Emma Stone has come a long way from her La La Land character Mia’s humble barista origins: she’s now the highest-paid actress of this year, thanks mostly to last year’s Damien Chazelle film that rocketed her around the awards circuit last winter.
It seems like we get a new Netflix original every week, but there’s something special in Mind with David Fincher and Charlize Theron. Become a Mindhunter with our first trailer for the October premiere, as Jonathan Groff and Fringe alum Anna Torv start profiling serial killers.
Atomic Blonde is an easy sell: It’s Charlize Theron in a stylish spy thriller from one-half of the directing duo behind John Wick. But the first solo directorial effort from David Leitch is a little more James Bond than Blonde Wick — James Blonde, maybe, and that’s not a bad thing. It’s certainly more plot-driven (and at times, slightly convoluted) than John Wick, but no less enjoyable, and though the action scenes are every bit as awesome as you’d hope, it’s not quite the film you might be expecting.
When someone says someone else fights like a girl, it’s intended as a diss with a nice dollop of misogyny on top. But the next time some jerk comes at you wth that nonsense, you can turn it into a compliment by yelling, “Oh yeah, well Charlize Theron does all her own stunts and could snap your spine in half like a pretzel rod, so there!” and run away weeping. In the light of a new behind-the-scenes video from the Atomic Blonde production, it is the ultimate comeback. For Charlize Theron does indeed fight like the girl (er, woman) she is, and that’s one hell of a way to fight.
It certainly seemed like Netflix wanted to make examples of canceling expensive series like The Get Down and Sense8, but not even comedies are safe. The streaming service’s controversial Girlboss has also been canceled after one season, despite its star pedigree.
It’s been pretty slow-going for David Fincher-Charlize Theron Netflix drama Mindhunter, but an official premiere may at last have been uncovered. The new Fincher-directed series starring Jonathan Groff and Fringe alum Anna Torv has reportedly booked its fall debut.