Welcome to B.H.โs Screen Time, where every week, weโll give you the cliff notes on whatโs happening in the entertainment industry. From various stages of development chatter and our take on the newest releases, to a fun throwback worth revisiting, think of it as an insiderโs digest meets movie club.
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In the critically acclaimed and potentially Oscar-nomination-worthy wake of Train Dreams, Netflix has decided to further its ongoing collaborative relationship with Joel Edgerton with an eight-episode action crime drama dubbed Trigger Point.
Produced by A24, the story follows โa group of former Tier One Special Forces Operators who sell their elite skills to the criminal underworld behind the front of a private military contracting firm โ and the FBI agent whoโs hunting for them.โ
Harrison Query (Heads of State) โ who also just sold action thriller spec The Operator to the streaming giant โ will serve as showrunner, with Jeremy Saulnier (Blue Ruin, Green Room, Rebel Ridge) set to direct. Both juggle executive producer duties alongside Cut Toโs Joe Hipps and Patrick Macdonald.
Trigger Point release date: TBA (via Netflix).
In other Netflix-related news, its upcoming live-action Assassinโs Creed series has reportedly cast another Aussie thesp in Toby Wallace (Bikeriders, Pistol, Euphoria) ahead of cameras rolling in Italy.
While itโs unclear who Wallace will portray, Deadline asserts heโll be a co-lead in this โhigh-octane thriller centred on the secret war between two shadowy factions โ one set on determining mankindโs future through control and manipulation, while the other fights to preserve free will.โ
The publication also notes the characters are said to be different from the hit Ubisoft video game franchise. Sorry to break it to ya, Altair and Ezio Auditore fanboys.
The Assassinโs Creed series has been in development since October 2020 as part of a larger deal between Netflix and Ubisoft (hence the Splinter Cell anime). Based on last reports, it was actively being penned by Die Hard screenwriter and creator Vikings: Valhalla Jeb Stuart.
Roberto Patino (DMZ) and David Wiener (In Search of Darkness), on the other hand, are onboard as showrunners. They executive produce with Gerard Guillemot, Margaret Boykin, Austin Dill, Genevieve Jones for Ubisoft Film & Television, as well as Matt OโToole.
Bar the odd special content, this officially marks the second major adaptation of Assassinโs Creed after the overly ambitious 2017film directed by Justin Kurzel; starring Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson, Charlotte Rampling, and Michael K. Williams.
Assassinโs Creed series release date: TBA (via Netflix).
Weโve now received a slightly more substantial preview of Yellowstone spin-off Y: Marshals with Luke Grimes reprising his role as Kayce Dutton.
Helmed by Spencer Hudnut (SEAL Team), as per the official logline:
โWith the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana. Kayce and his teammates โ Pete Calvin (Marshall-Green), Belle Skinner (Kebbel), Andrea Cruz (Santos), and Miles Kittle (Means) โ must balance the high psychological cost of serving as the last line of defense in the regionโs war on violence with their duty to their families, which for Kayce includes his son Tate (Merrill) and his confidantes Thomas Rainwater (Gil Birmingham) and Mo (Mo Brings Plenty) from the Broken Rock reservation.โ
Aside from Y: Marshals starring Luke Grimes, fans can expect plenty more from Taylor Sheridanโs money-making stable of bingeable dramas before he makes his grand billion-dollar exodus to NBCUniversal.
The most prominent new material involves spiritual sequel series The Madison. Starring Michelle Pfeiffer, it follows the story of wealthy matriarch Stacy Clyburn, who moves her family from NYC to Montana โin the wake of her husband and brother-in-lawโs tragic deaths in a plane crash.โ
Then thereโs the Dutton Ranch spin-off with fan favourites Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser) being developed as we speak โ something weโve noted will functionally exist as a sixth season and premiere around the same time as The Madison.
Y: Marshals release date (international): March 1st, 2026 via CBS/Paramount+.
Quentin Tarantinoโs Greatest Movies Of The 21st Century
Whether you like it or not, given the calibre and influence of his oeuvre, Quentin Tarantino has soundly earned the right to pass certain sweeping judgments about cinema. However wrong they may sound (weโll defend Paul Dano in There Will Be Blood and beyond until the day we die).
The noted auteur recently unveiled his picks for the greatest movies of the 21st century while appearing on The Bret Easton Ellis podcast โ the rationales for which have been transcribed by World of Reel below. From Jackass and School of Rock to Dunkirk and Zodiac, explore them at your own leisure:
1. Black Hawk Down (2001) dir. Ridley Scott
โI liked it when I first saw it, but I actually think it was so intense that it stopped working for me, and I didnโt carry it with me the way that I shouldโveโฆ Since then, Iโve seen it a couple of times, not a bunch of times, but I think itโs a masterwork, and one of the things I love so much about it itโฆ this is the only movie that actually goes completely for an Apocalypse Now sense of purpose and visual effect and feeling, and I think it achieves it. It keeps up the intensity for two hours 45 minutes, or whatever it is, and I watched it again recently, my heart was going through the entire runtime of the movie; it had me and never let me go, and I hadnโt seen it in a while. The feat of direction is beyond extraordinary.โ
2. Toy Story 3 (2010) dir. Lee Unkrich
โThat last five minutes ripped my f**king heart out, and if I even try to describe the end, Iโll start crying and get choked upโฆ Itโs just remarkable. Itโs almost a perfect movie. And we donโt even get to talk about the great comedy bits, which are never-ending. I think people never nail the third film of a trilogy. I think the other one is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly to me, and this is The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of animated films. This is the greatest end of a trilogy.โ
3. Lost in Translation (2003) dir. Sofia Coppola
โI fell so much in love with Lost in Translation that I fell in love with Sofia Coppola and made her my girlfriend [laughs]. I courted and wooed her, and I did it all in public; it was like it was out of a Jane Austen novel. I didnโt know her well enough to get together on my own, but I kept going to eventsโฆ I spoke to Pedro Almodรณvar about this, and we both agreed it was such a girlie movie, in such a delicious way. I hadnโt seen such a girlie movie in a very long time, and I hadnโt seen such a girlie movie like that be so well done.โ
4. Dunkirk (2017) dir. Christopher Nolan
โAnother film that I didnโt initially likeโฆ What I now love about it is that I feel thereโs a real mastery to it, and I came around to it watching it again and again and again. The first time, itโs not like it left me cold -it was so kind of gobsmacking, I didnโt really know what I saw, it was almost too much, and then the second time I saw it, my brain was able to take it in a little bit more, and then the third time and the fourth time, it was just like, wow, it just blew me away.โ
5. There Will Be Blood (2007) dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
โDaniel Day-Lewis. The old-style craftsmanship quality to the film. It had an old Hollywood craftsmanship without trying to be like that. It was the only film heโs ever done, and I brought it up to him, that doesnโt have a set piece. The fire is the closest to a set piece. This was about dealing with the narrative, dealing with the story, and he did it fcking amazingly. There Will Be Blood would stand a good chance at being #1 or #2 if it didnโt have a big, giant flaw in it โฆ and the flaw is Paul Dano. Obviously, itโs supposed to be a two-hander, but itโs also drastically obvious that itโs not a two-hander. [Dano] is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister. Austin Butler would have been wonderful in that role. Heโs just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. The weakest f**king actor in SAG [laughs].โ
6. Zodiac (2007) dir. David Fincher
โWhen I first watched Zodiac, I wasnโt that into it, and then it started playing the movie channels, and first thing I knew, watching 20 minutes of it, 40 minutes of it, and I realized this is a lot more engaging than I remember it being, and it kept grabbing me in different sections, so I decided to watch this goddamn thing again, and it was a whole different experience from that point on. I found myself, every six or seven years, watching it again, and itโs a luxurious experience that I give myself over toโฆ mesmerising masterwork.โ
7. Unstoppable (2010) dir. Tony Scott
โItโs one of my favourite last movies of a director. Iโve seen it four times, and every time I see it, I like it more. If you asked me years ago, I would have put Man on Fire on the list, but Unstoppable is one of the purest visions of Tonyโs action aesthetic, the two guys are great together, and it gets better and better. Itโs one of the best monster movies of the 21st century. The train is a monster. The train becomes a monster. And it becomes one of the greatest monsters of our time. Stronger than Godzilla, stronger than those King Kong movies.โ
8. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) dir. George Miller
โI was actually not going to see it for the simple reason that in a world where Mel Gibson exists, and heโs not playing Max? I want Mad Mel! Weeks and weeks and weeks passed, and people kept talking about how great it was, and Fred, my editor, was saying, โIโm serious, you gotta do it.โ Then I saw it. The great stuff is so great, and youโre watching a truly great filmmaker; he had all the money in the world and all the time in the world to make it exactly as he wanted.โ
9. Shaun of the Dead (2004) dir. Edgar Wright
โMy favourite directorial debut even though he did a cheapie debut movie he doesnโt like to talk aboutโฆ I loved how much he loved the Romero universe he recreated. The script is really terrific, itโs one of the most quotable films on this list, I still quote the line, โThe dogs donโt look up.โ Itโs not a spoof of zombie movies, itโs a real zombie movie, and I appreciate the distinction.โ
10. Midnight in Paris (2011) dir. Woody Allen
โI really canโt stand Owen Wilson. I spent the first time watching the movie loving it and hating him. The second time I watched it, I was like, โAh, okay, donโt be such a prick, heโs not so bad.โ Then the third time I watched it, I found myself only watching him.โ
11. Battle Royale (2000) dir. Kinji Fukasaku
โI do not understand how the Japanese writer didnโt sue [Hunger Games author] Susan Collins for every f**king thing she owns. They just ripped off the f**king book. Stupid book critics are not going to go watch a Japanese movie called Battle Royale, so the stupid book critics never called her on it โ they talked about how it was the most original f**king thing theyโd ever read. As soon as the film critics saw the film, they said, โWhat the f**k, this is just Battle Royale except PG!โโ
12. Big Bad Wolves (2013) dir. Aharon Keshales & Navot Papushado
โThis has got a fantastic script and a similar storyline to Prisonersโฆ they handle it with guts and balls โ you know the American movie wouldnโt do that.โ
13. Jackass: The Movie (2002) dir. Jeff Tremaine
โThis was the movie I laughed at the most in these last 20 years. I donโt remember laughing from beginning to end like this since Richard Pryorโฆ As I was making Kill Bill, I thought this movie was so f**king funny I had to show it to the crew. So we found a print, watched the movie, and just died.โ
14. School of Rock (2003) dir. Richard Linklater
โIt was a really fun time at the theatres. It was a real fun, fun, fun screening. I do think this one had the explosion of Jack Black combined with Rick Linklater and Mike White โ that made it specialโฆ this is as close to Bad News Bears as we ever got.โ
15. The Passion of the Christ (2004) dir. Mel Gibson
โI was laughing a lot during the movie. Not because we were trying to be perverse, laughing at Jesus getting f**ked up โ extreme violence is just funny to me โ and when you go so far beyond extremity, it just gets funnier and funnier. We were just groaning and laughing at how f**ked up this wasโฆ Mel did a tremendous directorial job. He put me in that time period. I talked to Mel Gibson about this and he looked at me like I was a f**king nut.โ
16. The Devilโs Rejects (2005) dir. Rob Zombie
โThis rough PeckinpahโcowboyโManson thing โ that voice didnโt really exist before [House of 1000 Corpses], and he refined that voice with this movie โฆ Peckinpah wasnโt part of horror before this. He melded it with sick hillbillies, and itโs become a thing now. You can recognise it across the street, but that didnโt exist before.โ
17. Chocolate (2008) dir. Prachya Pinkaew
โHereโs a movie you probably never heard ofโฆ People getting f*cked up in the most spectacular of waysโฆ they trained this 12-year-old girl for four years to star in this movieโฆ this is some of the greatest kung fu fights Iโve ever seen in a movie.โ
18. Moneyball (2011) dir. Bennett Miller
โBrad Pittโs performance was one of my favorite star performances of the last 20 years โ where a movie star came in and reminded you why he was a movie star and just carried the movie on his shoulders.โ
19. Cabin Fever (2002) dir. Eli Roth
โThereโs something so charming. Eliโs sense of humour, sense of gore โ it just really, really works. People kind of forget how tense it is in the first half because it gets so genuinely funny in the last 20 minutes โฆ Hostel might be his best movie, but this is my favourite.โ
20. West Side Story (2021) dir. Steven Spielberg
โThis is the one where Steven shows he still has it. I donโt think Scorsese has made a film this exciting [this century]. It revitalised himโฆ I couldnโt believe I liked the lead [Ansel Elgort] as I didnโt like him in anything else.โ
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