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Venice 2025: ‘Smashing Machine’ With Dwayne Johnson, Luca Guadagnino’s ‘After the Hunt’ Starring Julia Roberts, Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Latest Collab Eyed for Lineup
New films starring Dwayne Johnson, Julia Roberts and Emma Stone are expected to bow at the star-studded upcoming Venice Film Festival.
Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield, George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Emma Stone are among the rich roster of stars featured in hotly anticipated new movies expected to be launching from Venice Film Festival. Benny Safdie’s “The Smashing Machine,” featuring Dwayne Johnson as two-time UFC heavyweight champ Mark Kerr and Emily Blunt as his wife Dawn; Luca Guadagnino’s #MeToo-themed thriller “After the Hunt” starring Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri; and “Bugonia,” the latest collaboration between Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone — who were last at the fest in 2023 with the Oscar-winning “Poor Things” — are all likely to be set for a Venice sendoff. Netflix looks likely to be on the Lido with Noah Baumbach’s comedy-drama “Jay Kelly,” starring George Clooney as its enigmatic titular character, and also with Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” a new take on the classic monster movie with Jacob Elordi, Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth.
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