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Olivia Wilde calls The Invite the most incredible experience of her life and the highlight of her career after the film’s European premiere at Locarno. She fought for a theatrical release, describes the dinner party dramedy as a collaborative project that honors influential filmmakers, and notes its reception as a rare summer hit with an ensemble including Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz and Edward Norton.
At Locarno, Olivia Wilde says studios bribe financiers to move her new film The Invite to streaming, arguing the deal mainly benefits financiers rather than filmmakers and praising A24 for sticking with theatrical release.
At Locarno, Olivia Wilde said studios try to bribe financiers to shift her film The Invite from theaters to streaming, noting that the money goes to the financiers rather than the filmmakers; she praised A24 for supporting a theatrical run and highlighted how a bigger payday via streaming can influence decisions, underscoring the ongoing Hollywood tension between streaming and theatrical release.
Olivia Wilde said she fought to secure a theatrical release for The Invite after its strong Sundance audience response, pushing back on streaming-only offers and thanking producer Megan Ellison and FilmNation for backing cinemas. She noted the Locarno screening and a Swiss rollout, and cited current grosses of about $23.5 million domestically and $18 million internationally. Wilde argues comedies thrive on the communal cinema experience and pressed to shoot the film in 35mm.
At Locarno, Olivia Wilde says The Invite melted her cynicism by reframing romance as a possibility to begin again with the same partner. She notes the film’s focus on multiple relationships with one person, its resonance with younger audiences, and her pride in fighting for a theatrical release. Wilde also praises the ensemble and discusses how directing helped her show a more vulnerable, expressive side, leaving her more optimistic about romance in cinema.
At Locarno, Olivia Wilde said she insisted The Invite receive a theatrical release, calling deals that pay filmmakers to bypass theaters a 'bribe.' She lauded A24 and FilmNation for backing a cinema run, noting the communal value of the big-screen experience. The movie, Wilde's director-actor project starring Seth Rogen, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton, was screened to a sold-out Piazza Grande crowd, with Wilde underscoring the importance of theaters for comedy.
Cooper Hoffman, the 23-year-old son of Philip Seymour Hoffman, discusses taking boundary-pushing parts in Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex and Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial as he forges a standalone path beyond his father’s legacy. He credits Paul Thomas Anderson with guiding his ascent, recalls Sundance nerves over explicit scenes, and features Olivia Wilde in the project, while also juggling a Hulu pilot and personal life as he expands his film and TV career.
Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex uses a bold male-sub, female-dom dynamic and a starry indie cast to probe desire, power, and art-world satire while commenting on queer resistance; retooled after #MeToo, it aims to spark dialogue about sexuality in cinema amid rising puritanism, with a broad US rollout and international dates on the way.
Olivia Wilde’s indie comedy The Invite has climbed toward $40 million worldwide (about $20M domestic, $15.7M international in 36 markets) after three weekends, and with Italy, France and Spain still to open, its platform-release strategy is paying off and could push the worldwide total over $60M, marking a rare summer indie hit.
Gregg Araki talks indie-film grit—from a confrontational USC moment that fueled his drive to a new 4K restoration of Mysterious Skin and the long-awaited I Want Your Sex with Olivia Wilde. He explains how Now Apocalypse sharpened his TV directing, why he flipped the gender dynamics post-#MeToo, and how Almodóvar and Wong Kar-wai shaped his vision, while also sharing personal notes on family, dogs, and the ongoing push to bend cinematic boundaries.
A provocative, sly comedy about a powerful older boss and her younger assistant, Olivia Wilde's Erika and Cooper Hoffman's Elliot, that uses sex and power to probe modern dating ethics; the film blends bold performances with a view that mistakes can spur growth, though the third act rushes toward a Hollywood ending.
Cooper Hoffman says Olivia Wilde’s raunchy BDSM comedy I Want Your Sex includes graphic scenes that his sisters say ruined their life, while Hoffman insists the film isn’t primarily sexy and is more about awkward humor and vulnerable power dynamics. Wilde plays a dominatrix who takes Hoffman’s character as her submissive assistant in Gregg Araki’s film, which features raunchy visuals (including outfits and spanking) and has drawn early Sundance attention as a “raunchy, funny” comedy. The movie also stars Charli XCX and Johnny Knoxville, with US release on July 31 and the UK on August 28.
Olivia Wilde celebrates audiences’ receptiveness to age-gap romances in cinema, framing the trend as part of a broader shift toward empowered, diverse relationships in Hollywood. The discussion centers on Gregg Araki’s I Want Your Sex, Wilde’s new erotic comedy with Cooper Hoffman, and a growing pattern of films that move beyond the traditional older-man/younger-woman dynamic.
Celebrities flocked to the Los Angeles premiere of Gregg Araki’s film I Want Your Sex, with Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Chase Sui Wonders and other stars posing for photographers on the red carpet in a star-studded gallery.
Universal has greenlit Olivia Wilde's holiday comedy Naughty, starring Jennifer Aniston and Peter Dinklage, with LuckyChap producing; the story follows Mallory (Aniston) who must win custody of her son by getting Santa (Dinklage) to testify at her divorce hearing, with a November 5, 2027 release date.