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Telluride: ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Team on Blending Genres, Shooting on Location and John Malkovich’s Oscar Buzz
Writer/director Martin McDonagh, producer Graham Broadbent and stars John Malkovich, Sam Rockwell, Steve Buscemi and Mariana di Girolamo speak with The Hollywood Reporter about their film, which got a 14-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival en route to Colorado.
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‘Wild Horse Nine,’ With Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich, Gets Venice’s First Rapturous Reception of 2026
Martin McDonagh's new awards contender features a stacked cast of character actors — Sam Rockwell, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits and Parker Posey — and is set amid the towering Moai statues of Easter Island in the 1970s.
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ Review: John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell Make a Perfect Pair in Martin McDonagh’s Poignant, Blood-Dipped Buddy Comedy
Steve Buscemi also stars in this story of two CIA operatives who take a trip to Easter Island while readying for the Chilean military coup that would overthrow the Salvador Allende government.
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Martin McDonagh Discusses His CIA Drama ‘Wild Horse Nine,’ Set in a Time When “Horrible People Had Intelligence”
The Oscar-winning filmmaker said his 1973-set tale of CIA operatives in Chile — which premieres in Venice Thursday — has taken on an unexpectedly contemporary resonance amid renewed debate over U.S. intervention abroad.
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‘Wild Horse Nine’ to Open Mill Valley Film Festival With Star Sam Rockwell Set for Tribute (Exclusive)
John Malkovich also stars in Martin McDonagh's movie that hits theaters later this year from Searchlight.
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Gotham Week Sets 2026 Programming Lineup (Exclusive)
This year's Project Market, the oldest and largest curated marketplace for film and TV creators, will feature in-the-works projects from Oscar-nominated 'Perfect Neighbor' helmer Geeta Gandbhir, Katie Couric, Julianna Margulies, Rachel Maddow, 'Reservation Dogs' alum Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs and 'A Ghost Story's' Liz Cardenas with a film that has Lily Gladstone attached.
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Sam Rockwell and John Malkovich Are Oddball CIA Agents in ‘Wild Horse Nine’ Trailer
It’s trouble in paradise as director Martin McDonagh sets his dark comedic drama on Easter Island and ahead of the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat in his latest movie to hit theaters on Nov. 6, 2026.
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Jason Bateman to Direct Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell in ‘The Cackling of the Dodos’
Netflix is behind the original crime thriller that was written by novelist Rye Curtis.
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Haley Lu Richardson on ‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Twist and Urging Sam Rockwell to Check Into ‘The White Lotus’
A year before his 'Lotus' monologue became the stuff of legend, Richardson read it with Rockwell on the set of their new movie: "Sam, I think you really have to do this."
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Gore Verbinski on His AI Comedy Comeback: “It’s 2026. Good Luck. Have Fun. Don’t Die.”
The blockbuster director pivots to indie filmmaking for a Berlin-premiering sci-fi comedy about artificial intelligence, creative survival and why “women will save the world.”
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‘Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die’ Review: Sam Rockwell Fights to Save Humanity From AI Annihilation in Sci-Fi Comedy Short on Bite
Haley Lu Richardson, Juno Temple, Michael Peña and Zazie Beetz also star in Gore Verbinski’s first feature in almost a decade, a gonzo take on the perils of our techno-dependence.
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“Just Let It Explode”: How ‘White Lotus’ Star Walton Goggins Buried the Hatchett
The 'Fallout' and 'Righteous Gemstones' actor speaks with The Hollywood Reporter about the "painful" reason why he almost missed out on the now Emmy-nominated part of Rick Hatchett and reaching an acting "moment of sublime" in his final scene in character.
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