Charlize Theron reveals she would love to do the Hancock sequel; Says 'will do the film in a heartbeat'

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentChiara Bellosi, whose first work, “Ordinary Justice,” launched from Berlin’s Generation 14plus section in 2020, is back with “Swing Ride” (“Calcinculo”) about an overweight 15-year-old named Benedetta pining for attention in an Italian province where she falls in love with the skinny non-binary Amanda.A key difference between the two films is that while “Ordinary Justice,” which examined the lives of two families on opposite sides of a murder case, originated from a deeply researched screenplay that Bellosi wrote, “Swing Ride” — premiering in Panorama on Feb. 13 — stems from a prizewinning script proposed to her by Carlo Cresto Dina, her producer, who also discovered Alice Rohrwacher (“Happy as Lazzaro”) and is known for nurturing the cream of Italy’s new cinematic crop.   “It’s a very different process; it was the first time that I had to start from a world that didn’t germinate from me,” said Bellosi about working from the script penned by Maria Teresa Venditti and Luca De Bei that won Italy’s prestigious Solinas prize in 2018.It was like moving into a new house that she had to make her own, she said.“I worked with the writers; I wanted to make a few tweaks and we did that together,” she added, noting that initially “it was a leap into the void.” But directing from their screenplay actually ended up giving her “more freedom” than her previous pic because “the container is already there; but you can go pretty wild with the rest.”This freedom also made it more fun.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films, the banner behind Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” has boarded “Love Life,” the anticipated next film of laureled Japanese director Koji Fukada. Fukada’s credits include the 2016 movie “Harmonium” which won the jury prize at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, as well as “A Girl Missing” which played at Toronto. His latest film, “The Real Thing” was part of Cannes 2020’s Official Selection.

K.J. Yossman Fresh from appearing in Netflix hit Adam McKay’s “Don’t Look Up,” Mark Rylance’s latest big screen outing is “The Outfit,” in which he stars as Leonard, a 1950s tailor. It is a role that could not be more dissimilar to the fictional megalomaniac billionaire Peter Isherwell, whom Rylance plays in McKay’s disaster movie.Written and directed by Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning scribe behind “The Imitation Game,” “The Outfit” sees Rylance star as a Savile Row tailor who has fled across the Atlantic to escape his tragic past.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentTrustNordisk has closed a flurry of sales on a pair of 3D-animated family features, “Little Allan — The Human Antenna” and “The Super,” underscoring the market appeal of independent youth-skewing movies.“Little Allan – The Human Antenna” marks Danish film Amalie Naesby Fick’s follow up to her commercially successful debut “The Incredible Story of The Giant Pear,” which premiered in the the Generation Kplus section at Berlin in 2018. This year, the helmer has her daring drama series “Sex” selected for the Berlinale Series.The film takes place during summer vacation, when introverted, 11-year old Allan starts acting as a human antenna for his old neighbor, who thinks a huge invasion fleet from the outer space is on its way.

Leo Barraclough International Features EditorAhead of Sunday’s world premiere of documentary “1341 Frames of Love and War,” which plays in Berlinale Special, Variety spoke to Israeli writer/director Ran Tal about the film and its subject, Israeli war photographer Micha Bar-Am.In some ways “Frames” continues Tal’s interest in Israeli history evident in his previous work, “What If? Ehud Barak on War and Peace,” which centered on the former prime minister of Israel. Bar-Am was born in Berlin in 1930, but grew up in what became Israel, and across a five decade-long career as a photographer he documented many of the major episodes – in particular the wars – in the life of the young country, founded in 1948.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRAI Com is launching sales at the online EFM on Giuseppe Piccioni’s Fascist-era drama ‘L’Ombra del giorno,” starring Italian A-lister Riccardo Scamarcio (“Three Floors”) and Benedetta Porcaroli (“Baby,” “The Catholic School”).Pic, which Scamarcio produced, is a love story with a thriller twist set in 1938, two years before Italy entered World War II. It unfolds entirely in the central Italian town of Ascoli Piceno, a hidden gem with gorgeous medieval monuments, churches and piazzas.The film’s title translates as “The Shadow of the Day,” a reference to the darkness of Fascism.Luciano (Scamarcio), a wounded World War I veteran and a sympathizer of Fascism like most Italians at the time, runs a classy restaurant overlooking the town’s ancient square.

John Hopewell Chief International CorrespondentAdding to its notable lineup in Latin American movies, Paris-based sales agent MPM Premium has taken international sales rights to “Fogaréu,” from writer-director Flávia Neves, part of Brazil’s new wave of female filmmakers, which is one of the most exciting developments the country’s cinema currently has going for it.MPM Premium is introducing the film at this week’s Berlin Festival, where it world premieres in Panorama on Feb. 15.First glimpsed at 2020’s Ventana Sur project market, “Fogaréu” shares a sense of attitude and a feminist agenda and a visual verve with fellow Brazilian Ventana Sur titles “The Pink Cloud,” Iuli Gerbase’s a sci-fi character-driven thriller, and “The Joy of Things,” Thais Fujinaga’s portrait of motherhood, also playing at the same market.

Darius Rucker's favorite Super Bowl Sunday tradition involves spending time with his son. The country music star opened up about having the opportunity to attend Super Bowls with his son Jack in a new interview with Fox News Digital. "I've been going a lot in the past few years and taking my son, so that's kind of our thing," Rucker explained.

Charlize Theron will not be playing her iconic role of Furiosa in the upcoming “Mad Max: Fury Road” sequel.

FilmA group of mercenaries, all centuries-old immortals, with the ability to heal themselves, discover someone is onto their secret, and they must fight to protect their freedom. They have secretly protected the earth for centuries while remaining hidden in the shadows.The old guard is an adaption of the comic created by Eisner-winning writer Greg Rucka (’Lazarus’, ‘Black Magick’, ‘ Wonder Woman’) and critically acclaimed Argentinian artist Leandro Fernandez (The Discipline, Deadpool, Punisher: MAX).

Charlize Theron has become one of the go-to actresses when it comes to action films. She’s appeared in films such as “Fate of the Furious,” “Atomic Blonde,” and the upcoming “The Old Guard,” due to her ability to not only act but to actually pull off action scenes.

Charlize Theron is being replaced as Furiosa in the Mad Max franchise, and now, she’s reacting to the news.

Charlize Theron has spoken about the struggles of homeschooling her children while at home during the coronavirus pandemic, saying she would much rather make intense action films than become their teacher again.Theron has two daughters – eight-year-old Jackson, who she adopted in 2012, and four-year-old August, who she adopted in July 2015.The Oscar-winning actor acknowledged the difficulties of homeschooling her daughters during a recent interview with Today’s Willie Geist, who also has two children.Speaking to the television anchor about life in quarantine over video chat, Theron said: “I’d say the biggest challenge for me was just homeschooling,” to which Geist responded: “Amen.”“It was an incredibly stressful time for me and I will make

The Old GuardFilm Charlize Theron kicks ass as an ageless warrior who leads a group of immortal mercenaries fighting to keep their team together after they are exposed by an evil entity looking to replicate and monetize their power. Based on the graphic novel from Greg Rucka.When: Friday on Netflix

Charlize Theron has been struggling to raise her children properly amid the COVID-19 lockdowns. During a chat with Willie Geist from Today, the 44-year-old joked that filming her movies is a lot easier than taking care of her children, Jackson, 8, and August, who will be 5-years-old this month.

Just like most parents, Charlize Theron is over homeschooling.

Charlize Theron is 100% over homeschooling.

"Is this even safe?" KiKi Layne's Nile Freeman asks as she looks around a rickety Russian plane."Does it matter?" shrugs Charlize Theron's Andy, looking tough in a black tank top and Chet Baker-like haircut. In a typical action movie it's a typical line — macho, heroic bluster.

Also Read: Charlize Theron Is a 'Very Hard to Kill' Warrior in Action Film 'The Old Guard' Trailer (Video)Theron, who is back to the sinewy power we saw in “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Atomic Blonde,” plays Andromache of Scythia, but you can call her Andy. Two or three centuries ago (don’t ask her age!), she figured out that she could never be killed, that every injury would heal.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticThere’s a thing you can always count on in blockbuster movie culture: If a popcorn genre hangs around long enough, after a while it’s going to merge with another popcorn genre it seemingly has nothing to do with. That’s what happened when “Kingsman: Secret Service” (2014) fused the setting and attitude of a James Bond thriller with the fanciful bang-bang-ballet-in-the-air action of a superhero movie.It happens again in “The Old Guard.” Adapted from the 2017 graphic novel by Greg Rucka (who wrote the screenplay), the movie is about a team of crime-fighting immortals whose flesh can repair itself from bullet wounds and knife stabs like something out of an “X-Men” film.

The first trailer of Charlize Theron's upcoming film, The Old Guard had many witnessed many folks dropping their jaws after seeing the lead actor pulling off deadly stunts and getting shot. But, what stole the attention of the audiences is that even after being hit by the bullets and the most deadliest weapons, Charlize Theron's character is nothing short of a mystery in the upcoming film.

Thanks to films like “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “Atomic Blonde,” Charlize Theron has positioned herself as one of the most badass actresses in action films today. And she hopes to keep that trend going with the upcoming Netflix action film, “The Old Guard.” As seen in the new trailer for the film, “The Old Guard” follows Theron as the leader of a mysterious group of immortal mercenaries that has stayed under the radar for hundreds of years.

Speaking to E!'s 'Daily Pop', she added: "I think if I met the love of my life, we would have to buy a house down the street. I remember when Gwyneth Paltrow married her husband Brad and they lived in separate homes, people made such a stink about it.

Charlize Theron had some words for Steven Seagal recently. The actress shouted out to the action star in a nasty way, claiming that he’s “overweight” and not nearly as good at Aikido as he claims.

Charlize Theron called out famed actor Steven Seagal for being “overweight” and not as good at martial arts as he claims to be during a recent interview. The actress, who has starred in several action movies such as “Atomic Blonde,” “The Fate of the Furious,” “Mad Max: Fury Road” and the upcoming film “The Old Guard” appeared for a virtual interview on “The Howard Stern Show” where, unlike when she’s performing stage combat for her roles, she pulled no punches in criticizing the 68-year-old “Under Sige” actor.

Charlize Theron is opening up to ET's Kevin Frazier about raising two Black children in America while the country continues to fight against police brutality and racial injustice. «As a parent, it's been a difficult time. I think all parents, we want to believe we have time.

Back in 2014, Charlize Theron and Sean Penn hogged a lot of headlines when the rumours about their engagement started doing the rounds. After all these years, Charlize finally decided to set the record straight on her past relationship with Sean Penn and revealed that they were never going to get married.

Charlize Theron has called claims that she and Sean Penn were once engaged “bulls**t”.The 44-year-old Bombshell star dated the 59-year-old Milk actor for 18 months before they split in June 2015, but she insisted they were never engaged to be married.Theron responded to the rumours on The Howard Stern show saying: “What? That’s not true. no.

Charlize Theron wants the world to know the truth about her relationship with Sean Penn. Fans will remember when the 44-year-old actress dated the 59-year-old actor, Sean, but these days, Charlize claims they were barely together for a year.

Charlize Theron isn’t holding back her thoughts on Steven Seagal.

Charlize Theron is revealing one celebrity she really does not like (in fact, she told him “f*ck you” during her recent interview!) That actor is Steven Seagal.