Wonder what happened to the long-in-the-works “Tron: Ares,” the next chapter in the “Tron” franchise (and maybe a sequel to “Tron: Legacy”? That’s unclear), especially as the film was delayed last year due to the strikes? Well, good news on that front: it went into production in January in Vancouver and is scheduled for a 2025 release, and today, Disney released a first look at the film.

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We often wax effusive about movies, their meaning, their craft, their intention, how they are sculpted and shaped, but sometimes we forget about the director’s mantra: that casting is everything and we arguably sometimes take for granted how some movies that seem so perfect, may not work at all without the actors and performers at their center.

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2023 was a great year for movies, see our Best Films Of 2023 list, but let’s be real, so many of these movies were make or break based on their performances.

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After years in development hell, “Tron: Ares,” the long-awaited third installment in the “Tron” franchise, started inching closer to production earlier this year. Director Joachim Rønning signed on this January after Garth Davis left the project, and filming on the project should commence this month. So who will join Jared Leto in the “Tron: Ares” cast? Variety has the latest scoop there, and it’s Jodie Turner-Smith.

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We’ve got almost six months until the nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards are announced and a lot can happen over what is almost always a bumpy awards season road. Still, it is hard to imagine there being five other performances more worthy of a Best Actress nomination than what Greta Lee has pulled off in Celine Song‘s new drama, “Past Lives.” In the right timeline, she should be an absolute lock for an Oscar nomination.

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You may not yet know filmmaker, writer/director, and actor Julio Torres, but you should, given the fact that A24 and Tilda Swinton co-signed on him seemingly immediately for his feature-length debut. Torres is best known as a writer for “Saturday Night Live” and as the co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO series “Los Espookys.” While the latter HBO comedy was short-lived, those who saw it clearly loved it.

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How long does it take to find your soulmate? Two people face the question time and time again in “Past Lives.” The film focuses on childhood friends split up by things beyond their control. Years later, they connect once again only to find more time must pass before seeing each other.

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First-time filmmaker Celine Song directs from her own script — prior to the project, she wrote for Amazon’s action-adventure adaptation “The Wheel of Time.” According to Song, it took an outstanding script to convince A24 as well as the cast and crew this project was worth their time.

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Spanning three time periods and two continents, “Past Lives,” the directorial debut of Celine Song (“Endlings”), tells the story of two childhood friends and sweethearts pulled apart by time, circumstance, and fate. They come back together and end in a way that might subvert the romantic fantasies of the audience — but this only shows the important roles people play in our lives, even if it’s not what we expected. 

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Disembodied voices start us off in “Past Lives,” making guesses at who Nora (Greta Lee), Hae Sung (Teo Yoo), and Arthur (John Magaro) are to each other as they sit at an NYC bar.

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