THE BURIAL (2023) - Trailer, Clip, Images and Poster

"The Burial" is a legal drama directed by Maggie Betts ("Novitiate") from a script by Betts and Doug Wright loosely based on the story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Harr.

The cast includes Jamie Foxx, Tommy Lee Jones, Jurnee Smollett, Alan Ruck, Mamoudou Athie, Pamela Reed and Bill Camp. The film premiered at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, opened in select theaters on October 6th, and via streaming on Prime Video on October 13th.

Find out more about the movie after the jump.

Natalie Portman to Star in HBO Movie DAYS OF ABANDONMENT

Natalie Portman is set to play the lead role in HBO's upcoming movie "The Days of Abandonment", which is based on the novel of the same name by "My Brilliant Friend" author Elena Ferrante. The film will be adapted and directed by Sundance award winner Maggie Betts ("Novitiate"). The project is currently in preproduction.

The story follows Tess (Portman), a woman who abandoned her own dreams for a stable home life, but is in turn abandoned by her husband and her world is thrown off its axis. The film is a visceral, no-holds-barred journey into the mind of a woman in crisis that confronts the norms of motherhood and female identity as Tess traverses the darkest reaches of her own psyche.

Betts and Portman will also executive produce. HBO Films will produce in association with Medusa. "The Days of Abandonment" was previously adapted for a 2006 Italian film.

Portman is also set to star in the Apple limited series "Lady in the Lake" based on the novel of the same name by Laura Lipman. She is currently filming the Marvel movie "Thor: Love and Thunder".

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Jamie Foxx To Produce And Star In THE BURIAL For Amazon Studios

Oscar winner Jamie Foxx will produce and star in Amazon's true story drama "The Burial" which will be directed by Maggie Betts ("Novitiate") from a script by Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright, based on the New Yorker article by Jonathan Harr.

The film tells the story of a bankrupt funeral home owner who decides to sue a rival businessman over a handshake deal gone wrong, and hires a flamboyant attorney to handle the case.

Bobby Shriver, Adam Richman, Jenette Kahn and Datari Turner are producing.

Foxx can currently be seen in Netflix's superhero movie "Project Power", and will next be heard in the Disney/Pixar film "Soul". The actor is also set to produce and star in "They Cloned Tyrone", and is also executive producing and starring in Netflix's comedy series "Dad Stop Embarrasing Me".

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New on DVD and Blu-ray: NOVITIATE (2017)

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Product Description: Filled with powerful performances, NOVITIATE is about a young girl's first initiation with love, in this case with God. Raised by a non-religious, single mother in rural Tennessee in the 1950s, a scholarship to Catholic school soon finds Cathleen drawn into the mystery and romanticism of a life devoted to God. As she progresses from the postulant to the novitiate stage of training, she finds her faith repeatedly challenged by the harsh, often inhumane realities of being a servant of God. With the dawn of the Vatican II era, Cathleen finds herself struggling with issues of faith, sexuality and radical changes in the Church which threaten the course of nuns' lives.

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