“Compartment No. 6.” stars Seidi Haarla as a young Finnish woman who escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the Arctic port of Murmansk. She’s forced to share the ride in a tiny sleeping car with a larger-than-life Russian miner (Yuriy Borisov). The pair find their unexpected encounter leads them to face major truths about human connection. Kuosmanen wrote the script with Andris Feldmanis and Livia Ulman; it was inspired by the novel of the same name by Finnish writer Rosa Liksom....

Speaking to Variety during the ongoing SXSW Festival, Kruger opened up about an audition process for “Troy” that left her feeling degraded. “I remember testing for ‘Troy’ and having to go to the studio head in costume,” Kruger recalled of the Wolfgang Petersen-directed film, which Warner Bros. released in May 2004. “And I felt like meat, being looked up and down and was asked, ‘Why do you think you should be playing this?...

Here’s what Disney didn’t say: It didn’t say theaters were the premiere outlet for Disney content. In fact, the presentations made almost no effort to differentiate theatrical releases from those movies and series that will premiere on Disney+. That’s where it’s all going to wind up, the better to achieve streaming-brand “penetration” — a word Disney executives used with the same enthusiasm once reserved for “content.” What Disney did, say, repeatedly, was “DTC” or, “Direct To Consumer....

The announcements made over the past few months have been an embarrassment of riches for fans of the long-running British sci-fi show. First, it was announced that beloved showrunner Russell T. Davies would be taking over the series again, and that actors David Tennant and Catherine Tate would return to the show for the 60th anniversary. Then, BBC revealed “Sex Education” and “Barbie” star Ncuti Gatwa had been cast as the 14th actor to play the iconic role....

Warner Bros. has the following films included on its 2021 slate for now (release dates could change, of course): “The Little Things,” “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Tom & Jerry,” “Godzilla vs. Kong,” “Mortal Kombat,” “Those Who Wish Me Dead,” “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It,” “In The Heights,” “Space Jam: A New Legacy,” “The Suicide Squad,” “Reminiscence,” “Malignant,” “Dune,” “The Many Saints of Newark,” “King Richard,” “Cry Macho,” and “Matrix 4....

With so much competition, how did relative newcomer Austin Butler land the gig? As it turns out, he got some help from one of Hollywood’s biggest stars. In a new interview with EW, Luhrmann opened up about the process of casting Butler as “Elvis,” including a nudge he received from Denzel Washington, who appeared with Butler in a 2018 Broadway production of Eugene O’Neill’s “The Iceman Cometh.” “[Austin Butler] found me,” Luhrmann said....

Fennell won the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for “Promising Young Woman” and reunites with LuckyChap Entertainment producer Margot Robbie for the upcoming family drama “Saltburn.” While the film’s plot has been kept under wraps, the official description hints that it’s a “story of obsession” involving an aristocratic English family. Oscar nominee Rosamund Pike, Jacob Elordi, and Barry Keoghan star in the film, with Fennell writing, directing, and also producing. LuckyChap Entertainment’s Josey McNamara and Tom Ackerley additionally produce alongside Robbie....