POLL: Who is the Greatest Slasher Icon?

Halloween season has finally arrived, and as we dive back into the wonderful world of horror ComingSoon.net is reflecting on the slasher genre! We’re asking our readers to vote on who they believe is the best of the bunch, with everyone from the wisecracking Freddy Krueger to the silent Michael Myers to the dancing Patrick Bateman and many more! Be sure to place your vote in our poll below, and let us know of any other favorites omitted from the poll in the comments below!

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With the slasher genre generally being cited as having started in the 1960s with films such as Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom, we’d be remiss not to reflect on the terrors that were Norman Bates and Mark Lewis, even if they didn’t deliver as many bloody thrills as their competitors. As time progressed and the exploitation genre started making a rise, audiences were introduced to the likes of Kim Henkel and Tobe Hooper’s chainsaw-wielding Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, the Phantom Killer from The Town That Dreaded Sundown and based on the real killer of the same name, Black Christmas‘ Billy and John Carpenter’s Michael Myers of Halloween.

The slasher genre would then enter what became known as the Golden Age and see the world introduced to the eventually hockey mask-wearing Jason Voorhees of Friday the 13th, Harry Warden aka The Miner from My Bloody Valentine and Wes Craven’s Freddy Krueger of the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. While the late ’80s and early ’90s would start to see fatigue hit the genre and struggle to rekindle the early streak of hits, it would still deliver some fan-favorite villains in Terry O’Quinn’s eponymous The Stepfather, Robert Z’Dar’s eponymous Maniac Cop, Don Mancini’s Chucky from Child’s Play and Clive Barker’s eponymous Candyman and Pinhead of Hellraiser.

Going into the late ’90s to the present, better known as the post-modern era, the genre would see a rollercoaster of varying quality entries and debuting new slashers including Kevin Williamson’s Ghostface of Scream and Ben Willis aka The Fisherman of I Know What You Did Last Summer, Rob Zombie’s Firefly Family from House of 1000 Corpses and its sequels, cult favorite Leslie Vernon from mockumentary Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Adam Green’s Victor Crowley of Hatchet, James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s Jigsaw of the Saw series and Damien Leone and Shawn Moreau’s Art the Clown of Terrifier.

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Mel Gibson is a Deadly Santa Claus in Fatman Trailer

Saban Films has released official trailer for Eshom and Ian Nelms’ upcoming action-comedy film titled Fatman, featuring Mel Gibson as he plays a whole different kind of Santa Claus you’ve never seen before. The film will hit the theaters on November 13 and will be having its VOD and digital releases on November 17. Check out the video in the player below!

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To save his declining business, Chris Cringle, also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin, hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. ‘Tis the season for Fatman to get even, in the action-comedy that keeps on giving.

The Rated-R film will be led by Academy Award winner Mel Gibson (Mad Max, Braveheart) as Santa Claus, Emmy nominee Walton Goggins  (Ant-Man and the Wasp, Justified), and Golden Globe nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Secrets & Lies).

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Fatman is written and directed by the Nelms Brothers (Small Town Crime), Eshom and Ian Nelms. Rough House Pictures is producing along with Todd Courtney of Mammoth Entertainment with Mammoth now set to finance. Rough House’s Brandon James, Fortitude’s Nadine de Barros, Skywolf’s Lisa Wolofsky, Michelle Lang, and Robert Menzies are also producing.

Rough House partners Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, and Jody serve as executive producers.

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Rating: 

8/10

Cast:

Katherine Langford as Mara Carlyle

Charlie Plummer as Dylan Hovemeyer

Hayley Law as Tess McNulty

Piper Perabo as Angela Carlyle

Rob Huebel as Charlie Carlyle

Yvonne Orji as Agent Carla Rosetti

Laine MacNeil as Jenna Dalton

Written and Directed by Brian Duffield

Click here to rent or purchase Spontaneous!

Spontaneous Review:

Whether it’s Hollywood trying to off the genre themselves or tap into some weird new group always present in the audience, the “dying teens romance” subgenre is one that’s nearly tapped dry as countless films use the setup to varying degrees of success — and failures. But now Brian Duffield’s adaptation of Aaron Starmer’s Spontaneous has come along and offered a unique and darkly hilarious new twist to the formula that even when it feels familiar or predictable, the experience as a whole proves to be a joyous and energetic ride to offset its negative qualities.

It’s senior year for Mara and Dylan, two teens familiar with each other but having spent little time together, and their lives are thrown upside down as random members of the senior student body being spontaneously exploding and the government has no explanation for it. With their world now being one in which any moment can be their last, they find a connection in one another and grow closer and older as they wonder if there’s even a future for them.

High school romance is never something that necessarily died out, but rather a formula that’s been slowly coming back in quality fashion with such hits as Netflix’s To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before movies and Spontaneous finds arguably the most unique and compelling new route for the genre. While there’s still some of the teen angst of wondering what to do with their future and their social standing at school, it doesn’t make up the majority of the story or the dialogue and instead allows viewers to figure out who to care about through its explosive central premise.

How does a filmmaker go about handling the random explosion of teenagers in a school of seemingly good-hearted students? Does one establish some true villains and give them a righteous demise, does one approach it with a level of humor or treat it like the horrifying situation that it is? In the hands of Brian Duffield, who’s delivered audiences everything from the Lovecraftian aquatic survival thriller Underwater to the action western Jane Got a Gun, the story is given a John Hughes-like approach full of dark humor and tongue-in-cheek offscreen narration from its protagonist that works wonders for the film. While a more horror take on this concept might prove equally fun and exciting to watch, a strictly serious tone and approach would’ve been such a bummer and drag that would’ve made the film too dour a watch, but Duffield finds the right balance between expressing a sense of humor throughout the film while allowing some of its more serious moments to resonate with audiences’ heartstrings.

The film’s only real problems lie in its fairly repetitive nature of its gimmick and the predictable nature of its overall story, especially the growing romance between Mara and Dylan. It’s nice for once to see a high school couple in the film not hit a rocky path due to their social standings and dumb teen tropes, but instead act like mostly mature people whose only real threat to their relationship is the literal ticking time bomb inside many of them. It offers a strictly optimistic and sweet-hearted romance that’s great to watch, even if it becomes clear how each step will play out. Though it handles it mostly humorously, as well as one pulse-pounding rapid fire montage of deaths, the spontaneous explosions of students does start to lose its luster as it becomes clear who’s going to die and when that doesn’t feel quite as unpredictable as the first third of the film.

One of the only other major problems in the film comes from some of its questionable and odd dialogue for its teenage characters, namely its more sexually-driven jokes and conversations. One would have to have either never gone to a public high school or have lived under a rock while there to avoid sex talk and profanity from the student body, and films are certainly allowed to depict this to keep a level of authenticity to its world, but the way some of the students talk feels far more forced or borderline creepy rather than funny or real. Everything from a girl saying she’d “top” both one of her male and female classmates to a couple talking about their sexual pasts with cringeworthy language, some of these moments feel far less like Mean Girls and far more like a gross Heathers.

Some dialogue problems and familiarity aside, Brian Duffield continues to show a great grip on genre-blending fashion with Spontaneous as he delivers a funny, unique and thrilling take on the teen romance genre that also shows potential for his directorial talents as well as his writing.

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Universal delays release of Jurassic World: Dominion by one year

As production on the highly-anticipated threequel slowly gets back underway due to the global pandemic, Universal Pictures has announced it has elected to delay the release of Colin Trevorrow’s Jurassic World: Dominion from its June 11, 2021 release a whole year back to June 2022. The studio also debuted the first teaser poster for the film, which can be viewed in the gallery below!

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Jurassic World: Dominion. June 10, 2022. pic.twitter.com/AMRQNxYQ42

— Jurassic World (@JurassicWorld) October 6, 2020

Steven Spielberg and Colin Trevorrow return to executive produce Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Dominion, with Trevorrow once again directing the next chapter in one of the biggest franchises in the history of cinema. Producers Frank Marshall and Pat Crowley once again partner with Spielberg and Trevorrow in leading the filmmakers for this installment.

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The upcoming threequel will be starring returning cast members from the first two Jurassic World films include Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson, Omar Sy Daniella Pineda, Justice Smith as well as original Jurassic Park stars Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum and Campbell Scott. It will also feature Mamoudou Athie (Sorry for You Loss), DeWanda Wise (She’s Gotta Have It), Dichen Lachman (Animal Kingdom, Altered Carbon), Scott Haze (Venom, Antlers).

Joining the Jurassic team for the first time is Emily Carmichael (Pacific Rim Uprising, The Black Hole), who has crafted the screenplay with Trevorrow. They will work off a story by Derek Connolly and Trevorrow, who together co-wrote Jurassic World and Fallen Kingdom.

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Jurassic World: Dominion is currently set to debut in theaters on June 10, 2022.

ComingSoon.net recommends all readers comply with CDC guidelines and remain as isolated as possible during this urgent time.

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Sideshow New York Con Day 1 Reveals, Booth Tour & Sales!

The day has finally arrived for the start of Sideshow‘s 2020 New York Virtual Con in which the collectibles’ company is showing off new and exciting figures from the industry’s leading artists and manufacturers and the first booth tour and figures have been revealed! Both can be viewed below!

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While most physical conventions have moved entirely into the digital realm, Sideshow New York Con will recreate their bold custom-made installation that debuted during the summer show season, with updates to the format to keep fans engaged throughout the week. This secure and private environment captures the spirit of the incredible “pop culture art gallery” style presence that Sideshow traditionally exhibits at shows like New York Comic Con in order to augment the comprehensive virtual streaming experience for audiences at home.

“Once again, we’re building a bespoke physical space at Sideshow Studios – but this time in the form of an intimate museum/art gallery-style venue – with podium displays with fine art on the walls, and beautiful pop culture dioramas showcasing statues and figures by Sideshow, Hot Toys, PCS Collectibles, Iron Studios, Tweeterhead, Unruly Industries, Atomic Misfit, and more,” Sideshow PR Manager Andy Smith said in a statement. “Sideshow will be sharing a wealth of social media content throughout the event, including live-streamed booth tours, photos, interviews, and contests – and we’ll be showcasing different displays every single day!”

Sideshow Con’s summer 2020 swag bundle was an instant sell-out, with the fall swag bundle- complete with a collectible pin, an event T-shirt, and a promotional code- expected to be equally as popular. Fans who purchase this limited edition swag bundle will also receive a free bonus Stan Lee collectible pin celebrating the comic book legend and the city that never sleeps. Fans can also score reward points for their Sideshow account during the event, meaning there are plenty of chances to collect throughout the convention.

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Sideshow New York Con offers fans a chance to engage closely with their favorite products, artists, and fandoms without lines, crowds, or taxis- the only traffic here is web traffic! Access to Sideshow’s full convention experience has never been easier with comprehensive product livestreams, as well as creator interviews, up-to-the-minute reveals and announcements, and other content features that bring all of the news right to you from October 6-11.

And here are a few highlights of the DEALS from their big NYCC SALE:

Batman (Noir) – $25.00 off with code NOIRBATS

The Punisher Premium Format – $50.00 off with code PUNISH

Kidpool Premium Format – $20.00 off with code KIDPOOL

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Classic Dracula Life-Size Bust – $50.00 off with code DRACBUST

Alien Pulse Rifle – $40.00 off with code PULSE

Bandit Gremlin – 10% off with code BANDIT

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Rating: 

8/10

Cast:

Jamie Dornan as Dennis Dannelly

Anthony Mackie as Steve Denube

Ally Ioannides as Brianna Dannelly

Katie Aselton as Tara

Co-Directed by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead; Written by Justin Benson

Synchronic Review:

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have delivered hit after hit in the indie horror world, traversing every subject from body horror to convent life and time-looping madness and with their latest effort, Synchronic, they find themselves offering a unique new take on the time travel genre and while it features plenty of visually stunning imagery and a mesmerizing exploration of existentialism, albeit a bit of a heavy-handed one.

When New Orleans paramedics and longtime best friends Steve and Dennis are called to a series of bizarre and gruesome accidents, they chalk it up to a mysterious new drug found at the scene. But after Dennis’ oldest daughter disappears, Steve stumbles upon a terrifying truth about the supposed psychedelic that will challenge everything he knows about reality — and the flow of time itself.

The directing duo waste no time in establishing the film’s very hypnotic and dreamlike tone, opening it up with a couple trying out the titular drug only to see the horrific effects that can come with it and it’s an intriguing start before introducing viewers to Steve and Dennis and their relationship with one another.

The married man and ladies man friendship dynamic is one utilized plenty of times in the film world and, though seen executed far better in other stories with better-written characters, comes across as mostly believable. Be it the subtle but enjoyable chemistry between Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie or Benson and Moorhead’s inherent knack for knowing how to write a close friendship akin to their own, when Steve and Dennis are on-screen together it’s usually a compelling thing to watch.

The problem also arises from this, however, as when the two are apart and the film chooses to focus on one or the other the writing seems to lose its creative balance and clearly favor one over the other. Subjected to constant flashbacks of his time with his wife and daughter before the latter’s disappearance as he comes home from his graveyard shifts, Dornan’s Dennis feels woefully underwritten and largely thrown to the side even when he’s supposedly being given the spotlight. The Irish star doesn’t necessarily deliver a poor performance in the role, but the material he’s given frequently leaves him looking stiff and very wooden.

Once the film finally — and I mean finally, after quite a slow start — gets to its time-traveling element, things become really interesting and Mackie gets the chance to illustrate his effortless charisma and Benson and Moorhead’s somewhat dark sense of humor. The visual depiction of Steve moving through time is such an incredible sight and beautifully thought out, keeping audiences guessing as to just when he’s going to land.

Unfortunately, even with as minimal a time travel plot as the film has in comparison to other genre fare, the film finds itself struggling to stay consistent with the rules it’s creating or even make some of them clear enough for the viewer to moderately comprehend. Its seven-minute lasting period seems to only exist when it’s essential to the plot, the nature at which someone or something can come back from the past goes back and forth from a more simplistic explanation to then throwing the rule out the window for a few devastating turns and an Inception-esque ending.

Another of the film’s problems arises in its reflection on life and death and humanity’s place in the world throughout time, which begins subtle and succinct but eventually progresses into far-too-on-the-nose explanations that feel almost as though the filmmakers could have just put up title cards with their same sentiments or hosted a TED Talk to express their ideas. It starts to feel less like a poignant and moving exploration and debate of the soul worthy of the indie genre and more like a pretentious explanation a blockbuster film would deliver to its viewer to make sure a general audience understands what the filmmaker is getting at.

Synchronic may not break Benson and Moorhead’s winning streak, as it’s still a fairly compelling new take on the time travel genre and features a solid performance from Mackie, stellar direction from the duo and some beautiful scenery, but for those unfamiliar with their previous work, its pacing and heavy-handed dialogue may prove to be a bit of a slog to navigate through.

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CS Video: The Lie interview with Joey King & Mireille Enos

Just in time for the debut of the first two films in the partnering studios’ collection, ComingSoon.net got the opportunity to chat with stars Joey King (The Kissing Booth, The Act) and Mireille Enos (The Killing, World War Z) to discuss The Lie from Amazon Prime Video’s Welcome to the Blumhouse. Our interview can be viewed in the player below!

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Written and directed by Veena Sud, the film sees two desperate parents recoiling as their teenaged daughter confesses to impulsively killing her best friend and they must attempt to cover up the horrific crime, leading them into a complicated web of lies and deception.

The films showcase exciting up-and-coming talent, alongside established actors in exceptional and shocking new roles. Welcome to the Blumhouse will launch in October, timed for the Halloween season, on Prime Video in over 240 countries and territories worldwide.

Click here to watch The Lie!

Amazon Prime Video will launch the initial slate of four films as double features starting with The Lie directed by acclaimed writer/director Veena Sud (The Killing, 7 Seconds) and Black Box directed by up-and-coming writer/director Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour Jr. (Born with It), both premiering on October 6.

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Launching the following week on October 13 is Evil Eye, from talented young directors Elan Dassani and Rajeev Dassani (A Day’s Work, Jinn) and executive produced by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico, White Tiger), and Nocturne written and directed by filmmaker Zu Quirke (Zugzwang, Ghosting) making her feature film debut. The latter four films will launch in 2021.

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Resident Evil Reboot builds cast Including Scodelairo, Amell & More!

It’s been just over a year since we last heard word about the upcoming reboot of the Resident Evil film franchise and now Johannes Roberts (47 Meters Down) has begun building an ensemble cast including Kaya Scodelairo (The Maze Runner), Robbie Amell (Upload) and Hannah John-Kamen (Ant-Man and the Wasp), according to Deadline.

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The film is set to be an official origin story to Capcom’s long-running survival horror video game franchise and will be set on the infamous night in Raccoon City in 1998 when the Umbrella Corporation unleashed hell upon the world and it was up to a select group of people to stop them.

“With this movie, I really wanted to go back to the original first two games and re-create the terrifying visceral experience I had when I first played them whilst at the same time telling a grounded human story about a small dying American town that feels both relatable and relevant to today’s audiences,” Roberts said in a statement.

Scodelairo has been cast as Claire Redfield while John-Kamen is set to play Jill Valentine and Amell as Chris Redfield, all of whom will star alongside The Umbrella Academy‘s Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, Zombieland: Double Tap‘s Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy and Yellowstone‘s Neal McDonough as William Birkin.

Click here to purchase the Complete Collection Blu-ray set of the original film franchise!

The film will be produced by Robert Kulzer for Constantin Films, who were attached to the Milla Jovovich-starring franchise, alongside James Harris from Tea Shop Productions and Hartley Gorenstein, while Constantin’s CEO Martin Moskowicz and Davis Film’s Victor Hadida are set to executive produce. Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems, who distributed the original films, is set to release the film domestically while Constantin will debut it in German-speaking territories, Elevation in Canada, Metropolitan in France and Sony Pictures Releasing in all remaining territories.

“After a dozen games, six live-action movies and hundreds of pages of fan fiction, we felt compelled to return to the year 1998, to explore the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spenser Mansion and Raccoon City,” Kulzer said in a statement.

In 2018, it was reported that Roberts had been tapped to helm and write the Resident Evil reboot. Though previously attached, James Wan’s Atomic Monster has dropped out of the project.

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The last installment of the first series of Resident Evil movies, helmed by Paul W.S. Anderson and starring his wife Milla Jovovich, earned $26.8 million domestically. Internationally, however, Resident Evil: The Final Chapter grossed an impressive $285.4 million, with $160 million of that coming from China. The $40 million-budgeted sixth film, distributed by Sony‘s Screen Gems, has earned $312.2 million worldwide.

Based on Capcom’s hugely popular video games, the Resident Evil movies have earned $1.2 billion worldwide to date, making it the highest-grossing film series to be based on a video game.

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Luxor Trailer Starring Andrea Riseborough & Karim Saleh

Samuel Goldwyn Films has released the official trailer for its upcoming romance drama Luxor, starring Andrea Riseborough (Birdman, ZeroZeroZero, Mandy) and Karim Saleh (Transparent, Counterpart, Munich). You can check out the trailer now in the player below!

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When British aid worker Hana (Riseborough) returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she comes across Sultan (Saleh), a talented archeologist and former lover. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.

The movie, written and directed by Zeina Durra (The Imperialists Are Still Alive!), also stars Michael Landes (Gold, Silent Witness, Mary). The film is produced by Durra, Mohamed Hefzy, and Mamdouh Saba, and executive produced by Paul Webster.

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Luxor will arrive on Digital and On Demand on December 4, 2020. The romance drama initially premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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News of the World First-Look Photos Preview Tom Hank’s Western Drama

The first official photos for Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Paul Greengrass’ forthcoming western drama film News of the World have been released. The photos provide us with our first look at Tom Hanks’ character Captain Jefferson Kidd as well as newcomer Helena Zengal’s unnamed character. The film is still expected to hit theaters on December 25, 2020 which will see it go up against Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984. Check out the full photos below! (via Vanity Fair)

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EXCLUSIVE: Your first look at News of the World, a Western that reunites Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass with Tom Hanks, who plays a newsreader traveling the frontier: https://t.co/cRYf6iLHz5

— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) October 6, 2020

The film, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Paulette Jiles and penned by Lion‘s Luke Davies, follows a widowed newsreader in the aftermath of the Cold War who travels throughout Texas announcing the news of the world to the local population. He is hired to help transport an orphan girl (Helena Zengel) whose parents were killed by a Native American tribe that then took her in and raised her to San Antonio to her surviving relatives. As they make the trek through dangerous territories, they form a close bond that the man finds will make it difficult to relinquish her to her relatives, who have no desire to take her and have abusive plans for her.

Pick up a copy of the novel here!

News of the World was originally set up at Fox 2000, but that label was put into early retirement by Disney after the Mouse house acquired 20th Century Fox last month. The project was then moved to Universal.

Hanks, who previously worked with Greengrass on the Oscar-nominated thriller Captain Phillips, will produce alongside Gary Goetzman for Playtone and Gail Mutrux for Pretty Pictures. The 62-year-old Oscar winner was most recently seen in the historical thriller Greyhound, which he also scripted, and recently returned to production on Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic, in which he will star as the singer’s manager Colonel Tom Parker and is slated for a November 5, 2021 release.

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Greengrass is well-known for his works in the political action-thriller genres, having helmed three of the five Jason Bourne films, earning two BAFTA nominations for the acclaimed third entry The Bourne Ultimatum, as well as the Oscar-nominated United 93 surrounding the 9/11 attacks and 22 July, which debuted on Netflix to highly positive reviews last year.

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