Ahead of its premiere this coming Monday, HBO has released a new trailer for Olivier Assayas’ small-screen remake of his 1996 French silent film Irma Vep. The series stars Alicia Vikander as Mira, an American movie star who begins to struggle to distinguish between herself and the character she is playing in her latest film; […]
Alicia Vikander stars in trailer for HBO’s Irma Vep
HBO has debuted the first trailer for Irma Vep, the upcoming limited series from director Olivier Assayas which is a remake of his 1996 French silent film of the same name. The series stars Alicia Vikander as a movie star who is disillusioned by the career and recent break up of a relationship; watch it […]
Kristen Stewart joins HBO’s Irma Vep limited series
After starring as Princess Diana in Spencer, Kristen Stewart has lined up her next project. According to The New Yorker, Stewart is set to star alongside Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider) in Olivier Assayas’ TV adaptation of his 1996 film Irma Vep for HBO. Loosely based on Assayas’ 1996 feature film, Irma Vep will follow Mira (Vikander), “an […]
HBO sets Alicia Vikander for Olivier Assayas limited series Irma Vep
HBO has given the green light to Irma Vep, a limited series from writer-director Olivier Assayas (Personal Shopper, Wasp Network) and starring Oscar-winner (The Danish Girl, Tomb Raider). Loosely based on Assayas’ 1996 feature film, Irma Vep will follow Mira (Vikander), “an American movie star disillusioned by her career and a recent breakup, who comes […]
First trailer for Wasp Network starring Edgar Ramirez, Penelope Cruz and Ana de Armas
Netflix has debuted the first trailer for director Olivier Assayas’ upcoming spy thriller Wasp Network which stars Penelope Cruz, Edgar Ramírez, Gaël Garcia Bernal, Ana de Armas, Leonardo Sbaraglia, and Wagner Moura. Inspired by Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, the film tell the story of five Cuban political prisoners who […]
Personal Shopper helmer to direct spy thriller Wasp Network
Variety has revealed that Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria, Personal Shopper) is set to write and direct Wasp Network, a spy thriller based upon Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War. Wasp Network tells the true story of “Cuban spies in American territory during the 1990s when anti-Castro groups based in […]
Movie Review – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016. Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Nora von Waldstätten, Anders Danielsen Lie, Sigrid Bouaziz, Ty Olwin, and Benjamin Biolay. SYNOPSIS: Revolves around a ghost story that takes place in the fashion underworld of Paris. Add another tick to the win column for Kristen Stewart (who has broken free […]
Second Opinion – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Nora Von Waltstatten, and Ty Olwin. SYNOPSIS: The personal assistant to an internationally famous model is also a medium, desperately trying to contact her recently-deceased twin brother on the other side. Her efforts meet with little success, until she starts receiving mysterious […]
Movie Review – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eldinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, and Ty Olwin. SYNOPSIS: A fashion model’s personal shopper finds herself drawn into the mystery surrounding the ghost of a lost family member. The heaps and heaps of critical and Cannes-lead praise for Olivier Assayas’s 21st-century answer to Poltergeist for the […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Personal Shopper (2016)
Personal Shopper, 2016. Directed by Olivier Assayas. Starring Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie and Ty Olwin. SYNOPSIS: Maureen serves as a personal shopper for the rich and famous. Residing in Paris, she also practices as a medium with the hope of contacting her recently deceased twin brother. Channelling two greatly conflicting lifestyles, soon […]
