‘News of the World’: How the Editor of Tom Hanks’ Western Helped Shape an Emotional Story
Greengrass and editor William Goldenberg faced unusual challenges while figuring out the rhythms of their first western.
Greengrass and editor William Goldenberg faced unusual challenges while figuring out the rhythms of their first western.
Rising stars like Ludwig Goransson and Emile Mosseri are challenging long overdue veterans Thomas Newman, with 15 nominations, and James Newton Howard, with 8.
“Greenland,” the Gerard Butler thriller with no domestic theater play, remains high on VOD charts nearly 7 weeks after its release.
“The White Tiger,” Ramin Bahrani’s well-regarded adaption of the acclaimed 2008 novel, has risen daily to reach #2 on Netflix’s movie chart.
“The Marksman” held on to the top spot, but theaters faced another weekend with no new wide releases.
Also new to the charts is Nate Parker’s “American Skin,” his first film since “The Birth of a Nation,” which placed at #3 on Apple TV.
Theaters are grateful for any new title. But there is zero evidence that, even where open, audiences are on the rise.
Theaters continue to fight, but results remain minimal with a little more than 1 million tickets sold this weekend.
This year begins where 2020 left off, and possibly even worse, with a far bigger drop than normal for the DC sequel.
Normally, a blockbuster sequel opening to only 16% of the original’s first weekend would be a disaster. Not this year.
Writer-director Paul Greengrass talks about turning the post-Civil War western into a moving political fable.
Tom Hanks reunites with his “Captain Phillips” director for a modest but morally forceful Western about a nation in need of healing.