Contract killers
Follow Contract killers on Notably News to receive short updates to your email — rarely!
We include updates on Trick 'r Treat, Pulp Fiction, Mr Inbetween, Léon: The Professional, John Wick: Chapter 2, Killing Eve, The Day of the Jackal, You're Next, In the Land of Saints and Sinners, Charles Harrelson, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Colombiana, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Kill List, Weekend at Bernie's, Pokiri ... and more.
February 15 2025 | Richard Linklater and Glen Powell were nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay at the Writers Guild of America Awards. |
February 12 2025 | The film's casting team (Vicky Boone and Liz Kelley) were nominated for an Artios Award in the Feature: Studio or Independent – Comedy category. |
February 7 2025 | The film was nominated for Best Comedy at the Critics' Choice Awards. |
January 26 2025 | At the Satellite Awards, 'Hit Man' was nominated for Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical, and Glen Powell was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical. |
January 6 2025 | The Austin Film Critics Association nominated Hit Man for Best Austin Film. |
January 5 2025 | Glen Powell was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globe Awards. |
January 4 2025 | The film was nominated by the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association. |
2024 | A television series loosely inspired by the original film premieres on Amazon Prime Video, starring Donald Glover and Maya Erskine. |
December 8 2024 | At the Astra Film Awards, Glen Powell was nominated for Best Actor and along with Richard Linklater was nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for 'Hit Man'. |
November 2 2024 | Richard Linklater received the Lifetime Achievement in Screenwriting Award at the SCAD Savannah Film Festival. |
July 3 2024 | Hit Man was nominated for Best Picture at the Astra Midseason Movie Awards, with Glen Powell winning Best Actor and Adria Arjona receiving a Runner-up for Best Supporting Actress. |
June 7 2024 | The film began streaming on Netflix. |
June 7 2024 | Hit Man made its streaming debut on Netflix, expanding its accessibility to a broader global audience. |
May 24 2024 | Hit Man was released in select theaters in the United States. |
May 24 2024 | Released in select theaters in the United States. |
February 2 2024 | The Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV series was released on Amazon Prime Video to critical acclaim. |
2023 | The series concludes its run, continuing to receive numerous award nominations and nominations, including Satellite Awards win for Best Comedy or Musical Series and Best Actor for Bill Hader. |
October 2023 | Dougherty confirmed multiple screenplay drafts for the Trick 'r Treat sequel were completed, with progress resuming after the end of the Writers Guild of America strike. |
October 27 2023 | The film received a limited theatrical release. |
October 6 2023 | The Killer was screened in the 'Icon' section at the 28th Busan International Film Festival. |
October 6 2023 | Hit Man screened at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival. |
September 2023 | Netflix acquired global distribution rights for $20 million at TIFF, making it the largest film deal of the festival and of 2023. |
September 30 2023 | The film was screened as a surprise screening at the 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival. |
September 11 2023 | Film had its North American premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). |
September 5 2023 | Hit Man had its world premiere at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, marking the first public screening of the film. |
May 28 2023 | The television series 'Barry' concluded after four seasons and 32 episodes, marking the end of the critically acclaimed dark comedy crime drama. |
March 2023 | It was confirmed that the fourth season of Barry would be the final season of the series. |
2022 | Mulholland Drive is ranked No. 8 in the Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time critics' poll. |
2022 | Gary Johnson, the real-life inspiration for the film, passed away. The film is dedicated to him with credits noting his life span as 1947-2022. |
November 2022 | Production of Hit Man was completed in New Orleans. |
November 2022 | Film production completed in New Orleans. |
October 2022 | Dougherty revealed he was in 'active development' of a sequel with Legendary Pictures, though the film had not been officially greenlit. |
October 2022 | Glen Powell joined by co-stars Austin Amelio, Retta, and Molly Bernard. Filming began in New Orleans. |
September 2022 | AGC Studios reported strong international distribution sales for the film at the Toronto International Film Festival. |
June 2022 | Production on the fourth season of Barry started in Los Angeles. |
May 2022 | Hit Man was announced to international buyers at the Cannes Film Market, with Richard Linklater directing and writing, and Glen Powell starring and producing. |
May 19 2022 | HBO renews 'Barry' for an eight-episode fourth season, with Bill Hader directing all eight episodes. |
April 24 2022 | Third season of 'Barry' premieres on HBO. |
2021 | Mulholland Drive was included in Criterion's first batch of 4K Ultra HD releases. |
2021 | Third season of the Australian comedy-drama television series Mr Inbetween aired, marking the final season of the show. |
2021 | Nash Edgerton nominated for Best Direction in a TV or SVOD Drama Series for episode 'Ray Who?' |
2021 |
Pulp Fiction
Tarantino disputed Miramax's lawsuit, asserting his rights to the film script in written form.
|
August 2021 | Filming for the third season of Barry began in August 2021. |
July 2021 | The 4K restoration version of Mulholland Drive was showcased in the Cannes Classics section at the Cannes Film Festival. |
February 2021 | Amazon Studios announced a television series reboot of Mr. & Mrs. Smith, to star Donald Glover and Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Amazon Prime Video. |
January 2021 | Bill Hader revealed that scripts for seasons 3 and 4 had been written. |
2020 |
Jhon Jairo Velásquez
Died while incarcerated.
|
2020 | Vettai was remade in Hindi as Baaghi 3. |
March 18 2020 | Production on the third season was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, before any episodes were shot. Cast had already gathered for table reads of the first two episodes. |
February 6 2020 |
Jhon Jairo Velásquez
Died in Bogotá at the age of 57 from terminal esophageal cancer.
|
We are only showing the most recent entries for this topic. |
This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Mulholland Drive (film), Trick 'r Treat, Hit Man (2023 film), Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film), Mr Inbetween, Vettai, The Killer (2023 film), Pulp Fiction & Barry (TV series), which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.