothée Chalamet...

Jude Law and Nicholas Hoult actually followed each other while prepping for The Order. The movie, which is based on Kevin Flynn and Gary Gerhardt's nonfiction book The Silent Brotherhood, is set in 1983 Idaho and follows FBI agent Terry Husk's (Law) investigation into a rash of bank robberies that he suspects is being masterminded by Bob Mathews (Hoult), the leader of a group of radicals. The upcoming The Order, which had its world premiere at the 81st Venice International Film Festival, also stars Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, Alison Oliver, and Marc Maron.

Screen Rant's Joe Deckelmeier recently had the opportunity to sit down with The Order director Justin Kurzel to discuss his new movie. When the conversation turned to maintaining realism, Kurzel revealed that one of the biggest challenges was bringing a character like Mathews to the screen and trying to "get an understanding" of them despite heinous acts that they have committed.

As you finish up binging “Cross,” feel free to explore Aldis Hodge’s massive body of work, as we’ve laid all the films and TV shows starring the actor that you should watch next.

Listen, Aldis Hodge isn’t new to this thing called acting, he’s true to it. He’s literally been on screen since he was 7 years old, when he made his film debut alongside his brother Edwin Hodge in “Die Hard With a Vengeance” in 1995. Since then, he’s gone on to earn several award nominations as well as a Screen Actors Guild award.

The actor and producer has a lengthy career that includes projects that have depicted real-life figures, thrilled audiences and inspired viewers. Here’s nine shows and films to check Hodge out in after you’ve finished “Cross.”

“Leverage” (TNT) “Leverage” (2008)

In TNT’s heist drama “Leverage,” Hodge played hacker Alec Hardison,...

Actor Joe Manganiello is known for his role in the Magic Mike franchise. However, before Manganiello gained commercial success in films, his breakthrough performance came on the fantasy horror drama series True Blood. The series ran for seven seasons and gained critical acclaim before experiencing a steep decline.

Joe Manganiello played Alcide Herveaux in True Blood (Credit: HBO).

During a podcast appearance, Manganiello opened up about his time on the series and expressed a very sharp opinion about the show’s cast. However, Manganiello’s comments have some merit, especially taking into consideration the lackluster conclusion to the series which had seriously untapped potential.

Joe Manganiello Feels True Blood Cast Was Overqualified For the Series

Joe Manganiello appeared in a small role in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man before getting his breakthrough on the HBO television series True Blood. Manganiello first appeared as werewolf Alcide Herveaux in the show’s third season,...

If you had any doubt that the awards season was in full swing, Sunday night’s 15th Annual Governors Awards ceremony answered it.

If you are, or in any way think you might have a shot at an Oscar nomination this year, and were in Los Angeles, it is most likely I might have run into you last night at Ovation’s Ray Dolby Ballroom where this jam packed ceremony saluting this year’s honorary Oscar recipients took place. In fact, just the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences’ PR team’s tip sheet was two pages of 207 single spaced names who were expected to attend (and by my count did) show up, not just to honor the deserving winners of the evening, but also perhaps to be in this place which is packed with Oscar voters who might be reminded to see your movie, if they haven’t done so already.

The stars were out for the 2024 Governors Awards held at Dolby Theatre on Sunday evening (November 17) in Hollywood.

The annual event is held prior to the Oscars and celebrates the recipients of a select few of awards conferred by the Academy’s Board of Governors – the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award, the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and the Honorary Award.

Many celebrities were in attendance at the event this year, including Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Lopez, Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Elizabeth Olsen, pregnant Jennifer Lawrence, Felicity Jones, Marlee Matlin, and more.

Keep reading to find out more…

Each recipient of the Governors Awards is announced over the summer with them being honored at the dinner gala later in the year. Highlights are also shown at the upcoming Oscars.

This year, honorary Oscars were presented to the late Quincy Jones and Juliet Taylor, with Richard Curtis receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award,...

Image Source: Amazon The beloved drama series Friday Night Lights, which aired for five captivating seasons on NBC and DirecTV’s 101 Network, won over audiences with its heartfelt depiction of life in a small Texas town where high school football reigns supreme. Inspired by H.G. Bissinger’s acclaimed book and the 2004 film, the series followed the Dillon Panthers, their passionate coach Eric Taylor (Kyle Chandler), and the tight-knit community that shared their victories and defeats. Boasting an impressive cast including Connie Britton, Jesse Plemons, Michael B. Jordan, and Jurnee Smollett, the show earned critical acclaim and several awards, including three Primetime Emmys. Its genuine portrayal of small-town life and exploration of themes like family, ambition, and dreams struck a chord with viewers. Now, Variety reveals that a reboot is on the horizon, with original showrunner Jason Katims back in charge. Although details are limited, the new series promises fresh stories and characters,...

A two-time Oscar-nominated actor known for his serious chops, Jude Law, has been spreading his wings a little bit and trying out the world of franchises in recent years. His first foray into that blockbuster domain was “Sherlock Holmes” with Robert Downey Jr. In recent years, he did a stint in Marvel’s “Captain Marvel” alongside Brie Larson, and next month in December, he joins the “Star Wars” universe in Lucasfilm’s upcoming series, “Star Wars: Skeleton Crew.”

We recently caught up with Law to discuss his upcoming FBI/white supremacy drama, “The Order,” directed by Justin Kurzel (“Macbeth”) and co-starring Nicholas Hoult, Tye Sheridan, Jurnee Smollett, and many more.

Continue reading Jude Law Says Sticking Around For More ‘Star Wars’ & Marvel Are Up To Those Studios, But ‘Sherlock Holmes 3’ Has A New Script at The Playlist.

Clear eyes, full hearts, reboot.

A new iteration of “Friday Night Lights” is in the works at Universal Television, Variety has confirmed with sources. Series showrunner Jason Katims is onboard to return along with executive producer Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment, with Kristen Zolner of Imagine also executive producing.

The project is said to focus on a new story with new characters set in the world of high school football, meaning original cast members like Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Gaius Charles and Jesse Plemons are not expected to return.

The “Friday Night Lights” reboot is in early stages but is being shopped around Hollywood by the studio.

Universal Television declined to comment.

The original “Friday Night Lights” series aired for five seasons from 2006 to 2011, first on NBC and then on AT&T’s The 101 Network. It was inspired by H. G. Bissinger’s 1990 novel of the same name, which was first...