Nicole Kidman’s steamy erotic movie, Babygirl, is heading again to theaters, simply in time for Valentine’s Day. A24 promoted it on their Instagram account with a brief video of Kidman pouring and consuming a glass of milk, which echoes one of many movie’s extra iconic moments. Moreover, A24’s on-line retailer options 5 free and printable Valentine’s Day playing cards that includes Kidman’s Romy and her intern / lover, Samuel (Harris Dickinson).
Babygirl, written and directed by Halina Reijn (Our bodies Our bodies Our bodies), initially opened on Christmas Day final yr and was launched to lease or buy a month in a while January 28, 2025. It needs to be accessible on Max quickly, because the streamer has a cope with A24. Babygirl earned a scorching $59 million on the worldwide field workplace, making it the ninth highest grossing movie for A24, per The Numbers.
It has already gained or been nominated for a number of awards, together with Kidman’s Volpi Cup for Finest Actress on the Venice Worldwide Movie Pageant. The actress famously introduced a glass of milk out on stage when she accepted the Finest Actress Award on the Nationwide Board of Assessment Awards. She devoted the award to “all the babygirls within the room,” then chugged the milk.
The movie follows founder and CEO Romy, who spots a younger intern named Samuel, who then asks Romy to grow to be his mentor. They rapidly start a passionate affair, as Romy is unfulfilled in her almost 20-year marriage to Jacob (Antonio Banderas), a well-known theater director who is totally oblivious to their marriage’s points.
A New Thriller Collection and ‘Sensible Magic’ Sequel are Subsequent for Kidman
As Kidman continues to have a good time the success of Babygirl, she has a couple of initiatives lined up, together with a brand new thriller sequence with Jamie Lee Curtis known as Scarpetta. The present, based mostly on the novel by Patricia Cornwell, will observe Kay Scarpetta (Kidman), a medical expert who should remedy a homicide. In the meantime, Curtis will play her sister, Dorothy, and each actresses are producing. The present will stream on Prime Video, who ordered two seasons and sixteen episodes. Season one ought to debut this yr, however no launch date has been revealed. Kidman stated of the mission (through The Hollywood Reporter):
“I’ve been pursuing Scarpetta for almost twenty years going again to when it was meant to be a function, so to unite with the formidable Jamie Lee Curtis, Prime Video, Jason Blum, and David Gordon Inexperienced on the Liz Sarnoff sequence model of Patricia Cornwell’s epic and thrilling books feels prefer it was meant to be. I can not wait to inhabit Kay Scarpetta and am so grateful to Patricia Cornwell for entrusting me together with her.”
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Kidman will even return as Gillian Owens in a sequel to the favored movie, Sensible Magic, which opened in 1998. The movie additionally stars Sandra Bullock as her sister, Sally, and each are from an extended line of witches. Susanne Bier (In a Higher World, Chicken Field) will direct with one of many authentic writers, Akiva Goldsman, penning the sequel which relies on a 2021 novel by Alice Hoffman. The primary movie was additionally based mostly on a novel by Hoffman. No launch date has been introduced.
Babygirl
- Launch Date
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December 25, 2024
- Runtime
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114 Minutes
- Director
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Halina Reijn
- Writers
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Halina Reijn