Jeremy Saulnier is one of the most exciting filmmakers working today. Unfortunately, it’s been quite a while since we’ve seen some of his work. Thankfully, that’s about to change as Netflix readies the release of his latest feature, “Rebel Ridge.” But it wasn’t smooth sailing to get to this point. And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, we talk to Saulnier about the long journey it took for “Rebel Ridge” to get released.

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If you want a high-velocity, muscular, and sharply tense dramatic thriller, which also doubles as a penetrating action film, more or less, in the parlance of the kids, we are so back. Or rather, the acclaimed indie director Jeremy Saulnier has finally returned with his long-awaited fifth feature film and, more importantly, returns to form after the minor misstep of 2019’s “Hold the Dark.” His best film since “Green Room,” and nearly as gripping, anxiety-inducing, and visceral, Saulnier’s “Rebel Ridge” is a no-fuss, no-muss dynamic action thriller.

Continue reading ‘Rebel Ridge’ Review: Jeremy Saulnier’s Fierce ACAB Thriller Is An Intense Showcase For Aaron Pierre at The Playlist.

With the dark thrillers “Blue Ruin” (2013) and “Green Room” (2015), filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier instantly put himself on the map as an indie darling filmmaker to watch. “Hold the Dark” came in 2018, but it’s been six years between movies. His latest, the long-awaited crime thriller “Rebel Ridge,” finally hits Netflix this September.

The thriller centers on an ex-Marine grappling with a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief.

Continue reading ‘Rebel Ridge’ Trailer: Jeremy Saulnier’s Long-Awaited Thriller With Aaron Pierre Arrives September 6 at The Playlist.

Following beloved indies like “Blue Ruin,” “Green Room,” and 2018’s “Hold the Dark,” it’s been several years since we’ve heard from filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier. Saulnier does have a new movie in the can, “Rebel Ridge,” but in a new interview, he describes the making of it as “tumultuous” and admits it was shot three different times (or at least it sounds like there were three different times production attempted to begin).

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Earlier this month, it was announced that actor John Boyega was exiting an upcoming Netflix project, “Rebel Ridge,” from filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier (“Green Room“). Actors leaving productions isn’t uncommon, but it’s not terribly normal for a film’s lead to exit during the filming and generally regarded as highly unprofessional in the film industry unless in case of emergency or some majorly untenable or contract-breaking situation.

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John Boyega was set to take a leading role in filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier‘s next feature film, “Rebel Ridge,” for streaming giant Netflix. Plot details for the project have been kept under wraps and had originally planned on shooting in the spring of 2020 before the pandemic delayed filming. 

READ MORE: Don Johnson, James Badge Dale & More Join John Boyega In Jeremy Saulnier’s ‘Rebel Ridge’

Well, there has been a huge shake-up on the “Rebel Ridge” production as Deadline reports that Boyega has officially exited the project mid-filming citing “family reasons.” However, they don’t expand upon what that means, but things happen, and he wouldn’t be the first actor to exit during production.

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Despite a bit of a creative setback in “Hold the Dark,” there’s no denying that Jeremy Saulnier is one of the best young filmmakers working today. And for his next film, “Rebel Ridge,” it appears as if he’s snagged one of the best young actors to star.

READ MORE: Jeremy Saulnier Says Anyone Who Believes His Upcoming Netflix Movie Isn’t A Real Movie Should “Stab Themselves In The Face”

According to Variety, John Boyega has been signed on to star in the upcoming thriller “Rebel Ridge,” which will be written and directed by Saulnier.

Continue reading Director Jeremy Saulnier To Team With John Boyega On Upcoming Thriller ‘Rebel Ridge’ at The Playlist.

After one major career-minting success (“True Detective” season one) and one resounding follow-up failure (season two), the narrative around “True Detective” creator /showrunner/writer/ Nic Pizzolatto’s third season is that he is returning to a back-to-basics approach. But that’s hardly the case, and perhaps more accurately, season three marks a quasi-return to safety, albeit one that’s needlessly more complicated and predictably dour.

READ MORE: The 50 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2019 

Set in three time periods, the 1980s, the 1990s and 2015, Pizzolatto makes it extra difficult on himself and the viewer in season three, featuring a crime at its center that spans four decades.

Continue reading ‘True Detective’ Season 3: Another Crime Procedural With Familiar Moody, Macho Baggage [Review] at The Playlist.

On this episode of Adjust Your Tracking, Joe and I eschew the theatrical route for a discussion on two recent high profile Netflix releases. With the streaming service’s current release mode set to full-on tidal wave, it can be overwhelming just thinking about what to watch and even keeping up on what’s new and worth your time. Hopefully, we can be of service, as both items on this show’s talk sheet are worth your time.

Continue reading Auteurs On Netflix: ‘Maniac’ & ‘Hold The Dark’ [AYT Podcast] at The Playlist.

If you haven’t seen any films by filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier, then you’re missing out. He’s one of the very best up-and-coming directors around. His 2014 film “Blue Ruin” is a crime-thriller masterpiece and 2016’s “Green Room” was such a dark and nasty neo-Nazi revenge thriller that it felt like an avant-garde horror movie.

READ MORE: Jeremy Saulnier Says Anyone Who Believes His Upcoming Netflix Movie Isn’t A Real Movie Should “Stab Themselves In The Face”

Saulnier’s latest venture into the dark abyss, “Hold the Dark,” has him teaming up with Netflix.

Continue reading Director Jeremy Saulnier Talks ‘Hold The Dark,’ Netflix, & What He Gained From Leaving ‘True Detective’ [Interview] at The Playlist.

“Three days ago my son Bailey was taken by wolves,” she writes in the letter, and she harbors no illusions about what happened next: “I don’t expect you to find my son alive. But you could find the wolf that took him.” When Russell Core (Jeffrey Wright) arrives at her door, Medora (Riley Keough) holds up the back of the book and compares the author photo. “You’re old,” she notes and lets him in.

Continue reading ‘Hold the Dark’: Jeremy Saulnier Crafts A Moody, Post-Peckinpah Thriller [TIFF Review] at The Playlist.

One of the best aspects of Netflix is that it allows filmmakers to showcase their work on a global platform. An aspect that attracted director Jeremy Saulnier to the streaming service for this latest film “Hold the Dark.” Saulnier burst onto the indie film scene with the fantastic “Blue Ruin” followed by the equally great “Green Room.” The making of “Green Room” was so claustrophobic and constrained that Saulnier wanted to break out and take in the sights for “Hold the Dark.”

“There’s scenes in the Iraq War.

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Filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier’s previous works have been relatively small in scale. His last film, “Green Room,” almost entirely took place inside of a bar, in fact. However, for his upcoming project “Hold the Dark,” not only is the director actually filming outdoors, but he’s also upping his scale quite a bit.

In a new interview with EW, Saulnier talks about the treacherous conditions that the cast and crew experienced while filming “Hold the Dark.” And long story short, it sounds miserable.

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If you haven’t heard the name of filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier before, you definitely need to drop everything and watch his previous films ASAP. “Blue Ruin” and “Green Room” are two of the most interesting indie films of the last several years and have firmly planted Saulnier as one of the brightest up and coming filmmakers around.

With his first two films leaning heavily into the dark and bloody, it’s surprising that the director says that his next project “Hold the Dark” might be his darkest and bloodiest work yet.

Continue reading ‘Green Room’s’ Jeremy Saulnier Says Upcoming Film ‘Hold The Dark’ Features His “Highest Body Count” To Date at The Playlist.

With the Cannes vs. Netflix debate in full swing, we’re starting to hear from filmmakers that were caught in the crossfire. Yesterday, we reported that Orson Welles’ daughter, Beatrice, had written an email to Netflix, asking the streaming service to reconsider their Cannes ban. One of the other filmmakers involved is Jeremy Saulnier, whose “Hold the Dark” was a strong contender to be included in the festival.

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We knew it was going to happen. After Netflix preemptively announced that their films would not be making appearances at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, everyone was waiting for the official response from festival director Thierry Fremaux. And now we have it.

“Films must be open to the possibility of being distributed in cinemas”, he explained, in a report from Deadline.

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It was definitely too good to be true, wasn’t it?

The upcoming, high-anticipated third season of “True Detective” seemed like it was shaping up to be a return to form for the HBO series. After an impressive first season (with stars Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey), “True Detective” faltered in its second season, leaving the future of the series unclear.

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After a clunky sophomore effort, HBO’s “True Detective” series from creator Nic Pizzolatto is looking for redemption in season three. Part of that narrative was hiring a critically-acclaimed indie auteur in “Green Room” director Jeremy Saulnier to help lead the show visually. But two episodes into the new season, Saulnier is exiting the show to be replaced with Daniel Sackheim, known for helming several episodes of FX‘s “The Americans.” HBO is calling the change up a “scheduling issue.”

READ MORE: ‘True Detective’ Season 3 Won’t Arrive Until 2019

The cable network released the following statement on the filmmaking changes through a spokesperson: “Director and executive producer Jeremy Saulnier has completed the first two episodes of True Detective season 3 and will be departing the production due to scheduling issues.

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Surviving a critical thrashing for its second season, and plenty of #truedetectiveseason3 Twitter jokes, “True Detective” is officially rolling at HBO. The always excellent Mahershala Ali (“Moonlight,” “House Of Cards“) is signed up for the lead role, and now another significant piece of the creative puzzle is in place.

Rising filmmaker Jeremy Saulnier (“Blue Ruin,” “Green Room“) is making his prestige television debut with “True Detective,” co-directing the season with writer/creator Nic Pizzolatto, who will be making his debut behind the camera.

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It’s always great to see a talented, young filmmaker ascend the ladder, especially one as deserving as Jeremy Saulnier. The director broke out in a big way at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors’ Fortnight section in 2013 with his lacerating sophomore film “Blue Ruin.” Hollywood took notice and for his follow-up, the critically-acclaimed “Green Room” — a brutal and stress-inducing thriller — he bagged an impressive cast that included Patrick Stewart, Anton Yelchin, Imogen Poots, Alia Shawkat, and frequent collaborator Macon Blair.

Continue reading ‘Green Room’ Director Jeremy Saulnier Lines Up Jeffrey Wright, Alexander Skarsgard & Riley Keough For ‘Hold The Dark’ at The Playlist.

Maybe it was just because it provided a respite from the year’s most terrifying drama, “American Horror Story: The 2016 Presidential Election,” but the past 12 months have been unusually good for the horror movie. In a year where franchise after franchise underperformed, horror films remained a consistent draw in multiplexes, and for the most part with new original movies rather than the umpteenth sequel or reboot of “Friday The 13th,” “Saw” or “Paranormal Activity.”

Away from mainstream theaters, there was great stuff too, whether it was Netflix getting into the scary game with a pair of excellent low-key chillers, A24 having their biggest hit ever with a Sundance fave, a couple of inventive Korean pics, or arthouse crossovers drawing on fears from Iran and Portugal.

Continue reading The 15 Best Horror Films Of 2016 at The Playlist.

The 69th Cannes Film Festival is officially here, so to close out our set of features about it (here’s our Ranking of the 21st Century Palme d’Or Winners, the Best Breakout Films From Un Certain Regard, and 20 Movies Booed At Cannes) we turn our attention to the smaller, but often more genuinely innovative sidebar, the Directors’ Fortnight (known locally as the Quinzaine).

Established in 1969 by the French Directors Guild (and therefore not part of the festival’s Official Selection which reportedly leads to a little friction between the two entities), the parallel festival, held simultaneously with Cannes, has hosted some of the most exciting talents to have shaped modern film culture.

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Director Jeremy Saulnier is quickly making a name for himself as a director who is eager to defy genre conventions. With his breakout film “Blue Ruin,” the filmmaker took a seemingly straightforward tale of vengeance, and turned into a twisty thriller that detailed the nerve-jangling consequences that come with cycles of violence. And his latest, “Green Room,” offers another reinvention of a genre convention. It takes the fight for survival against murderous thugs, and places it inside a punk rock venue run by neo-Nazis, adding an extra layer of danger and dread to the proceedings.

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Podcast: Adjust Your Tracking Examines Both Ends Of The Modern Exploitation Spectrum With 'Green Room' & 'Hardcore Henry'

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