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After winning the hearts of the public and critics at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, The Worst Person in the World has received a new trailer. Directed and co-written by Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World is the third chapter of the Norwegian filmmaker’s “Oslo Trilogy,” after Reprise and Oslo, 31 August.

The new trailer doesn’t reveal much about the film, only letting us know that star Renate Reinsve will fall in love with another man and deal with the emotional roller coaster of ending a relationship while she enjoys a new passion. The trailer, however, underlines the incredible reception The Worst Person in the World had after premiering at the Cannes Film Festival. Besides being quickly labeled one of the best of the year, The Worst Person in the World also allowed Reinsve to take home a Palme D’Or for Best Actress.

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Directed by Trier from a script he wrote with Eskil Vogt, The Worst Person in the World also stars Anders Danielsen Lie, Maria Grazia Di Meo, Hans Olav Brenner, Helene Bjørnebye, Vidar Sandem, and Herbert Nordrum. The film is produced by Andrea Berentsen Ottmar and Thomas Robsahm.

The Worst Person in the World doesn’t have a release date yet. Check out the new trailer below.

Here’s The Worst Person in the World’s official synopsis:

The Worst Person in The World is a modern dramedy about the quest for love and meaning in contemporary Oslo. It chronicles four years in the life of Julie (Reinsve), a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

During the latest Letter from the Producer livestream, the Final Fantasy XIV development team discussed the changes that would be coming to all of the jobs for the Endwalker expansion coming this year. They also released a trailer that showed off these changes, which also includes the two newest jobs being added, Reaper and Sage.

The Reaper will be a melee DPS in the new expansion, and their weapon is a scythe. They have the ability to summon an avatar from the Void to aid them in battle, and even become the host for the avatar itself. They have a unique gauge called the Soul Gauge, which once they have it charged up, allows them to unleash powerful demon attacks. The avatar has its own gauge as well. We can also see in the demonstration that Reapers will be able to open up a portal so that they can close distances, and this portal will stay open temporarily. Producer Naoki Yoshida stated that the gameplay for this job was inspired by anime action scenes, and while he described the class as difficult to learn, he said that it is the “good kind” of difficult.

Sages are going to be a Healer class, and will be the first one added to Final Fantasy XIV since the Heavensward expansion. They utilize a weapon called nouliths, and are able to attack enemies and heal allies simultaneously. They have a unique resource bar that you can see in the trailer to enhance their abilities, and have access to abilities like Adder’s Gall, which creates instant barriers, and Icarus, which is a dash ability used to close gaps. The job will focus on shields to keep their party alive, rather than direct healing.

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The trailer also gives us a peek at every other job in the game. During the 18 minute video, we can get an idea on how each one will play with their new and updated abilities. Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker will be launching on November 23, 2021, and will be the fourth expansion in the popular MMO, and will be the conclusion of the tales of Hydaelyn and Zodiark. The story appears to be taking inspiration from Final Fantasy IV this time around, with the moon becoming an accessable location, and the Dragoon Estinien being teased as having a more prominent role in the story.

You can check out the new Job Actions trailer below.

Tokyo Vice, the HBO Max crime series directed by Michael Mann (Collateral), has added more actors to its cast. Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver) was already confirmed as the series main protagonist, along with other previously announced members of the cast like Ken Watanabe (Inception), Rachel Keller (Legion), Ella Rumpf (Raw), and Rinko Kikuchi (Babel). Now, new additions to the cast include the Japanese actors Hideaki Ito (Brave Hearts: Umizaru), Shô Kasamatsu (Demekin), and Tomohisa Yamashita (The Head).

Written by Tony Award-winning playwright J.T. Rogers, Tokyo Vice stars Elgort in the shoes of American journalist Jake Adelstein, whose 2009 memoir Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan inspired the creation of the series. The show chronicles Adelstein’s experiences with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police as he descends into the underbelly of Tokyo life, unveiling corruptions and illegality among the city’s criminal yakuza organizations.

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Kikuchi will play a Japanese journalist, while Watanabe and Ito will appear as Tokyo police detectives, Kasamatsu will play a Chihara-Kai yakuza family member, and Yamashita will portray Akira, a professional host who hides more than what meets the eye. Additional cast members include Sugata Shun as the leader of Chihara-kai, Hagiwara Masato as the manager of the upscale hostess club, and Tanida Ayumi as the leader of the Tozawa-gumi crime group.

Mann directs the pilot episode of the 10-episode long series and is also executive producing. Also directing is Destin Daniel Cretton (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings). Endeavor Content is handling the series worldwide distribution while Japan’s WOWOW is taking local rights and co-producing. Tokyo Vice will be available for streaming exclusively on HBO Max in early 2022. WOWOW will be in charge of airing the series in Japan next spring.

In J. W. Rinzler‘s new book Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s Life, about the producer of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, Star Wars editor Marcia Lucas does not mince words in voicing her dislike of the Disney-produced Star Wars films, believing that those in charge of the franchise “don’t get it.”

Lucas made her name as an editor working on Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. She went on to be nominated for an Oscar for George Lucas‘ film American Graffiti and won the award for her work on the original Star Wars. She was also an editor on The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, though she was uncredited for the former.

In her quote from Rinzler’s book, Lucas says that she likes the President of Lucasfilm Kathleen Kennedy as a person, but doesn’t think she or director J.J Abrams, who directed The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker, understand the magic of the iconic sci-fi series:

“I like Kathleen. I always liked her. She was full of beans. She was really smart and really bright. Really wonderful woman. And I liked her husband, Frank. I liked them a lot. Now that she’s running Lucasfilm and making movies, it seems to me that Kathy Kennedy and J.J. Abrams don’t have a clue about ‘Star Wars.’ They don’t get it. And JJ Abrams is writing these stories — when I saw that movie where they kill Han Solo, I was furious. I was furious when they killed Han Solo. Absolutely, positively there was no rhyme or reason to it. I thought, You don’t get the Jedi story. You don’t get the magic of ‘Star Wars.’ You’re getting rid of Han Solo?”

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Lucas goes on to be highly critical of the decision to kill Luke Skywalker in The Last Jedi:

“They have Luke disintegrate. They killed Han Solo. They killed Luke Skywalker. And they don’t have Princess Leia anymore. And they’re spitting out movies every year. And they think it’s important to appeal to a woman’s audience, so now their main character is this female, who’s supposed to have Jedi powers, but we don’t know how she got Jedi powers, or who she is. It sucks. The storylines are terrible. Just terrible. Awful. You can quote me…JJ Abrams, Kathy Kennedy — talk to me.’”

The interview took place between the releases of The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker, so these excerpts don’t provide any insight on how the famed editor felt about the ending of the Skywalker Saga, though from her past comments, it would be hard to believe that her impressions of the sequel films have changed. Rinzler, unfortunately, passed away on July 28, missing the publication of his new book. Howard Kazanjian: A Producer’s Life was published on September 14.

Sony has released another quick teaser for the highly-anticipated sequel Venom: Let There Be Carnage. The comic book film, which stars Tom Hardy and Woody Harrelson, stands as the next major blockbuster poised for release. Audiences are ready for the carnage, and if this new spot is any indication, this (brief) sequel should have a lot of it.

The new promo reinforces the few plot points that have already been gleaned from the major trailers, with Cletus Kasady/Carnage (Harrelson) making life extremely difficult for Eddie Brock/Venom (Hardy) once he obtains his iconic red symbiote. Naomie Harris‘ Frances Barrison/Shriek does get several shots in this 30 seconds, though her own transformation has yet to be seen. There’s a quick shot of her in a car with the image running and blending together, possibly during her eventual change. A shot of a mansion on fire can also be seen, with what could be Kasady and Barrison walking away from the destruction (or carnage, if you please).

Secrets also appear to be a major highlight of this spot, with both Kasady and Stephen Graham‘s Detective Mulligan making mention of this. A quick blink-and-you’ll-miss-it shot of a spider being squished also comes in halfway through the promo, a long-shot of a nod to audiences’ clamoring for Hardy’s Venom and Tom Holland‘s Spider-Man to eventually meet. The promo also makes it known that tickets are now available for the sequel, which will open the floodgates for a very theatrically-crowded October.

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Venom: Let There Be Carnage has passed off the director’s chair to Andy Serkis, an exciting prospect given the actor/director’s knack for motion capture. Kelly Marcel, one of the screenwriters from the original, has come back to pen the screenplay, with Hardy himself also having a story credit. Filming officially began back in November of 2019, with an original intended release date of October 2, 2020. Michelle Williams and Reid Scott are set to reprise their roles as Anne Weying (Brock’s ex-fiancée) and Dr. Dan Lewis, respectively.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage will release in theaters on October 1, and tickets are now available. Check out the latest promo below: