Set in 1940s Australia, The New Boy stars Cate Blanchett as as a nun overseeing a remote Christian orphanage and introduces Aswan Reid as the titular New Boy, a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan with mysterious powers. The ensemble cast also includes Deborah Mailman and Wayne Blair, alongside a group of young First Nations actors making their film debuts.
Neon debuted the official trailer for Together, the supernatural body horror film starring real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie as Tim and Millie, a pair seeking solace in the countryside to rekindle their strained relationship. Their retreat takes a sinister turn when they are attacked by a supernatural force.
In the horror thriller film The Sound, directed and written by Brendan Devane, best known for his recent horror film The Canyonlands, a world-class group of climbers is granted access to the Forbidden Wall, a mysterious rock wall previously closed for decades.
California Film Institute’s DocPitch 2025 has selected five documentary projects currently in development or post-production as the winners of a total of $100,000 in funding. Black Public Media (BPM) selected a documentary about caregiving with comedy and two science fiction immersive projects for a total of $225,000 in production and development funding at the 2025 PitchBLACK Awards.
Quincy Avery, one of the NFL’s most sought-after quarterback coaches, and the man behind the rise of some of football’s biggest names, from Jalen Hurts to Justin Fields, CJ Stroud, and Jordan Love, is the subject of the documentary The Quincy Avery Effect. Directed by Bryant Robinson it premieres on Hulu on April 23rd.
