Kieran Culkin, Elle Fanning, Maya Hawke & Ralph Fiennes Join THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING

Elle Fanning ("The Great", "A Complete Unknown"), Maya Hawke ("Stranger Things"), Oscar winner Kieran Culkin ("Succession", "A Real Pain"), and three-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes ("Schindler's List", "Conclave", "The Constant Gardener") are the latest additions to the cast of "The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping", the upcoming prequel to the Jennifer Lawrence movies, and a sequel to 2023's "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes."

"The Hunger Games" franchise veteran helmer Francis Lawrence returns to direct from a script by Billy Ray based on Suzanne Collins' bestselling book of the same name, which was published on March 18th. The story revisits the world of Panem 24 years before the events of "The Hunger Games" and 40 years after "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", starting on the morning of the reaping of the 50th Hunger Games, also known as the Second Quarter Quell. The protagonist, 16-year-old Haymitch, is a clever and resourceful boy from District 12 who's unexpectedly chosen for this edition of the games, which will feature a deadly twist: twice the number of tributes, with 48 children sent into the arena to battle for their lives.

Fanning has been cast as Effie Trinket, the character portrayed by Elizabeth Banks in the first films. Hawke will take on the role of Wiress, a Hunger Games champion-turned-District 12 mentor. Culkin is set to play Caesar Flickerman, the host of the Hunger Games played by Stanley Tucci in the previous films. Fiennes has been cast as the villainous President Coriolanus Snow, the formidable leader of Panem previously portrayed by Donald Sutherland in the original films, and by Tom Blyth in "A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes".

The ensemble cast will also include Joseph Zada and Whitney Peak as Haymitch Abernathy and his girlfriend, Lenore Dove Baird, Mckenna Grace as Maysilee Donner, Jesse Plemons as Plutarch Heavensbee, Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Beetee, Lili Taylor as Mags, and Ben Wang as Wyatt Callow.

Color Force's Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson are producing, with Cameron MacConomy serving as executive producer. Meredith Wieck and Scott O'Brien are overseeing the project for the studio and Robert Melnik negotiated deals for Lionsgate.

"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" will open in theaters on November 20, 2026.

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THE COMEY RULE Miniseries Trailers, Clips, Featurette, Images and Poster

"The Comey Rule" is a two-part political drama miniseries written and directed by Billy Ray ("Captain Phillips") based on the book "A Higher Loyalty" by former FBI director James Comey. The limited series follows Comey (Jeff Daniels) in the run-up to the 2016 election, and later in the early months of Donald Trump's (Brendan Gleeson) presidency. Michael Kelly, Holly Hunter, Jennifer Ehle, Jonathan Banks, Oona Chaplin, Amy Seymetz and Peter Coyote co-star.

"The Comey Rule" aired on September 27-28, 2020 on Showtime

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New on Blu-ray: BREACH (2007) Starring Ryan Phillippe, Chris Cooper and Laura Linney

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Product Description: Inspired by the incredible true story of the greatest security breach in U.S. intelligence history, Breach is a spellbinding thriller starring Academy Award® winner Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe, Academy Award® nominee Laura Linney and Dennis Haysbert. Eric O'Neill (Phillippe) is assigned to work with renowned operative Robert Hanssen (Cooper), the sole subject of a long-term, top-secret investigation. Determined to draw this suspected double-agent out of deep cover, O'Neill finds himself in a lethal game of spy vs. spy, where nothing is as it seems. Critics are hailing Breach as "electrifying" (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) and "suspenseful" (Ty Burr, The Boston Globe).

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OVERLORD (2018) - Trailers, TV Spots, Clips, Featurettes, Images and Posters

"Overlord" is a World War II horror film directed by Julius Avery ("Son of a Gun") from a script by Billy Ray ("Captain Phillips") and Mark L. Smith ("The Revenant"), and produced by J.J. Abrams ("Star Wars: The Force Awakens").

The film is set on the eve of D-Day and it follows a team of American paratroopers who are dropped behind enemy lines to carry out a dangerous mission. However, they uncover a much more sinister threat in a mysterious Nazi lab hidden beneath a church. The cast features Jovan Adepo, Wyatt Russell, Mathilde Ollivier, John Magaro, Pilou Asbaek, Iain de Caestecker, Dominic Applewhite and Bokeem Woodbine.

"Overlord" opened in theaters on November 9, 2018 and received mostly positive reviews from critics. The film opened with $10 million at the box-office domestically and $19 million worldwide, against a budget of $38 million.

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THE LAST TYCOON Trailer, Clip, Featurette, Images and Poster

"The Last Tycoon" is a new drama series based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished novel of the same name. Created by "Captain Phillips" and "The Hunger Games" writer Billy Ray, the show is set in the 1930s and it stars Matt Bomer ("White Collar") as Monroe Stahr, Hollywood's first wunderkind studio executive who starts a power struggle with his mentor and current studio head Pat Brady (Kelsey Grammer).

The cast also includes Lily Collins, Dominique McElligott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Mark O'Brien and Enzo Cilenti.

"The Last Tycoon" was originally developed for HBO, but when that network passed on the project, Amazon picked it up, shot a pilot and streamed it last summer. The series' complete first season was released on July 28th, 2017 and is now streaming via Amazon.

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DVD & Blu-Ray: SECRET IN THEIR EYES (2015)

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Product Description: Academy Award nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor and Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts star in this intense, haunting thriller that explores the murky boundaries between justice and revenge. A tight-knit team of rising investigators – Ray (Ejiofor), Jess (Roberts) and their supervisor Claire (Kidman) – is torn apart when Jess’s teenage daughter is brutally and inexplicably murdered. After obsessively searching for the elusive killer every day for 13 years, Ray finally uncovers a new lead that he’s certain will resolve the case. No one is prepared, however, for the shocking secret that will reveal the enduring, destructive effects of personal vengeance on the human soul.

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SECRET IN THEIR EYES - 5 Clips and 36 Pictures

The remake "Secret in Their Eyes" opens today in theaters and we have a batch of five clips and thirty-six new images from the film. Based on the 2009 Best Foreign Language Oscar winner of the same name, the movie has received mixed to negative reactions from critics, who observed that while the cast offers amazing performances, the remake feels unnecessary and closer in tone to a TV procedural.

Written and directed by "Captain Phillips" and "The Hunger Games" screenwriter Billy Ray, the film stars Julia Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Dean Norris, Michael Kelly, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole, Niko Nicotera and Zoe Graham.

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SECRET IN THEIR EYES Trailers and Posters

STX Entertainment has released two official trailers and four posters for the thriller "Secret in Their Eyes". The film is a remake of the 2009 Best Foreign Language Oscar winner of the same name, and it stars Julia Roberts, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Nicole Kidman as two FBI agents and their supervisor, respectively, who are torn apart when the daughter of Roberts' character is killed, a case that even years later they are unable to solve.

Written and directed by "Captain Phillips" and "The Hunger Games" scribe Billy Ray, the film also stars Dean Norris, Michael Kelly, Alfred Molina, Joe Cole, Niko Nicotera and Zoe Graham.

"Secret in Their Eyes" opens in theaters on November 20th.

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2014 Writers Guild of America Award Winners

The Writers Guild of America Awards winners have been announced. In the film categories, the award for Best Original Screenplay went to Spike Jonze for "Her", Billy Ray won Best Adapted Screenplay for "Captain Phillips" and Best Documentary Screenplay was awarded to Sarah Polley for "Stories We Tell". As far as predictions for the Oscars go, the WGA have a high prediction factor and have accurately indicated Oscar winners in the past, but it should be taken into account that in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, the WGA ruled that "12 Years a Slave" wasn't eligible. Considering how "12 Years a Slave" is a strong contender at the Oscars, and it has been nominated for Adapted Screenplay, it's still the favorite to win. In television, the big winners were "Veep", "Breaking Bad" and "House of Cards".

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