‘Whiplash’ headed back to theaters for 10th anniversary
Sony Pictures Classics just announced that Whiplash, the drama that netted J.K. Simmons a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing possibly the world’s most insane music teacher, is headed back to theaters.
The re-release is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the film from director Damien Chazelle, who followed up the breakout movie starring Miles Teller with the Oscar-winning La La Land.
In the movie, Teller plays Andrew Neiman, a drummer who ends up under the abusive tutelage of Simmons’ Terrence Fletcher, an instructor at an elite musical conservatory.
The film also won Academy Awards for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing.
Whiplash will also have a 4K HD Digital release on Sept. 20, following a special anniversary screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 9.
The first theatrical spin-off from The Mandalorian will be the first Star Wars movie in theaters since 2019’s divisive Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker.
At the annual D23 expo, Iron Man and Iron Man 2 director Jon Favreau — currently in theaters in Deadpool & Wolverine — announced he will be directing the film based on his Emmy-winning Star Wars small-screen effort.
Producing will be his partner on the project, Dave Filoni, and the pair teased a first look of the film, which Favreau called an “all-new adventure following these two characters.”
Pedro Pascal plays the titular gunslinger, aka Din Djarin, who in the course of the three seasons of The Mandalorian, becomes the protector of Grogu, the Force sensitive being formerly known as Baby Yoda.
Variety reports Sigourney Weaver was in talks to star in the film, but nothing is official from Lucasfilm, and no other casting news was teased.
The Mandalorian and Grogu will fly into theaters May 22, 2026.
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Carl Weathers was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this week.
On Thursday, the actor, known for his role as boxer Apollo Creed in the Rocky films as well as his time as an NFL linebacker for the then-Oakland Raiders, was posthumously honored with his own Hollywood landmark.
Among those paying tribute were his family members, as well as dear friends in Hollywood and sports, including actress/director Bryce Dallas Howard, who worked with him on The Mandalorian — for which Weathers was nominated for an Emmy — and Star Trek actor LeVar Burton.
Carl Weathers’ sons Matthew and Jason Weathers, as well as his partner Christine Kludjian, also paid tribute to him in moving speeches.
“My father was an individual with dreams and aspirations,” Matthew Weathers said in his speech. “He knew what he wanted at a very young age. He told me on numerous occasions that if he had some money in his pocket as a young man, he’d go to the movies.”
“Not a lot of people have the opportunity to do what he did,” he added of his father’s illustrious career. “He was proud of what he created. So am I. It’s hard to imagine that he’s not here.”
Jason Weathers echoed his brother’s words, and said that he’s “so proud” of the actor-director.
“I wish he could be here to experience this,” he continued. “I know he was looking forward to this — over 50 years in Hollywood, in his career, and now to be immortalized with a star is just truly wonderful.”
Carl Weathers, who logged memorable performances in Predator, Toy Story, Arrested Development, and Happy Gilmore, died in February at age 76.
Weathers’ monument, in the category of Sports Entertainment, is the 2,787th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
After haunting audiences at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, director Steven Soderbergh‘s movie Presence let its presence be known with a creepy teaser on Wednesday.
The teaser doesn’t give away anything about the plot: It’s just a overhead shot of a suburban street, punctuated by a high-pitched whine.
As the shot rises, eventually entering a home through the window, the screen is slowly filled with titles from the director’s filmography, from 1989’s Sex, Lies and Videotape through Ocean’s Eleven, the Oscar winners Erin Brockovich and Traffic, and finally to the new movie’s title.
The movie stars Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan and Julia Fox, and is a ghost story visually told from the ghost’s point of view.