Veteran filmmaker Todd Haynes will head the competition jury at the 2025 Berlin Film Festival. The announcement was made this morning by the festival. In a statement, Berlinale director Tricia Tuttle described Haynes as a "dazzlingly gifted writer and director."  “His body of work is at once…

EXCLUSIVE: The Los Angeles Film Critics Association is gearing up toward a special yearlong screening series in collaboration with the Egyptian Theatre that will commence in January 2025. In anticipation of the launch, LAFCA — which is putting on the event to celebrate its 50th anniversary — announced two…

Veteran producer Christine Vachon spoke publicly this morning about what she described as the "tragedy" behind Todd Haynes' now-shelved gay romance flick starring Joaquin Phoenix at the San Sebastian Film Festival.  Vachon — a regular at the Spanish festival — discussed the abandoned project as part…

After Joaquin Phoenix‘s abrupt exit from Todd Haynes‘ gay romance resulted in the film’s unraveling, one of its producers has addressed the fallout. Christine Vachon of Killer Films shared an article to Facebook about the actor dropping out five days before production, while responding to speculation…

EXCLUSIVE: Production of Todd Haynes’ gay romance movie is completely dead. The pic has been in limbo for the last two weeks as Joaquin Phoenix reportedly stormed off the set of the movie which also starred Top Gun: Maverick‘s Danny Ramirez. Producers during that time were trying to put the project back…

EXCLUSIVE: Top Gun: Maverick breakout actor Danny Ramirez is set to star opposite Joaquin Phoenix in an untitled detective movie from director Todd Haynes. Details have been thin on the ground so far, but the movie is said to follow two men, one played by Phoenix, who are intense lovers and leave…

EXCLUSIVE: Ahead of the EFM, Anatomy Of A Fall sales firm MK2 Films has boarded Todd Haynes’ anticipated collaboration with Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix.  We understand the secretive detective story, which is currently untitled, is aiming to shoot this summer, and MK2 and John Sloss’ Cinetic will be…

Charles Melton has had a good year; although saying farewell to Riverdale hit him hard, he went head-to-head with Natasha Lyonne for an episode of Poker Face and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Todd Haynes' May December. Sandwiched between Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, the U.S.-born…

Even by the HFPA's eccentric standards, Todd Haynes' May December is a wild card in the Best Musical or Comedy category. But it does feature elements of both, in a deceptively dark story that harks back to the days of Hollywood's self-imposed censorship code, when ingenious directors found sensitive and…

Even by the HFPA's eccentric standards, Todd Haynes' May December is a wild card in the Best Musical or Comedy category. But it does feature elements of both, in a deceptively dark story that harks back to the days of Hollywood's self-imposed censorship code, when ingenious directors found sensitive and…

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with the Todd Haynes-directed May December starring Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman and Charles Melton. It made a splash at Cannes this year when the darkly comedic and complex feature, loosely based on the…

May December, the title of Todd Haynes's latest drama, reflects the director's dance card for the year: having opened in Cannes, the Netflix title has been a festival favorite ever since, and will likely hang in there until voting closes after Christmas. Its two star names, Natalie Portman and Julianne…