With just a month to go until it premieres on Amazon Prime Video, a new trailer has been released for Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk director Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Underground Railroad which follows Cora Randall (Thuso Mbedu) as she makes a desperate bid for freedom, […]
Barry Jenkins’ The Underground Railroad gets first poster and trailer
Amazon Prime Video has debuted a poster and teaser trailer for Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Underground Railroad. The limited drama series stars Thuso Mbedu as Cora Randall, a young woman who escapes the Georgia plantation where she is enslaved for the rumoured underground railroad in a desperate bid […]
Director Barry Jenkins praises the script for Disney’s The Lion King 2
Celebrated for his independent dramas that tug at your heartstrings, it’s still a bit shocking to see Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk director Barry Jenkins tackling Disney’s follow-up to The Lion King remake. When Jenkins does speak about this choice however, as he did in a recent interview with Variety, it makes complete […]
The Lion King sequel in the works at Disney with Barry Jenkins directing
Walt Disney Studios will revisit Pride Rock once again, this time with a sequel to 2019’s blockbuster, The Lion King. Deadline reports that Disney has greenlit a sequel to the film that grossed $1.6 billion worldwide, with Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins attached to direct. Shortly after the news broke, Moonlight and If Beale Street Could […]
Naomie Harris says Barry Jenkins pitched a Miss Moneypenny spinoff to Bond producers
Naomie Harris is set to return to the Bond franchise next year as she reprises the role of Miss Moneypenny alongside Daniel Craig in No Time To Die, and during an interview with Good Morning America to promote her new film Black and Blue, the British actress has revealed that her Moonlight director Barry Jenkins […]
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins to helm Alvin Ailey biopic
Fox Searchlight has just tapped Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk director Barry Jenkins to direct a biopic on Alvin Ailey, one of the most influential dance choreographers in the industry, per Deadline. The untitled biopic will be made in conjunction with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, which has the full rights to Ailey’s choreography, and will […]
Movie Review – If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Written and directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis, Ebony Obsidian, Dominique Thorne, Diego Luna, Finn Wittrock, Ed Skrein, Emily Rios, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, and Dave Franco. SYNOPSIS: A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to […]
If Beale Street Could Talk gets a final trailer and poster
With a little over two weeks to go until its US limited theatrical release, Annapurna Pictures has revealed the final trailer and a poster for Barry Jenkins’ (Moonlight) upcoming adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel If Beale Street Could Talk which stars Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, […]
Movie Review – If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Michael Beach, Teyonah Parris, Finn Wittrock, Diego Luna, Emily Rios, and Brian Tyree Henry. SYNOPSIS: With the father (Stephan James) of her unborn child wrongly incarcerated, Trish (Kiki Layne) must find strength in the face of the […]
2018 BFI London Film Festival Review – If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk, 2018. Directed by Barry Jenkins. Starring Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Regina King, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, and Brian Tyree Henry. SYNOPSIS: Childhood sweethearts Tish and Fonny live in Harlem in the 1970s and are planning a life together, despite difficulties […]
