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EXCLUSIVE: Last time we heard from Oliver Stone, he was in Cannes for a special screening of Lula, his documentary on the incredible comeback of Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio da Silva and his reemergence from a prison cell to the presidency when it was exposed by a hacker that he was the target of an…

Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva, three times president of Brazil, was born in 1945. He grew up poor in Sao Paulo and left school early to help support his family. Having trained as a lathe operator, he reached a milestone when he became the first member of his family to earn more than the minimum wage…

Oliver Stone is in Cannes today for a Special Screening of Lula, a documentary he co-directed with Rob Wilson about the unbelievable comeback of Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio "Lula" da Silva. The film chronicles his extraordinary journey in 2022 to regain the Brazilian presidency after spending 19 months…

The Cannes Film Festival has added 13 titles to the selection for its 77th edition, including new films by Oliver Stone, Lou Ye and Arnaud Desplechin as Special Screenings. Stone has made it in with his documentary Lula, about former Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The work follows…

The Savages director said he made the remarks “before the film even came out” and while he was promoting his documentary Nuclear Now. Oliver Stone was clearing up his Barbie comments from last year after an interview with the filmmaker resurfaced recently. Deadline took a deserved shot from him also…

Oliver Stone has a lot of opinions about the current film industry and says movies like Barbie are contributing to the “infantilization of Hollywood.” In an interview from June 2023, the filmmaker suggested Ryan Gosling shouldn’t have been involved in the Greta Gerwig film and instead focus on “more…

EXCLUSIVE: Post-production is underway on Citizen Stone, an upcoming documentary series about the making of Oliver Stone's groundbreaking film JFK — and how the movie ultimately became the director's undoing. Kristian Fraga of Sirk Productions is writing and directing the series. Emmy winner John…

JFK filmmaker Oliver Stone posted a series of tweets Tuesday praising Christopher Nolan's latest film Oppenheimer during which he revealed he once turned down a project based around J. Robert Oppenheimer's life because he couldn't crack the narrative. "Saturday, I sat through 3 hours of Oppenheimer…

Veteran filmmaker Oliver Stone has voiced his regret for voting for President Joe Biden, saying he fears the U.S. leader may take America into World War III. Stone was speaking to UK commentator Russell Brand for his podcast Stay Free, when he said: “Biden is an old Cold Warrior, and he really hates…

Oliver Stone said Friday he was shocked to hear that the stars of Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer had walked out of its London premiere the day before as SAG-AFTRA officially declared strike action. "I know several producers are opening movies, like Oppenheimer. Chuck Roven, he was in London. I heard…

UPDATING previous exclusive with trailer: Watch the first trailer Nuclear Now, the pro-nuclear energy documentary from three-time Academy Award winner Oliver Stone. Abramorama and Giant Pictures on March 3 acquired North American rights to the pic, which premiered (as Nuclear) at last year’s Venice Film…

"I've been in repressive societies, many of them over the course of my life, and I don't feel that here," said Oliver Stone of his experience here in Saudi Arabia. "There's no sense of a religious police – I think more so in other countries. I don't feel fear among the people – if anything it's…