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Searchlight Pictures announced on Friday that its darkly comedic horror film Nightbitch, starring six-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams (Arrival), has been slated for release in theaters on December 6. An adaptation of Rachel Yoder’s acclaimed debut novel, from writer-director Marielle Heller (Can…

Searchlight Pictures announced on Tuesday that its dramedy A Real Pain, marking the sophomore feature of actor-turned-filmmaker Jesse Eisenberg, will hit theaters in the thick of awards season, on October 18. Eisenberg stars opposite Succession Emmy winner Kieran Culkin in the buzz title, which…

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) and Olivia Colman (The Favourite) have been tapped to star in The Roses, a reimagining of the 1989 classic The War of the Roses that Jay Roach (Bombshell) will direct for Searchlight Pictures. Currently in development, the dark comedy’s logline is as…

EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight has set five more for major roles in its Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown, directed by James Mangold and starring Timothée Chalamet: Boyd Holbrook (The Bikeriders), Scoot McNairy (Argo), Dan Fogler (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them), Will Harrison (Daisy Jones & The Six)…

Ned Benson’s The Greatest Hits is a poignant exploration of grief, memory and the transformative power of music, marking his foray into magical realism. At its core, this film, brought to life by a vibrant cast including Lucy Boynton, David Corenswet, Retta…

Oppenheimer blew up the 96th Academy Awards, taking a dominating seven trophies including Best Picture on Sunday at the Dolby Theater in Hollywood. Poor Things was next with four, and The Zone of Interest was the only other film to score multiple statuettes. Oppenheimer’s Universal Pictures snagged…

If you were concerned for Emma Stone and her broken dress following her appearance onstage at tonight’s Oscars to accept the prize for Best Actress, fear not. “They sewed me back in,” shared the star of Poor Things, Searchlight’s adaptation of the novel by Alasdair Gray. “Right when I came…

The LAUSD Education Foundation is embarking on a major capital campaign to benefit the musical instrument repair operation documented in the Oscar-nominated film The Last Repair Shop. The $15 million campaign, revealed at an event at Hollywood High School Tuesday night, will invest in the repair…

As an actor who’s no stranger to the green screen — having to create from the imagination while “just sort of floating in no man’s land” — Mark Ruffalo relished a very different sort of experience on the fantastical Poor Things. “I’ve worked on some really big pictures, pictures where they have a lot…

EXCLUSIVE: Searchlight Pictures and the L.A. Times Studios have released a new trailer for their Oscar-nominated short documentary The Last Repair Shop, days before the film debuts in hundreds of theaters. Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers directed the film about the handful of repair people who maintain…

Vivian Oparah is aware of the spotlight on her following her BAFTA Film Awards nomination for her breakthrough performance in Searchlight's romance movie Rye Lane, but she feels it's imperative that she "stay grounded" because it's a more disparate path towards stardom for Black actresses. "For me…

EXCLUSIVE: After seeing Searchlight Pictures release his acclaimed queer rom-com Fire Island via Hulu, Joel Kim Booster is back in business with the studio as the writer and producer of Again Again Again, a spec that it snapped up for development ahead of last year’s WGA strike. Eyed as a potential…