The upcoming Sony Pictures Classics release French Exit, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Lucas Hedges, and Tracy Letts has been announced as this year's New York Film Festival closer. Directed by Azazel Jacobs and written by Patrick DeWitt (adapting from his own novel of the same name), French Exit follows a mother (Pfeiffer) and son (Lucas) who flee New York City for Paris following the death of the family patriarch and the duo's subsequent fall from grace. News of French Exit closing out the 2020 New York Film Festival was shared on Tuesday afternoon on NYFF's Twitter. It's …

Step right up because your first look at Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges in the dark comedy French Exit is finally here. The forthcoming Sony Pictures Classic movie is directed by Azazel Jacobs and penned by Patrick DeWitt, who also wrote the novel this movie is adapted from. Fancy that! Sony Pictures Classics casually dropped what might be actual, Louvre-worthy art onto our Twitter timelines on Tuesday afternoon. This first-look photo from French Exit gives us a full view of Pfeiffer and Hedges as the forlorn, fallen socialite mother-son duo of Frances and Malcom Price. Oh, and …

FX has ordered a half-hour anthology series from The Office alum B.J. Novak that will feature an impressive cast of rising stars and Hollywood veterans. The untitled series will use current events to tell character-driven stories about the world we live in today. Each episode will feature a different cast, and writer-director-EP Novak has already filmed the first two installments. The first episode stars Lucas Hedges, Kaitlyn Dever, O’Shea Jackson Jr., George Wallace and Ed Asner, while the second episode stars Jon Bernthal, Boyd Holbrook, Amy Landecker and Beau Bridges. “Thrilled, excited, humbled — these …

Lucas Hedges has quickly become one of the greatest actors of his generation.